Tag: Korea

Tongdosa: Light, Crowds, and a Bloody Shin

When the Ancient Meets the Artificial These days, Korea is saturated with festivals. There’s always something glowing, popping, or blasting EDM in a park somewhere. But when word got out that lasers, projections, and holograms were about to light up Tongdosa Temple, I couldn’t ignore it. This isn’t just any temple. Tongdosa is one of Korea’s Three Jewels of Buddhism — […]

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Moonlight and Mayhem: Shooting Changdeokgung on the Last Day of the Mega Chuseok Holiday

This month’s plan was simple: go on the moonlight tour of Changdeokgung Palace and grab some killer night shots. Easy, right? Yeah, sure. Like most things in Korea, it started with good intentions and spiraled into a caffeine-fueled test of endurance. When you’re juggling multiple jobs, life becomes a series of half-baked logistics and Hail Marys. I’d booked the tickets […]

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Seongnamdong Ulsan: Past, Present & Nature in Focus – Scott Kelby’s Worldwide Photowalk 2025

There’s a crack in every sidewalk. There’s rusted neon. There are stories etched in old tiles, moss creeping where concrete fails. Ulsan hides its poetry in contradictions — nature clawing back at the edges, the industrial past breathing beneath the modern. If you’re tired of sanitized travel photos and sterile postcards, this walk is for you. On October 4th, 2025, join […]

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