Hong Kong II: Urban Craziness

Hong Kong is probably my favorite city on the planet. Took the following photos of the city in July 2008.

Sham Shui Po. I love the guy in the bottom-right corner.

The sky, from Sham Shui Po.

Causeway Bay.  This shot is of Yee Wo Street, one of the busiest streets in HK.

More Causeway Bay.

Looking down toward Sheung Wan.  All the noise is regrettable, but again, I was working with a rather unsophisticated point-and-shoot.

Apartment buildings in the Mid-Levels, taken from Hong Kong Park.

Festival Walk shopping center, in Kowloon Tong.

Mong Kok.

Hong Kong I: Big Buddha

Took this photos with my old point-and-shoot at Hong Kong’s Big Buddha. It’s an impressive sight, although somewhat less impressive considering that it was only built in 1993 (unlike, say, this one). The clouds were really great, so it made for some nice photos.

Some old shots from China II: Beijing, Hangzhou, Guilin, Yangshuo

Here are some shots I took while traveling through Beijing, Hangzhou, Guilin, and Yangshuo. As with the previous set, these were shot with a point-and-shoot in my pre dSLR days.

Beijing Bicyclists.

Soldiers Outside the Mao Mausoleum.

In the Forbidden City.

Bird’s Nest on a Smoggy Day.

Hangzhou I.

Hangzhou II.

On the Waterfront in Guilin.

Pagoda in Guilin.

Floodlit Cave (Guilin).

Fisherman on the Li River.

Yao Women Preparing for Performance.

A Catch.

Rice Terraces I.

Woman Picking Rice in Terraced Fields.

Rice Terraces II.

Rice Terraces III.

Window Selling on the Li River.

Li River I.

Li River II.

Li River III.

Curtis and “Tiger” (Yangshuo).

Some old shots from China I: Shanghai

I spent the summer of 2008 working and studying in China (primarily Shanghai and Hong Kong). I didn’t have a dSLR camera at the time, and my primary purpose in taking pehotos was to simply document my travels rather than to produce anything truly artistic, but some shots turned out OK.

Here is a sampling of photos taken in Shanghai.

While Shanghai is one of China’s most modern and impressive cities, beautiful new structures often exist side-by-side with old, decaying neighborhoods. I tried to capture this contrast in the following pictures. I have faded the color in each photo.

While in Shanghai, I really enjoyed spending time in ordinary Shanghai neighborhoods, away from the glitziness of Nanjing Road, the Bund, and other well-known districts.

And now for some shots that are more colorful (literally and figuratively).