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Photo Gallery: Susan's Wedding

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:11:33 +0800

我同事Susan很勇敢，明知道我只拍黑白照，還敢找我去拍她的婚宴。用Leica M拍瞬息萬變的現場真是刺激，手動對焦、手動測光、還沒有閃光燈。現場光線很暗，開到最大光圈，快門往往不到1/4秒，另一個同事看我實在拍得辛苦，從口袋裡掏出一顆鏡頭說：「試試這個吧。」，我一看，靠，Noctilux.....！而且還是第一代雙非球面的絕版品（年份：1966-1976）。

婚宴現場，某方面來說跟記者會場很像，只不過現在不必再跑那種場合了。

Photo Gallery: Susan's Wedding

Photo gallery, October 2009.

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:43:38 +0800

Finnish death metal band Children of Bodom (aka COB) came to Taipei for their first Taiwan's concert. COB was one of my favorite metal band before when I was teenager. I have not listened to metal music since graduating. At that moment of picture, COB sang their famous song "Silent Night, Bodom Night". Everybody went crazy. --October 22th, 2009.

The person in the picture saw his mobile phone is EDGE. He is 3 years older than me. He came with me to attend COB's live in Taipei. We meet once in a year. --October 22th, 2009.

Under Chou-Mei Express Road near Beitou Incinerator. One sunday afternoon, I went there with my M6. Walked around the park and shot some pictures. In the evening, I went home and developed the film. -- October, 2009.

Near Chun-Cheng Memorial Hall MRT. --October 15th, 2009

Me and Sport Optics product manager Mr. Noack from LC company. This is the first time that I did oral interpretation. We attended Guandu Bird Watching Fair 2009 in Guandu Natural Park near Danshui. He is a nice guy and specialize in telescope knowledge and astronomy photography. --November 7th, 2009.

At the end of Guandu Bird Watching Fair, we went to dinner and drink beers in a local restaurant. The person in pic1 is SK. Pic2 is V. Pic3 is Mr. N. All of them are good at drinking. I cannot. So I got drunk and then rode motorcycle home. I was lucky because I passed three police station. --November 9th, 2009.

Leica M6
Leica M9
Elmar-M 3.8/24mm ASPH.
Summicron-M 2/35mm Pre-ASPH (IV)
Kodak T-MAX 400, D-76
Epson GT-X 970 Scanner

Am Ende stehen wir zwei

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:51:47 +0800

當年紀越來越長的時候，才會發覺自己可以依賴的人事物越來越少，算一算，不過就是一把尼龍弦吉他、一把大提琴、以及一台徠卡相機。

It's not smooth for me since new members joined this group in early August. Here comes three people to our dept.. It looks like nothing else but in fact the amount is more than half. I was surprised that my admirable ex-colleague quitted her 10+ years job just because she would like to take a rest. Her official statement to us was for her parents. But I know that was not the real reason. I suspect that my ex-leader and I advised her on career plan several months ago. It may cause her much thought. And after a while she really did it.

I, (or I should say my fortune), fell into deep valley after that. It does not mean she and I have some relation. Actually I do not think she played a important role here. But it seems that I got a huge mistake. The most important thing in work is personality, not ability. I finally know that. So I need to jump over trouble water.

A nice friend told me a interesting job tonight. The candidate must be required to have business trips to Latin America. It sounds good for me. I have no concern. As I said at first, when getting older, I finally discover the truth. Only a nylon guitar, a cello and a Leica camera accompany me. It seems not to be important for others. Maybe. Am Ende stehen wir zwei.

Leica M9
Summicron-M 2/35 ASPH.

20090916-0927 - The Tour / Back to the Beginning

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 23:04:35 +0800

The changeable, overcast sky in KaoHsiung was strange beautiful, just like my mood. After Germany Headquarters announced three new products on September 9th, we followed the stream to hold user experience activities in Taiwan on September 16th, 19th and 27th. The activities are held at Taipei, Taichung and KaoHsiung.

One of the three new products is LEICA M9. This is the best, absolute awesome camera in the world. Even if I do not work for this company, my thought will tend to this. For those who have never used rangefinder camera, they may think it is just a expensive toy. SLR photographers never know how RF photographers love to frame the decisive moment. RF can let you look both inside and outside the frame at the same time. It will help you do some important things that SLR cannot be done. I have said this at launch event. I don't have to repeat the cliche here.

