Lookups with Yais

Last Saturday, I went for a photowalk with @_yaisyusman_, one of the Singaporean instagrammers who I've been following for a while. I actually met him for the first time during my last trip to Singapore, but we didn't get a chance to shoot together that time. So this time, when he happened to be in Seoul, we decided meet up for a photowalk and visited a couple of spots that he wanted to check out. To be honest, I didn't know if I were going to survive this walk, given Seoul's super hot weather these days and almost all the locations we decided on are outdoors. But I did give it a try anyway, thought it could be fun.

Funny thing tho, we both came from tropical countries—he's from Singapore and I'm from Indonesia—that has similar temperature to Seoul's summer weather. You'd think that we would be used to this weather, but let me tell you, Seoul's current weather is at another level (it reached 38°C at some point). We both agreed on that. And we both can't remembered the last time we sweat that much just by standing still in one spot without moving. In the end, I did survived the walk. So did he. And here are some of the shots from the walk and be sure to check out @_yaisyusman_'s instagram account for his shots.

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Ewha Campus Complex

Ewha Campus Complex (이화여자대학교) is one of my favorite architectures here in Seoul. Built by Dominique Perrault, this grand complex certainly left quite an impression for first time, even returning visitors. The modern campus complex is nothing like I've seen before anywhere else in this city. It is also interesting to see, even when they have this very modern building structure, they're still preserving the old 19th-century gothic brick buildings surrounding the top part of the complex.

Sharing the shots I took during winter, that particular day was pretty cold. So not a lot of people were crowding the place, only the locals who were braving the cold weather, I assumed. We got there right before sunset, and it was my first time too coming to the campus at that time of day. Seeing how the sunlight hit the vertical structure of the stainless metal was certainly a new experience.

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National Museum of Korea • 국립중앙박물관

I got a chance to go visit National Museum of Korea (국립중앙박물관) during a school field trip. The complex is really huge. You have to walk across an open area before entering this big tall building. My first impression stepping into the museum was this place has a really nice natural lighting. High ceilings with windows really gives a nice soft lighting around the open area of the museums. For architecture fans, this place is worth a visit. Plus if you venture outside the museum, you can see the N Seoul Tower on the background. 

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Blue Night at DDP

A quick short post on color study this time. I usually visited Dongdaemun Design Plaza (동대문디자인플라자) during day time, and one night I stayed late enough 'til the lights on the building are turned on. The buildings looks even more like a spaceship, seriously.