2012年3月10日 星期六

Sharne K. - First Photo Shoot

There are many different types of Photographers in the world. Some take photos of nature and animals, some shoot creations of man like architectures and jewelries, and some capture the precious moments of human interactions in events like weddings.

I enjoy all sort of photography art work. I often visit the nature and enjoy the beauty of this world created by God. I also admire the photographers that may use a photo to capture the smell and taste of a delicious dish. However, I only focus in photography of human being.

My goal is to become a great wedding photographer that has the ability to capture the precious moments in the biggest day of most people - their wedding day.

Happiness is a difficult object to capture. It is a feeling everyone wishes to have and keep. However, often happiness only stays in memories. Therefore, the great responsibility of a wedding photographer is to be able to capture the happiness from that day to keep the moments not just in memory, but also able to see.


Few days ago a Facebook message popup and distracted me from watching one of my newest favorite TV show - New Girls. Natalie asked me if I'm interested in doing a fashion style photo shoot for her co-worker, Sharne. As a fashion photography hobbyist as I am, i agreed immediately and went on to discuss with her in more detail. The cool thing about this session is Sharne has her own stylist, which I really looked forward to seeing (I never had a photo shoot with a stylist for the model). We decided to shoot at a famous bridge of Davis - Stevenson Bridge. It's covered with graffiti, and if you know Davis, there is not that many places you may find graffiti in Davis.


The first few pieces were shot at random fields between Davis and the Stevenson Bridge. I just felt like shooting some bright sunlight shots before we got to the graffiti theme. Turned out some of them were very good. When we got to the bridge, I found the bridge pier part has some very nice spot to shoot at. Therefore, while waiting for the sunshine to be more horizontal, we took a few shots underneath the bridge. Sharne is a very good model. Even though she was a bit shy to start with, but very soon she got into the mood of shooting and started posing without hesitation. As a photographer, it is a very good thing to have a model that's willing to pose without giving instructions by instructions. Sharne defiantly did a great job there.


After the shooting at the bridge, we stopped at a Thai restaurant for supper. During the meal, I got to know that Sharne wants to become a TV/ Movie actress in the future, and that's the reason why she needs a portfolio in her resume. I am not familiar with the style of resume portfolio, but I hope my works will be some what beneficial to her future career. Best wishes to Sharne to become a successful actress in the future!


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神龍 & 小董 - San Francisco

雖然自從我開始拍照也有一段時間了, 不過好不容易在2012決定要起筆寫我的攝影部落格也是滿大的一個決定. 因為我中學時就離開台灣到美國來所以中文的文筆非常的不怎麼樣, 來美國後又沒有好好的練習寫文章, 結果英文也不行. 開始這個部落格前我就在很認真的考慮我到底應該用中文寫還是英文... 最後覺得看心情而決定 XD

自從去年底我拍攝了攝影事業的第一場婚宴案子, 我也已經兩個多月沒有找任何人來拍照了. 碰巧前幾一陣子跟小董聊到攝影, 就問問看他和神龍有沒有興趣再當我的麻豆來讓我拍一次(去年拍過兩次, 有興趣的話可以到我的Facebook粉絲頁看到以前的照片). 小董就很高興的答應, 說他和神龍最近想上去舊金山的惡魔島玩玩, 如果我能去的話就可以順便幫他們拍了. 我想說也滿久沒出門玩了所以就欣然的答應一起去惡魔島.

惡魔島, 全名是阿爾卡特拉斯島. 位於舊金山港灣. 是美國較為有名的監獄古蹟之一. 在島上我們看到了許多破舊的房子和牢房. 記然有這麼難得的經驗可以拍廢墟類的照片我當然興奮的讓他們兩個排排站的讓我拍


上面兩張我用了剪影的技巧, 再那棟破舊的軍營裡面拍起來配上背景積著厚重灰塵的窗戶其實還滿有感覺得. 下面兩張我們在往燈塔的路上看到一堵還滿斑駁的牆壁所以也讓他們借題發揮了一下兩人間的感情.


 後來我們看到一個莫名其妙的小隔間在路上. 可能以前是用來停腳踏車之類的, 不過這種怪建築就是最適合用來拍莫名的可愛逗趣照用


在島上我們後來有走了許多地方, 不過大部分最漂亮的廢墟都被欄杆圍起來不許我們進去, 所以也沒甚麼特別的機會拍照. 於是我們最後就走到旁邊的地道拍了一下就被獄卒趕著上最後一班船回舊金山市區了.


回到市區後, 小董就提議我們上去附近一個有名的遼望塔, 大家同意了後就開始往坡上爬, 紙是沒想到雖然地圖上只是畫短短的兩條街. 實際上那邊的兩條街是需要走三十分鐘的好漢坡. 路上我們經過了一些非常漂亮的院子, 就在那邊的梅花樹旁拍了一些照.


到了塔邊結果近去一看發現要上去還要繳門票. 大家走都走累了就懶的付錢進去, 於是就很自然的從山頭的另一邊下去找我們預定的旅館. 下坡的樓梯看起來還滿好坐的, 所以又順便拍了幾張.


繼續往下走終於到達舊金山有名的斜坡路段了. 我之前看過另一名灣區有名的婚紗攝影師的作品也是在斜坡路段拍的所以就來試試看這邊的景, 結果配合小董和神龍的俏皮動作看起來其實還滿有趣的.


這次遊記的照片差不多就這樣, 希望下次還有機會拍他們兩個的情侶照.

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