2008年2月17日 星期日

Thoughts about street photography

What a good photo should be, especially street photography, or snap shot? This question loops around my mind and bothers me for a long time. Today, I finally find out a simple word to describe this.

A good photo (especially snap shot) makes good connections.

Yes, connection. There are numerous different kinds of objects on the street, at that time. A good photographer makes good connections of selected objects and the environment in a small and specific time frame by frame them together in a little piece of film (sensor).

There are infinite kinds of connections can be made by the photographer. Maybe a connection of shape and color, a connection that tells a story, a connection between contradistinctive things. Photographers find out the connections by their eye, by their mind, and create interesting photos. Thats the way I should go. ¡VAMOS!

2008年2月15日 星期五

城市角落的暗夜巡遊

檢視自己的新年新希望
似乎每週騎100公里腳踏車是最容易達成的
為了避免自己今年又一事無成
在晚上11點從溫暖的辦公室出來後,決定來一趟小小的旅程
就從尋找我四月中後要居住一段時間的地方開始吧

在深夜的冷雨中,騎著車晃入傳說中的信義路五段150巷
這裡的房舍和信義計畫區光鮮亮麗的豪宅呈現明顯的對比
從房屋的破舊與狹小讓人感覺是鄉村
但房屋群聚的密度又讓人感覺這是城市
巷道錯綜複雜,有大排水溝,也有山邊陡坡
充滿著一種詭異的感覺
深夜一個人在這裡騎車亂逛還真有點恐怖
幸好前後兩盞小燈和身上的GPS帶給我一點點安全的依靠
走了半天,終於找到印象中的地方啦,運氣不錯,可以回頭了。
今天的里程約10.3公里,還算普通
不過平均一天應該要騎100/7約15KM
再加油吧,該多運動了~


檢視較大的地圖
綠色是回家吃飯的路線,藍色和紫色就是半夜亂逛的路線
至於為什麼會有兩段呢?因為中間不小心把GPS關掉了XD

2008年2月7日 星期四

New Year Resolution

Year 2007 is end, and I find that I grow nothing (literally) on my knowledge,
health, and bank account. That's why I set up the following new year
resolution, and hope that I can become richer in all aspects.

1. 100 km of bicycle riding every week (or 10km of jogging).
2. One photo one month.
3. One book one month.
4. One foreign language movie one month.
5. Stop fool around on PTT, mobile01, RFF or other forum.
6. Save more than $500K NTD at the end of this year.
7. Forget all above, and still fool around.
8. Don't let #7 happen.

What's your new year resolution?