Day 319/365 Ten Minutes After The Storm
A storm clears over Kaohsiung just as the streetlights come up, and a single slow shutter tries to hold both a dying pink sky and a neon grid beneath it. On the tension between a dramatic sky and a genuinely busy street, and what a fifteenth of a second can and cannot be trusted to record.
Day 216/365 The US$179 Bag Reviewers Never Take Out In The Rain
Search for a photograph of this bag wet and you will not find one. Every image online was made indoors, dry, brand new. Mine is under a year old, had never seen rain, and spent forty-five minutes in a Kaohsiung shower under an umbrella. What came out of it changes how you should read every review you have ever watched.
Day 304/365 Made in Taiwan: A Still Life on Weathered Wood
A single face mask lies folded and forgotten on a plank of rough wood, its printed origin catching the light. A quiet, textural still life turning one of the era’s most ordinary objects into something worth actually looking at.
Day 303/365 The City Dissolving: A Study in Fog and Distance
Kaohsiung disappears into layers of mist, its buildings fading from sharp foreground detail into pale, ghostly silhouette. A black-and-white study in atmospheric perspective, scale, and the strange calm a fogged-in city takes on from above.
Day 299/365 Lucky’s Flame: A Study in Action and Craft
A trainee cook wields a butane torch over a towering plate of fried chicken, blue flame caught mid-motion against a saucy, cheese-crowned mountain of food. A dynamic, color-rich study in kitchen action and the exact instant a dish becomes finished.
Day 298/365 The Spotmatic and Its Ghosts: A Still Life in Analog
A vintage Asahi Pentax rests among coiled film reels and unopened rolls, side light raking across decades-old metal and leather. A quiet, textural study in the tools that shaped photography before anyone carried a lens in their pocket.
Day 276/365 Snapped
A pair of glasses, broken clean across the frame, held between two fingers. Some days the small things break too — right on top of everything else already breaking.
Day 274/365 Held Together
A self-portrait taken at the clinic, mid-treatment, months into pain that started with a single chiropractor visit. Not a technical exercise. A record of trying to hold on.
Day 260/365 A Feast of Color: Reading the Watermelon Stalls of Kaohsiung
What does a wedge of watermelon under fluorescent market light have to do with Alex Webb or Martin Parr? More than you’d think. A close look at a Kaohsiung street market scene reveals lessons in color, chaos, and framing that separate a snapshot from a photograph.
Day 213/365 Framing the Frame: Shadow Play and the Surreal Master
Excerpt You’ll learn why a simple pair of reading glasses, cast against the pages of a monograph, can transform into a profound dialogue on perspective, shadows, and the enduring legacy of environmental portraiture's greatest master.
Day 207/365 The Daily Dose: An Unflinching Glimpse Into the Routine of Resilience
A translucent blue capsule box, starkly lit and overflowing with a complex medical regimen, tells a story far deeper than a simple daily routine. You’ll learn how turning a smartphone toward the mundane details of health can yield a deeply moving, tactile study of contemporary life.
Day 196/365 Lighting the Effervescence: A Study in Crimson and Glass
When ordinary objects meet extraordinary light, the mundane transforms into the cinematic. You will learn why these specific camera settings created such a heavy atmosphere and how color theory can turn a simple bottle of sparkling water into a dramatic, high-contrast masterpiece of light and shadow.
Day 193/365 The Wrist That Tells a Story: A 365 Project Under Pressure
A single frame can capture the weight of a week. Discover how a minimalist composition in an emergency room transforms a personal setback into a compelling entry for a year-long photographic journey, and why the most difficult days often produce the most honest art.
Day 137/365 Culinary Focus: The Art of the Teppanyaki Performance
The sizzle of the grill and the precision of the blade create a unique theater in the heart of Taiwan. You will discover how a simple documentary shot can be transformed into a masterclass in environmental portraiture by refining focus and embracing the chaos of the kitchen.