Hasselblad 503CX | 80mm f/2.8 | Extension Tube 21 | Kodak Ektacolor 160 Expired/ Kodak Portra 800 Expired

The beauty that is imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete.

Wabi Sabi is
dry leaves, bare branches, handmade, weathered wood, crumbling stone, wildflowers, wool, rice paper, clay, unbleached cotton, tea, vintage, cobblestones, adobe, arts and crafts, flea markets, salvaged, burlap, oil finish, recycled glass, native landscaping, natural linoleum, hemp, clean, frank lloyd wright, natural plaster, natural light, clotheslines, hand mixers, rust

Wabi Sabi isn’t
cherry blossoms, floral arrangements, machine made, plastic laminate, polished marble, roses, polyester, plate glass, china, cashmere, latte, designer, concrete, steel, rococo, warehouse stores, made to order, velvet, polyurethane, crystal, kentucky bluegrass, vinyl, silk, cluttered, ludwig mies van er rohe, drywall, fluorescent light, electric dryers, food processors, dirt

the wabi-sabi house by Robyn Griggs Lawrence

The best memory of Memphis is watching and photographing the beautiful sunset by the river although I didn’t get any photographs from it that are extra-ordinary. Like everything else in life, it reminded once again journey matters more than the destination.

Although I’ve been going through the photos from the trip for the past a couple months and uploaded quite a lot to my Flickr account, I still have a lot more to go through. I plan on finishing them by the end of the month and share the better ones with you whoever stumbled upon my blog that has rather been neglected for quite some time now.

I love my photos. Not because I think I’m a better photographer but because, like a lot of photographers I know of, I enjoy documenting my life through photos and looking at them helps me remember things better. When I look at the photos I took in the past, it’s very easy for me to remember the details of the moments such as how I felt when I was pressing the shutter, whether I was in a good mood or a bad one, what the air smelled like, how warm the sunlight was, etc. I was going through the photos from the trip and I realized once again how wonderful the trip was although it was rather challenging at times for me being more of a city girl than a camper.

I’m going to slowly upload the better photos from the trip starting from today and I guess it makes the most sense if I do it in the chronological order. So, here we are. I’m starting with some photos of Blue Ridge Parkway where we passed through on our way to Memphis. The colours of the mountains were so beautiful but the grey day with the rain weren’t too kind for the photos.

Today, I’ve decided to share one of my favorite photographs from the trip. The more I take photos, I find myself appreciating the process of taking photos more than the results. The reason I like this photo so much is that it reminds me of the beautiful day driving up the California Highway 1 along the Pacific coastline, running into this old lady who was painting the ocean sitting by the ocean, having such a pleasant conversation with her, and how wonderful it felt to frame, focus, and release the shutter to capture the beautiful moment I was enjoying. Taking this shot with a Hasselblad was a bonus as it’s such a great camera with an excellent experience of photo taking process.

Anyway, here’s the photograph for you to view and I hope you would enjoy.

I’ve had a few toy cameras around but never had one I got super excited about. Diana+ was close enough but I never got to learn how to take decent shots with it. Then I thought I would give a try to Holga GCFN, the one with a glass lens unlike most of the toy cameras with plastic lenses. I was quite excited when I learned this shop had it, and had to go back to get one a few weeks later.

This shop has an extensive list of toy cameras as well as some nice films at good prices. If you’re into photography and look for some toys to play with, go to Chungmuro and check out this store. Definitely worth a try. The marketing manager of this shop, Justin, is a friendly guy and he speaks fairly good English as well so you will be fine even if you don’t speak Korean.

The address is 3F, 58-2, Chungmuro 3-ga, Jung-gu, Seoul and the phone number is +82(2)2285.5640.

Anyway, I found sometime today to make some wallpapers for the iPad with some minimal photos I took in the past and wanted to share with you whoever out there want to have some decent wallpapers for your iPad. My boyfriend has been making wallpapers for desktops, laptops, iPhones, and iPads and sharing them on his website forever and built up his reputation for it. I thought I would make some to share as well while I enjoy looking at my photos on the iPad and hope you would enjoy as well.

These are more of thumbnails for you to see and if you want to download to use on your iPad, click here.

Here’s the link Sara’s Engagement for more photos from the session.