Misc Notes: Water museum with oddly no water and Mall of Georgia, whatever’s close by. Too cold to get into a groove, but the manual focusing is getting better… 🙂 Used Silkypix for the mkII raws, and there isn’t much under the hood of those .cr2’s, at least not as much as what I believe can […]
Technical Notes: Nikon MF 50mm f/1.4 Ai-S on a Canon body. Focus ring is nice and smooth, and the glass definitely has the vintage look from that era. Bokeh is quite harsh and somewhat distracting compared to the newer lenses, and the lens aberrations can’t be fixed with the Canon software, but get over it, it’s digital […]
ATL Superstar Korean New Year | Gwinnett Center | January 2, 2009
Notes: Thanks Von and Thip for the spur of the moment photo shoot…hair, make up, and location by them…me, I just show up and click a button. 😎
Notes: …was ridiculously cold and sleeting during the shoot, thanks for being a trooper!
…While I won’t be drawing much for awhile I guess I can still take photos…definitely actress material, very versatile…thanks for the talk on life and love over tootsie rolls…yep, I like ’em too. 🙂
…Season 5 Finale…well, this one ends sooner than I’d thought…thanks to everyone who have followed along over the years. This time I truly feel that it’s time to hang things up…try and forget about this “theme” and begin a new one, or perhaps just do nothing at all. I’m an artist that never really kept up a […]
Random Notes: …that was a relatively long drive…photos somewhat mimic the plot in a horror movie, pass by the quaint small town, come across the looming power plant and fade into the infrared shots at a covered bridge, a la Tales from the Darkside. One of the images also suffers from file corruption (a fitting transition into the […]
Notes: Nikon plus 85mm f/1.4 / Sigma minus IR Filter
Notes: Not that it ever matters, but Nikon, Sigma and Canon with various lenses for these images. See you out there…
Notes: This year the Fall season snuck up on me again. This past weekend was probably peak time for us, but the rain this week (and most of this past year…) knocked off most of the colorful leaves. Still scenic and calming though as I made the drive to the usual spots. Minnehaha Falls was picturesque but I doubt any “model” is […]
Notes: Thanks to the Atlanta Model/Photo Meetup group, and of course Oakland Cemetery for allowing us to disturb this hallowed ground. Apologies to the phantoms and spirits roaming around with all the clicking and stomping. Infrared photos of Atlanta’s most famous cemetery, with a Sigma SD14 and 10-20mm. For every 5 shots that other cameras get […]
Random Notes: Helped out a friend at a wedding. Being a second option on a shoot actually allows one to be more free form and experimental since the pressures of delivering the exact shots are much less. I took the opportunity to bring some “odd” gear as well, the infrared Sigma SD14, in addition to […]
Notes: Nib and India ink…this is how I used to draw a long time ago…backgrounds and everything, not the big empty spaces of color you mostly see now (a topic for another day)…metal nib, one of the most inexpensive art tools a person can buy and so versatile with its mark making ability, truly made for the meticulous […]
Notes: All the images are screengrabs (D90 Movies) from a few weeks ago at our local Korean coffee shop with ai Thavisouk…I’ve wanted to do this type of documentary work for awhile now, just gathering some like minded people and sitting them in front of the camera. Granted the environment wasn’t the most serene, but when a […]
…charcoal on stonehenge paper…as always this particular style gives me time to process in my head other things besides the drawing itself…there’s this famous painting with a caption “Ceci n’est pas une pipe” (This is not a pipe)…sometimes painting is not to affirm anything…it just is…
“…On the street they call me, you Chink, you Japanese, you Chinese, you Korean, you dumb Cambodian, What the F*** are you doing here? Go home.” That’s a powerful line from ai Thavisouk’s film “The Betrayal.” Not too long ago I was at a football game at my old college. I was just walking by […]
Notes: Very cool to have our Laotian people (both Lao and Hmong) on center stage with a packed house, and you could feel the energy in the room when the trailer for The Betrayal was shown…yeah, slowly but surely our people’s shared story is being known worldwide. More pix coming soon.
Christine 2 | Pen and Ink / CG
Amy 4 | Pen and Ink / CG …yep, sure does remind me of somebody…
Sally | Pen and Ink / CG
Lao Heritage Foundation 5th Year Fundraiser | September 19, 2009 | Alexandria, VA Notes: The LHF preserves and promotes Lao culture through visual arts, dance, and music. In addition to connecting with people I’d only “passed by” online, it was nice just being around a good selection of creative Lao folk. Master Khaen player Bounseung Synanonh was there, along with Thavisouk […]
Hong Kong Association Dragon Boat Atlanta Festival September 12, 2009 | Lake Lanier, Gainesville, GA Notes: We didn’t do so bad. Rowed in all three races and still had time to take photos. Saturday turned out to be blazing hot, but the Vietnamese Nón lá (conical hat) beats any tattered baseball cap. Thanks to the […]