hemma

I started a new photography project called 'hemma' ('hemma' means 'at home' in Swedish.).

The idea of the project is that whenever my friends go on trips to their homes/ home towns/ home countries, I send my camera, Rollei XF 35, with them and have them to save their memories of home/ people through the viewfinder to share with others.

None of the photos of 'hemma' project will be taken by me, however, I think the concept really works and I can't wait to see more of my friends' homes/ home towns/ home countries through their eyes.

The first one who helped me with this project is one of my dearest friends/ coworker, Daniel.

Please feel free to let me know if you happen to be my friend and want to join my 'heima' project.

my first.

This is my first photography book. I worked on it for Peter and his family to appreciate the beautiful memory of holiday in Black Forest last winter.

It took me quite a while to process the photos, edit, and put an order for printing. When I finally got the physical book in my hands a couple weeks ago, I was more pleased than I thought I would be.

I used iPhoto for this one but will try Blurb next time to avoid ordering and shipping issues - Apple iPhoto doesn't provide Korea on the shipping area list yet. Blurb seems to have a great feature of publication - anyone can order and buy my book once I put an order there. Who knows, my photography books can be popular, right?

I'm sure that I will put more efforts on photography book making in the near future.

doors

New project idea - Doors in Seoul. Do not forget, YoungDoo.
Photo by daviderwin on Flickr.

24 buttons.

I finally bought a button making machine. And I made 24 buttons today.

live trace

I spent sometime last night playing with live trace in Adobe Illustrator CS3. It's amazing how much time you can save by using those smart features. This image isn't satisfying... but I guess I can come up with something by experimenting.

scriptographer - object raster

I've been playing with Scriptographer in Illustrator for the past a few days. I'm having quite a bit of fun with it.

creative exercise

Thought that I should do some exercise. Nothing exciting but just a warm up for the marathon!