Do you See what I see - Los Angeles Travel Photographer

I love traveling on water surface, especially when it's the dark mirrors in the Peruvian Amazon that reflect everything they see, only to be disturbed by the passing canoe, or skiff in our case.  

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Who knew, the swaying reflections in the Amazonas made me reminisce one certain image that I made in Tianzifang (田子坊), Shanghai years ago?  Oh, that graceful glide through the balmy spring air, only to be finished by a flick in the corner of the qipao dress (旗袍).  

Do you see what I see? 

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May you Be Happy Like Two Birds - Los Angeles Travel Photographer

Me and my Assistante have been together for so long that, recently, we celebrated a major milestone in our relationship, together (again).  People say when you are happy, time flies.  I'm sure if my partner-in-crime continues to demonstrate excitement in my presence, like the male white-headed marsh tyrant does in this image, we'd have no idea how we fly through the next 20 or 30 years.  Wink, wink...         

This image was made under, kind of, an embarrassing circumstance.  Well, we "missed the boat".  We showed up when everybody had already left.  So, for the two of us, we were given a special skiff and a special guide.  While we certainly had a great time photographing birds at their breakfast time, it's a different feeling when we caught up with the others and we felt like they were all staring at us, at which point I was ready to kick the male bird off the branch, ahem..., skiff.  "But he's so cute", you may say.  "Not when he makes you late", I'd reply.

I still remember what our travel mate Don said when we got together afterwards.  Thank you for being so supportive, Don!

On this expedition trip, we met many couples in great harmony.  Helen and Roy celebrated their 50th anniversary and so did Doc and Barbara.  On the other hand, Ophelia and Louis came on their honeymoon.  Everybody else was somewhere in-between.  

I wanted to dedicate this post to all the love birds that we met and wish you all be happy like birds, the ones in this image! :-)    

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When Life Gives you Rain, Dance with It - Los Angeles Travel Photographer

As much as I enjoyed watching kids and kids at heart play in the downpour, I was wishing that the rain would stop before our afternoon expedition in a skiff.  when my wish was not granted, I went out anyway, camera equipments in tow.

I'm glad that I did not let the weather deter me from my meeting with the wild lives.  Or else, I wouldn't have met the ones that still showed up despite "the inconvenience", especially this striated heron.  In him, I saw my unrivaled determination (shameless pat in the back) as the only one on the skiff with a "somewhat water-proof" camera that day. :-)  

As the late Vivian Greene put it, “Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass...It's about learning to dance in the rain.”  How do you like the dance that I improvised? ;-)

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