Lens-Artists Challenge #81: Find Something Red


This week on the Lens-Artist Challenge, we were challenged to “find something red”, which reminded me that it was Chinese New Year this past Saturday and just about everyone I know knows the color red is seen just about everywhere during Chinese New Year – red lantern, lights, red envelopes…

Therefore, I think it’s fitting to see and relive the experience of seeing these colorful lanterns from when I celebrated this holiday in China three years ago.

Location: Zhongshan, China

Lens-Artist Challenge

Tuesday Photo Challenge – Trees


Tuesday Photo Challenge

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Summer


It’s only in summer one can Continue reading “Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Summer”

Lens-Artists Challenge #80: Leading Lines


 

Location: Somewhere in or near Yellowstone National Park

Lens-Artist Challenge

A Photo a Week Challenge: Work


Photo shot with Sony Nex-5T at ISO 160, f/4.5, 1/100 second.

Location: Union Station, Ogden, Utah.

A Photo A Week Challenge

#WeekendCoffeeShare: Curious (About Cheese)


Credit: Joseph Gonzalez via Unsplash

Good morning, let’s drink some coffee and have some breakfast, shall we? Continue reading “#WeekendCoffeeShare: Curious (About Cheese)”

#WeekendCoffeeShare: Sunset, Moonrise, Life Goes On, Etc.


Good morning, let’s drink some coffee and have some breakfast, shall we? Continue reading “#WeekendCoffeeShare: Sunset, Moonrise, Life Goes On, Etc.”

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Winter


A typical wintry scene here – snowy mountains and an almost-full moon. Continue reading “Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Winter”

A Photo a Week Challenge: Opposite Weather


I think this photo is a wonderful example of opposite weather.

Continue reading “A Photo a Week Challenge: Opposite Weather”

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Opposing Colors


Intentionally out-of-focus red and green Christmas lights forming wonderful bokeh, f/1.8, ISO 200, 1/80 second

Gorgeous yellow sunset against a purplish sky backdrop, f/2.4, ISO 50, 1/16000 second

Orange rock formations against a cloudless blue sky at Arches National Park, f/10.0, ISO 100, 1/80 second

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge

Favorite Photos of 2019


Of course, I have to wrap 2019 with my top favorite photos taken in 2019. Continue reading “Favorite Photos of 2019”

2019 at the glimpse


How do I describe 2019? Continue reading “2019 at the glimpse”

Autumn Colors Panorama


180-degree of autumn colors
Click image to enlarge

As we venture into October, my aunt and I were adamant to search for some fall colors around us. Therefore, we spent one weekend hiking from one mountain range to the next. We finally found it in a beautiful scenic area near the Snowbasin Ski Resort near Morgan, Utah. Continue reading “Autumn Colors Panorama”

#WeekendCoffeeShare: One Month Later…


Good Sunday afternoon or evening wherever you are, it’s been a while since I’ve done this coffee-sharing-thing. Yeah, I know it’s only been a month but to me, it feels like an eternity since I’ve written anything beside work emails and my personal diary. Continue reading “#WeekendCoffeeShare: One Month Later…”

#AtoZChallenge 2019 Reflection and Break


Another April gone, another A to Z Challenge done. 

Overall, I am happy with my theme chosen for this year’s challenge – Wordless Photo. One photo every day for each letter of the alphabet. I chose this theme to fit my busy schedule and I thought I was wise to do so. Ever since my co-worker quit on April first, I have been taking on double-duty at work while my co-worker, who previously performed the other half of my duties, shifted to do my former co-worker’s duties.

And it’s not just work. When I’m at home, every time I attempt to relax, someone was and is calling me to help them. It’s been so incredibly overwhelming at times that I just wanted scream and yell, “Why can’t you people understand I have anxiety issues?!”

With that said, I no longer could find the time to keep up with blogging and I don’t mean the part about creating blog posts. It’s the reading part I was having trouble keeping up. The creating posts part was easy, I already had all except for a few of the letters figure out by the time the challenge started and the photos I wanted to use. Then, all I had to do was plug in the pictures.

You can check out every A to Z Challenge posts ever posted on this blog by clicking on this link.


With the hectic schedule at work and the chaotic life at home, I decided to pause blogging for a while, to take a break. The break will not be indefinite and it does not mean I am stepping away from blogging. I will still check in once in a while to read a few posts, and write a post or two but no more daily posting.

After 6 years of writing posts and participating in challenges. I think it’s time to slow down and perhaps get back to what I originally set out to do when I started this blog – write stories to satisfy my wild imagination but now, with a few photos added. 

I hope you will stick around because I have a lot more stories to tell. 

Wits End Weekly Photo Challenge: Unexpected Beauty


Wits End Weekly Photo Challenge

#WeekendCoffeeShare: Life’s been a Blur


Photo by Matt Hoffman on Unsplash

Good Saturday morning and thank you for joining me in this First-Saturday-of-May edition of #WeekendCoffeeShare. Continue reading “#WeekendCoffeeShare: Life’s been a Blur”

A Photo a Week Challenge: Three of a Kind


After re-reading the challenge rule, I realized it’s a different “three of a kind” – the kind where I’m photographing an object in three different angles, not the three of the same object three of a kind. Continue reading “A Photo a Week Challenge: Three of a Kind”

Photo of the Week!


I planted these leucanthemums in my backyard a few weeks ago and so far, they’re doing well. I took this picture about two weeks ago and I think it might be time for me to take more as more and more of these pretty flowers come in.  Continue reading “Photo of the Week!”

Tuesday Photo Challenge – Technology


This is definitely a piece of technology. 😄

Tuesday Photo Challenge

#AtoZChallenge 2019 – Z for Zermatt Resort


Theme: Wordless Photos

Click here to see all the #AtoZChallenge posts so far.

Technical Details

Sony Nex-5T (f/6.3, 16 mm, ISO-100, 1/60 sec)

For more information about the #AtoZChallenge, check out this link.

#AtoZChallenge 2019 – Y for Yellow


Theme: Wordless Photos

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Technical Details

Sony Nex-5T (f/5.6, 50 mm, ISO-160, 1/160 sec)

For more information about the #AtoZChallenge, check out this link.

#AtoZChallenge 2019 – X for Xylograph


Theme: Wordless Photos

Click here to see all the #AtoZChallenge posts so far.

Technical Details

Sony Nex-5T (f/5.6, 35 mm, ISO-3200, 1/60 sec)

For more information about the #AtoZChallenge, check out this link.