Heatwave Hiatus (Part 2)

This set was mainly taken around several "Chinese" communities around where I live or in the city. As I was putting them up in Lightroom, I also found a bunch of photos from a few months ago that I really liked, but forgot to post on the website. So I decided that, rather than let the photos die a silent death in the digital decay of individualism and society, I would post them all up in a single post right after I'm done with this series.

Another thing that I thought I should address is why I always take so long to put up my photos after I've taken them. The main reasons is, I really dislike (hate's a strong word) looking back at my images after I've taken them (other than to check the image to see if I need any adjustments). It's just a quirk that I have where it makes me feel as if I'm exhaustively stepping back into my own day-- I'd rather give it a few hours/days before I take a look at them again.

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Heatwave Hiatus (Part 1)

Aside from getting brutally stabbed by a group of slow cheetahs, the main reason that I haven't been posting images is due to the fact that it's been getting too hot to wander around outside, and because it's realistically unreasonable to ask me to connect my camera to the computer. I'm only human after all. Along with that, I recently tried out a new camera under the guise of replacing it with my current camera. Sadly, it turned out that the camera (Sony NEX 6 w/ Sigma 35mm f/2.8) wasn't quite for me, and I returned it recently.

Disregarding these unfortunate issues, I'm back with more images to throw at you! Now just as a small disclaimer, most of the images below were taken with the camera that I was previously considering, so be wary of impressively better image quality.

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One of the first images that I took with the new camera.  I really liked the well-defined distinctions.

Split Tonality (Part 3) - Waters and Pleads

So here's the last set of highlights that I'm willing to post before I go for an outing again. I think that I have one picture in this set that really symbolized my new willingness to go out and "capture" life in the city. Overall, I would call it a pretty "successful week", and I'm looking forward to going out again and getting more things to share at another time.

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Split Tonality (Part 2) - Highline

Here's the second set of image highlights. From looking back at them, I've realized that a majority of them are from the New York High Line. These pictures are from a outing I had with my friends; we had a good time.

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On the way

Split Tonality (Part 1)

So apparently, I forgot to post up to two weeks worth of photos, in the past two weeks. Uncanny how these things turn out, right? Anyways, I've picked out about 60/300 photos that I thought were worth mentioning, and I've provided them below. Since they're in a assortment between two weeks, I can't be very descriptive in the overall set, but what I can say is that I really enjoy the experience of going out and taking photographs. It was always my dream in the far future to get a camera and snap away, but to do it right now, is a different experience entirely.

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