梦里寻她千百度，
蓦然回首，
秋色竟在家门口…
You've been searching so hard for so long, but turning around, autumn is right in front of you...
Naperville, IL
October 15, 2022
iPhone photo
Saturday, October 15, 2022
Sunday, October 9, 2022
Sunday, October 2, 2022
一叶知秋
The falling of one leaf heralds the coming of
autumn (a small sign can indicate a great trend...)
Naperville, IL
October 2, 2022
Monday, September 19, 2022
34 years...
Today marks the 34-year anniversary of my life in America -- what an amazing journey!!
Thank
you for taking this less traveled road with me over the past many
years... I am so thankful for being young and fearless once -- 34 years
ago!
How many 34-years do we have in life??? Cherish and enjoy every moment of it!
Saturday, September 17, 2022
The LONG View
Sometimes we don't realize the small progress we've made until after we take a LONG view back in time... assuming history is perfectly preserved.
The
attached photos were the full moons I captured at different point of
time in the long history of my pursuit of a perfect full moon. They
don't even reflect the countless times we took Michelle to Navy Pier
since the beginning of time to let her see the beauty of the full moon
rising out of the lake.
Picture 1 = 2008-8-17 (Naperville)
Picture 2 = 2010-9-25 (Navy Pier, Chicago)
Picture 3 = 2012-9-30 (Navy Pier, Chicago)
Picture 4 = 2022-9-10 (Navy Pier, Chicago. The harvest full moon last weekend)
Monday, September 12, 2022
The Sunrise
Finally made time to reprocess the camera version of the sunrise. The attached two photos are from the same place and at almost the same time. Photo1 = Camera; Photo2 = iPhone.
Yes,
the camera version might be marginally better. However, the iPhone
photo requires no time or effort -- you can snap the shot in 1 second
and move on to enjoy the magic sunrise in real world with your heart and
soul. Plus, you don't need to hike 20 minutes in the dark, in the mud
with your tripod and 25-pound of camera gears. Why shouldn't we live a
simpler, effortless life when we have the option?
I
know I have been debating the true value of photography for the past
10+ years, ever since I started pursuing photography. I continue to
believe that this is an important philosophical question to ponder. In
the meantime, I can tell you that LETTING GO of my cameras is also a
difficult journey. It takes constant awareness of what's most important
to make conscious decisions -- a decision with clear pros and cons, and
yet you're willing to accept and live with all the cons...
Faroe Islands
July 29, 2022
4:47am
Saturday, September 10, 2022
The Mid-Autumn Festival
It's also called the Moon Festival.
I
drove to downtown Chicago to photograph the full moon rising out of the
lake -- first time driving to Chicago in nearly 4 years!!
It
was a perfect night with clear skies and soft winds... Reminded me of
Michelle's childhood when we'd go to Navy Pier every month in the summer
during full moon (usually July, August and September). September is
usually the Moon Festival.
We'd bring moon cakes and eat them after the
moonrise. In fact, the routine was to watch the moonrise first, then got
onto the ferris wheel, and then ate the moon cakes 200 feet above
ground.
Life was very simple back them. There was no heavy equipment
or complicated devices -- just us with simple minds, small dreams and
precious memories...
Navy Pier
Chicago, IL
September 9, 2022
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