Laguna Beach blue hour

Posted on April 14th, 2013 under Other. Tags: beach, california, laguna beach, night photography, nikon d7000, sunset, Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 Lens for Nikon. Comments Off on Just after sunset at Laguna Beach

Gyudon (牛丼) is one of my favorite Japanese dishes. Sure it’s cheap Japanese fast food, but I still love it. I tried this bowl in the Los Angeles area as you can’t find Japanese style beef bowls anywhere near my normal neck of the woods in Southern Oregon. It wasn’t quite the same as the many I have consumed in Japan. Maybe it was the styrofoam bowl? Perhaps that was part of it, but something still seemed a bit off in the recipe.

I’m looking forward to consuming the real thing in Japan this summer as well as many bowls of bulgogi (불고기) in Korea.

Posted on April 13th, 2013 under Japan. Tags: food, los angeles, Nikon 35mm f/1.8 lens, nikon d7000. Comments: 2

Korean dance performance at Southern Oregon University

My passport was returned to me in the mail from Seattle yesterday complete with a Korean visa attached. Barring some sort of huge military outbreak, I will be heading off to Korea in just over two months.

Speaking of my passport, with three visas (Korea, Japan, and China) taking up a full page each, and about 30 country stamps, there are only a few spots left for new stamps. It would probably already be full were it not for the fact that most countries I have been to in Europe didn’t stamp my passport.

Speaking of getting a Korean visa, the process was exceedingly quick. The instructions said to include an express mail mailer with postage attached for them to send it back, but I figured I could get away with a priority mailer given that I still have two+ months. I was anticipating a month to six week turnaround. Instead, even with priority (2 or 3 day mail instead of overnight) mail in both directions, I received my visa a mere week after I sent my passport to the Korean Consulate in Seattle. They must have processed everything in just a day or two. Fantastic!

Posted on April 9th, 2013 under Korea, Oregon. Tags: AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II, ashland oregon, nikon d7000. Comments: 2

Posted on April 6th, 2013 under Other. Tags: getaway rock festival, metal, nikon d7000, opeth, Tamron AF 17-50mm F/2.8. Comments Off on Happy Birthday to Martin Mendez of Opeth!

Posted on March 31st, 2013 under Oregon. Tags: AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II, bokeh, nikon d7000. Comments Off on Happy Easter!