http://seoullife.net Tales of an American moveable family Sun, 12 Oct 2008 21:26:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Photography is ultimately about capturing (or not capturing) direct and reflected light. What makes lighting interesting is the ability to selectively highlight parts of the image while not highlighting other parts. Perhaps the easiest way to do this is to attach a snoot to one or more of the lighting ... http://seoullife.net/2008/10/12/snooty-strobe-shooting/ Recently, I asked myself the question "What is the difference between available light photography and artificial (flash) light photography?" As usual, Yoda was correct: "No different, only different in your mind. You must unlearn what you have learned." Yoda, Star Wars, Episode V What I had learned is that available light == best ... http://seoullife.net/2008/10/12/must-unlearn-what-i-have-learned-about-lighting/ Paging ZenKimchi for an investigation ... Has anyone else noticed a definite uptick in the amount of gochujang and gochu garu restaurants are using lately? At first I thought it was a quirk of one of our favorite take-out places, but the curse appears to be spreading. Tags: food, SeoulNow, I know ... http://seoullife.net/2008/10/06/twice-the-spice/ The blog has been pretty quiet over the past couple weeks as we are currently negotiating some real-world transitions. Although nothing is set in stone, it does appear that we will be ending our sojourn in Korea at the end of the year. We're not precisely sure what we'll be doing ... http://seoullife.net/2008/09/30/end-is-near/