Hard - performing in front of a crowd of people
Harder - overcoming a disability to perform in front of a crowd of people
The Hardest - overcoming a disability to perform modern bboying in front of a crowd of people

Here's your inspiration for January. People like these are my heroes.

This guy has such a great voice. I believe this was a major hit in Japan in 2007. http://www.56.com/u25/v_MTk4NTQzOTg.html

3 exposures of the same scene. First exposure - focussed. Second and third progressively unfocussed.

Kodak Portra 400. Unedited.

Taiwan is getting more and more into the Christmas spirit with each passing year. Here is a bus driver in a Santa suit. Near Shilin MRT station.

Kodak Portra 400. Unedited

I spotted this jacket on a guy waiting for a department store to open. I'm not sure how Americans would feel about this, but hey, it's on a jacket, so it must be true!

It's Friday and I've just finished work for the week. Happy Time indeed!

Trying on different clothes at 'Fifty Percent', and me trying a multiple exposure image. It's a little creepier than I had anticipated!
4 exposures on a single frame of Kodak Gold 400.

This old guy was demonstrating traditional Taiwanese toys to passersby in front of the National Museum of Fine Arts. He seemed kind of official, and was good fun to watch. I hope I'll have that much energy when I'm his age.
Kodak gold 400.

While having dinner the other night, I looked out the restaurant window and was surprised to see Em's face dimly visible among a multitude of soft colors, reflected from assorted LED signs on the street. The shot came out better than I expected!
Kodak Gold 400.

I've wanted to take a decent photo of the skyline around my apartment for a while, because I've never been in a place which fits the term 'concrete jungle' more appropriately. There really is not a single bit of open space anywhere in sight for 270º standing on the roof of my apartment.
Kodak Gold 400 film.