Tidal waters, and the causeway leading to Mont Saint Michel.
View from the ramparts, overlooking the bay.
Bleu, blanc, rouge.
Crosses.
Black Abbey
Hail Mary... (if thats Mary)
Do monks ever food fight?
Sinking Sand Sunrise.
1) Copy old ads. 2) Put them in postcard format. 3) Resell to tourists.
Abbey, pre tourist time.
Abbey, post tourist time.
Entrance gate, 11pm.
Mont Saint Michel by night.
Forty-four. The number of minutes temperature in Seoul rose above freezing in January. Whether that number is completely accurate is irrelevant; Korea can be a cold place. And when it gets cold enough, ice fishing becomes a weekend outing alternative.
One of my friends is from Sinnam (신남) in Gangwondo, not too far from Inje. The man-made Soyangho Lake lies right behind my friend’s house.
Soyangho Lake. Frozen.
Ice-fishing enthusiasts.
Nothing says fishing like snow and ice.
You might wonder how thick the ice is, and what happens if it cracks and you fall through. I don’t really know the answer to the latter part, but the ice sheet appeared to be about 6 inches thick. And nobody fell through that day.
Cracks.
First step: get this guy to drill a hole in the ice for you.
Next, sit as such:
Then, stare at your bobber and wait. You might notice the odd-looking, helix-shaped fishing device and be surprised at its small size. The fish that people are after is the finger-sized 빙어, or pond smelt. Wikipedia tells me that it’s a freshwater species that inhabits the Arctic.
Denton was lucky enough to nab four of these small creatures. He then proceeded to pretend to eat it.
Pretending led to an idea, and this idea turned into a plan. A plan to eat a live pond smelt.
As you might imagine, as small as it may be, eating a live fish with no sauce isn’t particularly tasty. Most people eat the pond smelt fried and it’s much better as such.
One of my friends entered a body painting competition, and invited me along. Most of my photos are of travel, so this was a nice change. Six hours shooting at the Kintex in Ilsan, and this is what I came up with.
All the photos were shot with either the Sigma fixed 50mm, or the Sigma 10-20mm. No zoom lenses, no flash.
Prep time:
And the final results:
And now for the show:
My new job has severely impeded my photo-taking.
Until I post a new proper set of pictures, here are some I took here and there over the past few months.
Haven in Seoul
Women & Water
Einstein would have had a blast in Hongdae.
Soju: Poison or Tonic?
Chillin' (and suckin' on a Lifesaver?)
Game Over?
Puzzling.
Local Drug Ad.
My time at Korea University is already over. Learning Korean was extremely useful to me, and it was nice taking classes at such a big university. A few weeks ago they had a big concert, Ipselenti, that they hold annually. The students use the occasion to put their cheering on display.
Plastic bags, cheering devices
Honestly, I was shocked at the cheering, at the choreography, the unison…really cool! I can’t upload any of my videos on here, but if you want to see what it looks like live, click here.
Rally around the flag
Sea of red and black
Getting pumped for the World Cup
Devil. Tiger. Korea University.
Forget lighters, it's the cell phone age.
Several bands performed, including Crying Nut and f(x), but I was especially glad to see one of my favorite Korean bands, Leessang, show up.
A few people
Swords
Winding things up...
Chinese students I studied with. Oh, and Korea University’s mascot is a tiger.
Meow.
