kenleewrites in 日本

On my recent trip to Jeju for an academic conference, I took lots of photos. The thing with taking photos is, I’m the one always holding the camera! So I’m never in the pictures… So it’s a good thing my friend, ahemo, also has an interest in photography ^^. At least I get to appear in his photos!

This was what I did for group shots. I had my gorilla pod attached to my camera most of the time. So it was easy to just stand/grab something for a group shot. I know what you’re thinking… why didn’t I just use this to include myself in the photos? Well, the answer to that question is, I did. But it’s just a little cumbersome to put the camera down, set a timer (or use a remote) to take the shot and run back to pick up the camera before someone makes a dash for it before me. And sometimes like in this photo, I wanted to make myself look more natural. So I had my back to the camera. I do not want to imagine how sad I would be if I turned around and found it gone ><. Good thing it was pretty early in the morning… No one around ^^.

I met Bonnie at the conference. She dances Jazz Funk! “What’s Jazz Funk?”, I asked. Think along the lines of the Pussycat Dolls. Sexy ^^. Sorry guys, she’s taken already.

What do you do when you go on a holiday? Pass a friend your camera and ask him/her to take a photo of you? Or do you have a friend who likes taking photos too? Isn’t it just a little sad if you didn’t have any photos of you taken at the places you’ve been?