life more beautiful
A blog about life, photography and other bits, by Lin Zhaowei
Thursday, December 1, 2016
I have migrated to Medium.com
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Thursday, August 15, 2013
How Instagram has reinvigorated my photography
Of course, even the deepest well will run dry some day, so I recently sought to find better ways of sharing my photography. I first tried porting this entire blog over to Tumblr because it has social network functionality built-in, and then discovered to my disappointment its lack of SEO. This blog completely trumps it, and I suspect Google's ownership of Blogger has to do with it too.
I considered making better use of Flickr, where I already have an account, but even with the recent upgraded interface and 1TB of storage, I feel reluctant to put too much energy into a platform that doesn't seem to be drawing in new users. It didn't help that their app isn't available in my region for my iPod Touch 5, my main media sharing and consumption device. (I use a Blackberry Z10 as my main communications device)
Then came Instagram. I was actually asked by my wife to set up an account so I can follow and "like" her photos on the service. I dutifully did so and ignored the platform for a while, until the start of July.
Actually, this isn't my first posting on Instagram. The real original has been cleared out because it was a random shot that doesn't quite merit the real estate! |
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
Hotel Musashiya at Hakone (1)
Was in Hakone, Japan, recently for a short holiday, and I stayed two nights in a ryokan with a 145-year history. The deco was decidedly old-school, but it was cosy, the service staff was friendly and the food was great. I like this type of ryokan because they just feel more authentic to me.
The view from their open air onsen on the top floor (5th storey) was great too, as it faces Lake Ashi.
Official website (Japanese only):
http://6348.info/
English website (Japanican):
http://www.japanican.com/hotels/shisetsudetail.aspx?st=4321003
More to come…
This blog will continue to be updated
After struggling to make my Tumblr searchable to Google for the past week, I have decided it’s still not the time to stop updating this blog. So it shall live on!