There will be more to come. I have lots of scanning to get through.
The cherry blossoms are in bloom, that means that the parks are full of people and the city is regaining some of it’s color. The winter here is really quite ugly. This year there was only one day of snow and it all melted before lunch. That means that everything was a crappy brown color for months. Now with the sun out, the flowers are in full color. Suddenly I remember some of the reasons that I like Beijing.
This is a good representation of Beijing for me. There is a good mix of beauty and ruin. People go about their busy lives. They take the subway, they wander by the lakes, they enjoy their free-time. Something that I hope to do more of now that the weather is starting to get better. What I need to do is take the bloody headphones out and just listen. The city if full of life. I often let it pass me by these days. For the record, I have been in Beijing for one year and seven months. This is the longest that I have stayed in one place for a while.
Here is a big one. Digital shots. Left the Leica at home for a day. Yong He Gong Temple Beijing. Enjoy.
The first three shots are from the Temple of Earth in Ditan park. Ditan is a great part that is many people I think overlook. Beautiful and not crowded.
The rest of the shots are from 798 art district. Cool place, really commercialized now. There seems to be more stores than art galleries now.
All of these were shot on Ektar 100. This has become my favorite film by a long shot. Let’s hope that Kodak can pull themselves out of this cash crisis that they find themselves in. Otherwise, I’ll be trying some Fuji I guess.