I like RF style. I like my M6. Everyone who often comes here know all my pictures are shot by M6. In fact, I don't like M8, the first digital M. It's not a mature product until M9. 18 megapixels, Full Frame, acceptable high iso noisiness, best lenses, best image quality, smallest dimension, what else do you expect? A dreamy camera.

LINK: All reviews about LEICA M9

I believe professional, semi-professional, and amateur photographers will embrace the old, classical photography style. Time will be back to the beginning.

Here are some casual shots taken by me from September 16th to 27th. It shows funny moments on the backstage. I'd like to thank all of my colleagues for cooperation.

Leica M6
Leica M9
Summicron 35/2 ASPH
Voigtlander Bessa 66 with Skopar 75/3.5 (1933)
RDPIII、160NC、X-TRA 400、Tri-X

．Me & Asia Pacific Director from L company, An admirable man.

20090911 - Eating with ex-colleagues

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 03:21:21 +0800

It has been a long time since we contact each other. After eating, we went on singing. I carried the brand new digital camera to test in the low-light environment. It's amazing whether shooting color or B/W pictures. It seems that I do not need to shoot with analogue films in the future.

There were Elisa, Iris, Sky, Mr. Wang, and 2 girls in the group. I'm weak at singing. So I only drunk and experience the mood, When E asked me "Do I enjoy current job?", it made me falling into thinking for a while. Actually I do not know how to answer. It is hard to say. Even now I'm under great pressure.

Leica M9
Summicron 35/2 ASPH non 6-bit
All pictures @ ISO 1600, f/2, 1/4s

20090805 - Back from Singapore

Sat, 08 Aug 2009 22:11:15 +0800

到底是第幾次到新加坡了呢？我想應該有四次了吧。

這次下蹋在克拉克碼頭（Clarke Quay）旁的Swissotel飯店，晚上在新加坡河邊閒晃，這裡的感覺很好，很像歐洲跟淡水的結合。背著我的M6，連續四天晚上都在這裡探索…

M6
Summicron 2/35 ASPH
E100VS
X-TRA

The party is over

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 23:34:36 +0800

● Lacrimosa performing "the party is over."

Farewell, my dear boss.
Hope you have a nice journey!

Contax G1
Carl Zeiss T* Planar 2/35
DNP Centuria 200

2009/01

2009/07 Side A

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:59:18 +0800

Some photos from my journey last week or last month.

M6
Summicron 2/35 ASPH.
Summarit 2.5/50

The way to...

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:07:19 +0800

Landscapes near my home, 2009/06

Leica M6
Tri-Elmar 4/16-18-21
Super-Elmar 3.8/18
X-TRA 400
Reala 500D 電影底片
Epson Scanner

CAT

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 02:24:16 +0800

後來才發現，貓很神經質，我也是。

(M6, Summicron 35/2 IV, 電影底片Reala 500D, Epson scanner)

Say goodbye to June 2009

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:23:54 +0800

Lacrimosa - Alleine Zu Zweit　 // Alone Together

Tanz, mein Leben, tanz　 // Dance, my life, dance
Tanz mit mir　 // Dance with me
Tanz mit mir noch einmal 　// Dance with me again
In den puren Rausch der nackten Liebe 　// Into the pure, toxic, naked love

2009年6月27日星期六，許久不見的前前前同事找我吃飯，我們中午約在三重的台北橋下某間日本壽司店見面，我對三重不熟，迷路遲到一個小時，到了差不多是下午一點。那間食物很好吃，店在巷子裡，一進門擺了三張桌子、不到五個人的空間，掌櫃的在料理台上捏壽司，就像真的在日本吃東西那樣。飯畢，Ed提議下午到桃園虎頭山公園走走。

晚上，我回到台北，在誠品敦南消磨時間，不小心又買了兩本攝影集。回家前索性在東區街拍，突然一個人從後拍我的背，原來是另一個更久沒見的朋友F，他驚訝地看了看我，然後說，「拿著二三十萬的LEICA在東區拍照不怕被搶嗎？」我笑了笑，不知道該說什麼。分別後，突然下起大雨，我走到附近的頂呱呱點了一號餐，上二樓角落坐著。看著窗外的雨滴與人群，我按下了快門。

