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Brenda’s Photo Study: Tempo

This is my submission for Brenda’s A Photo Study: Tempo. I knew it! Tempo follows rhythm — it’s logical, but I was hoping it wouldn’t happen this way. 😉 This time, I couldn’t even get helps from google. The word … Continue reading

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Brenda’s Photo Study: Rhythm I

This is my submission for Brenda’s A Photo Study: Rhythm I. Rhythm in visual art is probably the most difficult subject to comprehend for me. More and more, I realize that things I can’t see in my head are harder … Continue reading

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XDrive Photography Learning – 20 – Bokeh (Redo ;-)

This is my second submission for XDrive Photography Learning – 20 – Bokeh. Have you noticed my mistakes in my previous Bokeh post? Ha ha ha. You see, all details have to be spelled out and easy to be understood … Continue reading

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Photo Experimenting 3: Playing with a Crystal Ball

I don’t remember when the first time I saw a crystal-ball photo was. It looked interesting, but it was one of those things that I could live without, I thought to myself. However, it didn’t hurt to find out the … Continue reading

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XDrive Photography Learning – 20 – Bokeh

This is my submission for XDrive Photography Learning – 20 – Bokeh. Bokeh means blur. It was the first thing I learned when I became serious in photographing several years ago. I learned that to blur the background, I should … Continue reading

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Tomato and Brenda’s A Photo Study: Sub-framing

Sub-framing is the subject of Brenda’s photo study this week. She explains it well. I have subscribed Ted Forbes’ YouTube Channel for a while and I had watched Ted’s video on sub-framing before (I think he has more than one … Continue reading

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Farm Visit and Brenda’s A Photo Study: the Photographer

It was warm three days ago, so we decided to go visit Lyle’s farm. Before we left, W said, “Think what kind of photos you want to take before we go. Don’t just go there click, click, click.” I wanted … Continue reading

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One Reason (out of many) to Love Minnesota

It was 25 degree, and not too windy — for us, that qualified as a good winter day. So we visited two parks, and once again, we remembered why we love Minnesota so much. Thanks for visiting my blog.

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Blessings from the Sky

I love snow. It’s the coldness that I have problem with. I still remember seeing snow the first time. It was a couple of months after I came to the Unites States. One day, my landlady shouted, “Snow! It’s snowing!” … Continue reading

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Happy New Year!

What? 2018 is already here? But, I am not ready for it yet! I wish you all a Healthy and Happy 2018! Christmas was nice. For those who remember that I was planning to write a letter to my daughter … Continue reading

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