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.

Jenny & Balazs

First time taking a back seat at a wedding, it felt really weird! I thought it would be nice to try video at this wedding and ran out of memory fast!! It was all for fun though and I had a great time being a “guest”. Although, mid-day came around and one of the bridesmaids (Esther Han) had a Canon S95 which I’ve never used before and decided to “temporarily borrow it” 😛 Enjoy!

Thanks Esther! Minor Noise-reduction and contrast adjustments. It’s a very nice point and shoot camera. I really want one now. AHHHHHHH!

3rd Logo Draft Applied 😛

BTS: With Andrea Pun

First time going to Art Center! :] What a cool place to go to school. Would love to go there if it wasn’t so expensive…

Practicing my fine arts :]

I love this camera, thanks Andrea for teaching me how to use one! Now I want one 😛

^In this Photo: Model: Gracie Murdoch @ Ford, Photographer: Andrea Pun

View final image here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/andreapun/5395969876/

Always a pleasure working with you Andrea!

 

Miss America Photoshoot: Behind the Scenes Part 1

So remember the big surprise and the event that I had said tops anything I’ve done so far? This is it. Meet Caressa, a very beautiful young woman who is our subject in todays blogpost. She may look familiar, let me give you a hint*: Miss Virginia 2009 and now Miss America 2010, her name is Caressa Cameron and this is behind the scenes with Photographer Christian Del Rosario.


I’ve been waiting to post this, I wanted to get permission and have been busy and on vacation for the past couple of days/weeks which is why I haven’t blogged in sometime. As aforementioned, this has by far been the best experience in my photography career so far. Getting a chance to work with Christian would be any amateur photographers privilege and honor. Shooting Miss America? Icing on the cake. Being Miss America is definitely an honor, but isn’t the easiest thing in the world. Caressa had a tight schedule and would be in 3 different cities in 3 days. Wow. She didn’t seem tired and her spirits were very high, her personality is great and was definitely a great person to work with.
Christian Del Rosario is an extremely talented photographer and I had the opportunity to work with him thanks to Edwin Santiago whose work can be found on links provided to the right of my blog as well as Christian’s (Attreo Studio) who is now on my “Aspire List”. He referred Christian to do this event and I had the privilege to come aboard to assist and to learn. Since then, I’ve applied some of the things I’ve learned from him and from my standpoint my technique has improved considerably. Not only does he communicate in a professional manner, a key skill in photography, but shows confidence behind the camera and both reflect in his end results. He is skilled considerably in both studio and natural light. Christian also maximizes his camera’s potential getting the most out of it and when he takes his images to post, well, you can see for yourself. Check out his website at: http://www.attreostudio.com/

I hope you guys and gals enjoyed this post. Stay tuned for part 2 I’ll post of some of the shots I took that day. Take Care Everyone!

Purpose: Charity
Model: Miss America 2010, Caressa Cameron
Clothing: Provided by Jovanni
Photographers Present: Myself and Christian D. Rosario
Location: Somewhere in Los Angeles
My Camera Body Used: 5D Mark II
Camera Lenses Used: mainly 24-70 2.8, 70-200 2.8 IS  (borrowed from Christian while he wasn’t using it xD, my new favorite lens)
Lighting gear: All Natural baby!  Although a 580ex II would have been nice.