Testing Out My Nikon D700

I went out to Pasadena on Saturday with a mission to test out my newly acquired Nikon D700 camera.  Let me tell you if you don't know yet, this camera has many awesome features.  It truly is a difference of night and day when comparing the D700 with my D50!  Everybody should know by now that the D700 is a full frame camera, has live view, and I believe everybody also knows that it can go up to 25,600 ISO.  These three I expected to perform awesome which it did.  What I didn't expect (and no revi...

Personal Projects – FocusedOut.com

During downtime and in-between client projects, it's important to keep motivated and keep shooting.  Thus, personal projects.  For me, it's developing my documentary skills.  FocusedOut.com came about because I wanted to document a place that I think is being forgotten...Chinatown.  Sure, it's filled with tourist every weekend but aside from the Chinatown that tourists see, I wanted to document the real Chinatown, the zero generation that call this place their home, the history that's currently ...

Help-Portrait Los Angeles Flyer

Here's a flyer you can print out, use, and forward to anyone and everyone.  Remember, this event is for this Saturday December 12th, 2009 from 9:30am to 2:30pm.  Come out and volunteer or come out and have your portrait taken...either way, come out to the event! Help Portrait Los Angeles Flyer You can download the flyer here.

Rain… huh … what is it good for … absolutely something …

Sorry for the darkness and grainy-ness...this was taken by my first gen iPhone!  But this bad boy made an appearance today for about 10 minutes...huge and bright!  So I guess rain is good for something!

Help-Portrait Los Angeles

"Help Portrait is a movement of photographers who are using their time, equipment and expertise to give back to those who are less fortunate this holiday season." I will be volunteering my services to a great cause on December 12th.  Help-Portrait.  Why?  Because I can.  I am very fortunate and grateful to have what I have today...a job, a car,  a roof over my head, food, and wonderful friends.  Whenever I get in a funk and start wishing I had this and wishing I had that, I usually take a ...