Day 3: Good Day!

I always seem to get more photo opportunities in cities where I take public transit. It not only gets you from A to B in a cheap way, but lets you mingle with the locals and take more time to appreciate your surroundings. Here are some more I took on our way to the EXPO site.



Still loving the neon signs. I think nobody does it better than HK and Shanghai. HK wins though.



At people's square metro entrance. I stood here for awhile to make sure I only got one person, which is not as easy as it might seem.



At the metro for the Expo. We are excited because we still think we can sneak in like ninjas.



I'm guessing a cleaning worker? Not sure. But I was digging on his bright blue shirt.

Day 3: Good Morning!

I think one of the few days we got out early-ish. Our mission was to eat random foods and make our way down to the Expo site to see if we could break in or pay somebody to get us in somehow.



Worker takes a break




Suit + top hat. Another one of my favs to photograph. Add an old bicycle and an umbrella and we're set.



Love the transformers here and how low to the ground they are. Should have used a faster shutter speed on this one. Oh well.



Scary ass mannequins. These are the type that come alive at night.



This is a drive through, a pick up window and the front of house.

Day 2: Night

Goodnight

Day 2: Evening

After a tiring day walking around Shanghai, we return to our hotel for the best peanuts I've ever had in my life and a corona. No pictures of that here, since it's not like peanuts are that exciting. Here's the rest of the evening and our trip out to the main road.


Traffic.




Love the different styles of architecture.




Cleaning. I was surprised by how many cleaning staff were continuously circling this city, keeping it in shape. Probably due to the World Expo, but it really helped.




All that's left from today's sales.




Night lights. I should've shot this at f8 :(

Day2: Late afternoon

Just some more captures of the cityscape as we walked around. A lot of people walk in Shanghai, so there's always something to capture. I imagine if you removed the cars from LA, it would be a ghost town.


Love suits. Love bikes.






Lost like us.



Crowds going home.

Day 2: Afternoon

Spent most of the afternoon walking around trying to find a place that would produce for Christina a ham sandwich. Yes, we walked around Shanghai looking for bread and meat. We didn't find any, but we did have the best La Mien (pulled noodles) of the trip. So while I can be sore that we walked across the city looking for a bakery that sucked, those noodles were totally worth it.


He is a super star.



Do people really buy this stuff?



A colourful wall.



A highway overpass. Pretty cool they way they stack these things.



Fellow pedestrians. It's funny how we walked all over the place to save money, even though we took the subway everywhere in Japan, where everything was more expensive. Oh well, walking is better :)



The reward!! Worth it!!

Day 2: Morning

Tried to wake up early to walk around the city. Managed to snap off some before the light got too harsh.



Butcher's freshest cuts.











Pedestrian walkway over a major intersection. Loved this place.

The light started to get harsh after this.

Shanghai Day one

I'm rusty. And it shows. Looking through my last pics I see better technique and ideas, oddly enough though I see more patience in these photos, like I waited for them to happen instead of rushing.


Waiting to fly on my adventure.



My transfer to Inchon Airport. My favourite thing was the escalators that turned on only if you stepped on them to save power.




I got some cautious eyes from the security guards for taking this one at the maglev train into Shanghai, it's the fastest in the world.



For me Shanghai was all about the food on the street.



Flavour was just good, but the chewy noodles were fantastic. Great first meal.






Other people have the same idea.




It doesn't get better than this.



One dude went crazy on the corn. He kept coming back and ordering more. He even put it on the grill himself. That's a hungry man.



Rooftop drink on the balcony of a club. We got locked out but managed to get back inside :)

Missed two

Got back from my Trip to Shanghai and Japan. Didn't shoot as much as I thought I would, but still took enough to probably last until the next trip. Here are some stragglers:


Airport in Singapore. Love the clouds in Singapore.



More clouds in Singapore.