Hump day is over, from most of us. Here’s a smile from China (and what a smile) for your Thursday.

I met this model at a Beijing, China trade show in May. For some reason she ignored the gaggle of other photographers and kept looking at me. Must be because I’m a handsome devil. I hope she doesn’t see this photo of me, as Ron put it, in a dress.

I’m off to a trade show in Hong Kong next week. Hopefully there will be some pretty Asian models for my glass to capture. Assuming, of course, that my Canon 40D has been repaired. I better buy a sketchbook.

Cheers for the rest of your week. Keep a smile on your face.

Another shot from the China P&E held in Beijng in May. I hate sequins. When I am king they will be banned.

I’m hoping for more shots of pretty models at the Interphoto & Digital Imaging Show in Shanghai from July 2-5. If you’re in Shanghai stop by the Everbright Convention & Exhibition Center and look for me at the Phottix booth, or more likely, near the pretty models.

My last shot from Beijing. As I arrived at the airport I discovered this group, cleaning Beijing’s endemic dirt from the glass roof of a terminal building. As nonchalantly as I could, I pulled out my camera and captured a few frames. I was more worried shooting at Beijing Capital International Airport than I was shooting in Tiananmen Square. Time in an airport detention cell would have ruined a great trip.

That said, security did seize my shaving cream. That’s probably now in my file. Damn Gillette: Your Mach III blades are two expensive and now you have caused me to be labeled a security risk! I wonder: Could I get my face waxed instead?