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Recently, I had the incredible opportunity to travel to Hong Kong for a photoshoot! My first international assignment! My hosts’ hospitality was incredible. I loved every second. And as if that wasn’t enough, I also had a chance to explore the city a bit with my camera. I can’t think of anything more perfect than being able to combine travel and photography. For me, a week of shooting in Hong Kong, mixing business with pleasure, is pretty close to the absolute ideal way to spend my time. Here are some of the highlights.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Maybe toasting a bagel & opening yogurt doesn’t count as babysitting…but if its always this much fun, sign me up for every Saturday.  I love spending time with these guys.  And it had been way too long.  Heather and Ace, thank you so much for having me over to hang out with the clan.  I’m definitely looking forward to the next time!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I cant say enough about how incredible this city is.  Click here for the full set of images.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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  • kimochi

    Amazing…. Wonderful photos. I would like to visit Istanbul.

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To celebrate the holiday, I decided to shoot today entirely using a technique that I’d never tried: freelensing.  It’s basically shooting without the lens physically attached to the camera.  Instead, the lens is held close to the lens mount, tilted, manually focused, and, in my case, prayed over…all in hopes of getting something interesting.  The effect is somewhat similar to what can be done with a tilt shift lens: the focal plane can be manipulated all over the frame (and even back and forth in the Z-dimension) depending on how the lens is held and focused.  So far I would describe the technique as “impossible.”  But I did like a few images from today, including a couple of rare shots of my sister.  All images were taken with a 50mm lens wide open at f/1.4.

 

I love this image, because its CRAZY to shoot at f/1.4, from this close, and have both her chin AND her eyelashes in focus.  Awesome.

This image was actually taken the “normal” way, with the lens attached.  But I always love images of my niece, so it somehow found it way into this post:-)

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  • jon

    nice work. last two are particularly awesome.

20 years since Jon Theodore and I have seen one another.  Since we were classmates at Gilman School in Baltimore.  In the meantime, he’s become an acclaimed drummer, first for The Mars Volta, now with One Day As A Lion, a collaboration with Zack de la Rocha (click here to check out “Wild International”, one of my favorite ODAAL songs).  After his most recent tour, we were able to catch up in the Haight.  Good times!

 

 

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