Janice Yi Photography
I love stories. My perfect Sunday afternoon would be sitting somewhere in the sun, a cup of tea, and a good book in hand. Here I share some of the stories from my life and loves.
METRO Photo Challenge: charmed
I refer to New Zealand (lovingly of course) as the “Land of the Hobbits”. Remember those dream-like landscapes from the Lord of the Rings Trilogy?
This photo below really shows the incredible landscape of the country. One day, I’m going to buy a one-way ticket heading to Wellington, and then spend an entire month exploring.
Photo by kelpie1, via Flickr.
Fall has always been my favourite season – what is it about this season? The cool but comfortable, for the most part, temperature. The comfy spot between the sweltering heat of the summer (if we are lucky that is, it is Canada after all) and the blistering cold of the winter. Even the rain is bearable in Fall. The leafs that turn all shades of yellow, orange and red (again, dependent on the weather fairy when you live in Canada). And after they fall, the rustling noise they make as you step through them. Furthermore, there was always something so sentimental about the season for me.
Recently though, I’ve discovered something else I love about Fall – the autumn sun. There is a special quality to the sunlight in the Fall mornings. Bright and warm, it envelopes you in the crisp mornings and casts a golden hue to everything it touches. I love it, and makes me want to lay lazily by the water all day :)
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| in the autumn sun |
Every year, for 2 weeks, Toronto is abuzz with movie screenings and celebrity sightings. This year tiff celebrated 35 years of great cinema! And, it was my first time going.
We watched two movies, Little Sister and Never Let Me Go. Little Sister is a re-telling of the Cinderella story with a Chinese origin. It was sweet and lovely with beautiful cinematography. Never Let Me Go, on the other hand, was the reason that I went to the festival this year. It is based on a novel by acclaimed English author Kazuo Ishiguro, which I read over 4 years ago and is one of my favourite books. I thought the movie was great. I felt that the director and the actors conveyed the essentials of, or the soul of, the novel into the movie. This kept the story in its original form, even though the movie is much shorter.
The movie’s main star, Carey Mulligan, along with co-start Andrew Garfield attended the screening. The author, who is said to have liked how the movie turned out, was also present.
A few photos from the movie screening.
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| Cast and director of Little Sister |
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| The beautiful and talented Carey Mulligan arriving at the screening |
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| posing for the media and fans |
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| Q&A; after the screening. The author is 3rd from the right |
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| Andrew Garfield, who played Tommy in the film |
First picture post. A while ago we decided to put up a wall collage of photos behind our sofa. After about 2 weeks of scouting and buying picture frames, posting 4 x 6 prints on the wall for positioning and 2 hours of putting nails on the wall and positioning, we’re done! Our very first wall collage.
Here is a look at each of the individual photos
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| street of athens |
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| in paris |
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| hanging out in the park |
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| sunset in sorrento, italy |
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| avignon |
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| la tour eiffel |
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| grand canal at night |
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| lakeside |
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| the louvre |
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| damien rice concert |
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| santorini |
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| venice |
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| alley in venice |
This feels like a pre-first post.
I feel a little self-conscious for having decided to blog with photos, and then not post anything. I’ve been unsure where this will go, what it will lead to, if anything. Unsure, and afraid.
But I’ve decided that I’m not going to be anymore, so a first real post with photos is coming soon. Besides that, I’m going to start keeping a journal again. Or maybe another blog. I realized that I felt more sane when I kept a journal.