still in korea, still taking lots of photos. had a bit of an adventure today, actually. my host had to work, so i struck out on my own on a bus, intending to visit Pagoda Park and the Insadong District (old style area, great shopping), but i missed the stop. i assumed that the bus route would loop back around, so i stayed on. until the end, where i discovered that it didn't loop. so i hiked it back to a stop that included my bus, got on, and made it to Insadong without incident. did a bit of shopping, couldn't find the ATM for foreign banks (which meant that i had no money, just my Visa), and then hopped on a bus back home.
for about a block, coz apparently my card was dry. and i had no cash. and i didn't really know where i was. and i was about 5 miles (i'm guessing here) from home. in a foreign country. where they speak a language i don't know.
strangely enough, i didn't panic. i just started walking in the same direction as my bus, stopping every once in a while to see if i could get money out of any of the local banks atm machines. no joy. so i walked the whole way. a lot of it was uphill, and it was really, really hot and humid. i briefly got lost and had to sit down and take a breather, but eventually got my bearings, remembered some landmarks, and found my way back. it took me about two hours, all told.
in other news, i've been attempting some "guerilla portraiture" as i walk the streets. holding the camera at hip level, shooting towards things that look interesting, and sometimes just shooting randomly to see if i can catch anything interesting. this is one of the benefits of using a digital SLR - i'd never want to try (and couldn't afford) that sort of experimentation with a film camera. that said, here are some of my favorites from the last few days:
what's left
sidenote: korea isn't particularly handicap-friendly. this guy was sitting at the top of the subway steps, but couldn't go down with his wheelchair.
undercart
the reluctant cyclist
suddenly this summer
speed
sensible shoes
pig mural
nature invades
limp and languid
hand dancing
blue sandals
bad mothafucka
ajumma
that's it for now - more later!
for about a block, coz apparently my card was dry. and i had no cash. and i didn't really know where i was. and i was about 5 miles (i'm guessing here) from home. in a foreign country. where they speak a language i don't know.
strangely enough, i didn't panic. i just started walking in the same direction as my bus, stopping every once in a while to see if i could get money out of any of the local banks atm machines. no joy. so i walked the whole way. a lot of it was uphill, and it was really, really hot and humid. i briefly got lost and had to sit down and take a breather, but eventually got my bearings, remembered some landmarks, and found my way back. it took me about two hours, all told.
in other news, i've been attempting some "guerilla portraiture" as i walk the streets. holding the camera at hip level, shooting towards things that look interesting, and sometimes just shooting randomly to see if i can catch anything interesting. this is one of the benefits of using a digital SLR - i'd never want to try (and couldn't afford) that sort of experimentation with a film camera. that said, here are some of my favorites from the last few days:
what's left
sidenote: korea isn't particularly handicap-friendly. this guy was sitting at the top of the subway steps, but couldn't go down with his wheelchair.
undercart
the reluctant cyclist
suddenly this summer
speed
sensible shoes
pig mural
nature invades
limp and languid
hand dancing
blue sandals
bad mothafucka
ajumma
that's it for now - more later!
datsun:
I do a sort of guerrilla photography. SoM used to laugh at me when we'd go on road trips and I'd just point the camera out the window and shoot (takes a high shutter speed). the pics often turn out to be my faves, though.