Sheila Bocchine, Photographer

Trolls on Brother One Feathers Van in Santa Barbara, California.

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In one of the many tour guides I pick up around Seoul, I found information about the Ice Bar. A bar made completely from ice including the chairs and walls and kept at a freezing temperature of -5degrees Celcius (23 F).   The photo of the bar looked incredible so I looked up the website and was determined to have a few icy drinks one evening.

My first attempt at finding it was unsuccessful.  My friends and I started off at a Canadian Bar in Itaewon, but eventually made it to Hongdae around 3am.  As with most Sheila ideas, I hadn’t a clue as to where this place was located.  I just knew it was in Hongdae.  I figured we’d just ask people when we got there to point us in the right direction.  We asked every cute Korean guy we found and none of them even knew what we were talking about.  Thank goodness for finding Zoochur and his friend, they knew, but said it was lame and that we didn’t want to go there.  BUT, we did want to go there, so they escorted us.  Much to our dismay, it was already closed.  I swear, it had to be only bar in all of Seoul closed.  We sulked but they took us to a cute little restaurant and the night was saved.

The following weekend, I met up with an old high school band friend and some of her friends and after dinner in a castle we went to the Ice Bar.  The entrance was covered in fur pellets, and off to the side of the check-in counter were parkas with fur lined hoods and knitted boots.  We put on our gear and entered the igloo. I was expecting something much different, the website photos obviously weren’t taken at the Seoul location.

It was freezing cold.  Ice sculptures were scattered around and the lights were dim.  The best ice sculpture was the torso and man goods of a sexy ice god.  Turns out you suck shots of vodka from his penis. From the faces I made in my photos, I’m thinking straight vodka doesn’t taste good no matter which way it’s served.

I will admit, the glasses we drank out of were very innovative.  A hole was carved into square blocks of ice to keep your fruity cocktail chill.

To see all the photos (including the Secret Garden and Palace we went to beforehand, click here)

I miss blogging, but I feel like if I don’t have a new photo to upload, I should’t blog…

I just sent 10 rolls to the lab so I’ll have new work, very, very soon!

I’m also pretty lame becuase after week 6, it looks like I haven’t done anything interesting for my 52 adventures in 52 weeks… BUT! I’m moving to Asia soon, so I’ll have a daily adventure to share!

… so many wonderful things are happening right now. I don’t have a photograph to post today, but I will tomorrow. That’s a funny statement. I have hundreds of photos I can post but none of them are on flickr, so I’ll spend some time on flickr tonight.

I’m going to try to blog again every day. Even if I can’t write a blog, I will post a pinhole photograph.

*I’ve started a new business. It’s amazing and built on passion, hobby and love. I’ll be rolling it out in the new few weeks. My product is nearly perfected, just a few more things need to be added and then it will be perfect! I’m very excited about it and the non-profit that is going with it! It’s a dream come true.

*I have become obsessed with this amazing artist: David Horovitz Just check it out! His ideas are amazing and I’m definitely participating in more than one of this projects. I’m mailing him a empty envelope tonight for sure. I would love to send him $30 to give a homeless man anything he wants for $30.

*How many colors can you name in 5 minutes? I named 35

*How many countries can you name in 5 minutes? I named 35, but could do way better if I could have looked at a map!

*Time has slipped by too quickly. Starting on Saturday I intend to have more time for myself.

This is by far my favorite of the series. When I stumbled upon this room, I was excited with the possibilities.

I really like subtle movement in pinhole photographs, the kind of movement that still captures details.

These mummies were found at the fear farm haunted house in Phoenix, Arizona.

is up and running!

I could not be more excited to finally find a minute to post a sentence.

I will be using this blog to update everyone on exciting pinhole news, to share my favorite images and the stories behind them with you and to share fabulous artsy finds.

Hooray for pinhole!!

Love Sheila