A Photog-full Weekend
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
On Friday last week, I got a new lens for my Nikon D-80!
Ever since I met Ben Ho at work, it’s been a dark spiral downward into the world of super-consumerism of photographic equipment. What i really mean, is suddenly i *need* all kinds of stuff I never needed before. It’s amazing!
One of these purchases that I needed and had no idea how much I needed was my new lens: a Nikkor AF 50 mm f1.8. I never knew what I was missing until I met you, o beautious lens!
So promptly spent the entire weekend photography anything that would move. I took about 6 gigs of photos. W00t! Here are the links to the photogs that I shot:
Worship at Hollywood SDA Church
People up on stage, people in the pews, and people chowing down! I LOVE potluck!
“Kodomo no Hi” - Boys’ Day
I went to Irvine to celebrate Boys’ Day with my little nephew Joshua and his new friend Brandon. And by new, i mean brand spanking new! He was just born!
Saturday Night: Shootin’ the Breeze
After returning from Irvine, a couple of us got together just to talk, have rootbeer floats, and half-heartedly play card games. Most of these shots are actually by Kimi. I was too busy eating ice cream. Yum!
Kimi’s Photoshoot: Part A
Sunday was an all day photoshoot for Kimi. I’ve only been able to upload the first part, which were the outdoor shots. The theme was “The Neighborhood Artist.” (I’m not sure if Kimi even knew that since I just made that up on the spot! haha). The second part is a studio shoot. Thanks to Rommel, he brought all KINDS of lighting equipment! Most of them I don’t even know what they’re called! A beauty dish, a reflector, an umbrella, a snoot, backdrop, etc. My apartment could barely hold it all! I haven’t finished post-production editing on those yet, so stay tuned for more of those. You can see some of Rommel’ shots here.
Phew! What a fun weekend! I can’t wait til i get more equipment! Oh noes! I’m hooked!
Ack! I am SO jealous! I’m really interested to see your studio shots of Kimi. Rommel captured such a different look from her; I can’t tell if it’s his style or the way she feels in front of his lense, or just studio-Kimi. But the outdoor shots you took of her are very “Kimi” to me...the studio shots will clarify which it is.
And since when do you hang out with Ralph Fiennes?! That guy playing cards with you....holy cow!
p.s. your nephew is scrumptious.
Posted by laura on 05/06 at 06:12 PMthanks, kat, i had a lot of fun learning more about the photoshoot process. who knew what a snoot was!?! when i get my own d-slr then we’ll have to do this again with you in front of the lens this time =)
Posted by kimi =) on 05/06 at 11:52 PMnice pics kat. the new lens has very good bokeh.
Posted by on 05/07 at 06:56 PMKimi, you look so cute! Not as cute as Joshua, though - Kathy, he’s beautiful!
I see the Ralph Fiennes resemblance, but I’m going to have to call Josh Lucas on that one. He looks like he just stepped out of “Sweet Home, Alabama.”
Posted by on 05/07 at 07:17 PMawesome!
f1.8 sounds like a fun toy.theres so much gear i wanna get, but alas, no money. first thing im gonna get is a new lens, then a gang of lighting equipment.
so ya, now i think we really, really need to go shooting around downtown LA. and i dont mean with firearms (:
Posted by will is (hungry) on 05/08 at 10:09 PM