26 Days in China: A photographic adventure

[pnd1]

Just returned from an extended shoot in China, and wanted to share my photographic adventure with you all.

Today I posted my China pictures on the Internet....you will find 200 of them, broken up into four separate articles, covering the 26 day trip itself, posted along with my other digital trip narratives on worldisround.com. Here are individual links that will take you to each of those four articles:

China's North: Imperial Beijing and Xian: http://www.worldisround.com/articles/58823/index.html
China's Center, from Sichuan to the Sea: http://www.worldisround.com/articles/58821/index.html
Hong Kong: Building China's wealth: http://www.worldisround.com/articles/58820/index.html
China's West: Tibet, Roof of the World: http://www.worldisround.com/articles/58817/index.html

To view the photos, just click on the first thumbnail picture in each article and continue from there. You can make those pictures even larger, if you wish, by clicking on the "view full size image" link under the standard sized photo. I'd welcome any comments you might wish to leave, following each article.

For those wanting to learn more about how and why I make my pictures, I have also added 78 of those images to my "cyberbook" on expressive travel photography at: www.pbase.com/pnd1

28 of those China pictures make up two completely new galleries in my cyberbook, one on shooting buildings and structures (Gallery 14), the other on travel portraiture (Gallery 15). I have added 50 others to most of my existing galleries -- they are posted at the beginning of those galleries. At pbase, you are welcome to leave comments on individual photographs or on galleries as a whole. To view photos, just click on the thumbnail pictures.

Enjoy,

Phil Douglis
The Douglis Visual Workshops

[schrackman]

All I can say, Phil, is that all your photos are AWESOME! What an adventure you had! I especially like your use of the wide angle lens. Magnificent. I can't even tell you which of them was my favorite, I like so many!!

Thank you so much for sharing these special moments from a people and land so distant from us!

Ray

[pnd1]

Glad you enjoyed my China pictures, and if you stopped by my pbase instructional galleries to see some of them, I hope you found the advice there of value as well.

As for the wideangle, I am a wideangle guy. I went through the telephoto phase many years ago, but gradually realized that the essence of my own photographic style is related to space. Telephotos compress space, whereas wideangles expand it, and offer me greater opportunity for expressing perspective and implying depth. That's what you are seeing in my wideangle imagery. Glad you like it.

Phil

[Lara]

Thank you for sharing Phil. Your photography is so inspiring!

[pnd1]

I am glad you are inspired, Lara -- as a teacher, that's always the first step. To get your students fired up and ready to learn. If I can ever be of help to you, fire away.
Phil

[awkwards]

Stunning.

Thank you for sharing both your China pictures AND your Pbase link. I just spent a few mintues in there and I really appreciate your making such marvelous and helpful instuctional information available in a public forum.

Now I'm going back in there to get lost in your pictures for a couple of hours.

James

[pnd1]

Glad to hear my photographs and explanations are of value, James. Enjoy, and if you have any questions, please ask. Photo John has invited me to participate in this forum as a resource, and it's my pleasure to help anyone here, in any way I can.

[Acadia25]

Very strong work. And wonderfully informative explanations as well. It is also very valuable that you produce many of your images with point and shoot digitals. It is certainly impetus to stop asking "which camera" and getting out there and making images.

"Inspiring" is a sadly overused phrase, but I absolutely find your work and instruction to be so. Thanks for sharing.

[Acadia25]

I was also wondering how much post processing you do. I saw that you mention doing the usual color correction etc. but was wondering how much work you put in.

The delicate colors in "Afghan Dinner" and some of vibrate ones in the LOVE sculpture photos come to mind.

Thanks again!

[katt]

I really enjoyed your shots. It looks like you captured the feelings and aura of the places very well.

If you ever have space on your trips and would like to visit orphanages I know that WrapThemInLove.org is always looking for people to take quilts to the kids.

You photos make me want to go on a Photo Safari to Asia, S. America, Russia, well, really everywhere!

[pnd1]

I appreciate your kind comments on my travel photography. It is, as you can see a labor of love, to express how I feel about what I experience as I travel around the world. Good luck to you, Katt -- I am sure you'll get to some of these places yourself someday.

Thanks also for suggesting that I offer quilts to orphanages abroad. It is a lovely idea, and I will certainly look into it.

Best wishes,

Phil Douglis