churches and temples

Below are some photos from my Vietnam visit.  These are from some of the churches and temples we visited.  Some of these churches are quite old as are the temples.  It was interesting to see how the French influenced Catholicism is still strong and alive.

Enjoy

Old Vietnamese

Below are some photos of some elderly people I encountered on my recent trip to Vietnam.  Don't let the wrinkles fool you.  Despite their looks many of these people were quite spry and full of vit and vim.  I was on a motorbike and it took me forever to chase down the lady on the bike.  I kept getting in front of her by what I thought would take her forever to get to and by the time I was off the bike and had camera in hand, she had already passed me.  This happened about 7 times.  We chased her forever before finally getting far enough in front of her to finally get the photo!

disclaimer: these photos are extremely low rez.  I figure why post high rez photos only to have them ripped off by some jack hole.  Sorry if they appear a bit fuzzy.

Enjoy,

Mia the Ballet Dancer

Below are some photos I took of one of my friends today.  She was a ballet dancer, at least for a day!  It was a great experience for us both.  It was my first themed photo shoot and it was on a dead line.  We only had an hour to shoot at the location minus the 30 minutes I took to set up all the lighting and background.  It took three of us to carry it to the location!  Anyway....  enjoy.

Country life Hunan

some photos of the lifestyle in the countryside of Hunan China.  A place I hope to move to one day.
Maybe become a rice farmer... Who knows, anything is possible!

Shepherd's Field Orphanage

Below are some photos from our most recent visit to Shepherd's Field Orphanage in a city close to Beijing. All the children are disabled in some way, many suffering from many problems like cleft palate, blindness, deafness, heart problems, and many other things I have can't even spell.  To put it bluntly they need a lot of things most of which can be gotten by cash donations.  Surgery is what many of these kids needs and badly.  There are few organizations here that help provide the types of operations that these kids need.  Many have heart defects  so please help out if you can.  Any little bit helps.



If you are interested in donating to this orphanage they have an online pay pal account.  You can visit their website at:  http://www.chinaorphans.org/ourneeds.htm 

I will warn you that it may be difficult to view some of these photos.