I hope everyone had a wonderful 4th of July holiday! I’ve been enjoying time with my family in Door County, Wisconsin. These festive outfit photos were actually taken yesterday. We enjoyed a boat ride through Green Bay, where we watched Egg Harbor’s fireworks display last night. I picked up this striped boatneck…
Sunset at Sister Bay
For our trip to Door County, I decided to break out of my photography comfort zone and leave the Canon 6D and 50L at home. Accompanying me on this vacation is my Fuji XT1 body along with the 16mm 1.4 and 35mm 1.4 lenses. The mirrorless kit served me well in Chicago,…
My Kind of Town, Chicago Is
Just spent a whirlwind couple of days in my very favorite city. My family is vacationing in Door County, Wisconsin for the 4th of July holiday, but we flew into Chicago first. I’ve been back to the city a few times since college, but it’s usually for a shower, wedding, (or funeral)….
Dear Adoptive Parents of Overseas Adoptees: Wake Up!
As a Korean adoptee, I’ve always considered myself privileged. My upbringing in a middle-class White household, where I wanted for little, gave me a sheltered perspective. That is, until I got to college and started learning about the history of Asians in America. For the first time, I began to consider my place within…
Say Something, I’m Giving Up On You
In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. (Martin Luther King, Jr.) As I stood in Dallas Fort Worth International Airport this afternoon, posting a video to my Instagram story of the protest against Trump’s Muslim ban, a sense of dread overcame…
Nothing in the World Will Ever Be the Same
Ten years (and what seems like a lifetime) ago, I made my first trip to Washington D.C. and the White House to participate in a Dignity Walk on behalf of more than 200,000 “Comfort” women who were sexually enslaved by the Japanese government during World War II. I couldn’t fathom how a…