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18 COMMUNITYWEDNESDAYMAY 6, 2009

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Announcements

English conversation club inShinchon is looking for new

members aged above 30. Emailnarita007@hotmail.com or010-3916-1110

Deutsches Gemeindefest2009” - The German speak-

ing Catholic and ProtestantCongregations invite to theGerman Community Party2005, kicking off on Saturday,23th of May, 1 p.m., at theGerman school in Hannam-dong. For more information e-mail bjseliger@yahoo.de.

Conversations With God. Forthose who have read the

book or are interested in havingtheir own conversation withGod, a study group meets everytwo weeks in Seoul, putting theideas into practice. Feel free tojoin us and find out more, all arewelcome. Contact Markmarkyansen@yahoo.com

Love peace, prosperity andfreedom? Join us at the

Seoul Libertarian Party MeetupGroup. We meet on the 2ndFriday night of each month. Forinformation go to http://libertari-an.meetup.com/33/ or phoneGeorge 010-9980-0985.

The ANG DATING DAANKorea Chapter conducts

free Bible Study and distributesDVDs of Bible Expositions ofthe only sensible preacher inour time, Brother Eli Soriano. Ifyou want free copies of BibleExpositions and hear free BibleStudy, please call 010-5737-2561 / 010-3004-0817

THE OLD PATH Programhosted by the Most

Sensible Christian Preacher inour Time is now in SouthKorea. To listen for free BibleExpositions of Brother EliSoriano, please call 010-3144-2561, 010-3004-0817

UNTV Korea introduces itsnew websites featuring

24/7 Bible Expositions of theMost Sensible ReligiousPreacher in our Times.www.imeem.com/untvkorea ,www.esoriano.wordpress.com

Opportunity to spread hopeand change lives. HOPE, a

non-profit organization led andmanaged by foreign Englishteachers is looking for volun-teers. Native English speakerswanted for weekly volunteer op-portunities working with under-privileged children. Koreans withEnglish speaking abilities need-ed for volunteer support. Pleasevisit www.alwayshope.or.kr.

KH Toastmasters is a fun,supportive environment to

learn public speaking and lead-ership skills. We meet 8 pmevery Tuesday in Hyehwa.Guests always welcome. Find amap of our meeting locationand contact information at:khtoastmasters.com

Anyone who have the prob-lems of spinal balance and

related joints & muscle painFree Chiropractic consultationand Normal Posture eudcationMember of KCA , Near atKangnam sub App Call 010-9170-3544

Personals

Looking for roommates whospeaks English.(native

speaker) This is an apartmenthouse which has bright andwide living room. I want to havea little conversation in English.And I can teach Korean if youwant. Tel: 010-3231-0194email: choi3961@naver.com

To Koreans who are interest-ed for English tutorial in

American Accent and ListeningTraining Program. Please call010-3145-1051.

Chinese Korean young manage 28 , will come to Korea

in June. I’d like to find some

business friends who want todo business in China . I canspeak Korean, Chinese andsimple English and live inShanghai china. Tel: 0086-13162728287

An exchange student inSeoul wants to learn girls

hiphop. Can teach English inreturn! for more details, emailtechganda@gmail.com

Iam a Spanish woman fluent inKorean language and also in

English, offer my service as aninterpreter for Spanish speak-ing people in Korea. I also doSpanish & English languagestutorial. Call 010-3040-6101

I’m a 24 year old KoreanAmerican male. Looking for a

female language exchangepartner to help me improve myKorean or a friend that canshow me around Seoul. Textme at 010-7218-2422

Iwant to share my life, culturefor friendship with native

English speakers. I’m 33 yeasold guy who live in Chuncheon.Gender, age doesn’t matter.Please contact me Email:dooleee@hanmail.net mobile010-9556-1324

I’m Korean male living inSeongnam and 34 years old.

I’d like to make foreign friendsspeaking English fluently whowant to exchange culture andlanguage. Gender or age does-n’t matter. Please contact me.011 9619 7409.

Sports

The Seoul Softball League(SSL) is a new softball club

looking for members. Competitiveplayers with equipment preferred.We aim to start playing onSaturdays in June 2009. Pleasejoin the Facebook group or e-mailseoulsoftball2009@gmail.comfor more info.