2009年6月12日星期五，自從總經理下了一道命令後，我六月的每個禮拜五都要到中南部出差，這次是到高雄。每次搭高鐵都有一種錯覺，會讓我想起在德國的ICE列車，以及在車上遇到那對扛著單車遊世界的背包客。這天從過了苗栗後就開始下大雨，經過台南，天空突然放晴；到高雄前，天空的雲彩色調非常美麗，但是直到我按下快門才想到，相機裡裝的是黑白底片。

2009年6月O日，捷運末班車，只剩下空椅與影子。

2009年6月3日星期三，每週三都得到補習班上德文課，這已經是第三期的課程，我的進度嚴重落後。晚上11點半的回家路上，捷運站前的空椅，不知為何就想拍它。

2009年6月21日星期日，天母SOGO新開幕，引進日本最知名的「淳久堂書店」，號稱日文專業書籍最多，我心裡期望它可以是Page One（新加坡專業書店，在101大樓）的日文版，結果心有落空。店內書籍不算多，不過價格還算公道，大約是日文訂價乘上0.405。

2009年6月11日星期四，自從離開媒體，很少與朋友們聚會，當天約在七張（新店隔壁站），而我們那位天才的主辦人竟然打電話通知我說....六張犁@#$%%%2，小妹，差一張可是差很多的......。結果我到時全部的人都吃飽了，享受美味的火鍋大餐；主辦人看我臉很臭，只好叫大家陪我到麥當勞吃晚餐。圖為電腦神人A氏。

同一天的另一位朋友，手機酷妹M。

2009年6月O日，自從去年在德國說再見後，就沒有再見到SK，半年後，他來台北開會。晚上，長官叫我送他回飯店，在車上閒聊時，「到底德文要怎麼學才會成功呢？」「你要先從唱歌開始！」結果他就在車上唱起歌來。告別前，我在馬路上幫他拍照，現場光非常暗，400度底片，全開光圈2，快門還低到1/4~1/2秒，所幸拜RF之賜，還是拍起來了。

2009年6月1日星期一，思念就像這天的大雨一樣，連綿不絕。

Leica M6 / M8
Summicron 35/2 ASPH
Kodak Tri-X 400

20090620 - Summer is coming

Sat, 20 Jun 2009 23:00:00 +0800

Photo by Su.
Leica M8.2, Summicron 35/2 ASPH non-6bit

globe (TK, Keiko, Marc) playing "Departures", 1996.

[A] Db - Eb - Ab - Ab *3, Db - Eb - Fm - Fm *1
[B] Fm - Db - Eb - Fm *8

4 colors in my life, March to April 2009

Sun, 10 May 2009 00:38:26 +0800

Blue，藍

Green，綠

Red，紅

Black，黑

01: M6 + 35/2 IV + CT100
02: RTS2 + 85/1.4 AEG + Vista200
03: M6 + 18/3.8 + E100VS
04: GRD2

20090501 a trip to Mountain A-Li

Sun, 03 May 2009 16:35:24 +0800

I met a secret cat on the way to A-Li Mountain yesterday morning.

(M8.2, Summicron 35/2 IV)

200903xx Nine Ball, Night Ball

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 02:24:50 +0800

I bought a film scanner from Japan Ebay recently. Here are some photos scanned by me tonight. Not very good. But it spent me over 5 hours to scan 2 rolls of slide, RDP III. Very disappointted with original software. I get random color every time! I think I'd like to try professional scanner software, like Silverfast Ai. But the price is almost 100 Euro. Should I pay additional costs? I have no idea. It's all for the moment.

Below is the story that Ray and I went to Wu's Wedding and he led me to share his entertainment before that day.

M6, Summicron 35, RDP III, GT-X970

Photo Stream, February 1-28, 2009

Mon, 02 Mar 2009 02:23:11 +0800

All the things that happened to me during February, 2009.

February 7th, 2009-- The day before that day, I got a phone call. My colleague, Tina, invited me to release sky lanterns(天燈). We went to Pingxi to attend Lantern Festival. I've never been to Pingxi before. Unfortunately, it was a god damn raining day. When we went through night market, Ying, one of our fellow, asked me how about eating roast meat? Indeed, We felt extremely hungry. After she bought food, I pressed the shutter button. (Photo: hand-held, RDPIII-ISO100 slide, exposure time was only 1/2 secs)

February 7th, 2009-- And then we arrived Elementary School of Pingxi. But in vain! There were lots of crowds here. It was too late. Free lanterns were all preserved. So we returned to night market and bought a lantern. Only NT 100! Wrote hopes and released to the sky. "Peace & Smooth going" I wrote. But the last word not written was for her. (Photo: hand-held, RDPIII-ISO100 slide, exposure time was only 1/2 secs)

February 1x, 2009-- I forget that day. A good friend, VY, had a dinner appointment with me. I met her last summer. A crazy workaholic (工作狂). Yes, I am, too. I think she can not talked about everything except work. Even we left the restaurant at 23:00 PM. That's right. She returned to her office. I said "good bye, see you again".... and then went home.

