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Happy Wednesday to you all. Let neither the rain nor shine take away any happiness that you do have!
“Pray don't talk to me about the weather, Mr. Worthing. Whenever people talk to me about the weather, I always feel quite certain that they mean something else. And that makes me quite nervous.” ― Oscar Wilde
Some fun headshots of Kamel and Anna
The light beaconed me to wake up early, and I'm glad I did. Golden Light is such a good reason to get your hind parts out of bed.
Couple 1: They were in too much in a hurry to give me their information, but they were kind enough to give me this kiss picture.
Couple 2: University Students... Lee Eung Jeon; 23; He likes clothes. (Notice his Gap shirt) with Jeon Eun Yeong, 23, She likes bags. (I think that she means purses) Their likes seems to match up quite nicely.
Color and Black in White :-)Almost everything--all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure--these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.Steve Jobs
"Ring the bells that still can ringForget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThat's how the light gets in."
Here are a few images from my photo shoot with Sarah Vied, traveller and writer of the travel blog. Check out her work at http://uncagedtraveler.com .... She is currently in the Czech Republic, but soon she'll be in moving down the road to Taiwan... Don't you just love her green eyes??
A Winter Wedding
The groom from the Dominican Republic and the bride from South Korea.
Guests from all over the world.
A lovely evening.
“Happiness [is] only real when shared."― Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild
*These portraits were taken in a movie theater with a simple bike light used as a spotlight. :) Try using non-photography lights for your portraits, you'll be surprised at what fun things that you can get!It's Monday here in South Korea, early in the morning. I'm drinking my Camomile tea and my brain is wandering off to its list-making land and beginning to wonder. how I will begin to do all the things that I need to do this week? The week ahead is full. So much to do! But my goal for this week is to not focus on the tasks that need to be done, but enjoying the fact that I get to do them. That I'm blessed enough to have the ability AND that people want me to help them do their projects and value the skills that God has given me. And that these skills will make their lives better. It is really quite awesome when I think about it that way.. :)Happy Week before Christmas everyone! Listen to so much Christmas music that your ears want to explode and drink so much egg-nog that your stomach wishes to do the same. :)
Meet the Harbert family. They have been living in South Korea for almost 2 years, and they've loved it, but they are currently packing their bags and saying goodbye to Korealand and their favorite food, a Mr. Kimchi (hahaha). I lie, them and Mr. Kimchi are well, you see, they just haven't found the beauty in all the garlic and months of fermentation. I don't understand personally, what is not to love about a food that is full of rotten garlic? I mean, it makes your breath rancid for days. It's fantastic! ;) They much prefer Guacamole, which you all know, the Mexican in me applauds.But before they said goodbye to our little country of bitter winters and fermentation and head off to their next adventure, they asked me capture a bit of their family in Asialand. I am so happy they did. It was a perfectly sunny day, and it didn't feel like work at all, much more like I was hanging out with friends and taking pictures of their cool kids., who happen to like mohawks, skateboards, Ben - 10 and tutus! A photographer's dream! (yes, I admit, I did a little happy dance when I heard that Noah had a mohawk) Thank-you guys for the opportunity to photograph your family and best of luck on your next adventure! May it be full of many blessings.view my portfolio here
Engrishy Class was canceled today! Only picnics and lollipops in Korealand today! The little munchkins are truly adorable. I think I may miss them quite a bit when I say farewell.
