2010 is leaving us. I'm working madly to hold on to the tail-end of it. - Los Angeles Photographer

You know what I've noticed about myself lately?  When many others are spending time away from work, my speed of posting is up.  Is it seeing 2010 coming to an end and trying to hold on to it?  Or is it the season that's even more inspiring for creativity?  No matter what it is, I'm playing hard these days (to me, work is play).  Shhh...don't tell my husband although he's been suspecting that most of what I do is playing. :-) The other day, when I was passing by a row of maple trees, beautifully dotted with hot red leaves, an idea popped into my mind.  I had to turn around to them.

You see, most of the "pretty stuff" (some call it home decor) in our house come from nature or our travels.  This time, it's the marriage of both.  From one of our trips to Taiwan, we brought back a beautiful, subtly toned vase.  When I saw the maple leaves, something in my head said they would look nice in that vase.  So, here's what turned out:

One vase, one sprig of maple, an art piece to be put on my wall.  What can I say, life is full of beauty!  Enjoy what it has to offer, my friends!

P.S.  I did apologize to the tree for "stealing" the sprig from it.

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A Beauty in its Tradition - Hoi An, Vietnam - Los Angeles Photographer

When I travel, I seek out things of tradition, things that carry a long history with them. As everywhere in this world, people are in a rush to demolish the old and build the new, those things are harder to locate and become rarity in many cases. So I consider myself lucky when I was able to capture this lady, so elegantly passing by the water in her traditional outfit ("Ao Dai") when I was already enjoying a visual feast in the ancient town of Hoi An, Vietnam.

What has become a rarity to you that you grew up with?

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A serene scene brought back from Halong Bay, Vietnam - Los Angeles Photographer

Alright, my friends.  I hope you've enjoyed the beautiful scenery from Halong Bay that I posted last week.  As beautiful as the picture conveys, I love anything that's more than single-element.  This goes for people, food, scenery, or anything else that I can't put my mind onto at the moment. So this next picture I'm about to share was also taken from Halong Bay.  But you'd see an obvious difference of feel from the previous one - a lone little fishing boat, floating quietly by itself.  And the fish net seems to be telling a story...

As you look into the (seemingly blank) distance, what feeling/sentiment/emotion did this scene draw from you?  I'd love that you share...

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