Monthly Archives: January 2017

Photo A Day: Week 3 Recap

1/15, iPhone:

1/16, Nikon:

1/17, Nikon:

1/18, Nikon:

1/19, Olympus:

Turbot

1/20, iPhone:

1/21, Olympus:

Oakland Women’s March

Summary:
5/7 non-iPhone pictures
3/7 used my new light box (yay new toys!)
5/7 were taken at home (i should go out more)

Photo A Day: Week 2 Recap

1/8: iphone

1/9: olympus

1/10: olympus

1/11: iphone

1/12: iphone

1/13: iphone

1/14: olympus

Summary: 3/7 non-iPhone pictures (The Olympus is conveniently small and has a very fun and fast prime (f1.7), but the Nikon certainly has superior image quality)

Photo A Day: Week 1 Recap


I started the week lazily — with an iPhone picture. I had tried to take some pictures of these pens with my DSLR, but the iPhone one was the best of the bunch.


A tokidoki unicorn sitting on my patio table. DSLR + prime lens.


A shot from dinner at Kusakabe. I tried using my DSLR here too, but the iPhone seems to outperform in dim light. Oh how technology has changed.


My newest pen arrived on the 3rd, and there’s a picture of it with my Starbucks planner — they match! Taken with my iPhone.


A photo of my team at lunch at Mourad. Turns out when you’ve set yourself a photo challenge, you bring your camera places.


I wasn’t ambitious enough to set myself goals around drawing or calligraphy, but I do still enjoy trying to do both. Taken with my iPhone.


Moogle inspecting the pool. I’m not sure why he does this… but it’s cute and he looks silly, like a monster may jump out to get him at any moment. DSLR + prime.

Summary: 3/7 – DSLR photos

Hello 2017!

Well, I’m a day late on my yearly recap (a yearly tradition as of last year). But, I haven’t updated in months, so a day late is better than never.

To start with, I read much less than last year. I ended up reading just a little over half as much as I did last year…

  1. The Name of the Wind
  2. The Help
  3. Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body’s Most Underrated Organ
  4. A Darker Shade of Magic
  5. A Gathering of Shadows
  6. China Rich Girlfriend
  7. Between The World and Me
  8. Buddha Standard Time
  9. To Rise Again at a Decent Hour
  10. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
  11. The Better Angels of Our Nature
  12. After I do
  13. Authority
  14. The Buddha In the Attic
  15. Finding Audrey
  16. On Immunity: An Innoculation
  17. Good to Great
  18. Annihilation
  19. Yes Please
  20. Eat, Pray, Love
  21. The Book of Unknown Americans
  22. The Moor’s Account
  23. Challenger Deep
  24. Overwhelmed: Work, Love and Play When No One Has the Time
  25. Everything I Never Told You
  26. I Don’t Know How She Does It
  27. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
  28. Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China

But, I did start another blog, but this time with friends — Hand Over That Pen. I really went down the rabbit hole of fountain pens last year, and my “collection” went from about three pens to 15. It’s been quite the adventure (and I’ve met a lot of great people along the way).

I keep forgetting I did this — but it was all-consuming for a few weeks. I renovated —

This was my kitchen before: (from the open house pictures)

And now it’s this:

And, lastly, the places I visited: (also a lighter year)

  • Singapore, where I stayed with Tatsie
  • Oklahoma City, OK to Las Vegas, NVon a road trip with Jonny
  • Kona and Honolulu, HI with family
  • Manila, Philippines for Thanksgiving
  • Boston, MA & NYC for work

I’ve set myself some goals for the year (as usual), but also am challenging myself to take a photo every day. I’ll be doing weekly recaps here, and more regular posting on my instagram account, @hellokloh.

Katherine’s 365 Day Photo Challenge Rules:

  • Post photos somewhere at least once a week
  • At least 1/3rd of the photos must not be taken with a smartphone
  • Over the year, take at least ten photos in these categories: macro, wide angle, people, Moogle, black & white and daily life.
  • Stick to the Dogwood 52 week challenge once a week (this is probably the hardest… we’ll see)