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(Se)ri(ou)s E(l)ectri(city) – Nightscapes

One of my favorite things about living in a big, exciting city such as Seoul is going high above and having a look down on how everything fits into place in the city. It’s hard to get a feel for that...

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(Se)ri(ou)s E(l)ectri(city) Part 2

Last week, we looked at some of my favorite nightscapes of Seoul from mountaintops in and around the city. Click here if you missed that. Also go back and have a look at my Sunset Series, as many of...

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Fisheye Fun

About a week or so ago, on a gorgeous summer afternoon with big, white puffy clouds as far as the eye could see, I decided to head up to one of my favorite places in Seoul – Kyoungbok Palace. This...

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Mt. Cheongbyeok (청벽산)

About 2 weeks ago Holly and I made the 2 hour trip down to Gongju to catch the sunset from Mt. Cheongbyeok. I had been there once before but didn’t come away with much as there were too many other...

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Sunrise – Doomoolmeori (두물머리)

This morning was all about the boat, the lotuses, the clean light (94 out of 98 on my personal light quality index scale (PLQIS)), and the Great Cloud of 2015. The place – Doomoolmeori. The place...

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Hometown Rediscovery 2015

Hi everyone, long time no see! As many of you know I recently took a two week trip to my hometown of Williamsburg, Virginia. It was a wonderful time with friends and family, and I was also able to...

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Infrared Collection 2015

Good evening all, hope you had a splendid October 4th (my birthday). It was a relaxing day here in Seoul, and I even found some time to put together a short video for you guys! Since the best of...

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View from Mt. Yongma

After writing a blog post about sunrise/sunset locations in Seoul a couple months back, the good folks over at the USAG Humphrey’s Photography Club asked me to lead them on a photo walk in Seoul. I...

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Random Thoughts

As a photographer, I spend a lot of time on the road chasing the light from one end of the country to the other. While driving from city to city random thoughts often pop into mind – some that make me...

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Story of Munkwang Reservoir

After seeing several amazing fall reflection shots from some of my online friends and finally figuring out where they were all coming from, I added Munkwang Reservoir in Goesan to my list of must go...

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Recent Landscape Work

Good evening friendly friends! You may have noticed a new look and feel here on the site. I have been working on a new design over the last couple of days and while I still have some finishing touches...

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Seoul Winterscapes

Winter in Seoul – my favorite time of the year (for those who may not know, Korea has 4 seasons). The smells of hotteok (호떡), bung eo bbang (붕어빵), gunbam (군밤) and coffee fill the air and overpower the...

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2015 – A Year in Review

2015 – A Year in Review – I included this because my SEO (search engine optimizer) plugin said that I should. Ok, now that that’s out of the way, let’s get on with my review. The year 2015 has been...

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Found at Sea? I am Lost

Good morning/afternoon/evening folks. How are you? Good, good. Me? I’m fine, thank you. The new year has gotten off to a relatively slow start in terms of photography. The weather hasn’t been so great...

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Calm Energy – Yeosu, Korea

Last week I took a short trip down to one of my favorite cities in Korea, Yeosu. Located almost 5 hours by car from Seoul, Yeosu (Yeosu-si) is a city on the southern coast of Korea in South Jeolla...

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Close to Seoul

When most big city people think of landscape photography locations, they tend to think of long excursions far outside of the city that take hours to get to and days to complete. But one advantage of...

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Foggy Morning by the River

Saturday, February 16th started out like most Saturdays for me with the alarm clock going off at 5 am. I took Holly off for a walk and had a look around to see if the conditions were...

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Surreal Ride on the Tancheon

Bicycling and photography – two of my greatest passions. It’s so nice to have interests that go well together. Now that the weather’s warmed up here in Seoul I’ve been spending most of my free time...

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Seascapes of the Southeast Pt. 1

Last week I took a trip down to Busan in hopes of capturing the summer fog rolling in from the sea. I had seen some great images by my buddy Pete DeMarco and other talented photographers in Korea, but...

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Seascapes of the Southeast Pt. 2

Continuing on from the previous post, where I featured my black and white film work from the same morning, tonight I’d like to share my digital work from twilight and sunrise. There was no better...

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