Hello Kitty Sweets Restaurant in Taipei, the Return

By On May 3, 2011 · 4 Comments

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The last time I went to the Hello Kitty Sweets restaurant in Taipei was a couple of years ago for a Valentines Day afternoon tea time with my wife and kids. [...]

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Streets Saturday for Week 17

By On April 30, 2011 · 2 Comments

This week’s featured street photography from whatever passed me by over the past few days.

And the obligatory phonography.

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Street Photography Tutorial: Expressions

By On April 19, 2011 · 4 Comments

Street photography is all about the decisive moment, but the decisive moment isn’t all about movement. Most street photographs tend to center around moments in movement because movement surrounds us all the time and it is rarely hidden. It is easy to catch if you have your timing down. On the other hand, natural expressions [...]

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Streets Saturday for Week 14

By On April 9, 2011 · 3 Comments

Since I’m now tutoring a second student in the evening at Starbucks, there are even more pictures of Starbucks this week.

Nothing beats good, natural side-lighting.

Another photo of the same person, but with more context and conveying a different mood.

I love the expression on her face. There’s so much joy there.

Now that the Starbucks photos [...]

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Streets Saturday for Week 13

By On April 2, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Yeah, I missed week 12. IRL responsibilities and unpredictability interceded.
Here are this week’s features, taken over the last week.
Let’s start with a big bucket of “Awwwwwwwww”.
One of these days I know I’ll get a letter from Starbucks, and it won’t be for a free latté.

I like being able to include mixed motions in a single [...]

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Streets Saturday for Week 11

By On March 19, 2011 · 2 Comments

The weather this week started wonderfully.
But turned cold and wet rather quickly.

At one point I swear I saw an Eskimo.
Of course, I spent a few hours this week at Starbucks tutoring Linda.
And so I obviously grabbed a few images from there.

Finally, I discovered a Lotto outlet nearby.

That’s it. Comments are always welcome. More next week [...]

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