<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>English Topics - Sakamoto's Blog</title><link>https://skmt-aya.com/</link><description>English List - Sakamoto's Blog</description><copyright>Copyright Sakamoto | CC BY-SA</copyright><generator>Bearweb</generator><image><link>https://skmt-aya.com/</link><title>English Topics - Sakamoto's Blog</title><url>https://skmt-aya.com/favicon.ico</url></image><lastBuildDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 18:56:25 +0000</lastBuildDate><webMaster>sakamoto_Bunsetsu@outlook.com</webMaster><item><title>River Church</title><link>https://skmt-aya.com/20260308-River-Church.en.html</link><guid>https://skmt-aya.com/20260308-River-Church.en.html</guid><author>Sakamoto</author><category>Photo-en</category><description>Again an old photo, an ordinary eye candy landscape picture.</description><pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 07:35:08 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Pole dance</title><link>https://skmt-aya.com/20260308-Pole-dance.en.html</link><guid>https://skmt-aya.com/20260308-Pole-dance.en.html</guid><author>Sakamoto</author><category>Photo-en</category><description>Again, a picture I took ages ago. I found the subject doing god knows what around that pole, which is rather interesting indeed, and I played with some X-Pan reframing to better serve the Main idea.</description><pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 07:25:23 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Hope</title><link>https://skmt-aya.com/20260308-hope.en.html</link><guid>https://skmt-aya.com/20260308-hope.en.html</guid><author>Sakamoto</author><category>Photo-en</category><description>A photo taken a while ago finally gets dug out. I also play with some cyanotype tuning in post-processing. I found this picture to be rather optimistic and joyful, which makes it somewhat an eye candy. </description><pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 07:17:58 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Walking toward the sun</title><link>https://skmt-aya.com/20250123-.en.html</link><guid>https://skmt-aya.com/20250123-.en.html</guid><author>Sakamoto</author><category>Photo-en</category><description> I am attracted by the way the main subject's body form, I found it carries a strong sense of power</description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 15:21:28 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Leaf in vertical grille</title><link>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20251113-leaf.en.html</link><guid>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20251113-leaf.en.html</guid><author>Sakamoto</author><category>Photo-en</category><description>I happened to see a leaf land right in the middle of the shadow created by the bar when I was on the street taking pictures, which I found interesting, hence the picture. </description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2025 05:42:56 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Construction</title><link>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250919-u4lraku5c98mhg51.en.html</link><guid>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250919-u4lraku5c98mhg51.en.html</guid><author>Sakamoto</author><category>Photo-en</category><description>Tried some aggressive way of colour tuning. </description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2025 17:36:22 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Sunset</title><link>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250919-y3atpxmquk4mbhs7.en.html</link><guid>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250919-y3atpxmquk4mbhs7.en.html</guid><author>Sakamoto</author><category>Photo-en</category><description>Sunset and 3 couple</description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2025 17:35:06 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Wheel</title><link>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250919-eqsvqbfq65t0nwvw.en.html</link><guid>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250919-eqsvqbfq65t0nwvw.en.html</guid><author>Sakamoto</author><category>Photo-en</category><description>wheel on a tricycle, found the texture to be good. </description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2025 17:33:12 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Fun</title><link>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250919-iia96sqxzcmblg7l.en.html</link><guid>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250919-iia96sqxzcmblg7l.en.html</guid><author>Sakamoto</author><category>Photo-en</category><description>True fun that only exist when one is young. </description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2025 17:29:09 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Afterglow</title><link>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250919-4xfgy2tgw3max53u.en.html</link><guid>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250919-4xfgy2tgw3max53u.en.html</guid><author>Sakamoto</author><category>Photo-en</category><description>挺糖水的一张，但是很好看（</description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2025 17:27:23 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Part of Peking</title><link>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250919-jtasqmevvm3ptk2m.en.html</link><guid>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250919-jtasqmevvm3ptk2m.en.html</guid><author>Sakamoto</author><category>Photo-en</category><description>Inspired by Alex Webb, I attempted some complex compositions, but there's still room for improvement.  </description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2025 17:18:05 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Girl</title><link>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250919-4dntbzesvoare8fz.en.html</link><guid>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250919-4dntbzesvoare8fz.en.html</guid><author>Sakamoto</author><category>Photo-en</category><description>Captured randomly, I don't know what it is now, but there is something in this picture that captured my eye. </description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2025 17:14:57 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Next place to go</title><link>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250815-oetl0c430jd4n4z7.en.html</link><guid>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250815-oetl0c430jd4n4z7.en.html</guid><author>Sakamoto</author><category>Photo-en</category><description>Captured in Wenzhou, the expression on the girl's face is what captured my eye</description><pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2025 04:17:03 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Construction</title><link>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250815-hufxu4i3tyywa7k2.en.html</link><guid>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250815-hufxu4i3tyywa7k2.en.html</guid><author>Sakamoto</author><category>Photo-en</category><description>Reconstruction work on the street of my familiy's hometown</description><pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2025 04:08:35 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Odd and end</title><link>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250815-tqhhty2aajq893lv.en.html</link><guid>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250815-tqhhty2aajq893lv.en.html</guid><author>Sakamoto</author><category>Photo-en</category><description>Odd and end on the side of the