18 COMMUNITY WEDNESDAY MAY 6, 2009 Expat Living is a section dedicated to the daily living of expatriates. It is printed on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. To share stories about your life abroad, send stories or story ideas to Matthew Lamers at [email protected] Submissions may be edited for length or clarity. Comm Comm unity Bulletin Boar unity Bulletin Boar d d To apply for a free ad, send your ad text to: [email protected] All ads must be under 40 words in English and commercial ads are not acceptable. Announcements E nglish conversation club in Shinchon is looking for new members aged above 30. Email [email protected] or 010-3916-1110 D eutsches Gemeindefest 2009” - The German speak- ing Catholic and Protestant Congregations invite to the German Community Party 2005, kicking off on Saturday, 23th of May, 1 p.m., at the German school in Hannam- dong. For more information e- mail [email protected]. C onversations With God. For those who have read the book or are interested in having their own conversation with God, a study group meets every two weeks in Seoul, putting the ideas into practice. Feel free to join us and find out more, all are welcome. Contact Mark [email protected] L ove peace, prosperity and freedom? Join us at the Seoul Libertarian Party Meetup Group. We meet on the 2nd Friday night of each month. For information go to http://libertari- an.meetup.com/33/ or phone George 010-9980-0985. T he ANG DATING DAAN Korea Chapter conducts free Bible Study and distributes DVDs of Bible Expositions of the only sensible preacher in our time, Brother Eli Soriano. If you want free copies of Bible Expositions and hear free Bible Study, please call 010-5737- 2561 / 010-3004-0817 T HE OLD PATH Program hosted by the Most Sensible Christian Preacher in our Time is now in South Korea. To listen for free Bible Expositions of Brother Eli Soriano, please call 010-3144- 2561, 010-3004-0817 U NTV Korea introduces its new websites featuring 24/7 Bible Expositions of the Most Sensible Religious Preacher in our Times. www.imeem.com/untvkorea , www.esoriano.wordpress.com O pportunity to spread hope and change lives. HOPE, a non-profit organization led and managed by foreign English teachers is looking for volun- teers. Native English speakers wanted for weekly volunteer op- portunities working with under- privileged children. Koreans with English speaking abilities need- ed for volunteer support. Please visit www.alwayshope.or.kr. K H Toastmasters is a fun, supportive environment to learn public speaking and lead- ership skills. We meet 8 pm every Tuesday in Hyehwa. Guests always welcome. Find a map of our meeting location and contact information at: khtoastmasters.com A nyone who have the prob- lems of spinal balance and related joints & muscle pain Free Chiropractic consultation and Normal Posture eudcation Member of KCA , Near at Kangnam sub App Call 010- 9170-3544 Personals L ooking for roommates who speaks English.(native speaker) This is an apartment house which has bright and wide living room. I want to have a little conversation in English. And I can teach Korean if you want. Tel: 010-3231-0194 email: [email protected] T o Koreans who are interest- ed for English tutorial in American Accent and Listening Training Program. Please call 010-3145-1051. C hinese Korean young man age 28 , will come to Korea in June. I’d like to find some business friends who want to do business in China . I can speak Korean, Chinese and simple English and live in Shanghai china. Tel: 0086- 13162728287 A n exchange student in Seoul wants to learn girls hiphop. Can teach English in return! for more details, email [email protected] I am a Spanish woman fluent in Korean language and also in English, offer my service as an interpreter for Spanish speak- ing people in Korea. I also do Spanish & English languages tutorial. Call 010-3040-6101 I ’m a 24 year old Korean American male. Looking for a female language exchange partner to help me improve my Korean or a friend that can show me around Seoul. Text me at 010-7218-2422 I want to share my life, culture for friendship with native English speakers. I’m 33 yeas old guy who live in Chuncheon. Gender, age doesn’t matter. Please contact me Email: [email protected] mobile 010-9556-1324 I ’m Korean male living in Seongnam and 34 years old. I’d like to make foreign friends speaking English fluently who want to exchange culture and language. Gender or age does- n’t matter. Please contact me. 011 9619 7409. Sports T