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Monthly Archives: September 2010

Meet Daniela

Last weekend I did a shoot with my friend Daniela as a model, down by a train station near school. In short, I’m very pleased with the results we achieved.

Your Toughest Rival

No matter how good you are at taking photos, you’re always going to have an ultimate rival who you compete to get a better shot: It’s yourself. In the early ages of photography, it’s easy to beat yourself. As you shoot more and more, you learn new techniques in lighting, photoshop, composition, etc. Experience makes [...]

The Coldplay Sessions

After four days of impatiently waiting to use my AlienBees, I finally had the chance to do a shoot using them! This was for my musician-friends, Peter and Will, who are releasing an EP this week. Since the two live far away when they’re out of school, they worked together through the internet to make [...]

Back to School

Summer has finally come to an end and I’m heading back to school for my SENIOR year of high school. I repeated 10th grade when I entered my boarding school (the photo above), so technically this is my fifth year of high school – boy, has it been long.

DIY: Getting Rid of Window Reflections

Here’s a little DIY that I’ve been wanting to make, but never got to for a while. I finally made it when I was working on a time-lapse video and needed to shoot through windows without getting disturbing reflections. I originally intended to use it for shooting sports such as hockey and squash through the [...]

Don't Share Your Goals

Interesting video I stumbled into today. Derek Silvers says that telling others your goals before completion actually makes you less likely to accomplish them. I think its true; Last term I told my friends that I was going to shoot portraits using lights, but never really started because I was so busy with work. Well, [...]