Beot-kkot, or the Korean cherry blossoms

https://unkai.blog/2026/04/04/beot-kkot-or-the-korean-cherry-blossoms/

A simple weekend in b&w.

When you strip color out of a photo, you lose the easy stuff. No warm tones to save a flat composition. No contrast between a red wall and a green plant to make things interesting. What you have left is light, shapes, and lines. That's it. And that's exactly why shooting in black and white is one of the best exercises when you're learning.

https://unkai.blog/2026/03/16/a-simple-weekend-in-bw/

People’s Park

When I travel to a new place, I always do two things. First, I make a list of weird and exotic food I must try. Second, I check Atlas Obscura to find off-the-beaten-path spots. And voilà. Thanks to it, I found one of the best places to photograph in Singapore: the People’s Park Complex.

https://unkai.blog/2026/01/25/peoples-park/

2025

As we get closer to midnight, I’ve realized something: I’m a bit annoyed with myself for ending the year with this: So much happened in 2025! And yet, somehow, I spent an indecent amount of time redesigning my site—even creating my own Unkai theme—instead of doing the most important part: actually blogging. The irony is that life was full.

https://unkai.blog/2025/12/31/2025/

This is not your typical “What to do in Verona in one day” guide but rather a peek at how we passed the time strolling around this ancient city, which to my amazement has a smaller population than Valladolid.

https://unkai.blog/2025/08/04/one-day-in-verona/

Re-discovering Amsterdam

I first visited Amsterdam in 2007 during a multi-stop trip between Belgium and the Netherlands. Coming from sunny Barcelona, the city felt dull. I vividly remember how gray everything was. I had not experienced Northern Europe much then, so I was unfamiliar with humid weather, damp streets, and gray cobblestones (a few years living in Ireland changed that). But I recently visited again.

https://unkai.blog/2025/01/18/re-discovering-amsterdam/