Old Faithful

“For the Benefit and Enjoyment of the People.” – as quoted from Roosevelt Arch, the entrance marker of Yellowstone National Park.
It was the first week of September 2001, when I got my first exposure to serious landscape photography. My cousin Herbert and I were 18 days into a road trip around the Rockies and midwest, [...]

Photographing Close to Home

The next year or so will be a crucial one for me as I am preparing to buy my first house. I’ve been saving up for the past two years and have the money for a good down payment but I want to make sure I have a “safety nest” in case things don’t quite [...]

Cachuma Lake

My dad proposed to my mom 30-something years ago but the only story I kept hearing about from that date was how my dad almost caused a fire while trying to make lunch for the two of them at Cachuma Lake. Funny how the memory works because when I asked my mom a few years [...]

Whitewater Trout Farm

My family used to go catch our own dinner at the Whitewater Trout Farm when I was a kid so I have fond memories of this place. There is nothing quite like the taste of fresh-caught trout. I was sad to find out that the trout farm is no longer in business but it is [...]

Happy Thanksgiving

Since this is Thanksgiving, and the 5th anniversary of my website is coming up in a few days, I wanted to thank you for having taken the time to visit my site at anytime during the past five years. I originally started this website to coincide with my first real image publication, Outdoor Photographer magazine, [...]

The Lonely Bridesmaid

I was originally going to post another image but then I thought about what the image of this bridesmaid standing out there by herself in the rain meant. I wanted to reach out and give her a hug. My biggest fear in life would be to die alone. Surely there is a lonely bridesmaid out [...]

Merry Christmas

Tomorrow will be the 10th anniversary of my Grandpa’s death. He along with my Grandma helped raise me and my cousins when we were kids while our parents were working. I never got a chance to talk about photography with him since I didn’t pick up a camera until three years later but I’m sure [...]

In Remembrance

Today I found out that my cousin Herbert passed away due to short bout with pancreatic cancer. He was just diagnosed recently and it was a shock because he was only in his 40’s. He is someone that I’ve always had great respect for and had a profound impact on my life more than anyone [...]

Freelancing is like Wine and Roses

I lied. While the majority of folks who have regular day jobs might long for the independence of having a freelancer’s lifestyle, not having a steady stream of income is like having invisible handcuffs. Freedom is a relative concept. For a realistic look into how difficult on a family it can be to earn a [...]

Happy Birthday Who!

Today is my grandmother’s 80th birthday. My brother, cousins, and I call her “Who” because that means grandmother on my mother’s side of the family in our family’s dialect of Cantonese. She has never used a computer but she deserves recognition on my website because without her there would be no rwongphoto.com website.
She didn’t [...]

Caught in the Act

Yours truly taking pictures last week at Red Rock Canyon State Park, California. Available too…
Photo Credit: Patty Wong.
Okay back to being serious: This photo reminded me of this photography gallery I went to once in downtown Sausalito. The photographer’s nickname self-moniker was “Photo Cyclops”.
See more of my Mojave Desert pictures.

The First Love

I like both of these pictures for various reasons, but couldn’t decide which one to post here. Please feel free to post your opinion here or email me.

The story behind the title and pictures: In the days before I first picked up a camera, I was a musician. I primarily played the alto sax, [...]

Shelved.

For the past 4 weeks I’ve been unable to walk because of torn ligaments in my left foot. I was injured during a baseball game three days after I returned from Daniel’s wedding trip and have been on crutches ever since. In the past week, I could finally put my foot down without increasing swelling [...]

Take Me Home, Country Roads 5/6/06 – 5/18/06

On an earlier blog posting titled “A Taste of Americana”, I wrote about the a three-week road trip in 2001 throughout the west for the purpose of helping my cousin Daniel move in to a dorm at the University of Iowa Medical School. This trip is the sequel to that trip as Daniel was to [...]

The Mother Road 4/8/06 – 4/13/06

The route my brother and I drove followed most of what is considered to be Route 66. In reality Route 66 is more of a nostalgic fantasy than anything else. Aside from a few diners and a drive-in theatre the Glendora and Azusa Portion of Route 66 looks like just like any other “Main Street” [...]

2005 Inspiration

Since 2005 is winding down here are some sources of inspiration and enlightenment I’ve discovered this past year.
Yosemite, The Promise of Wilderness- William Neill
On Ancient Wings- Michael Forsberg
The Smithsonian Guides to Natural America
www.naturephotographers.net
The Blue Planet- BBC (5 DVD Set)
Iowa Simply Beautiful II- Larsh K. Bristol
The Photographic Life- Sam Abell

Remembering Great Times: New Orleans

Witnessing the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina on the Gulf Coast leaves me feeling very sick for my country. There is a certain charm in that thick southern air in New Orleans that I haven’t experienced anywhere else in my life. The town will find its way back because nothing can kill such a spirit. The [...]

Research

I’m a self-professed nerd and what I’m going to say here will probably validate that in your mind as well. I make a habit of regularly going to the Glendora Public Library to check out photography books in search of refining my technique and hopefully learn something new. For enjoyment if not anything else. When [...]

Northern Arizona 6/26/05 – 6/30/05

My mom had a coupon for a several free nights at any Marriott-owned hotel so we (mom, brother and I) chose to go to Arizona. Vegas was the other location considered but neither of their sites were directly on the Strip so we canned that idea early on. Plus neither my mom nor brother had [...]

A Taste of Americana

For entertainment purposes, I’m posting a trip write-up I wrote for a college marketing class term paper when I was a senior at Cal Poly Pomona in 2001. The professor thought I should get it published. The trip took place from August 15th, 2001 thru September 5th, 2001 if my memory serves me correct. Until [...]

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