Some recent pictures I took

Visiting a temple (image processed to look more vibrant)


Some farming land scenery


More farm land scenary (image over processed to see what I coud get, lulz)


Cousins try to get out of creek, Uncle-in-law in backdrop


Heading back to the roadside


Rural Vietnam -- on my way to visiting my ancestry graves


More rural forest/jungle, with our bikes parked and about to set off on foot


Walking through rural jungle area -- processed this one as it came out too dark


Cousins in back seat -- I liked how this one turned out


Caught one of my cousins sleeping -- really liked how this one came out with lighting/shadows, plus she is adorbz

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the picture with your cousing sleeping has good lighting and composition. very nice.

what where you guys doing out in the forest?

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Visiting my ancestral graves/tombs to pay our respects for the lunar new year.

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That's pretty cool, noodle

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im bored so here is a picture dump.

I usually carry my Fuji X10 with me everywhere I go so its my main Street photog camera.








Random picture of ridere with Nikon D5100 I think i took this when i first got my 50mm 1.8 prime



This one I took it at the rose garden using my 35mm 1.8 wide open because "OMG BOKEH"

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Random picture of ridere with Nikon D5100 I think i took this when i first got my 50mm 1.8 prime








I want your dog!!! This has always been my dream dog. I just feel it would be selfish of me to have one in Florida where it is so hot all the time.

Yah. Florida may be too hot for huskies. Kitty took some good pics of Rose and Ridere enjoying the snow a few days ago.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kamui4u/se ... 783531613/

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Love them!!! They are awesome!

Here is a couple shots I've done a while back ago. I've not been behind the camera in a long time. Kio, do you like my Caterpiller?

very nice!

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ooh its so colorful and spikey! :D

For all you Canon nerds. theres a mail in rebate sale going on right now for L lenses

http://www.canonpricewatch.com/blog/2014/03/new-canon-lens-mail-in-rebate-march-2nd-march-29th/

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I saw that. It's too bad I don't have $1000 lying around

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OMG just do it! that awesome white lens on your camera!

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maybe you should pre order the tamron SP 150-600mm!!! only $1070

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Been looking back in some of my pictures lately. most of them are fairly cringe worthy, but others I wonder if it would be possible to recreate them. I've done photography as a hobby for about 8 years now. started out with a simple canon point and shoot and was able to capture some nice images.



later I moved on to a Nikon D40, and some of my favorite captures are still from that camera.



I guess the D40 was more of an experimental phase for me on whether I would fine photography interesting enough to stick with it. I did alot of lego photography back then lol. I think alot would change if I tried it now.

If the D40 was a experimental/learning phase for me the D5100 is more of a composition phase. I have learned enough in what the basics where by the time I got the D5100, not my interest was composition. Basicly what makes an appealing image. at least appealing to me.



Lately I've been feeling less motivate to use my camera. I think im starting to lack passion for the hobbie and have been experiencing some gear aquisition syndrome (GAS) where I'm getting gear for something that I wont do often. I want to say that I've moved away from that to a more conceptual factor but I still crave the new gear. I guess im stuck in where i want to go next and getting more gear will probably not help.



Been reading Eric Kim's blog lately and I think I may want to try Street Photography...

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Street photography can be really powerful and I admire people who are into it. I don't feel comfortable taking random people's photos so definitely would not be for me.

As for your stages, I enjoyed reading about them. I've just been into photography for about a year now I would put myself in the middle stage of what you described. I know I still have a long long way to go and I am still learning.

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Interesting Documentary.


What fascinates me about this movie is that as everything is moved on to digitial future generations will not be able to discover people like this and their work cause its probably sitting on the web and that will be deleted as soon as the person passes away.

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heres a video about Composition. a good starting point about how to frame your pictures.

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it's spring!

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Nice picture!

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They put up a taller crane at the construction site across my work.

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Nice shot

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Kitty then traveled back in time and took this picture as well: