New Beginnings and New Inspirations?

Just transplanted myself from Los Angeles to San Francisco. I never thought it would happen so soon but here I am! Maybe I’ll get some new inspiration, I sorely need some. I haven’t explored much of the city yet since I just started work and barely got settled down the day before but I plan on making a destination spot stops this weekend. I’m thinking Golden Gate again?

DowntownSFatnight

Back to my Blog!

After what I consider probably the toughest quarter I’ve had in sometime, I’m back! I have to admit using Instagram has really pushed me away from updating this blog more often than not. I didn’t do much photography the last few months but just last week I got to do something I’ve never done before! I had the opportunity to get on a helicopter and photograph Orange County! Did I mention I’m scared of heights?It actually wasn’t so bad, sure it was cold and windy but from thousands of feet in the air you don’t get that perspective of going 95mph+, it feels as if you are just cruising around at a gentle 35 mph. Photographing in a helicopter is much harder than I imagined it would be, you could compare it to photographing in a car going on the freeway at the same speed. Here are some tidbids from my trip. Thanks to Edwin for inviting me and thank you to Anaheim Helicopters for a wonderful experience! You can find them here on yelp:

It’s That Time Again…

It’s been almost a month since my last update. I’ve been super busy in terms of school-work-photography and haven’t had a chance to update, which is bad because blogging my photography endeavors has done so much for me. So here’s to starting again!

Here are some interesting photographs from things I have been doing in the last month or so:

Photoshoot with Edwin Santiago, featuring:
Ben Cohen; retired Professional Rugby player.
http://www.ben-cohen.com/
Photographer: Edwin Santiago
Lighting Coordinator: Me
Assisted by: Francis Rualo
Wardrobe & MA: Merci Lim

This (multi-million dollar) house was located at somewhere in Hollywood Hills. It has a great view of Los Angeles and even more so on this day since it just rained a few days ago. Ben was such a nice guy and he was in town promoting his brand “Stand Up” which is an effort against bullying. I was assisting Edwin Santiago in carge of lighting for this shoot which will hopefully be featured in a magazine next year. Lighting was basic, reflector, 2 strobes and natural light for many of the shots. I managed to grab some candids of today, it was a great experience.

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