A slice of our life
Saturday, February 14th, 2009 Written by: theAssistant { Places }We took advantage of one rare and warm winter weekend and went out on an outing. We decided to have brunch at Ikea in Redhook, Brooklyn. It is the ride to get to Redhook we are excited about.
Though a still a little cold, but the wind was very refreshing and welcomed. The excursion recharged our energy and gave us new inspiration. We put together this video to share our experience. Life should not all be about work and no play, but a combination of both. Sometimes it may be hard to realize that happiness is all around us.
We decided to walk to Pier 11 to catch the New York Water Taxi to Ikea. It was a pleasant surprise when we reached Chinatown; the parade commencing the end of Chinese New Year was going on.
We arrived at Pier 11 earlier than expected. I was reading my book while waiting for the water taxi, but someone else had something else in mind and tried to get my attention.
After brunch, we did a little exploration in Redhook and watch the sun set before we call it a day.
February 14th, 2009 at 5:56 pm
I must confess that I can’t always tell the fine line between work and play.
On this day I just carried with me a point and shoot camera with video capability. Everything was done spontaneously. This is my second trip on the free water taxi ride to Ikea. And I was still excited! I want to show the beautiful NYC water way and the remnants of old buildings and rusted metal structure that are still remaining on the water front of Red Hook.
This short brought me back to the days of silent film. Shooting a silent film is really about telling a story visually with actions and images. The visual language is universal and does not need translation and that’s how I try to photograph a wedding and when I am successful in capturing the universal language of the human emotions everyone can enjoy it without ever uttering a word.