Been Busy

The end of the semester is coming around and I've been really busy catching up on stuff.

Can't believe a year has gone by!

It's been an exciting and fun semester~ ^^

The images above are just some snapshots I took when I went to a donut shop to do an environmental portrait.

It was a great experience...

Had a blast...

And ate the most delicious donut ever, right out the oven!!!!

^____________^

@ the Getty

They had some neat flowers~

This is my first time on this side of the garden.

Saw many unique shadows...

This was interesting~

Gilberto's

Went to Gilberto's to hang out and check out his lighting equipment.

It was pretty nice~

He set up his garage like a studio.

It had everything!!!

What more can you ask for~!!!! hehehe

A Day in L.A.

Went to the Getty Museum today for class and a friend came along.
Had a great time looking at incredible photographs and shooting at the garden.
There was hecka lot of people there today~
After that, we went to go eat some El Taurino baby!!!!
There was hecka lot of people there too~
Then, she had to get her hair did at Hair to Toe...
Met some weird people while I was waiting for her~ kekeke ^^
Off to the Grove, where there was a lot of people~ T.T
And for our last stop...
Ate dinner at Western Soon Dae!
It was bomb-diggity!!!! hehehe

Images from the Getty will be posted soon~ :]

Some of My Favorites

If you want to see more...

Please check out my flickr! :)

Formal Session

More to come~

Old World Portrait

We had to recreate an old portrait.

Something that could've been shot back in the days.

I had all these crazy ideas, locations, and props thought out...

But, couldn't due to lack of time and money~ T.T

I'm really satisfied with this image though. ^^

San Fransisco

I came back from San Fransisco on Thursday.

It was suppose to be a 2 days 1 night trip, but got extended to 3 days because I was having so much fun and I was pretty tired~ ^^;;;

The first day, I stopped by Santa Rosa, where I stayed at, and left for Downtown San Fransisco right after.

We had a tight schedule~

We went to MOMA to see a great exhibition of Lee Friedlander.

Then we shopped around for couple hours.

It has been awhile since I went shopping so it was really fun eventhough I didn't buy anything.

And we had dinner at this small Thai food place.

It was pretty good and I just loved the lighting in there~ hehehe

The second day was set for shooting.

We just drove around everywhere to find nice places to shoot~

We went to Sonoma, St. Helena, and then shot at this creek behind the place I was staying at in Santa Rosa.

The third day, I woke up at 5am and headed home~

Overall... it was a short, but awesome trip!!!!

Photoshoot 3

Photoshoot 2

Photoshoot 1

BRB

I'm going to San Fran for 2 days...
Be back soon~ ^^v

Good Times

EunNam noona is back in the states for a short while, so we got to hang out for a couple of hours.
I get to see her once a year, it seems like, but it's not enough! ^^
But, it's been so long since all 3 of us hung out.
I don't even get to see YeeSun noona too much because of her work and my school~ T.T
We didn't have much time, but we just got some drinks at Cha for Tea, walked around UCI campus, and took some pictures.
Until next time...
Maybe tomorrow???? hehehe

Warner Springs

Spent the weekend at Warner Springs and came back today.

It's a very nice and peaceful place...

and the hot springs was fabulous~ ^^

For breakfast this morning, we had scrambled emu eggs.

At first, I was kind of disgusted, but still willing to try it out.

It turned out to be really good!

Unlike regular chicken eggs we eat, it didn't have a smell to it.

Overall, tasted great scrambled with spam and onions! hehehe

CD cover

The image of the bamboo trees was selected for my 1 black n white print.

And we actually had to make a cd cover in a cd case so the color images are the ones I used.

The first is the cover pamphlet.

The second is the inside back and the third one is the back of the case.

I got a lot of good critiques so I'm happy!!! :) hehehe

Yay!!!!!

I was one of the chosen students to receive a scholarship for next fall semester~!!!!!!
There were couple different kinds, but I don't know which one I'm getting...
Yeah baby~~~~~~~~~
Thank you Lord!!!!! ^____________^
I really really needed it~ hehehe

Eye Level

I've been shooting a Hasselblad these days and I noticed that just using the Hasselblad makes an image look better...
It's because you are shooting at waist level.
In our everyday images, it is shot at eye level.
Just changing your POV/ perspective/ angle helps improve your image.
In the beginning, it was hard adjusting to a squared format.
But I feel like, since it is even on all 4 sides, you can concentrate more on your composition because you don't have to worry about it being vertical or horizontal.

Lively Decay

This assignment is a cd cover~

We had 3 choices of band names: Pungent Breed, Lively Decay, and Honorable Garden.

My idea was to go more towards the design aspect since we can't use people and we're not allowed to create an image which is a direct translation of the name.

To me, Lively Decay sounds like an oxymoron, contradictory.

So... these are some images I came up with.

When I was thinking of concepts for the name, I wanted a clean, minimalistic approach for Lively Decay.