Independence Day cookout

I decided for a change of pace I would shoot these in a Black and White Infrared style. This is why the grass and trees are white and the people's eyes and mouths are black. It's an interesting effect especially on the hot coals!

enjoy!

Beijing: Last day in Beijing

My last full day in Beijing was Valentine's Day, it also happened to be Zhang Yan's birthday, so we hung out in Beijing. We went to a mall and had lunch and she helped my find some gift's for my friends and family back home. We had to go to a hospital in Beijing because she had some respiratory infection, so I went with her. I was very interested to see the inside of a Chinese hospital. It seemed a little darker than I am used to, but I was given to understand that it was a small hospital and she went there because the waits are shorter.

After the hospital we went to a mall and had lunch. Hand cut noodles in beef noodle soup. It was amazing! Then we went to the various stores and I bought a small bag for me camera, a fountain pen, and some other small mementos and gifts. We passed a young lady trying to spell out "L-O-V-E" in rose petals in front of where she was selling roses, but the wind had other ideas! We also passed a blood mobile and I got a pizza from Pizza Hut to have for dinner and breakfast before I caught the plane for home in the morning. It was a fitting day to end my trip to Beijing!