Monday, March 31, 2008

Beijing Day 1

Thursday, March 27, 2008

Mark and Seth having a Chinese version of a western breakfast on the train to Beijing.





The Temple of Heaven













The Great Wall








Repairing the Wall










Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Wednesday

We are leaving for Beijing in a couple of hours, so I'm going to shoot off a quick post with some pictures. I've been shooting mostly on Aperture priority, rather than auto, so I've been learning a lot. Unfortunately I keep forgetting to change a setting or two when moving to a new spot. Today I forgot to change the ISO from last night when we were in a dark theater. So their is "noise" in my outdoor sunny pictures. Aaarrgghhh! Well, since I'm not planning to publish any of these I guess it's not a big deal. And, again, I'm learning a ton.


I'll post again when we return from Beijing. I hope I have enough disk space for the pictures I'll take while we're there!




































Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Highlights from today


I'll post several pictures from today, but the first one is the only one I'll comment on for now. It is my brave people picture ("brave" is for me, not the people in the picture, although they may be brave, who knows). The guy on the left had said "ni hao" to me earlier, which gave me courage to ask him if I could take his picture (using sign language, as he didn't know English). After I took it I showed it to him, and he gave me a thumbs up, so he approved. This is the kind of people picture I was hoping to get.





OK, I have to say something about this one too, just so I dont' forget about this guy. His name is Georgie Pan, and he started talking with Lynn and Mark (in English). He spent 40 years as a literature translator, and translated works by Mark Twain and John Steinbeck. He was very nice and let me take his picture with Mark.











Monday, March 24, 2008

Some Shots from Today

Seeing as how I'm in China, I'm breaking my one-picture-a-day rule.

This is a shot outside the fabric mart, where Mark had a suit made and I had some pants made. I said I would post a people picture, but I didn't have the guts to take many pictures of strangers. This one shows a small bit of the hustle and bustle of Shanghai streets. Driving around here is crazy!







These pictures are in the Yu Gardens, a shopping area and garden. Some of the buildings are 500 years old.











Sunday, March 23, 2008

Hazy Shanghai Afternoon



This is my picture for Sunday. I guess I skipped Saturday, but with the time change, it's hard to say when my Saturday started.

We're having a great time! I'll try to post some people pictures tomorrow.





Saturday, March 22, 2008

Somewhere over Alaska (or Siberia)

Friday, March 21, 2008






From Chicago to Shanghai, we flew over the northern coast of Alaska and across the northeast corner of Siberia. Both areas looked quite similar. I can't remember which place this picture was taken.

Thursday, March 20, 2008

Morning Sun







Well, we're off (almost). We're all packed and are going to Mark's parents' house tonight so they can take us to the airport very early tomorrow. Lynne says I should be able to post from their house, so hopefully you'll get to see some of the sites before we get back. I have a travel photography book that my dad just gave me to read on the plane. Next post from China...

Ladybug

Wednesday, March 19, 2008



Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Wing

Monday, March 17, 2008



Flossing

Sunday, March 16, 2008

"Come Unto Me"

Saturday, March 15, 2008


From the Plane

Friday, March 14, 2008

Blues

Wednesday, March 12, 2008


Drywall

Monday, March 10, 2008


Sunday, March 16, 2008

Out of Town

Mark and I have been in St. Louis this weekend for his cousin's wedding. We are staying an extra night, because we got bumped from our flight and will get $600 toward a future flight. So I won't be able to catch up on posting till tomorrow.

I've been such a slacker lately--but only about two weeks left! My last week will be a marathon. I might not be able to post while we're in China, so I'll get those shots up when I get back. Then a month off--then a new project. I'm looking forward to that!

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

The Aftermath


Sunday, March 9, 2008


Sisters

Saturday, March 8, 2008


Bathroom Wall

Friday, March 7, 2008


Thursday, March 6, 2008

Curled Up


Wednesday, March 5, 2008

More Ice


Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Ice


Monday, March 3, 2008

Sophie Loves the Tub


Butterfly

Sunday, March 2, 2008


Mark in the Kitchen

Saturday, March 1, 2008

Terrible picture, but the only one I took on Saturday.

Nothing to Show

Friday, February 29, 2008


I have nothing to show for Friday, February 29. I did take some pictures; they were last-minute shots and they weren't very good. But, I was still planning to pick one to post. Until Saturday, when Mark went to take some pictures of the kitchen, saw my pictures on the camera, figured they were probably old and not that good anyway, so he erased them. Hmph.