Exposure - The Workshop

Yes! It's finally here. I've been wanting to host a photography workshop for awhile now and I'm excited I finally have the opportunity. The excellent photographers Drew, Greg, and Scott will also be there talking with me. I myself will be talking specifically about my journey in photography, my influences, and my inspirations. Greg and Scott will be talking about the basics of photography whereas Drew will speak about shooting for the newspaper and photojournalism.

Best of all... it's free! So make sure you all make it out. The room runs on the smaller size so make sure you get there early if you want a good spot. Hope to see you all there.

Tikko Studios

Tikko Studios was kind enough to throw a little lighting workshop for all the photographers in Southern California. It took place in their relatively new studio and man does their place make me jealous. Models Jeramee Lopez and my man Robert Ryu came out to support and do their thing. Unfortunately I came to a corrupted and half empty compact flash card so most of my pictures were missing, but here are some that managed to survive.

Friends Melissa, Brian, and Scott Roeder tagged along too. If you check their blogs all of them should have pictures from the event up as well.

Tigran of Tikko Studios




Erich Chen of Erich Chen Photography


Louis of Tikko Studios




Katrina came along too and also snapped a few frames

Power of the G10

This Christmas my lovely girlfriend Katrina was blessed with a Canon G10.

This thing is a BEAST.

-14.7 Megapixels
-Better 3 inch screen than my 40D
-Great battery life (lasted for the little photo shoot only after a quick five minute charge)
-Superb image quality at low ISO
-Insane depth of field
-Takes my 580EX on it's hotshoe
-Excellent body build

Although we were contemplating between this and the Panasonic LX-3 we went with the Canon due to the sturdier body. It also had an overall better feel to it when taking pictures. Not too long ago Luminous Landscapes did an article comparing the $40,000 39 megapixel Hasselblad H2 and the $450 15 megapixel Canon G10 at lower ISOs. What they found was unbelievable. The images compared side by side on a computer monitor were basically identical without in depth zooming. They even printed the pictures 13x19'' and still had a hard time discerning between the two.

And after these pictures I took with the camera, Katrina and I couldn't argue for a better compact camera. Plus that brick just oozes sexy.







Sneak peek at my CD packaging for you clients out there :)






Straight out of camera (Amazing)

Experimental "Jesh de Rox" Photography

As a photographer I am against photo manipulation to the point where the image can almost be labeled surreal. Such techniques such as HDR (High Dynamic Range) photography, especially for the use of portraits are accused of that in my book. Check out the work of Dave Hill for some of the "better" examples.

About a few months ago I stumbled across man by the name of Jesh de Rox. Let's just say he's a little bit of a legend in the wedding photography world. In addition to capturing great images he really has a talent in photoshop. His images are "surreal," but in every good way imaginable. Today I tried to take a stab at his post processing technique with some "never before seen" pictures from Alicia and John's wedding. Here were the results.