We took a day trip to "The Namarian Republic" today...which is really just a fairly large island in the middle of the Han River that has been proclaimed the "Imaginary country inside of Korea".

Not a bad trip as it was, they had some quasi-friendly looking ostrich that were just wandering around unsupervised. Which is totally safe, right?!

Nikon D50, Nikkor AF 70-300 @ 210mm, 1/60 sec, ISO 200, f/5.0

Rocking out in Hongdae

This bar called "Cage" sits behind my apartment and glows bright neon green every night. They place is so tiny, they have to put bands outside on the street. Which actually works out pretty well as it turns every performance night into a little street party. Coincidentally, they also serve korean street food with every pitcher of beer.

Canon a650 IS. 7.4mm, 1/20 sec, ISO 100, f2.8, B&W scene mode

VROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM

At long last I was able to attempt some motion blur. I've been toying around with this idea for a while and I've been really itching to try it. Luckily, here in South Korea, we are in no shortage of motorcycles on the street, sidewalk, playground and a myriad of places where you would expect no powered vehicle to be found.

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Nikon D50, Nikkor 50mm D series (75mm at a 1.5x crop factor), ISO 900, 1/60 sec, f1.8,

Let's get this ball rolling

Well, I finally did it. I started my first blog since my last one....5 or so years ago. Rest assured that that literary atrocity will forever remain dead. However, this attempt will focus on my photography. Perhaps more, but we will see where this goes. In the meantime, here is my first photographic focus. I found this little guy while searching for a place to eat dinner one night earlier this week in Hongdae. Just a block or so behind my apartment I find a jewelry vendor and he had this Squirrel Monkey named Tom.

Nikon D50, Nikkor 50mm D series @ 75mm (crop magnification factor of 1.5x), ISO 900, 1/80 sec, f1.8