August 16, 2009

iBlog: Hospital Memories

I visited a hospital again, this time for my niece. She fractured a
vertebra in what seemed to be a small bicycle accident.

While there I discovered a posted message about Cancer that I share
with you. It reminded me of the months I spent at the hospital,
recovering. It can beat!

August 14, 2009

iBlog: Bol Kai Temple

My uncle Dougie Chong & I visited this temple last year. It was being reconstructed, & the painters asked Dougie for some help with the Chinese characters.

Everything turned out nicely, as we returned on a chance visit back. Other views of the temple were through those iron gates that surround the premises. We went to Marysville on a lark and arrived after the temple closed.

August 13, 2009

iBlog: Beauty in Food

These are simple cremes & sauces. So what catches your eye is not the bland colors of what you're buying, but the fruit "flowers" at the front. They beg customers to at least take a look--to consider such a delectable treat.

Notice the flowers are slightly off-center and not aligned. They are
placed if naturally falling on the creme. Are you buying the flowers?
I think not. Most will only what they came for--the creme. But the
customer will remember how good it looked with the flower.

Just like I took the picture of what I will always remember. The
flowers, even though the creme consttutes most of the frame.

August 12, 2009

iBlog: Fresh Produce

At Mi Pueblo vegetables & fruits are arranged in impecable rows & columns, within easy reach. Everything looks fresh. So much so that it's a treat when you find out prices can be darn right low.

Look at the displays below. Don't you just feel like putting something
in your cart?

iBlog: What Makes a Wonderful Grocer?

Well, the frontage is clean & nice. It exudes what this market is all about: upscale Mexican groceries.

The smoke on the left side is from the BBQ chickens, whose aroma makes one want to BUY some.

More to come. Aren't you starting to get hungry?

August 10, 2009

IBlog: Self-Portrait in Arnold

In this beautiful forest just outside Arnold, I framed myself with a DIY tripod for my iPhone. Sometimes it is cooler to use an iPhone rather than a better quality DLSR. I didn't have to position my larger tripod, which wouldn't fit on the table anyways.

This pix has been enhanced w/PhotoGene to account for white balance, exposure, & levels (contrast). I did take panos w/ dlsr, & obviously the quality was well beyond a camera phone. But I had fun w/the iPhone.

August 3, 2009

IBlog: Afternoon Spider Lilies

How petite these flowers are, surviving in near-drought conditions. We manage our water carefully to give most of our plants a chance to live.

The spider lilies do well because they gather water from the ground, as well as the air (w/their long "arms.")

......from Wei's iPhone

August 1, 2009

iBlog - Garden Flowers 2009-01

It's wonderful being in a garden before anyone else is up.

With my iPhone I can snap & send, for you to enjoy.

BTW, I finally figured out how to directly load this iBlog from my iPhone, w/o going through my desktop computer.

......from Wei's iPhone

July 20, 2009

iBlog: Delicious!


Here's the picture I promised in my iBlog, taken with my 3G iPhone.

......from Wei's iPhone

July 19, 2009

iPhone iBlog

I will start something new for WeiPhotoArts--an iBlog. You'll know it's fr my iPhone because of the word iBlog. These blogs will only have words, because iGoogle & Blogger have not yet figured out how to easily send pix to a blog that is done from both the iPhone & a Windows computer.

For the meantime, I'll send an iBlog with words, only, to be later followed by an iPhone picture.
I'll be taking informal pix w/ my iPhone, so most of the quality will not be as good as my D200. But for the small pix on the blog, it may not matter. Let me know your thoughts after you view the images.

......from Wei's iPhone