My Favorite Journey of 2023

While the time is approaching to the end of 2023, it is also the time to look back through this year.  What has been significant?  December 6 of this year marked 30th anniversary of my arrival at the United States. I replayed the moment I nervously stepped out of San Francisco International Airport, without any money … Continue reading My Favorite Journey of 2023

Pond Skim

Pond skim is sourced from Northern Europe, it is also called as härdsmälta or winter meltdown.  It is an activity to celebrate the end of winter and the beginning of spring.  People usually wear costumes and ski or snowboard downhill into a pond, and skid over water to the other side of the pond.  If … Continue reading Pond Skim

He is Dancing over Snow Again!

Winter at Minnesota is all about ski or snowboarding, which usually extends until the middle of March. During the last few days of ski & snowboarding season of 2015, I luckily captured a young boy doing backward somersault (the picture is here).  I applied the techniques in photoshop to combine 4 photos together in order to form … Continue reading He is Dancing over Snow Again!

“Pond Skim” – Photo 101 Day 9

I didn't know what pond skim is until this past weekend. To celebrate the end of the ski & snowboarding season and welcome the warm weather approaching to Minnesota, the nearby winter resort set up an activity named "pond skim".  It combines downhill skiing or snowboarding with water skating together.  Those high speed skiers and … Continue reading “Pond Skim” – Photo 101 Day 9