吉姆 JIM HOFMAN | Photography Faces & places in China
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Ningbo 8.18
Ningbo was incredibly hot in August. I visited the Tianyi Ge ancient library twice to take some photos on the grounds. This is the oldest library in China that dates back to the 1500’s.
Hong Kong and China at f0.95
I typically dedicate posts to a single location on a trip, but this post is dedicated to a single f-stop – f0.95. Mitakon makes a 35mm lens with a wicked-fast f0.95 aperture. Shooting wide open with this lens yields a razor-thin depth of field.
Hong Kong 11.17
Two quick passes through Hong Kong on this trip – arriving and departing on a three week trip to China. The weather in October is always amazing. No humidity or big heat.
Shenzhen 10.17
I use Shenzhen as my pivot point as I travel to other cities in China on business. The Shekou area is very western and very comfortable on the weekends. The food is great and the beer is cold.
Yangjiang 7.17
I participated in the first ever Yangjiang Street Photography Photo Walk this week. There was three of us, but only two photographers.
Kathmandu 7.17
An amazing place – only a 4-hour flight from Guangzhou, but decades behind China. We arrived prepared for Nepal’s summer monsoon season but returned with sun burns because of the unusually beautiful weather in July.
Hong Kong 3.17
I enjoyed a whirlwind photo walk in TST and Mong Kok for a few hours before flying home. I logged 9.2 miles of walking and got some interesting close-up shots. I used the 14mm f2.8 lens on the Fuji X-Pro2 for all of these images.
Shenzhen | Qingxi 2.17
I was lazy and didn’t get out to the Qingxi wet market early in the morning like I usually do, but there is always activity there and an opportunity for street photos. I also stopped briefly in Shenzhen and got out for a couple hours.
Ningbo 4.16
I made my usual stop in Ningbo and took photos near my usual shopping mall (Wanda Plaza). Except for the people in the photos it looks like the photos could have been taken in Minneapolis.
Macau 2.16
I’ve driven by Macau about 30 times over the last four years and each time I think “I should make a side trip to Macau sometime”. Well this year I finally pulled the trigger and spent a couple days in the old city a few days before Chinese New Year. It was a mob scene.
Qingxi 11.15
I absolutely love southern China in October and early November. The humidity and big heat are gone. You can actually walk around in the middle of the day instead of hiding in an air conditioned office or hotel. That meant I could get out and enjoy lots of street photography without my lens fogging.
Yangjiang 10.15
I visited Yangjiang twice on this trip, including a period that overlapped with the annual kite festival.
Lijiang 7.15
I’ve been mentally searching for a western city I’ve visited before that is similar to Lijiang. The only place I can think of is Venice, Italy.
Qingxi 7.15
I’ve run out of words to describe the central market in Qingxi. It’s simply big and full of sights, sounds and smells.
Shenzhen & Qingxi 4.15
I spent the weekend in Qingxi visiting my usual haunts for street photography – along with some new places in Shenzhen. The weather was perfect on most of the days and I even went mountain climbing with a new friend.
Yangjiang 4.15
The weather is just as flaky here as it is in Minneapolis. One day it’s sunny and 80 degrees – the next day it’s in the 50’s and cloudy. Regardless, I got out a couple times for some street photos. I’m staying in a new hotel in the city center that’s better located for street shots.
This is not China…
This is not China… but there are surprising similarities. After my China trip in January I continued west to Dubai and Amman, Jordan. My final destination was Nablus in the West Bank. Of course I took my camera gear and did some street photography in Nablus, Hebron, Ramallah and Bethlehem.
Walking Yangjiang
I’ve combined my existing hobby of street photography with my new hobby of power walking. I logged a total of 16 miles in 3 consecutive afternoons. That’s a lot of streets that got photographed.
