Charlie Headshots

September 28, 2014 in personal, portrait, photography

I got a new set of lights and the 85mm 1.8 lens today. Shout-out to Stephen from SnappyJoe for selling me such great equipment! I tested the new Hensel lights out in my living room (I also found out my apartment is waaaaaayyy too small to be setting up massive light modifiers, haha). The Hensel lights are amazing! The lights are very even and give very nice output.

Other big news: finally got our schedules to sync up and had the great opportunity to photograph Charlie.

Here's some of my favorite photos from today:

Review \\ Insight Vacations - Romantic European

July 30, 2014 in photography, personal, travel, review

This summer, we had the pleasure of taking a tour with Insight Vacations. More specifically, on the 22 day Romantic European Tour. Overall, we had a great experience.

Portlandia // Road Trip

June 22, 2014 in photography

Just got back from our senior trip. We drove 16 hours from Los Angeles to Portland. I only got snippits of the things we did, but I'm happy we got to do many 'firsts' together: river rafting on the White Salmon River, jumping off a bridge, biking around Portland, skiing in the summer, and many others. Oregon and Washington have some stunning views of nature. Incredible states!

Senior Portraits \\ Couples

May 18, 2014 in photography, portrait

$Senior Portraits \\ Couples$

Nami & Sachu had a blast this weekend photographing some amazing people! After calculating, we figured out we walked 15 hours this weekend. YIKES! We are pooped, haha. Here is a snippet of the images from this weekend.

Senior Portraits \\ UCLA Friends

May 04, 2014 in photography, portrait

Nami & Sachu got to photograph my lovely group of friends this weekend and it was amazing! It was the first time we had to photograph such a large group of people, but we had a blast doing it.

Test \\ Lighting

March 02, 2014 in photography, portrait

Went with Dino to UCLA today for some lighting practice. It's so weird to be back on campus, but oddly refreshing. We didn't have wireless transmitters so it was odd to try and use model lamps for the lights. I'm more used to very high-light, clean portraits that are evenly lit; but we experimented with more "mood" lighting (two lights -- one from the side, one from the front) that shown on only a part of her face. Overall, it was a nice experiment and I always have a lovely time with Dino :)

I also realize that my portfolio is almost completely built on pictures of her and my sister.. I need to find new models soon... Anyone out there who wants to collab, let me know!