SLCC Internetional Student Orientation

Canon 350D/ Rebel XT, Sigma 10-20 ƒ/3.5 lens, 1/400th sec at ƒ/5.6, ISO 100

My mandatory International Students Orientation is on 3rd Aug, 2010. Even I knew most of the stuff they said about the documents and stuff, it is still good to meet new faces and know a lot of new friends. It reminds my first day went to high school(JDCHS) in Utah. Everything is new to me. Except I'm not that nervous this time. I am excited for school; excited for the brand new world and the challenges. Wish I will do well. Cross my fingers.

Worldwide Photowalk 2010 - Salt Lake City

This weekend (July 24, Saturday), I participated the Third Annual Scott Kelby's Worldwide Photowalk. That is my very first time to go to a Photowalk with Photowalking Utah. It's really good to know a lot of Great photographer like I never do before. We started at City Creek Park and we walked our way up through Memory Grove Park to the State Capitol. We had more than 50 people participate and it was a Great fun walk. The weather was great; the sky was clear and the sunset was sweet.

Go to my Flickr Page and our Flickr Group for more photographs

The Terminal - Life is Waiting

I have watched quite a bit of movie in this summer. The Terminal is one of them. I don't want to talk much about the storyline. As the slogan on the film poster, the terminal tells Life is Waiting.

Life is Waiting: Viktor is waiting for last autograph from Benny Golson for his Dad for 9 months.

Life is Waiting: Viktor's father had wait for 56 autographs for 40 years.

Life is Waiting: Amelia is waiting for a promise from a married man for 7 years.

Life is Waiting: Frank is waiting for a better position for 17 years.

Life is Waiting: Rajan is waiting for people to slip on the wet floor for every couple minutes.

Life is Waiting: Enrique is waiting for a chance to know the lady he is in love with.

Life is Waiting: Dolores is waiting for the next person with immigration problem.

In The Terminal, everyone is waiting, either leaving or coming. We are waiting for something at every moment. Right now, I am waiting for a youtube video to buffer. I am waiting for the next song on my iTunes. I am waiting for my brother comes to Utah. I am waiting for my school starts. I am waiting for a chance to expend my photography to the next level. Life is waiting. It can be a couple seconds or minutes. It can be up to months or even years. Sometime we can predict how long it takes. Sometimes, we don't. Sometimes we don't even know what are we waiting for. Day after day of life, all we can wait is Death.

Actually die is not that scary, because there are a lot of people don't even live. The difference of their life to dead people is they are breathing.

Photography?

"Are you a photogarpher?" people asked my. I alway reply "No, I'm just a kid who like to take pictures". Why does people care about the word "Photographer"? Maybe this word sounds professional to them. I do not know. I am so sick of those people who think they are THE photographer when they bought a nice camera(maybe DSLR). In fact, it only makes you are nice camera owner. Personal Concept: Camera is just a tool to capture that image to the film(CMOS/ CCD/ Films) , so that you can review them or share the image to other. The photographies are toook by our eyes all the time. Human eyes are taking 10 films per second all the time. Some of us just do not have a camera at the moment and cannot capture it. Everyone is a photographer.

I really taking pictures by a film camera. Taking a photograhy is whole lot more than just pressing the shutter. Especially when you are taking a film, because of the cost of the films, the time to process the film, etc. It makes me think deeply before I hit the trigger. Then I have to take time to fix and develop them. Actually most of the time I am waiting for the moment; for the darkroom processes and I am enjoying it.
In digital camera, I even think about digital darkroom processes before I take a shot.

Camera is my time machine. It slows down the time, or even stop the time when I am taking pictures. It can even bring me back to the pass when see the photos. It changes my way to see.
Photography class should be a requirement in all educational programs because it makes you see the world rather than just look at it.

Spring Break

I really need a Emergency Exit for my life, or unless a backup plan.
In fact, I have nothing when Im screwed.

Hellya! Spring break! Here we Go!! I took this picture in a bus when I was going back home.