Recently I got the Fuji FinePix IS-1, which is an Infrared (IR) sensitive camera. Thus far I have been enjoying photographing with this bad boy. The pupil are inverted, skin glows, hair is different. It is almost as if they are vampires. When it’s sunny outside the world is a completely different place.
Last week some of us at NCSDO decided to crash Red Maples. We had no reservation on a Saturday night–in the heart of Baltimore–on a busy Holiday weekend. All we knew was to show up looking sexy and just enjoy our collective moment. The whole night was dyn-o-mite.
I love the fact that 33% of my waking hour is spend with working with awesome people who very talented, smart, witty, and knows when to down and dorky. It is purely kick-ass to call everyone at NCSDO my co-workers and friends. I love collaborating and getting tipsy with these peeps. :]
Here is how the story goes
* Beloved friends came by the office whom I haven’t seen in a while.
* Kato sneezes
* I said “Bless you”.
* Kato cries as if I stole his college education fund.
* I got scolded by Matthew “What are you telling my kids. Don’t say that”.
* I say “Gesundheit?”.
* Kato cries more
I fail at baby sneeze.
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Moment captured with my pimpin’ EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM.
Very simple story. One afternoon Chungwon and I met up with my sister, her hubby, and my nephew Vincent for lunch. The day before we ran out of toilet paper (from now it will be referred as “Rolled Paper”) so we bought a whole pack of it. After lunch Vincent was so eager to carry the Rolled Paper by himself. I took it out of the bag and let him have it–thus started the journey. All the other adults were embarrassed by the idea, but it just seemed like a fun fresh idea to publicly carry a Rolled Paper around the city.
We walked around all over Harbor East and Federal Hill with Rolled Paper, taking pictures at various points. Of course people stared at us, some whispered of “is that toilet paper?”, some stared longer than others, but it was just too much fun. Later we all got into the action and thought nothing of it.
Kids find pure happiness:) in simple things. We adults tends to complex and twist the idea of happiness where it becomes too rigid an unobtainable. We need to learn from our kids that sometimes all we need is a simple afternoon with Rolled Paper.
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All moments were captured with pimpin’ EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM.
I have way too much photos on my laptop–5GB left. Disk space is very affordable these days. Perhaps I can just buy a HD and copy them over rather then the hassle of going through each file. However why keep unwanted files? As of this moment I have 14k+ files which occupies 54.4GB. Lets see how much I “really” need.
Fortuitously along the way I have been stumbling onto photos I forgot about. I actually enjoyed most of them. I will be posting some of the photos I find while cleaning.
Wet Park
Park Street on Baltimore. I love how lights stretches when it gets wet outside.
Man and Winter Urban Light
My friend Sang Han at Inner Harbor. The halo was created by a car that was parked for a split second. Right after the shot the car moved away, thus the moment.
All moments were captured with pimpin’ EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM.
Last week I was photographing Scott Matejicka (www.Matejicka.com) playing at Mount Vernon park. And so happens Ed and Harper waltzed along bathing on the golden west sun. Seeing both of them put a big smile on my face and click. I loved the face Harper made on the black and white one. It was a nice day to be at the park.
The moment was captured with my sexy EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM.
ADDED 2011-08-31
While I was cleaning my desktop I found a picture of Jodi and Harper that was taken few weeks ago.
I had a blast with T.Raff (Senior Art Director at NCSDO) during a photo session we had this week. I used a white cardboard as a reflector upon the melting west sun. She is the type of model I enjoy working with. She had a good arsenal of expressions, flowed “fluiditcally” with the surrounding, and really got into the whole thing.
Crossing Saratoga Street, Baltimore
Mount Vernon Park, Baltimore
Mount Vernon Park, Baltimore
All moments were captured with pimpin’ EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM.
The video above is for our ol’ co-worker J.Swartz, it was her last day at the Firehouse. It was awesome working with you, joking around with you, and learning from you. May the wind gently guide your sail wherever you go. Aloha until we meet again.
Last week I just got the B+W 82 mm 099 Infrared Glass Filter for my 7D. I was inspired by my friend Dai as he mentioned about IR photography. As we were talking I recalled a few IR film photography I saw in high school. Back then I was really drawn into it but faded due to being a high schooler. This time I wanted to explore this option.
Thus far the looks has been interesting and yet eery, but the experience has been playful. My co-workers call this the “Zombie Filter”. I tweaked my setting on 7D (custom white balance and picture style setting), to make it more dramatic. Overall I didn’t get the IR effect (foliage being white)* I was looking for, but the joy of re-approaching the same subject with a different view has been more than fun. I look forward to doing more shots with this.
* I am thinking of getting the BW IR filter that will require a tripod for most shots. Perhaps this might get the result I was thinking of.
Currently my company,NCSDO, is working on a new version of our website. I have been in charge of photographing the staff for our new staff page. This is Courtney L., one of the Art Directors at NCSDO. As we were outside the building taking some photographs for her page this moment just strolled by and click. Something about this photograph really draws me in. Perhaps it is a combination of the ricochet color, the unconscious flirtatious expression, and the slight touch of breeze.
It is so awesome to work with such photogenic people.
Moment captured with my pimpin’ EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM.
These are mini clips of some still motion I have been experimenting lately with my friends.
One day a co-worker asked me to photograph him in our office. Every time I step out of the room for a second I hear click, click, click behind me. These are collection of photos he took of himself. He went loco in front of the camera.
Music: I Wanna Be Sedated by The Ramones
We went to Calvert Cliff one day to look for fossils and shark tooth–I have this things for wearing claw like object as a necklace. The sun was welcoming and the water was just right. As we were leaving there was this tactile glow on her I had to capture. Instead of finding tooth or fossil I got some nice shots of CeeDubs.
Music: Coastal Break by Lusine
After doing a photo session for two hours we had some beer and wings afterwards. As we were crawled out of the pub I decided to get some more photographs of him on the streets. I only wish we had more cars in the background–preferably a Delorean going at 88mph.
Music: Face to Face by Daft Punk
