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Derek and I left the civil service exam and went to grab some lunch at a kimbap restaurant. After lunch we moved on to Holly’s coffee right in front of one of the gates.  I really felt like I bugged the hell out of Derek, but he was a good sport and gave me some really good tips and recommendations for books on photography to read.

We noticed that they were beginning to have some type of performance in the middle of the street in front of the gate. We both started photographing it and I noticed that Derek had moved into the middle of street with a bunch of Korean photographers. I got up the nerve to join him and at one point was sitting on the ground with a bunch of other photographers having a blast. We stayed here until the police asked/told us to get out of the middle of the street.  One of the many things that I learned with shooting with Derek was to be more brave.  He was the one that first said we should shoot from the stage at the exam and he was the first to move into the street.  I really need to stop worrying about what others think and just try to get in there and get the best shot.  Saying all of that, there was one photographer that was pretty much set up behind the dancers.  I have him in a ton of my shots. He had to know what he was doing.  There was also a staff photographer that everyone had to shoot around. She had a press pass, so she had free reign.

I was going to clone the photographer that got into the background of a ton of my shots out, but decided to leave him there for posterity’s sake. We took a bunch of photos here and then moved back to the fortress to get ready for the parade.