Christopher Lay

Walking in a Beijing Wonderland

chrislay — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:32:39 GMT

Last year, winter in Beijing punished the kid in me. Month after month of cold and wind without any white stuff to show for it. The one day it did snow, I was in India. So when it snowed in Beijing this month, I finally got to go out with my camera and gr

Wu Di's Beijing Birthday Bash

chrislay — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:29:00 GMT

Since WuDi is traveling for the International Wushu competition in a secret location somewhere in Canada (no, I don't remember where it is), I told him I would post up some pics from his Big Beijing Birthday Bash, even though Pat said I was not allowed

Boracay Daze

chrislay — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:26:00 GMT

Even though our friends had to cancel at the last minute due to illness, even though two typhoons were baring down on the Philippines, even though our flights might get canceled, we felt bound and determined to attend the First Annual Alive Not De

Charlie Chien comes to Beijing

chrislay — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 09:45:00 GMT

Though I almost missed his visit to Beijing, I managed to connect with Charlie Chien a couple of nights ago at Xiu Bar in Soho. Charlie was there to celebrate his producer's birthday. I could not stay for long, but was there long enough to take a few c

Confessions of an Artist

chrislay — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 15:16:00 GMT

I’ve a confession to make, and I know for some of you this is going to be hard. I’ve been cheating on alivenotdead.com. No, no, it’s okay. Take a moment. Let it sink in.
A few months ago, I was approached to write a column f

An intimate night with AnD

chrislay — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 06:30:02 GMT

Yes, leave it to the photographer at the recent Beijing Alive Not Dead dinner party to be the last to post up images of the nights foolery. No matter. On Friday, Etchy hosted an intimate dinner party (read small) for 8 of us. I'm sure there would have bee

Old School Camera

chrislay — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:30:35 GMT

Don't tell Savvy, but I have a secret. For years, I have kept a box of old camera equipment in tow with us. Whenever we reduced clutter, especially before an international move, I managed to squirrel the box away undetected. Today, I decided to take a pea

Fantastic Time Lapse

chrislay — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:17:16 GMT

Great idea for documenting a trip, even if it is shorter than what Long Beard set out to do - one year on foot across China. Enjoy.

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ky6vgQfU24
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ky6vgQfU24

Short Action Film Shoot

chrislay — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:15:35 GMT

Not long ago, a group of film makers got together to have a bit of fun one weekend here in Beijing. Although I could not join them on location for the full extent of their misadventures, I was able to drop in for a few hours and document the work

Guns, tigers and bike races, oh my!

chrislay — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 09:18:28 GMT

On my recent trip to Oregon to visit family, I had intended to photograph some culture Americana a la the 4th of July Independence Day festivities in my hometown. Though Ashland is not very big, it does put on a good parade each year and afterwar