Photography, Jeju give new meaning of life to retired couple
Choi Jae-young, left, and Kim Mee-hee pose in front of the large display cabinet full of cameras at the couple's Juju home. / Provided by ChoiBy Park Jin-haiFormer elementary school teacher Kim Mee-hee, 63, says she had never imagined she would pick up photography as a hobby after retirement. “It wasn't on my to-do list. Probably moreso, because of my husband,” she said. Her husband, photographer Choi Jae-young, who has worked for local newspapers Dong-A Ilbo and JoongAng Ilbo, has been either away from home taking photos or coming home very late after having drinks with his colleagues. “I had been literally sick and tired of all the cameras in the house,” she said. Settling down in Jeju in 2014 after retirement, which has been her husband's long dream for almost 15 years, changed all that. “If we had stayed in Seoul, we would have had our separate cars and hung out with each other's friends. But when we came down here, owning just one car, we had to go around together,” Kim said. Her husband used to hang out with his new artist friends in the neig