street, a standard mark in a second-line Chinese town. </description><pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2025 04:02:52 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>On post</title><link>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250815-04twxqsp80ottu4j.en.html</link><guid>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250815-04twxqsp80ottu4j.en.html</guid><author>Sakamoto</author><category>Photo-en</category><description>The triangle formed by the truck, the security, and the seated man is interesting, as is the expression on the security's face. </description><pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2025 03:31:24 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>new vitality</title><link>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250815-vckh5ow1km2dwi1e.en.html</link><guid>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250815-vckh5ow1km2dwi1e.en.html</guid><author>Sakamoto</author><category>Photo-en</category><description>The branches in the middle just captured my eye and led me to take this photo, it was shot with the LLL 8 element, beautiful bokeh, I must say.</description><pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2025 03:18:14 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Competition</title><link>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250812-nukxco0udnmi9tf4.en.html</link><guid>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250812-nukxco0udnmi9tf4.en.html</guid><author>Sakamoto</author><category>Photo-en</category><description>A few years ago, a massive war was underway between these share-bycycle companies. Now, only a few remain, continuing to compete against each other.</description><pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2025 05:34:51 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Age</title><link>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250812-jen0pvzvj6pho7e9.en.html</link><guid>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250812-jen0pvzvj6pho7e9.en.html</guid><author>Sakamoto</author><category>Photo-en</category><description>Taken in an old building located in Qingdao, I feel a mark of time from these items</description><pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2025 05:28:02 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>美团小哥</title><link>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250811-8il3r87povrx0sug.en.html</link><guid>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250811-8il3r87povrx0sug.en.html</guid><author>Sakamoto</author><category>Photo-en</category><description>A picture taken while a Chinese delivery driver waits for the signal light; I'm unsure if he is scrolling for pleasure or just planning his next delivery. </description><pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2025 14:55:30 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>AGE </title><link>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250727-rtgq6h0fm85ec4rk.en.html</link><guid>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250727-rtgq6h0fm85ec4rk.en.html</guid><author>Sakamoto</author><category>Photo-en</category><description>A different angle of the previous picture</description><pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2025 05:38:45 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Age</title><link>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250727-23q9pp3lsi2kvky2.en.html</link><guid>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250727-23q9pp3lsi2kvky2.en.html</guid><author>Sakamoto</author><category>Photo-en</category><description>A car is parked on the sidewalk. How long has the car been used?</description><pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2025 05:37:44 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Grandpa</title><link>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250727-m7qyq6oe9ypmtlz1.en.html</link><guid>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250727-m7qyq6oe9ypmtlz1.en.html</guid><author>Sakamoto</author><category>Photo-en</category><description>The look on his face are intresting, maybe I can create a set of such. </description><pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2025 05:32:36 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Ordering</title><link>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250722-rltgnsrpqy3vwrze.en.html</link><guid>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250722-rltgnsrpqy3vwrze.en.html</guid><author>Sakamoto</author><category>Photo-en</category><description>拍摄于山东青岛的夜市，看着其他人的享受美食自己也想食了（
Taken at the night market in Qingdao, Shandong. The joy comes from others when ordering causes me to want to get something to eat. </description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2025 05:22:01 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Transporter</title><link>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250722-uk6nrqv2oppyeasz.en.html</link><guid>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250722-uk6nrqv2oppyeasz.en.html</guid><author>Sakamoto</author><category>Photo-en</category><description>拍摄于山东青岛的夜市，庞大人流产生的大量垃圾最后还是得由人类来解决
Taken in the night market located in Shandong, Qingdao, the huge waste created by humans in the end needs to be solved by humans</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2025 05:17:44 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Beer supply</title><link>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250722-9c1yjatsn6u27pup.en.html</link><guid>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250722-9c1yjatsn6u27pup.en.html</guid><author>Sakamoto</author><category>Photo-en</category><description>拍摄于山东青岛，第一次见到这种卖啤酒的方式，不愧是啤酒出名的青岛
Taken in Shandong, Qingdao, is my first time seeing beer served in this way.</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2025 05:13:22 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>跨代喜悦</title><link>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250722-uzjl50au9x20k533.en.html</link><guid>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250722-uzjl50au9x20k533.en.html</guid><author>Sakamoto</author><category>Photo-en</category><description>拍摄于山东青岛，应该是祖母和孙孙</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2025 05:10:08 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Untitled</title><link>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250607-k24pdsbo.en.html</link><guid>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250607-k24pdsbo.en.html</guid><author>Sakamoto</author><category>Photo-en</category><description>A homeless person popping his head around the street corner, interesting</description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2025 06:17:44 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Spark</title><link>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250607-ej747a6l.en.html</link><guid>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250607-ej747a6l.en.html</guid><author>Sakamoto</author><category>Photo-en</category><description>An interesting experiment with fairy stick</description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2025 05:53:51 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Conversation</title><link>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250607-v4maojtg.en.html</link><guid>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250607-v4maojtg.en.html</guid><author>Sakamoto</author><category>Photo-en</category><description></description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2025 