one strawberry…

two strawberries…

three strawberries…

who’s that?

“A photograph should not only capture the soul of the subject, but also the soul of the photographer.”

- theStoryteller

If you’re looking for a family-friendly activity this weekend…go to Central Park this coming Sunday, June 1 and celebrate Japan Day. Japan Day is an event designed by the Japanese community of New York to promote deeper understanding of Japanese culture and, to say “Thank you, New York!”

Japan Day 2008 is held in a green oasis in New York City, Central Park’s East Meadow. It will feature the best of traditional and contemporary Japan with a wide range of family-friendly activities and powerful stage performances throughout the day.

It will be a great opportunity for me to practice my photography skills. Hope to see you all there.

To learn more about Japan Day and to see a list if activities and festivities please visit: http://japandaynyc.org/main/

This picture was taken from our studio window. That’s the Manhattan Bridge in the background.

Last night as I was trying blogging; I heard a loud bang. I looked out the window and was surprised to see beautiful lights. Wow, fireworks! What’s going on? After a quick Google search; I found out that last night was the 125th anniversary of the Brooklyn Bridge.

If you still don’t have any plans for this Memorial Day weekend, why not head over to the Brooklyn Bridge and enjoy the festivities.

Be sure to check out the New York Times slide show Brooklyn Bridge Turns 125.

While taking a Sunday stroll in the Lower East Side and Chinatown, I see that MillionTreesNYC launched by New York City Department of Parks & Recreation and New York Restoration Project is truly in effect. So far they’ve planted over 54,000 trees, but it is not noticeable until they plant one in your neighborhood where you can see the results. If you want to plant a tree on your street visit www.milliontreesnyc.org

We here at Willi Wong Photography believe in living a greener life. Here are some of the many things that we do to pitch in for a greener earth.

• use recyclable batteries
• use compact fluorescent bulbs
• walk, bike or scoot whenever possible, if not then we use public transit or carpool
• bring our own usable grocery bags. Willi sure does get all the local female vendors’ attention when he says, “NO, bag please”.
• reduce the temperature of our hot water heater to 99 degrees instead of the recommended 120 degrees
• in the winter we keep the temperature at 60 degrees. Don’t worry we turn it up when we have are clients.
• in the summer we only turn on the air conditioner when we have clients
• try our best to remove our name from every mailing list
• do not mail out our price list because it is available online and will email instead of paper copies
• conserve energy by turning off lights, computers and other appliances when out of the office
• drink beverages from a reusable, washable mug
• use double-sided photocopying or printing whenever possible
• have a natural fiber of sisal rug
• buy organic foods whenever possible
• buy & use products made from recycled materials – too bad that no one has invented recycle photo papers yet.
• our motto is “reduce, reuse and recycle”

Please feel free to share your green living tips with us.

What would you do when you are asked at the last minute to babysit a 6 year old? Can’t possibly just stay home and be a couch potato; kids are too active for that. Can’t spent the day in the park, because the weather is still winter like.

GoCityKids to the rescue. A quick search on their website and within seconds tons of activities for the day came up.

We decided to go to McNally Robinson Booksellers for Saturday Storytime. This past Saturday happen to be a Curious George special. Three Curious George stories were read to enthusiastic little boys and girls by resident storyteller Yvonne Brooks, author of “Meet the Goat Kids”. After the last story, “Curious George Flies a Kite”, the children made their own kites.

We had tons of fun testing the wind and trying to get our kite high in the sky in the local park.