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Went out with my intern, Jon a few days ago to shoot Rock Creek Park. Ā If you follow me on SnapChat (abpanphoto) you would of seen that I fell in the creek šŸ™ The lower part of my legs got completely drenched and I have a nice bruise from the occasion but thats what you get when you’re trying to be proactive to get the shot. This was NOT the shot I was trying to get but hey, you can’t win them all.

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So glad I’m home for all the leaves on trees to be changing. Something about it makes me so happy. I think it reminds me of my mom. You can’t go on a walk with her without her stopping every few steps to look at flowers or fruits growing from a tree. Now that I think of it, people can probably say the same thing about me and taking pictures. HAHA.

And here’s a super awesome photo of me throwing leaves in the air from the same spot šŸ™‚

Falling Leaves

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When I go to Taiwan I love to get my hair washed at the hair salon. You can’t do that in the states without getting a haircut or something but you can get your hair washed for less than $5 USD. It’s like a hair wash and head massage all at the same time and I LOVE getting my head massaged. So really it’s a dream and then have they blow dry and style your hair for you after all is done.

This one particular time I was talking to the guy who was washing my hair, just small talk stuff but he could tell I’m not from Taiwan. He asked where I was from and I said America. He immediately goes “ohh Kobe Bryant!” and I was like, “yes Kobe Bryant! Do you know how to say anything else in English?” He didn’t. HAHA

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I know Ive said it before but I’ll say it again that it feels good to be home. The past week I spent a lot of time editing photos and just resting. I’m pretty sure I slept more this past week than I have this past month.

Here are 3 things I was grateful for:

  1. My bed- although I don’t remember this ever happening beforeĀ 
  2. Catching up with my Arcanum cohort and welcoming a new apprentice!
  3. Spending time working on my Taiwan photos like this one- a typical scene of Taipei streets.

Have a great weekend <3

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The Chih Nan temple is on top of this gorgeous mountain side. Looking it up on Wikipedia now and it says that it if unmarried couples visit this temple together they will break up. Woah didn’t know that when I visited it. All I knew for sure was that it was this gorgeous temple that pointed south.

I got in a little bit of trouble taking a picture similar to this one. You can’t be directly inside of the temple but you can stand outside of this cool circular door way and shoot in. Kind of doesn’t make sense but all good none the less.

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Most nights you could find me at the night market. It’s so much fun to walk in these streetsĀ and just look at all the food stands.Ā They’re always pretty packed though. Not only are there tons of people but motorcycles are constantly zipping by right next to you. You’re constantly looking over your shoulder to make sure one isn’tĀ about to run you overĀ before you take your next step. But the food is delicious! They’re called “little eats” and my favorite thing to get were these buns with meat and veggies inside with soup. Oh the soup would be sooo good and HOT!