February 20, 2009-- College classmate, a bass player, movie fan, drama actress. Very long time. I've not seen her for 5 years. After graduating, the southern girl moved to Taipei to start her brand new life. Sounds very nice in these years. And At April, another great plan will go on. she will go abroad to make her dreamy working holiday. Good luck my friend! At the end, felt a little depressed.

February 21, 2009-- For more stories, please see 「20090221 Birdwatching Festival」

February 21, 2009-- At night, I went to Z's place. He is my elder schoolmate. Another good friend. Also a great bass, guitar & simple keyboard player. Fever in Jazz, Rock, Old-School Metal, Alternative Pop...etc. As you see it, he is a real plain (憨厚純樸) man. 30 years old, unmarried. E-mail address is .... ask me privately.

February 22, 2009-- Yao will start her new career. She convaned a goodbye dinner party. Over 15+ people came here. They were all my ex-colleagues. After eating spicy pot, I flew home and had loose bowels (飛快衝回家拉肚子).

February 23, 2009-- I invited AH to go to see a movie. The film she chosen was called "MILK"(自由大道). Describes how a guy grows up. But I had no interest in politics. The most terrible thing is I slept during the movie. She was very angry. haha.

February 25, 2009-- Winni is my classmate. Actually, she is my first friend in the college. A bright girl liking dance and classical music. Be a teacher, she will go to Korea for work at March, 2009. "Would you like to eat pickles everyday?" I asked. At this time, I think she is in Korea now.

February 28, 2009-- The last day of February. Tomorrow is my 27-year-old birthday, and I still on an unknown road.

All photos taken by Leica M6, M8.

【Photo Diary】Some Images of January, 2009

Sat, 07 Feb 2009 01:27:52 +0800

1月12日，我們來到Taipei 101大樓的85樓欣葉餐廳享受大餐，也許是吃慣了美食，對這家口味感到不甚滿意，H與我都認為，寧可花十分之一價格到夜市去399吃到飽，更能符合當天的需求。我站在窗戶邊向外眺望，就在台北夜色盡收眼底的同時，將光圈調到8，以窗檯為支架，讓相機曝光3秒以上。拜負片的寬容度所賜，得到一張還可以回憶的照片。

1月11日，即使老父的家鄉在宜蘭，當地的傳統藝術中心仍是我從未到過的地方。就在走過剪票口後，LY拿走了我剛裝完底片的相機，一個小時後，我們碰面交換回來，計數指針已經走到第26張。上個禮拜，我將底片送去沖洗，隔天拿回來發現，她透過相機看世界的方式與我大不相同。

1月11日，當晚我們住進溫泉旅館，裡頭的SPA空間養著一群咬腳皮的魚。這種魚我前陣子在新加坡的Night Safari「夜間動物園」也有看過，記得當時收費頗貴，所以就沒有下去泡。不過呢，宜蘭這裡隨飯店附贈免費，第一次泡的感覺，嗯，很好很強大。

1月1日，2009年的第一天，我上輩子大概是欠火鍋店人情，所以這輩子才轉世來狂吃火鍋。這個名為歡送會的聚餐，拜各位所賜，最後我完全沒出到錢。23點58分，I、Y、S三人為了趕末班列車急忙往前奔跑，我按下快門的同時，灰姑娘坐在南瓜馬車上笑著。

1月10日，一週後，身陷低潮的Y再度找我們碰面。在熱鬧的東區裡，She talked about her losing love. We concentrated on the story. After releasing her own trapped emotions, She seemed like a flying bird. Flying over the broken plane.

1月17日，久未見的DK帶著他的木吉他，我們約在天母附近河堤邊彈奏樂器。距離上次碰琴，約有一年之久。與其說是即興合奏練習，倒不如說是想從他身上找回練琴的動力罷了。有多久沒有面對自己的初衷？我的Cello還躺在衣櫥裡哭泣。

1/1 - 1/31, 2009
Contax G1 + Carl Zeiss Planar 35/2