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Bukchon blizzard

If you live in Seoul, you’ve no doubt noticed it’s snowing outside. Getting home won’t be fun this evening. Take care on the roads tonight, everyone.

Banghwa Bridge

Banghwa Bridge, all lit up and nowhere to go

While I was shooting Incheon Bridge last night, one of the other guys there was showing off on his Galaxy some of the shots he’d taken the night before of Banghwa Bridge. Due to government energy conservation policies, they no longer light Banghwa Bridge up ever day, but they do turn on the lights on [...]

Incheon Bridge

Incheon Bridge at Night

Since I was a little kid, I’ve loved bridges. I suppose growing up in Long Island has much to do with this. Long Island, after all, is the kingdom Robert Moses built, and New York City, of course, has the greatest collection of bridges of any city in the world. Korea, too, has its share [...]

Seoul from Namsansanseong Fortress

Seoul from Namhansanseong Fortress

Ordinarily, the observation deck near the West Gate of Namhansanseong Fortress is one of the best places to photograph Seoul at twilight/night. Last night, though, it was hella windy, which not only made it terribly cold and unpleasant, but also produced a good deal of camera shake even with a tripod. PS: Would a circular [...]

Taebaeksan

New Year’s Day atop Mt. Taebaeksan

They don’t call it the “Great White Mountain” for nothing. One of my goals for this year was to take in the first sunrise of the New Year from atop Mt. Taebaeksan (1,567m), one of Korea’s most sacred peaks. When the weather is right, the summit offers breathtaking views of rising sun, silhouetting the peak’s [...]

Free Hugs in Myeongdong

Christmas Eve in Myeong-dong

So… just how many folk were in Myeong-dong on Christmas Eve?

Sujongsa Teahouse

A cup of tea at Yangsu-ri

One of the many nice things about living in Seoul is you’re never more than an hour’s commuter train ride away from somewhere much more relaxing. Last weekend, I finally had a sort-of-free Sunday, so I broke out the camera and hopped on the 5:30 train from Cheongnyangni to Yangsu-ri to catch the sunrise from [...]

Myeongdong Intersection

Photo and Travel Links: Dec 2, 2011

Myeong-dong Intersection, taken from undisclosed vantage point that you’ll never guess. See it in glossy in the December issue of SEOUL. And with that… This is one beautiful shot from one of my favorite places in Korea, Gyeongju’s Mt. Namsan. This is what we need in the tourism literature. Speaking of Gyeongju, here are some [...]

Jongchinbu in autumn

Jongchinbu in red

This is me trying to be artistic, trying being the operative word. I was guiding a tour of Bukchon on Saturday when I came across this lovely red tree in front of the old Jongchinbu at Jeongdok Public Library. So lovely it was, in fact, that I went back Sunday afternoon to photograph it and, [...]

Deoksugung Palace

Autumnal Hues at Deoksugung Palace

I ran over to Deoksugung Palace yesterday during lunch to photograph the autumn foliage before the ginkgoes become totally bare. The sky was a bit hazy and grey, unfortunately. Of course, I look out the window today, and the sky is full of billowy white clouds, as it always is the day after I go [...]