(ALL BLOG IMAGES ARE MY OWN)

Amateur macrophotography of anAustralian living in China./ˈsʌɪnəʊ /a combining form meaning “Chinese”,as in Sino-Tibetan; Sinology.Origin - from French; from Late LatinSīnae - the Chinese; from Late GreekSinai; from Arabic Sīn./bʌg/1. (loosely) any insect or insect-likeinvertebrate.2. a person who has a greatenthusiasm for something; fan orhobbyist.Origin - ”insect,” 1620s (earliestreference is to bedbugs), probablyfrom M.E. bugge; “person obsessed byan idea” (e.g. firebug) is from 1841./ˈsʌɪnəʊ bʌg/an expat Australian in China with apassion for entomologicalphotography.Origin: Toowoomba, Queensland,Australia; currently Pu’er, Yunnan, ChinaAfter five years in Beijing, I moved toPu'er (Simao), Yunnan in south-westernChina in mid-2011. I won't deny thatpart of the reason was to pursue myphotography passion.Yunnan is reknowned as a flora and fauna mecca - China's Amazon. And indeed, everything (insect-wise) is bigger, brighter, more abundant and more bizarre than elsewhere.I had always been interested in biology, zoology and the natural world with an emphasis on all things small, most notably the insects. Initially this took the form of killing and pinning specimens and thankfully (and more appeallingly) progressed to photography.My full portfolio is viewable on Flickr as itchydogimages .....I have a secondary blog, SINOPHILE (http://sinophilia.tumblr.com), which contains those things concerning my life in China that don't belong in SINOBUG, including my (non-insect/arachnid) photography, reblogs of things that interest me, things that should be shared and an avenue for me to respond to other bloggers and their posts (for better or for worse). (NB. This page has been dormant for some time.)