Kids really learn fast! Below photo taken during Jonathan and Clara’s Family Shoot.
Jonathan and Clara Family Shoot
Australian Tour Photos
All of us posing as if we are in a record album cover!
Mai and Peter Family Shoot
Kids weight-lifting competition at Sunset during Mai and Peter’s Family Shoot.
Charles Likki and Zoe Family Shoot
Rachel and Annabelle in Greg and Kelly’s Family Shoot
One photo from the morning family shoot.
Graflex Pacemaker Speed Graphic + Leitz Projector Lens
One day I saw an old beaten up Leitz medium format projector on sale on ebay. On closer look, I see that it has a Dimaron 150mm f2.8 lens on it. I contacted the seller about buying the lens on its own and to my surprise, they agreed and all for $25USD! The lens came and considered how beaten up the original projector was, the lens was in pristine condition. It even came with the original cap!
Using just a simple cardboard gift box that i saw lying around, I cut up a small square. I put the lens on the paper, drew a circle and cut a small hole that will fit the lens. Then I mounted it on my Speed Graphic and see how it looked in the focusing screen.
Somehow, there was no light leak and the lens is able to fit 4×5 without vignetting! I didn’t try tilt shift but I doubt it can cover that. I was really happy that it can even cover 4×5, consider it was from a medium format projector.
I quickly setup a scene to test the lens with FP3000b. Here is the first shot.
Amazing sharpness, solid contrast and dreamy bokeh.
I was blown away with this lens, even though this is only a piece of glass and doesn’t have an aperture. I am basically stuck with f2.8. For individual portrait, I think it’s perfect, but for group shots, I don’t think this will be too functional. Nevertheless, I am super happy with the result and it’s only $25USD! What a lucky find!
Fun Family Shoot
Here are a couple of photos from the last family shoot!
Interesting Polaroid Land 250 outdoor shoot
Just had dinner one summer night with Tung Tang, Peter Yen, Joseph Wei and myself near Soho. After dinner, Tung and Peter were already armed with their Leicas + 50mm f1.0 lenses! We strolled around Soho and we settled on a spot to shoot some photos.
I didn’t picked the proper equipment for the night shoot and I only had my Polaroid Land 250 with me. It was loaded with a pack of FP100c. I also brought a flash, an old Sunpak 411 flash which I think works perfect with the Polaroid cameras. After a quick look in the area, we quickly settled a spot in front of an old door. Joseph is the model. Tung is the photographer. Peter was taking some action shots and was holding two iphone LED lights on the right of the subject. I was the flash light remote and stand.
Tung checking the lighting here.
Here is the setup.
Not shown on the above shot was Peter, who was holding two iphones with LEDs opposite of the flash. Here is the flow of the shot. Tung will start the trigger. I will hear a click, then I press the test fire button on the Sunpak flash. Tung sees the flash and will let go of the trigger and completed the shot. The whole process is very raw and manual.
To our surprise, the shot turned out quite nice.
It was a lot of fun and I look forward to more shoots!
Photo from Terry Lo
Thanks Terry Lo for this lovely photo illustrating our products!
Gustavo Photo Shoot
I was back in Shanghai and had brunch with Gustavo over the weekend. He asked me if I can help him with a shoot, mainly for professional head shots as well as some family group shots. I said no problems and one day after work, I head over to his place with my gears.
My backdrops were all in Hong Kong and I opted for bedsheets as background. I took my Canon 5D3 along with my 24-105mm F4 L lens, yongnuo YN-568 and YN-500 flashes and RF-622 remotes. I setup two lights, one main directional light from the left and a second light from the right to take out some of the shadows and as a weak fill. I intended to bring my Mamiya Universal along but my camera bag was simply full, maybe next time.
It was a two hour sitting and some great shots came out of it. My two favorites shots are shown below. These two shots were super loto and reminded me of the Daguerreotype photos and some old post cards that I have seen before.
