The photo of this soaring dragon was taken on the night of lantern display at my hometown, Xi'an, China. I was at first hesitate to go out at a cold night in the middle of February to take pictures in the crowd. But my sister encouraged me and she even went with me to climb … Continue reading Soaring Dragon – Photo 101 Day 20
While I was staying at my parents' home, there was a young couple getting married in the same apartment complex. They posted one "Double Happiness" signs on each of the two pillars at the entrance, to share their excitements with others. By simple math calculation, two times two results in four. The end results became … Continue reading Happiness in fourfold – Photo 101 Day 19
The following couple of photos were taken on the last Lunar New Year, at a village located on the Northwestern part of China. The sculpture of a grumpy god ridding on a lion - like animal was standing besides the front door of a tea store. It was funny that the god was wearing a red scarf … Continue reading Grumpy God and Imaginary Dragon – Photo 101 Day 18
I was alone at home on this Easter Morning, cooking and doing some chores around the house. While I was at kitchen, through the winder a young doe was looking around curiously. I quietly ran to grab my camera and aimed the lens at her. Luckily I had my zoom lens attached with the DSLR, … Continue reading An Unexpected Guest at Easter – Photo 101 Day 16 & 17
It was sunny autumn day, the leafs started turning to red, gold or bright yellow. I took the picture with the broad view of our family farm located at Northern Wisconsin, with my husband and my daughter standing on the field enjoying beautiful scenes. During post - adjustment, I purposely placed colorful forest toward right, onto … Continue reading Under the Autumn Sunshine – Photo 101 Day 15
This photo of Dance of those hearts and butterflies was taken at my hometown, Xi'an, China, which is one of the landmarks for the city. It was Valentine Day, there were many young couples gathering around the combination of hearts and butterflies for photo shot. It took a long time for me and my parents … Continue reading The Red Hearts Floating in Air – Photo 101 Day 11
She is a nicely dressed girl, with stunning dyed hair, but for some reasons she ran into a wasteland full of abandoned staffs. Her fashion formed a strong contract with her surroundings. I could feel her fear, and helpless since I saw her looking around and finally took out her phone to call somebody. She … Continue reading Solitude on a Wasteland
Last fall I was learning how to use long exposure to take photos on waterfall to create effect of silky smoothness. Here are couple of waterfalls' photos I took last fall. The exposure time is 1 ~ 2 seconds, the aperture is around f10 - f13. I did create the smoothness on the waterfall, which … Continue reading The Silky Waterfalls – Photo 101 Day 3
I believe we all think a home is a safe harbor, it is where a family and love reside. A home is usually completed by a house, which forms a shelter for a group of loved ones to go through four seasons. But how about a little house built in a tree, with a ladder … Continue reading A Home on a Tree – Photo 101 Day 1
What will the best thing for a farmer's family be after a year - round hard work? I discovered the answer for this questions while visiting a place called “Yuan Jia Village” (“袁家村”) last month. The place is around 60 miles from my hometown, Xi'an, China. I ran into this family operated wine store, where an … Continue reading Sharing as Their Triumph
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