05:53:50 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Confrontation</title><link>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250607-17589muu.en.html</link><guid>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250607-17589muu.en.html</guid><author>Sakamoto</author><category>Photo-en</category><description></description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2025 05:34:57 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Thinker and audience</title><link>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250607-t11u5xnr.en.html</link><guid>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250607-t11u5xnr.en.html</guid><author>Sakamoto</author><category>Photo-en</category><description></description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2025 05:23:33 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Untitled</title><link>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250607-570d84y5.en.html</link><guid>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250607-570d84y5.en.html</guid><author>Sakamoto</author><category>Photo-en</category><description>I found this one interesting because that the shape of the student, and the shape of the front subject. </description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2025 05:18:48 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>crowd</title><link>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250607-tc6eamh4.en.html</link><guid>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250607-tc6eamh4.en.html</guid><author>Sakamoto</author><category>Photo-en</category><description>I found this one interesting because because there three distinct subjects all doing their own thing</description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2025 05:15:45 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Wait</title><link>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250607-jldfjl1p.en.html</link><guid>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250607-jldfjl1p.en.html</guid><author>Sakamoto</author><category>Photo-en</category><description>A old man waiting for the light</description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2025 05:05:55 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Untitled</title><link>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250607-j5a0x2ci.en.html</link><guid>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250607-j5a0x2ci.en.html</guid><author>Sakamoto</author><category>Photo-en</category><description>Intresting relation between the security and the people walking. </description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2025 04:37:54 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Family </title><link>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250607-uzki9ow6.en.html</link><guid>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250607-uzki9ow6.en.html</guid><author>Sakamoto</author><category>Photo-en</category><description>A family at costco.</description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2025 04:31:27 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Empty Building</title><link>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250607-yf0xdqio.en.html</link><guid>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250607-yf0xdqio.en.html</guid><author>Sakamoto</author><category>Photo-en</category><description>An empty building, what could be the story behind it?</description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2025 04:29:02 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Untitled</title><link>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250607-a2ojquv7.en.html</link><guid>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250607-a2ojquv7.en.html</guid><author>Sakamoto</author><category>Photo-en</category><description>The way this indivdual stands intrest me. </description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2025 04:13:25 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Family trip</title><link>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250607-507buq7t.en.html</link><guid>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250607-507buq7t.en.html</guid><author>Sakamoto</author><category>Photo-en</category><description>A happy familiy on it's way back.</description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2025 04:13:24 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Untitled</title><link>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250607-v3yspmgb.en.html</link><guid>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250607-v3yspmgb.en.html</guid><author>Sakamoto</author><category>Photo-en</category><description>A man relaxing in front of Eaton Centre, the face on the billboard in the back creates an interesting relation (I think</description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2025 03:47:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Untitled</title><link>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250607-zl0ox71o.en.html</link><guid>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250607-zl0ox71o.en.html</guid><author>Sakamoto</author><category>Photo-en</category><description>A woman waiting for traffic light </description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2025 03:44:53 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Flow of People</title><link>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250607-r6fpvqki.en.html</link><guid>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250607-r6fpvqki.en.html</guid><author>Sakamoto</author><category>Photo-en</category><description>Captured in GTA during a running event on the sidewalk. I used a slow shutter speed to capture the flow of people. </description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2025 00:47:16 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Resting on the side</title><link>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250607-2evpf1ep.en.html</link><guid>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250607-2evpf1ep.en.html</guid><author>Sakamoto</author><category>Photo-en</category><description>I find this one interesting because of the expression on the individual's face in the frame.</description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2025 00:39:37 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Boy and Birds</title><link>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250607-euymu2tc.en.html</link><guid>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250607-euymu2tc.en.html</guid><author>Sakamoto</author><category>Photo-en</category><description>I took this street picture in Toronto using my usual style for street photography. I found it interesting because of the motion of the three subjects and the relationship it creates between the boy and the two birds. The relationship that it establishes between the boy and the two birds.</description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2025 00:27:01 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Roadblock</title><link>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250607-d0ny9qad.en.html</link><guid>https://skmt-aya.com/photo/20250607-d0ny9qad.en.html</guid><author>Sakamoto</author><category>Photo-en</category><description>Street Picture taken in Toronto, shot the way how I always take street photos. I found this one interesting because of the relationship.
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