mazda rx8

so i got a little bored and decided i would clean my car and take some photos, also documenting all the changes i've made so far

Linguine with Shrimp and Salmon

shrimp, salmon, mushrooms and basil in a tomato sauce over linguine

Shrimp Fried Rice

Fried rice with shrimp, green pepper, onions, and a jalapeno

One of my favourites when i eat out, this was actually my first time trying to make it, usually i make my fried rice bare with egg and chopped scallions. I like to cook/prepare my ingredients separately and then combine them in the end. With fried rice usually you want the rice to go in last or else it'll gum up your wok and burn. I scrambled the egg first. Then i separately sauteed the shrimp with the onions. After the onions i sauteed the green bell pepper, put in the egg and onions and shrimp. Stir fry with soy sauce, waited till everything is decently cooked, and added a bowl of pre-steamed rice (yesterdays leftovers). At this point i added the jalapenos to give it some kick, and half a table spoon of salt. Garlic optional, chopped scallions optional to help give it more kick.

Egg & Tomatoes

Chopped tomatoes stir fried with scrambled eggs and caramelized onions, garnished with scallions

This is a common Chinese home dish, if you are in Beijing you would see this every where and most hole in the wall family restaurants would serve it.

To make it is pretty simple. Scramble some eggs, put in a bowl, use the left over grease to fry the onions, make sure they turn slightly golden, and add chopped tomatoes. At this point i would add some soy sauce to make it fry easier. Add the scrambled eggs and stir fry, when it starts to turn slightly mushy, i usually add half a table spoon of salt and equal amount of sugar. Put it in a bowl and sprinkle some scallions on top. I like to eat it with something spicy on the side, and a bowl of rice.

not much sense but...

just messing around, quick sketch, i think this will be one of these things that i might redo with a much more dramatic composition and more extreme angle of view. Man i gotta get back to life drawing class so my sketches could be less frontal. =\

hrmm

not too sure about this one, but we'll see if i can get it better

Death of the Robot, v.02

a different look

Tilt-shift Seattle!

so on a whim i decided to rent out a tilt shift lens, and coupled with grace's super camera (5Dm2) , they make pretty babies (pictures), heres a couple

from the apt looking down


playing with perspective distortion

Moto

some HDRs of the bike

Knight(ess)?

Hammer

incoming BAM!

some sketches

Windy

not sure why shes a red head, dont ask me

Racer

War Machine

Lights

made by playing with shutter speed and focus on the oncoming traffic while i was bored in the car. Some of them came out very interesting, i particularly like the first two. The 3rd one i liked because the form reminded me of pinstripes.

the rebel

Halloween

i decided to do this in spirit of the holiday. Originally i wanted to finish it but got too busy and decided to leave it for later

first time trying a HDR photo

Betty, (can't think of a better name)