February 26, 2006
Glamour Shots from Bassar GuangZhou
The renowned British photographer Martin Parr did a project (autoportraits) to showcase the photo studios around the world. He asked them to dress him and take a portrait of him. The ending results, when shown together, demonstrate a diverse set of asthetics and techniques associated closely with the local customs and pop culture icons. When M and I went to China last December, we went to the BARSAR studio to take these photos. Apparently glamour studio shots are very popular in China for young women and wedding couples. They are big business and make very good profit, although by American standard their service seem relatively cheap, considering that they would do all the hairs and makeup and provide all kinds of costumes and propups. For a few hours you can live your fantasy and play roles from Hollywood or old Shanghai. Our photograher was a handsome young boy who recently graduated from photography school in WuHan Hubei. He got excited when I took the liberty to improvise and posed in unusual ways...
December 05, 2005
First Snow in Boston
On the way to airport, Marcelo and Ellen took me to the Weeks Bridge, one of Marcelo's favorite spots for his "solitary retreat" in Cambridge.
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November 28, 2005
August 05, 2005
Death Valley-Palm Springs
In early April I went to Palm Springs for a conference and took these photos on the way.
June 09, 2005
October 12, 2004
Photo Stitch
I tried a Canon Product called "Photo Stitch" and got the following result. The shot was taken outside Merida Venezuela.
Unfortunately it did not work for the other set. I had to resort to Photoshop. This was taken at Desolation Water Wildness.
