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low-ting
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 Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 3:52 am Post subject: Photographing Seoul |
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Hi Guys,
I was wondering whether anyone could recommend some good places in and around Seoul to take some really good pictures.
In other words, which Seoul locations make for the best photographs? I am going to go out and document the city before I leave.
Thanks in advance. |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 6:21 am Post subject: |
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| My advice is just go up to the top floor of an apartment building and start taking pictures. The best kind of apartment is the one with the exterior balconies. |
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twg
Joined: 02 Nov 2006
Location: Getting some fresh air...
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| Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 6:56 am Post subject: |
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The back streets of the city are where all of the weird interesting stuff is.
Try crawling around the moon towns on the northern shores of the Han. |
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regicide
Joined: 01 Sep 2006
Location: United States
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| Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 7:03 am Post subject: |
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| twg wrote: |
The back streets of the city are where all of the weird interesting stuff is.
Try crawling around the moon towns on the northern shores of the Han. |
And why you are there twg; fall into the river. At this time of the year you will be out of our hair in a few wonderful seconds. |
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twg
Joined: 02 Nov 2006
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| Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 7:28 am Post subject: |
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| regicide wrote: |
| And why you are there twg; |
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oldfatfarang
Joined: 19 May 2005
Location: On the road to somewhere.
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| Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 3:13 pm Post subject: |
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Cheongyangii (subway line 1) is an interesting place. The subway's under Lotte Dept. store. On one side of Lotte you have a HUGE, sprawling K market - selling absolutely EVERYTHING. Some very interesting photos - but the smells aren't good. Some interesting eviserated dog photos, and lots of little housing lanes etc showing the 'real' (pre-apartment) Korea. (They don't see too many white foreigners areound here - so expect some 'looks'.)
On the other side of Lotte - you'll find the dark side of Korea. Wandering around - seeing all those shops with big glass windows - you'll be in an area you think is deserted.
But a closer look will reveal some very embarrassed ladies desperately not looking at you - a foreigner. Happy snapping. |
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Chris Kwon
Joined: 23 Jan 2008
Location: North Korea
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suneV
Joined: 10 Jan 2008
Location: At the Flop
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| Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 6:27 pm Post subject: |
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| The alleyways of Insadong. Early evening for the best light. |
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jacob7207
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 7:00 pm Post subject: ... |
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| Gasan and Guro Digital Complexes. A little out of the way of Centeral Seoul, but still pretty cool if you like the contrast of traditional Korean style mixed with up scale futuristic weirdness. Pretty cool if you ask me. But that's just me... |
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barneyy
Joined: 06 Sep 2007
Location: Bundang
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| Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 8:06 pm Post subject: some photography ideas |
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hey,
This is something I have an interest in doing as well. PM me if you're interested in going around and shooting some places.
On the question, I think it depends a lot on what you're trying to capture. For myself, I like candid shots of people going about daily life. Thus, for me, it's anywhere where you have a lot of people traffic (subway, kangnam, sinchon, etc.).
For a feeling of old korea, I heard around Anguk Station they have some old style houses that are interesting.
Hongdae occasionally has some interesting exhbits that people put up.
Insadong is always good, albeit a little touristy.
You could try finding the "japantown", "chinatown", "americatown" (hehe, yongsan/itaewon), and doing a compare/contrast. I think it'd be cool if you could capture the different groups.
Another idea might be a "development of Seoul" series. Realize that Seoul started in Kangbuk and then sprawled crazily over the years. An interesting series might be to start in Kangbuk and start moving further and further south to compare the landscapes. For example, notice in the older neighborhoods in Kangbuk, the streets are chaotic. Compare that to Bundang (a planned city) where the streets are in a grid.
Or how about a "centers of power" series, where you photograph different high-powered areas of Seoul (Yeiodo, Apgujeong, Kangnam, Gwanghwamun/Jongno, Jeonga/Sunae/Seohyeon).
Or what about a "girls of seoul" where you show the progression of the Korean female from innocent child to princess to ajumma. Or the opposite might be the "making of the ajasshi" series where you go from little boy to beer drinking/soju swilling corporate man.
hope that helps ... |
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indytrucks
Joined: 09 Apr 2003
Location: The Shelf
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| Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 1:27 am Post subject: |
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| This thread got me thinking ... is Jinju still knocking around these parts? |
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Flash Ipanema
Joined: 29 Sep 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 4:55 am Post subject: |
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| What about random art? Like the colorful poo piles in Hyehwa? |
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Chris Kwon
Joined: 23 Jan 2008
Location: North Korea
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| Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 7:22 am Post subject: Re: some photography ideas |
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| barneyy wrote: |
hey,
This is something I have an interest in doing as well. PM me if you're interested in going around and shooting some places.
On the question, I think it depends a lot on what you're trying to capture. For myself, I like candid shots of people going about daily life. Thus, for me, it's anywhere where you have a lot of people traffic (subway, kangnam, sinchon, etc.).
For a feeling of old korea, I heard around Anguk Station they have some old style houses that are interesting.
Hongdae occasionally has some interesting exhbits that people put up.
Insadong is always good, albeit a little touristy.
You could try finding the "japantown", "china
town", "americatown" (hehe, yongsan/itaewon), and doing a compare/contrast. I think it'd be cool if you could capture the different groups.
Another idea might be a "development of Seoul" series. Realize that Seoul started in Kangbuk and then sprawled crazily over the years. An interesting series might be to start in Kangbuk and start moving further and further south to compare the landscapes. For example, notice in the older neighborhoods in Kangbuk, the streets are chaotic. Compare that to Bundang (a planned city) where the streets are in a grid.
Or how about a "centers of power" series, where you photograph different high-powered areas of Seoul (Yeiodo, Apgujeong, Kangnam, Gwanghwamun/Jongno, Jeonga/Sunae/Seohyeon).
Or what about a "girls of seoul" where you show the progression of the Korean female from innocent child to princess to ajumma. Or the opposite might be the "making of the ajasshi" series where you go from little boy to beer drinking/soju swilling corporate man.
hope that helps ... |
Where is Japan town? |
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low-ting
Joined: 01 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 9:29 am Post subject: |
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| thanks for this |
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bobbyhanlon
Joined: 09 Nov 2003
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| Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 2:09 pm Post subject: |
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-anguk, hyoja-dong and samcheong-dong around the president's place
-come to think of it, send an email to the people at the blue house and try to get them to invite you on a tour. i did that and got loads of photos
-namsan and the 'korea house' near chungmuro too
-totally second that idea of 'moon towns' (달동네) because they won't be around forever, and they are quite atmospheric
-that part of sinchon in the back streets where all the galbi houses and pojang machas are
-of course the usual: insadong, gyeongbokgung- although i think doksugung is better
-pimatgol (its near insadong and jeonggak station, a maze of backstreets with some character)
-tapgol park- lots of real old school halabujis playing go-stop and drinking. i took a picture of the monument there and some crazy drunken old woman came along and hit me with her walking stick. happy days...
-sungkyunkwan university- the grounds are lovely |
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