Touch (aka Touch footie orTouch rugby) every

Saturday 9:30-11:30am on theJamwon rugby pitch in Seoul,open to all, men and women,beginners and experienced areall very welcome, contact kore-atouch@gmail.com for more in-formation and visit www.touch-tagrugby.blogspot.com

International badminton clublooking for new foreign mem-

bers. Competitive (top classlevel) players preferred, we playon Sat, Sunday near Chamsillotte world 2-6 P.M. If interestedsend me email for more infor-mation hello69@hanmail.net

I’m an English professor wholoves playing rackets sports

and is looking for a partner.Whether it is squash, badmintonor tennis, if you like to play thenlet me know and let’s have agame. I live in Seoul. Age, gen-der or nationality does not mat-ter. Look forward to hearing fromyou. 011 9990 4291

We are looking for an expe-rienced bilingual writer

who can write English pas-sages for high school readingbooks. Contact: dori527@han-mail.net (Kumsung PublishingCompany at Mapo-gu, Seoul)

Kung-fu club is looking fornew foreign members in

Seoul. If you are interested,please call at 019-826-1980

Arirang Taekwondo Club islooking for new members in-

terested in Taekwondo and cul-tural exchange. Class is everySat & Sun at 2 pm ~ 5:30 pm atSamgakji sta. near Itaewon. Allnationalities are welcome. E-mail to tm3ym@hotmail.com /010 3078 1433

Wanted

Dependable university edu-cated, native-speaking vol-

unteer to teach one Englishclass per week to children with-

out parents in Shiheung. Classis held weekly on Saturdays ata Buddhist-run orphanage.Please email Ann at voice-sofchange@hotmail.com.

Japanese Female looking fora room for 3-6 months in

Seoul, Line 2 or 7 from April 1.Prefer flat share in furnishedspacious apartment. Willing topay up to KWR 7,000,000 permonth. based on condition.Shoot email to amekurin@ya-hoo.co.jp

Korean classes

Free Korean teacher avail-able, 27 male in Seoul. 6

years experience teachingKorean in English from basicto advanced. Purpose: Makegood friends. Cell: 010-2029-2677 E-mail: jetasd @hotmail.com

We invite you for FREEKorean, hindi, Indian

Music Instrument classes from4pm every Sunday atHaebongchondong. For direc-tions and details on Sundayprogram visit www.krishnako-rea.com or call 010-2448-6441.

We invite you to LanguageExchange Club (LEC),

the multilingual exchange club.You can make many friends,

learn various cultures & lan-guages, enjoy outdoor activi-ties as well as learn Koreanlanguage. Please come toStarbucks in Myung-dong at 5p.m. on Sundays. E-mail toSong : discgolf@naver.com

Sookmyung Korean educa-tion volunteers. 4 levels for

beginner to high intermediate,once a week for 2 hours onevery Saturday from 15:00 to17:00, at social educationbuilding in SookmyungWomen’s Univ. 02-710-9623

FREE Korean classes in theOlympic Park area (line 5).

Saturday 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.Sunday 11:00 a.m. to 12:30p.m. for beginners and interme-diate. Please e-mail at daniel-byul.park@gmail.com or call010-2751-3498 to Daniel Park

Free Korean Class & CulturalExchange for natives.We go

rafting, skiing, hiking, holdingparty every month at Kangnam,Shinchon and Hwehwa inSeoul. Call 0195153608, Email:itsomagical@hanmail.net

Take Korean lesson for free. Iam a fluent English speaker,

living in Seoul. I studied in U.S.Iwant to learn advanced Englishfrom you. Email: al lroundplay-er1@hotmail.com

The Photo Challenge is spon-sored by Hyosung Camera(English: 010-7203-9599) andBabo Shirts (www.baboshirts.com). Winners of the weekly com-petition receive a 50,000 wonstore credit at Hyosung Cameraand a Babo Shirt. To take partin the competition, simply up-load your photo atwww.flickr.com/groups/seoulphotoclub — Ed.

By Aaron Raisey

We spent the last severalweeks focused on the camera.This week we will bring a lensinto focus, but not just any lens.This week we’ll look at wide-an-gle lenses and how to put themto good use.

Q: What is a wide-angle lens?A: A wide-angle lens fits more

into the picture than a “normal”lens. A lens that has a focallength of 50mm is considered“normal.” 35mm is a popular fo-cal length and probably the

most common wide-angle lens.But even 35mm isn’t all thatwide, especially on the morepopular DSLRs that have smallsensors. Fortunately, there aredifferent degrees of wide-angle.Ultra-wide-angle lenses are con-sidered to be about 20mm andanything wider than 16mm iscalled ultra-ultra-wide-angle.

