Korean Drift Car Competition

A co-worker of mine is a sport car fan...you know, the whole Fast-n-Furious thing. He asked me if I wanted to go watch a drift car competition. I had nothing else to do, so I agreed to go. I brought my camera equipment hoping to get some good pictures. We drove about 2 hours to get there. It ended up being a really small event, but it was a good time. I also took some pictures of my co-worker and his car. I did happen to get some American style pizza out of it. We found a Papa Johns restaurant on the way home. All-in-all, it was good day.

Here's sample of some of the photos from the race. To see all the photos, please go here: Korean Drift Car Competition

From the Archives: Xmas Day in Seoul

Since I didn't blog anything from Oct 2009-June 2010, I figured I'd bring up some of the stuff I shot from the past 6 mos or so.

Christmas Day 2009 was the first chance I had been able to really get out and explore part of Seoul. A friend and I took the train from Camp Casey down to Seoul and headed for the famous Namdaemun Market. It is more ore less a huge flea type market with hundreds of vendors, selling anything from food to clothes, medicine to electronics. Some of it is indoors, some outdoors and some underground. We spent all day walking around, trying the food and taking pictures.

Before we headed home, we took a taxi to the 63 Building, which is one of the tallest buildings in Seoul. There is an observation deck on one of the top floors. It has a couple restaurants, and an art Exhibit, all on the same top floor. It was very busy that night with lots of families.

Below are a handful of photos from the day trip. To see all the photos, please go here: Xmas Day in Seoul

Food...


More food...


Nut store


And more food.


Heating lamps form an alley way food stand


Night time at the market


Fresh fish stand; my favorite shot of the day


Part of the art exhibit in 63 Building


Building 63 observation deck


Visitor notes; everyone would post notes wishing for peace and to just say hi


There were little Korean kids everywhere


View from the observation deck

Hoobastank and Sevendust Concert

As part of the Camp Casey 4th of July celebration, two great bands performed for the troops. Hoobastank and Sevendust, both well known and successful groups, put on a great show. I personally am a fan of both, but Sevendust is one of my favorite metal bands of all time. For groups that normally sell out areas, they didnt hold anything back for this small concert. Hoobastank started things off and warmed the crowd up, but Sevendust came out and definitely finished the show off on a heavy metal note. I was lucky enough to get a few good spots to shoot from...and to kind of just roam around the stage without anyone harassing me. I think I got lots of good pictures and really captured the energy that comes from this style of music. Below are some highlights from the show, for all the pictures, please visit my website here: Hoobastank and Sevendust Concert Pictures

I'm Back!

Ok, so I took about a 6 month break from posting blog updates. Ive decided that this is something I am going to try and do at least once a week. In the mean time, here is a picture I took last night of the Moon...

Olympus E-P2 w/ Nikon 400mm 2.8 & 2X TC

Gone Golfin...

Well, actually I just tagged along with a few buddies while they golfed. Im trying to build up my sports photography portfolio. I think a few of them turned out pretty good.

Gone Golfin Photo Gallery

One of my pictures featured in Northern Virginia Mag

One of my DC Roller Girl photos was used in a story in Northern Virginia Magazine. To see the online version of the story with the photo...see this link:
http://www.northernvirginiamag.com/news/2009/09/21/dc-rollergirls/

Commonwealth Cup and Wine Festival

I had an opportunity to go watch a polo match at the Commonwealth Cup and Wine Festival, in The Plains, VA. I had never been to a polo match before and it turned out to be a pretty fun day. I was a tad bit under dressed in my Harley t-shirt and cargo shorts...but, oh well, it was hot out.

Commonwealth Cup and Wine Festival Gallery