UVic Library Reflection - A pair on bench under Full Moon, the first

UVic Library Reflection - A pair on bench under Full Moon, the first night that the fountain is refilled in 2009.
Originally uploaded by annchou

I returned from the Craigdarroch Ceremony last night. When I walked past the library. Something special caught my eyes. My beloved reflection of the library was back. UVic must decided that the winter was surely over and refilled the pond again. It must be the first night that the pond/fountain was filled. The reflection was perfect without the running fountain. When I checked fountain this morning, the fountain was on, and no more perfect reflection.

Mirror Self-portrait in Bathroom

Mirror Self-portrait in Bathroom
Originally uploaded by annchou

I find this interesting as there are 3-fold reflection in the bathroom:
me, the toilet and the clothes basket, and the reality!
I look serious as I have to hold my breathe for the 3 second exposure.
While I am very pleased with the illuminated curtains by the afternoon light, the light level in the bathroom is low.
And interesting, when I browse for other mirror self-portraits in flickr, most people look serious. Can somebody tell if it is for the same reason?

Bhutanese chili

Bhutanese chili
Originally uploaded by annchou

I prefer using natural light.

Therefore the window light in the February afternoon is my best friend because it is directional and warm.
In this picture, Sonam was preparing a Bhutanese lunch for both of us before the photo session of her in national dress. What a nice model :> (Although it was already 2 pm, both of us rose up late on Saturday). I asked her for permission to picture her while she was cooking.

I kept observing how the golden light flow on her and captured the best photo opportunities. I like how the chili was highlighted.

sonam puzzling in the Shrine

sonam puzzling in the Shrine
Originally uploaded by annchou

In a late afternoon in Feb, I asked Sonam to dress in Bhutanese National dress. When this picture was asked, Sonam explained the meaning of the objects in the Shrine to me.

Excitement in the first Nature and Travel Photography Field Trip

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Originally uploaded by annchou

At Beacon Hill park...

To my excitement, right at where we started our field trip, there were free ranching peacocks , apparently flew out from the petting zoo (which closed in winter) across the road.
The peacocks were very complying and allowed me to try different shooting angles, as the part one of class exercise. Among all angles, I preferred the low angle pointing up to sky. This angle gave an illusion as if the viewer was a worm getting into a kingdom of peacocks. This illusion was strongest in my "Two peacocks" photo.

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Originally uploaded by annchou

The peacocks walk to the flower beds to have breakfast. This gave me more excitement to my pointing upward exercise, because the flower bed completed my favorite triad: adding interesting foreground to perfect golden light in morning, and the colorful object.



Feather of Peacock
Originally uploaded by annchou

Even with a new hacker persona!

T e r m i n a l o f A n g e l T e r m i n a l
source: http://webhome.csc.uvic.ca/~annchou/

My TA named me as Terminal Angel because I was born at the old CPR terminal in Vancouver Downtown Waterfront. Now my birthplace is called Waterfront Station.

I like to capture light and reflection whenever I can. I am particularly fond of splashing water on the the terminal screen. The illusions and reflections resulted are smoothing!

Do you like the photos I took?

• The first one was taken during the Night for all Saints taken place at the Mountainview graveyard in Vancouver BC.
• The second one is one of the giant tank I made. It was on display during the Illuminares festival last year. It won the "People Awad!" Actually building lanterns is one of my passion as lanterns emit light and can cast reflection when they float on water.
• The third one is one of my mirror reflection series. This particular one taken in front of the Clearbrook library in Abbotsford BC.

Very very first....

Every day, wherever I go, I am with my little digital camera, so that I wont miss any moment.