he Seoul Softball League (SSL) is a new softball club looking for members. Competitive players with equipment preferred. We aim to start playing on Saturdays in June 2009. Please join the Facebook group or e-mail [email protected] for more info. T ouch (aka Touch footie or Touch rugby) every Saturday 9:30-11:30am on the Jamwon rugby pitch in Seoul, open to all, men and women, beginners and experienced are all very welcome, contact kore- [email protected] for more in- formation and visit www.touch- tagrugby.blogspot.com I nternational badminton club looking for new foreign mem- bers. Competitive (top class level) players preferred, we play on Sat, Sunday near Chamsil lotte world 2-6 P.M. If interested send me email for more infor- mation [email protected] I ’m an English professor who loves playing rackets sports and is looking for a partner. Whether it is squash, badminton or tennis, if you like to play then let me know and let’s have a game. I live in Seoul. Age, gen- der or nationality does not mat- ter. Look forward to hearing from you. 011 9990 4291 W e are looking for an expe- rienced bilingual writer who can write English pas- sages for high school reading books. Contact: dori527@han- mail.net (Kumsung Publishing Company at Mapo-gu, Seoul) K ung-fu club is looking for new foreign members in Seoul. If you are interested, please call at 019-826-1980 A rirang Taekwondo Club is looking for new members in- terested in Taekwondo and cul- tural exchange. Class is every Sat & Sun at 2 pm ~ 5:30 pm at Samgakji sta. near Itaewon. All nationalities are welcome. E- mail to [email protected] / 010 3078 1433 Wanted D ependable university edu- cated, native-speaking vol- unteer to teach one English class per week to children with- out parents in Shiheung. Class is held weekly on Saturdays at a Buddhist-run orphanage. Please email Ann at voice- [email protected]. J apanese Female looking for a room for 3-6 months in Seoul, Line 2 or 7 from April 1. Prefer flat share in furnished spacious apartment. Willing to pay up to KWR 7,000,000 per month. based on condition. Shoot email to amekurin@ya- hoo.co.jp Korean classes F ree Korean teacher avail- able, 27 male in Seoul. 6 years experience teaching Korean in English from basic to advanced. Purpose: Make good friends. Cell: 010-2029- 2677 E-mail: jetasd @hot mail.com W e invite you for FREE Korean, hindi, Indian Music Instrument classes from 4pm every Sunday at Haebongchondong. For direc- tions and details on Sunday program visit www.krishnako- rea.com or call 010-2448-6441. W e invite you to Language Exchange Club (LEC), the multilingual exchange club. You can make many friends, learn various cultures & lan- guages, enjoy outdoor activi- ties as well as learn Korean language. Please come to Starbucks in Myung-dong at 5 p.m. on Sundays. E-mail to Song : [email protected] S ookmyung Korean educa- tion volunteers. 4 levels for beginner to high intermediate, once a week for 2 hours on every Saturday from 15:00 to 17:00, at social education building in Sookmyung Women’s Univ. 02-710-9623 F REE Korean classes in the Olympic Park area (line 5). Saturday 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Sunday 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for beginners and interme- diate. Please e-mail at daniel- [email protected] or call 010-2751-3498 to Daniel Park F ree Korean Class & Cultural Exchange for natives. We go rafting, skiing, hiking, holding party every month at Kangnam, Shinchon and Hwehwa in Seoul. Call 0195153608, Email: [email protected] T ake Korean lesson for free. I am a fluent English speaker, living in Seoul. I studied in U.S.I want to learn advanced English from you. Email: al lroundplay- [email protected] The Photo Challenge is spon- sored by Hyosung Camera (English: 010-7203-9599) and Babo Shirts (www.baboshirts. com). Winners of the weekly com- petition receive a 50,000 won store credit at Hyosung Camera and a Babo Shirt. To take part in the competition, simply up- load your photo at www.flickr.com/groups/seoulp hotoclub — Ed. By Aaron Raisey We spent the last several weeks focused on the camera. This week we will bring a lens into focus, but not just any lens. This week we’ll look at wide-an- gle lenses and how to put them to 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 focal length 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 that wide, especially on the more popular DSLRs that have small sensors. Fortunately, there are different degrees of wide-angle. Ultra-wide-angle