a million miles an hour

a million miles an hour, originally uploaded by maximilian.lin.

even though its summer and things are supposed to be moving a little bit slower, it seems like a lot of things are happening at the same time... things need to slowww downnn...

reach for the sky!

reach for the sky!, originally uploaded by maximilian.lin.

i saw toy story 3 in 3d this past weekend and i must say it gets my vote for best movie of the year so far... animation was amazing... story was captivating... each character was involved and not just thrown in as an afterthought. i even teared up at the end... highly recommended... well worth the hype.

another shot on the golden gate bridge. shot a little with my lx3 tonight... i hope to upload some images soon so i can post new material.

l-o-v-e

l-o-v-e, originally uploaded by maximilian.lin.

so many people getting engaged/married... this weekend, i get to congratulate wanita and hansoo.

i love this girls rendition of "l-o-v-e"...

this picture was taken on the golden gate bridge... on one of the supports...

i see you!

i see you!, originally uploaded by maximilian.lin.

so this past week was the start of my perryville externship and i have to say ive enjoyed myself so far... things are running much more efficiently and its just nice to get out of baltimore and spend some time running around and being served awesome food.

that blurb is totally unrelated to the photo... umm, this photo was taken right before my cousins wedding... this is another cousins daughter... same girl from the post from a few weeks back.

getting rid of the bad chi

getting rid of the bad chi, originally uploaded by maximilian.lin.

my uncle is quite the renaissance man. one of his interests includes acupressure/reflexology. initially i was skeptical, but i decided to let him work on me. i dont think ive ever voluntarily endured so much pain in my life. hed press on a meridian point and i could definitely feel a distinct burning. after the massage, i definitely felt better... bruised, but better. he made me a chi believer.

iso 560
50mm
f/2.8
1/40s

happiness

happiness, originally uploaded by maximilian.lin.

so in traditional chinese culture the boys family gives the girls family gifts of various things, including lotus/green bean/red bean cakes. my cousins the groom so im not quite sure why we ended up eating one of the cakes... maybe leftovers.

golden gate...

golden gate..., originally uploaded by maximilian.lin.

another post! i have new pictures to post, so im being proactive... the last day of our california trip, we went to san francisco. being tourists, we went to the most touristy landmark in the city. although there were a lot of visitors, the park didnt seem overwhelmingly full for a holiday weekend. plus we were lucky in that as we were walking back to the car to leave, we just missed the fog setting in...

three bracketed images at one stop. merged in ps.

gasp!

gasp!, originally uploaded by maximilian.lin.

ive been out of town these past few weekends... this memorial day weekend, i went to northern california to attend my cousins wedding. it was nice seeing family, some of whom i havent seen in a decade... no exaggeration.

this is one of my cousins daughters... pretty darn cute.

iso 280
85mm
f/1.8
1/60s