It’s summer time in Perth
After spending two months in Wellington with changeable weather from warm and balmy to downright cold and windy with heavy rain, it has been a welcome change to fly into Perth, West Australia and tap into super hot and balmy weather. After arriving around midday and having some down time at my sisters house with [...]
Interesting character I bumped into today
While going out to Harrisons GardenWorld with my parents for lunch today with my parents, an interesting man pulled into the parking lot towing a rickshaw by hand and started setting up for lunch. He turned out to be Graham Dan O’Gorman, and is attempting a walk around New Zealand in a figure 8 pattern [...]
Spotted a sunset in between shoots
Today I had two newspaper shoots, one a cover assignment for the Cupertino Courier up in the Steven’s Creek Canyon. On the way back from that shoot and on the way to the next, it was twilight. I got toward the reservoir at the beginning of the canyon and the light just turned on its [...]
Polaroid makes a comeback with the “Impossible Project”
A couple of years ago, I acquired a Polaroid SX-70 camera that my family was given but no one else wanted. I thought that I may be able to make use of the camera in some way- once I got some film! Mostly this is exciting because the camera uses the same type of film [...]
The value of personal work for a pro
I cannot overstate the importance of continuing to pursue personal work for a working professional photographer. Here are a few simple reasons-
Keeps you fresh, engaged in areas that can be new, or some of the original reasons that you got interested in making images to begin with.
Shows to clients and people following what you do [...]
Halloween 2009
This weekend, I decided to rent and take the Nikon 200-400mm f4.0 lens for a test run. On Friday, I shot a children’s Halloween parade. It worked out well because parents were all lining the sidewalk. I was able to find a high vantage point and shoot over them and get a clear view of [...]
Wicked! in San Francisco
Today I went with my family to San Francisco to see the Broadway show Wicked! We lunch prior to the show at the Zuni Cafe . The restaurant opened at 11 so we had a few minutes free to stand outside in the sun. As soon as we walked up I noticed this scene [...]
A great Indy Day
Today I spent the afternoon watching Indy Car racing with my brother in law, we went to the Infineon Raceway in Sonoma California. In this photo from turn 3a, I shot the 3 race leaders coming out of the turn.
“Pole-sitter Dario Franchitti pulled off a flag-to-flag victory, spending the entire race with Ryan Briscoe in [...]
Noticed some birds in flight
Today while shooting for a non-profit agency in downtown San Jose, some children I was photographing noticed a hummingbird. We all stopped to check it out, this is from stopping to watch like a kid in wonder at nature. Something that I should do more often, I know…
I also noticed that the flight path went [...]
Photo story about Paralympic Athlete
When I last visited Australia, I went and photographed my sisters swim squad, the West Coast Swimming Club I covered one of the hardest working athletes in the squad Katrina Porter. This weekend, I went back and edited the photos I took and made a small photo essay of black and white images. Click here [...]
Radio City Music Hall
Tonight we walked past the New York City icon. We wanted to create a powerful image that showed the building in its night time glory. Shooting at night I shot with the Nikon D700 at a high ISO. With a 50mm lens, I was able to easily frame the building from across the street. I [...]
Michael Jackson tributes in New York City
Today we went out to see the Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York to witness the scores of fans and well wishers paying tribute to the artist who died yesterday. There was legions of media there capturing the spectacle. There were many people crowding in front of the entrance.
I really felt like being part of [...]
Street photography in New York
For the first day in the big apple, I was able to carry my SLR’s and get some candid street shots. We started the day going to the Statue of Liberty then went into the crowd for the David Letterman Show. Of course, walking between these allowed for some perspectives on the city to shoot. [...]
Portrait of young cancer survivor
I have started a portrait project of people who have or are dealing with cancer. Today I photographed a young girl who recently underwent surgery to remove a brain tumor. She is a healthy, active child. I chose to show this image because it is reflective while still showing her happy personality and it shows [...]
Portrait of a Science Teacher
I have been planning to make a portrait of this new science teacher for a few months now- Its the old story of never enough time and its hard to set up something that works in the schedule. We had discussed doing an environmental portrait out on the ocean with sea kayaks, a hobby of [...]
Portrait appears in Intel video
Through my sister Mel, I was able to meet Olympic swimmer Eamon Sullivan while competing at Stanford University. On the day, I took a portrait of him in the practice pool. Mel emailed me the link to this promotional video for Intel’s Lenovo laptops which shows Eamon looking through his photos. I was pleased to [...]
Photo restoration
Here is a restoration I did today for Operation Photo Rescue:
Video showing steps taken:
Before and after:
Photo of mine used recently in Office of Hawaiian Affairs 2008 Grant Report
A subject in a photo that I took for the Silicon Valley Community Newspapers contacted me recently and asked permission to use a photo I took of her performing Hawaiian Dance in a Church. I received a copy of the publication which included the image in full color full page. I was very happy with [...]
Volunteering at Operation Photo Rescue
For all of those who have medium/ advanced Photoshop skills, I strongly recommend that you take a look at this very cool volunteer opportunity: Operation Photo Rescue. I signed up and have rescued 2 images so far. Each image will take about a week of solid work, depending on the severity of the damage. The [...]
