Robert Koehler Travel & Photography
Images of Korea
Gyeongbokgung Palace will be open for nighttime viewing through Sunday (admission: 3,000 won). If you have a camera—or even if you don’t—don’t miss this rare oportunity to enjoy Seoul’s landmark royal palace after the sun’s gone down. Working just next door, I took the opportunity to get out there, both to snap a few shots [...]
As I’ve posted before, I’m something of a cigar guy. So imagine the great joy I felt upon learning that an honest-to-God cigar bar/lounge had opened up in our very own Gyeongnidan neighborhood. Occupying a lovely second-floor space across from Daesung Church, Burn (T. 02-794-8077) is pretty much everything you’d want in a cigar bar. [...]
Here we are again at Changgyeonggung Palace. These were taken in the rain Sunday evening from the open garden atop the SNU Medical Center Cancer Center, and despite the weather (or perhaps because of it), they came out much better, IMHO, than my last effort from that spot (see the final two photos). Facing as [...]
The Cultural Heritage Administration opens up Changgyeonggung and Gyeongbokgung palaces for special night viewing for a few nights in April and October. If you enjoy nighttime photography, it’s an opportunity not to be missed. Changgyeonggung will be open at night on April 20—22 and April 24—26. Yes, I came here last spring, too. No rule [...]
With camera in hand, I went to Suwon on Sunday evening to photograph some blue hour shots of the Janganmun Gate. Which, for those keeping score at home, is Korea’s largest city gate. Sadly, I shot a lot of my shots using a circular polarizer, just to experiment. The results looked like crap. Which means [...]
One of the frustrating things about Nightview is that so many of the shots are taken in hard-to-reach, undisclosed locations. This spot, however, is easy to reach. Head to the 5th floor of the iPark Mall and go to the Moon Parking Lot (달주차장). From there, it’s an unobstructed view of the Yongsan Station area. [...]
I had to stop by the office this morning, and as I was coming home on the Namsan Beltway, I saw the fog and haze over the cityscape and thought, hmm, maybe I should come back up here with my camera. The Yongsan district is pretty gritty even in the best of weather; inclement weather [...]
Sunday was Easter of course, and seeing how even Jesus thought it a fine day to get out for a stroll, I figured the least I could do was go to Myeong-dong Cathedral to snap some shots. Myeong-dong Cathedral I’m not going to go into the history and architecture of the mother church of Korea’s [...]
I decided to do what Stuck in Customs does and got myself a SmugMug account. It eases up the burden on my server, it doesn’t degrade image quality the way WordPress does, and I love being able to blow the image up on wider screens. Still learning the ropes, but so far, I’m quite impressed [...]
On Friday the week before, we (i.e., Seoul Selection) dumped our upcoming Korea guidebook on the printers. The following morning, I didn’t have to go into work (well, not until 2:30 anyway to conduct my weekend Bukchon tours). It was quite surreal. Anyway, that weekend was largely spent attending to Mrs. Koehler and engaging in [...]
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