숭례문 (Sungnyemun)

Here’s the thing - Sadly, last night a fire destroyed this fantastic historical monument in Seoul - but the amazing thing was that the previous night I shot the above picture of the rear of this fantastic monument. I had intended to come back next week to take a few shots of the front of it using my tripod.

What is really surprising here is that I was reading a blog post from Scott Kelby on the “photographer’s school of hard knocks” (click HERE to view post) where Scott had decided to come back the next day to take a picture of a water lily. That night a severe storm hit the area and when he was able to finally return to the pond, the water lily was water logged.

As usual, I did what most people do and think “yeah, I know but it can’t happen to me” … well it did.

It is a very sad day for all of us living in Korea to see this happen to such a beautiful monument and I for one hope that it can be restored to it original glory.

Below is a picture of what Sungnyemun looks like today

Photography Monday (Returns)

Welcome back all my Korean readers from the long Lunar New Year holiday. I hope you are all feeling refreshed and enjoying being back at work.

The above picture was taken at a recent night out I had with friends in Hongdai. This image is a pic of a friend of a friend of mine. I like the way the light bounces of the face and the intensive concentration on his face.

today sees the return of the popular “Photography Monday” series of posts. With the return I want you all to view the photography of Don Emmerich, a Canon Explorer of Light -

Click HERE to view his gallery