29 September 2009
By The Metropolitician
In Crosspost, Photography, Practical
What are YOU doing for Chuseok?
Designed so ANYONE can come out of the session with specific knowledge — tips and tricks — to improve their photography. Also, it’s designed to expose you, through the tricks and tips themselves, to new and necessary knowledge in photo — a little of the Photoshop you need, a little [...]
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01 June 2009
By The Metropolitician
In Photography, Practical
Know how to use that DSLR of yours? Want to buy one but fear not knowing how to use it? Then you’ve found the right place — the only regular source of photo classes in Korea, taught by one of the most experienced working photographers in Korea, the Metropolitician.
Most popular are the Basic Photo I [...]
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19 May 2009
By The Metropolitician
In Exhibits, Fashion, Korea in Intl Media, Openings, Parties, Photography, Pop Culture
On this Friday, May 22nd at 7pm, watch me roll out our book to the Korean media — IN KOREAN! I’m planning to talk about not just the Korean fashion scene and photography, but also about Korea’s nation branding efforts from the point-of-view of a member sitting on President’s Council on Nation Branding. This book [...]
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06 May 2009
By The Metropolitician
In Crosspost, Education, Photography, Practical, Shows/Performances
[Shot by Alii Higham for the Korea Herald]
Thanks for the write-up, KH! For those coming in from that story, please refer to a few links to get you oriented. Registration for May classes is underway, and you can prepare for the classes and get some good photo info from my “Photography in Korea” series:
“Photography in [...]
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23 March 2009
By Mark
In Events, Festivals, Photography
It is cherry blossom season in Korea, so get out to one of your local festivals and take some photos while you can. Cherry trees are drought resistant so the water shortage shouldn’t affect the season at all.
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04 February 2009
By The Metropolitician
In Fashion, Photography
It’s been a long time coming since I was supposed to publish my first photo book –now, it’s gonna happen. To all of you who waited so long to see it, here it is, although it’s been a long and winding road to get here.
So, we’re accepting pre-orders, and you’ll be the first to get them off [...]
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29 January 2009
By The Metropolitician
In Exhibits, Fashion, Food, Openings, Parties, Photography
The Book:
Feetmanseoul.com, Korea’s first and only independent online fashion magazine, is producing a large photo/art book filled with gorgeous and provocative pictures, as well as original photo stories, interviews, and essays. Beyond the feel of a disposable fashion magazine, this coffee table book with have a real heft to it, with large, heavy pages that [...]
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24 December 2008
By The Metropolitician
In Photography
This is an announcement for photography classes that I’m conducting in the month of January. The original announcement’s on my own site, and I decided to make a short one here as well. If you are interested in getting your photography skills together once-and-for-all, or want to get the most out of your camera while [...]
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21 December 2008
By Mark
In Photography, Pop Culture
This blog needs some Christmas cheer. Aha…a Santa pic from Anamboy should do the trick….
By the way, so nobody gets accused of being sexist on the Hub, here is some junk in a box.
Dick in a Box
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entertainment, Photography
10 December 2008
By The Metropolitician
In Photography
I’m running a “Photography in Korea” series (parts 1 and 2 here) covering how to buy a camera, basic photo skills, where to go to shoot, street shooting tips, and more. I’ve only gotten to the first two, but am planning on continuing them to the point of comprehensiveness. Hopefully, this will help those of [...]
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19 November 2008
By Roboseyo
In Crosspost, Health, Photography, Travel
(this is the expanded version of something first published at Roboseyo, expanded here, and now cross-posted there as it first appeared here: including more pictures!)
I know, I know, everybody’s been wondering, “You seem like a cheery cat. So what makes a happy expat, Roboseyo?” well, fortunately, the guru is open for advice, with a [...]
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04 November 2008
By Roboseyo
In Photography, Uncategorized
Sunday was gorgeous: I went to Seoul Forest with Girlfriendoseyo and we saw some of the more fantastic fall colours I’ve seen this year. Girlfriendoseyo says the Fall Colours are not as nice this year as other years, because of the dry summer, but you won’t hear me complaining. The Eulalias (the white-headed [...]
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