lenses are con- sidered to be about 20mm and anything wider than 16mm is called ultra-ultra-wide-angle. Q: Wide-angle lenses are good for landscape photography be- cause they can fit more moun- tains and trees into the picture than other lenses can, right? A: Wrong! This is a common misconception regarding wide- angle lenses. While it is true that these lenses allow you to squeeze more into the picture, at shorter focal lengths (wider angles) the important parts of the picture get crammed in and become too small to see detail while a lot of distracting clutter is often included at the edges, along with too much sky or fore- ground. Q: So if I shouldn’t be using this lens for landscapes, what should I use it for? A: What makes wide-angle lenses bad for really good land- scapes makes them truly superb for something else. They can fit much more into the picture which means we can get closer! Wide-angle lenses — especially ultra and ultra-ultra wide — re- ally pull the viewer into the pic- ture. Now we can get really close and give the viewer an “in- your-face” experience. Nothing can create a dramatic photo like a well-employed wide-angle lens. Of course, wide-angle lenses can be used for landscapes, but you will find that the best wide- angle landscapes often have very strong compositional ele- ments very close to the camera. For example, an interesting tree, rock, fencepost or some- thing similar makes a good fore- ground element. Q: Fish-eye lenses get a lot into the picture; how about one of those? A: The big difference between a fish-eye and a wide-angle lens is that the wide lens keeps straight lines straight. A fish- eye curves everything. These are very different kinds of lens- es with quite different creative ends. Q: You mentioned composi- tion earlier, any more tips there? A: Take care with your com- position. With really wide lens- es, moving the camera just an inch or two can have a dramat- ic effect. Also get into unusual positions, down low shooting up, or hold the camera high above your head and shoot down for strikingly different perspectives. This week’s con- test winner is an excellent ex- ample of creative use of an ul- tra-wide lens — down low and looking up creating a very dra- matic picture. Note the inter- esting sky too — wide lenses are great at emphasizing dra- matic skies. Wide-angle lenses are fun and the wider the angle, the more fun is to be had, but the best fun is getting out there and taking more pictures. Try a re- ally wide-angle lens some time and you might enjoy it even more. By Alii Higham Michael Hurt, an American living in Seoul, is known mainly for his street fashion photogra- phy in Korea. But a new en- deavor has him teaching pho- tography classes. From a young age Michael was interested in photography and found joy in taking photos with his first cameras. Since then, his passion has grown. After coming to Korea, he devel- oped a passion for snapping unique Korean street fashion and started the first online mag- azine exclusively for Korean fashion, written in English and Korean. Since then Michael has pub- lished a book called the “Seoul Fashion Report.” He has re- cently moved into new studio space and from there he teach- es photography classes. So far, classes have been very success- ful; this is probably because Michael enjoys sharing his knowledge and passion for pho- tography. These days as more people buy Digital SLR cameras, they need to know how to use all the settings, so Michael aims to teach his students how to use these cameras to the fullest ex- tent and have fun doing it. Michael offers classes in: Basic photo 1 Getting to know your camera functions and the basics of pho- tography -includes studio work Basic photo 2 This class goes more in-depth in looking at specific applica- tions. Photoshop for Photographers In this class students will use basic features of Photoshop and learn how to process photos cor- rectly. Action photography How to and Techniques for suc- cess. Photo Essay A bi-weekly course. For more details on classes see www.metropolitician.com ([email protected]) 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, overwhelmingly make positive contributions to Korean society, whether in schools, factories, office towers, or other places. Expat Living regrets the error. — Ed. Correction Photo lessons for expats PHOTO CHALLENGE — Weathered and broken dancers strike an eternal pose at Hyeri Art Village in Paju. Eric Reichbaum In focus: Wide-angle lenses Photos by Alii Higham