Q: Wide-angle lenses are goodfor landscape photography be-cause they can fit more moun-tains and trees into the picturethan other lenses can, right?

A: Wrong! This is a commonmisconception regarding wide-angle lenses. While it is truethat these lenses allow you tosqueeze more into the picture,at shorter focal lengths (widerangles) the important parts ofthe picture get crammed in and

become too small to see detailwhile a lot of distracting clutteris often included at the edges,along with too much sky or fore-ground.

Q: So if I shouldn’t be usingthis lens for landscapes, whatshould I use it for?

A: What makes wide-anglelenses bad for really good land-scapes makes them truly superbfor something else. They can fitmuch more into the picturewhich means we can get closer!Wide-angle lenses — especiallyultra and ultra-ultra wide — re-ally pull the viewer into the pic-ture. Now we can get reallyclose and give the viewer an “in-your-face” experience. Nothingcan create a dramatic photo likea well-employed wide-anglelens.

Of course, wide-angle lensescan be used for landscapes, butyou will find that the best wide-angle landscapes often havevery strong compositional ele-ments very close to the camera.

For example, an interestingtree, rock, fencepost or some-thing similar makes a good fore-ground element.

Q: Fish-eye lenses get a lotinto the picture; how about oneof those?

A: The big difference betweena fish-eye and a wide-angle lensis that the wide lens keepsstraight lines straight. A fish-eye curves everything. Theseare very different kinds of lens-es with quite different creativeends.

Q: You mentioned composi-tion earlier, any more tipsthere?

A: Take care with your com-position. With really wide lens-es, moving the camera just aninch or two can have a dramat-

ic effect. Also get into unusualpositions, down low shootingup, or hold the camera highabove your head and shootdown for strikingly differentperspectives. This week’s con-test winner is an excellent ex-ample of creative use of an ul-tra-wide lens — down low andlooking up creating a very dra-matic picture. Note the inter-esting sky too — wide lensesare great at emphasizing dra-matic skies.

Wide-angle lenses are funand the wider the angle, themore fun is to be had, but thebest fun is getting out there andtaking more pictures. Try a re-ally wide-angle lens some timeand you might enjoy it evenmore.

By Alii Higham

Michael Hurt, an Americanliving in Seoul, is known mainlyfor his street fashion photogra-phy in Korea. But a new en-deavor has him teaching pho-tography classes.

From a young age Michaelwas interested in photographyand found joy in taking photoswith his first cameras. Sincethen, his passion has grown.After coming to Korea, he devel-oped a passion for snappingunique Korean street fashionand started the first online mag-azine exclusively for Koreanfashion, written in English andKorean.

Since then Michael has pub-

lished a book called the “SeoulFashion Report.” He has re-cently moved into new studiospace and from there he teach-es photography classes. So far,classes have been very success-ful; this is probably becauseMichael enjoys sharing hisknowledge and passion for pho-tography.

These days as more peoplebuy Digital SLR cameras, theyneed to know how to use all thesettings, so Michael aims toteach his students how to usethese cameras to the fullest ex-tent and have fun doing it.

Michael offers classes in:

Basic photo 1

Getting to know your camerafunctions and the basics of pho-tography -includes studio workBasic photo 2This class goes more in-depthin looking at specific applica-tions.Photoshop for PhotographersIn this class students will usebasic features of Photoshop andlearn how to process photos cor-rectly.Action photographyHow to and Techniques for suc-cess.Photo EssayA bi-weekly course.

For more details on classessee www.metropolitician.com

(alii.higham@gmail.com)

The Korea Herald would like to apologize for the article ti-tled “The art of being thankful” published on April 24. In it,the author unfairly characterized foreigners living in Korea.Expats here, no matter where they are from, overwhelminglymake positive contributions to Korean society, whether inschools, factories, office towers, or other places. Expat Livingregrets the error. — Ed.

Correction

Photo lessons for expats

PHOTO CHALLENGE — Weathered and broken dancers strike aneternal pose at Hyeri Art Village in Paju. Eric Reichbaum

In focus: Wide-angle lenses

Photos by Alii Higham