Sunday afternoon in the middle of the Yeouido Cherry Blossom Festival a mass of Koreans began to form, mouths were gaping, hundreds of cellphones were out, all busily snapping pictures, and they weren't looking at beautiful cherry blossoms.. Oh no, they cared nothing for the millions of flower-filled trees, they were more enthralled with the massive blue eyes of all the Taylor children. You would have thought that the Olsen twins had arrived or perhaps Hannah Montana had just come on stage... All the grandmothers wanted their pictures taken with the beautiful waygooks (foreigners) and the grandfathers wanted to shake their hands. And the funny thing is that all this madness is just a normal Korean day for the Taylors. Korean made celebrities. :)Want your Korean life documented? contact me @ ingekathleen@gmail.com
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Spring is FINALLY here in Korea and that makes me super giddy and happy, inside and out! And in the spirit of all things springy and new, I am having a big 15% off sale, off everyone of my Lifestyle Portrait Sessions! So you can send fresh Korean photos of your adorable kids or you and your sweetheart back home to the family.All you must do is contact me @ 010-2572-3905 or email me at ingekathleen@gmail.com before April 22nd, mention this blog post, and I will give you 15% off the portrait session of your choice!Oh, and to help you enjoy the Korean spring to its fullest, here are a couple of links so you can have a spring full of cherry blossom picnics, and strawberry picking extravaganzas!view my portfolio here
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Is there anything better than an afternoon spent escaping the city's noise to enjoy the most exquisite coffee, flannel-clad hippies, laughs that make your sides hurt, 30th birthdays, and high fashion portrait sessions with the most fabulous of friends? I think not!
Happy January 31! How has the first month of 2011 treated you all? I hope splendidly.. I was lucky enough to spend half of the month in the good ole US of A! Yes be jealous. I spent 100% of my time relaxing, talking, eating, and drinking coffee (about 50% of the time) with my awesome family and friends. It has been a splendid year so far. Despite it being too cold for any human, I feel like the year holds so much potential. It's going to be a great one. I'm getting all tingly thinking about it... oh wait never mind the tingle is coming from the frostbite starting in envelop my poor tootsies.. booo... ahh well who needs em when you can think of all the amazingness this year will offer!
Odd....My tone of writing is a bit too cheery for the above image of death and oppression., yes? What can I say? My camera seems to have it's screwballish dark moods.. I try to cheer him up, but it can't help it. Graveyards are so very fascinating to him. They are just fantastically creepy to photograph in. Would you not agree?
Well enjoy February and all the crazy things to ensue! Talk soon :)
I'm the lucky girl to have these two as my brothers. They really are quite the bomb dot coms. I'm not really sure why they even hang out with me or are my facebook friends. Do you know dear reader? I'm mean really I'm the geeky, huge camera toting, Korean, Mexican sister who can't seem to stay in the US of A long enough to do a load of laundry. Do you think they bother to put up me because I bribe them with food? Yes, yes that must be it!
Food really is a magic tool of manipulation. If you look at any great feat or massive betrayal in all of human history you know what is the motivation for it? A tasty meal. You don't believe me? Well let me explain.. Do you know the real reason Moses had the strength to cross the Red Sea? Not because he was a super human, no, no, it was because there was a pipping Chick-fil-a Chicken Biscuit waiting on the other side, Two of them! I swear it is true just look it up in the Bible. Totally there. It's there. very much there :)
And do you know why Brutus betrayed/killed his super tight friend Julius Caesar? Not because he was power hungry. He was just hungry and his mother promised to make him the best TexMex food known to man WITH extra cheese and cilantro if he stuck it to Caesar. Yes, yes, I know that they were Roman and didn't live in Texas or Mexico. And Texas wasn't even founded until much later, but you see his mother was so ahead of her times, she knew TexMex food before it hit Texas. And so there you have it my friends, the enchilada is what did Mr. Caesar in. Poor guy. You know if they taught the true history behind Caesar's fall in schools these days, more kids would stay awake in school. And that's what's wrong with the education system these days! Hey but at least I have cool brothers. I hope you do too or at least a good cup of hot chocolate with a little cinnamon in it :)
This image came from too many hours daydreaming and too many hours of good sleep which led to much more daydreaming and then to convincing my sister that playing in a 200-year-old graveyard in the snow was a perfectly normal practice. It is right? Thank-you dear sister for indulging my many whims.
