Shoot at the Lab

Teri and I went to the Lab in Costa Mesa the other day and had ourselves a little photo shoot. Boy was it fun. Teri is one of my dearest friends and an excellent model. This was my first time working with a professional, and I must say I do care for it. The shots turned out great, and I learned quite a bit. I look forward to many more photo fun times with Tim and Teri!

ISO 800

f/11

23mm / 30mm / 35mm resp.

1/500 sec / 1/100 sec / 1/250 sec resp.

Clout

I got new glasses today. I really like them, they are a nice blend of nerdyness and awesomeness. And they fit my big head pretty good too. I thought I would take a picture of them.

ISO 800

31mm

f/2.8

1/20 sec

Downtown Santa Ana

So I've been spending a bunch of time in downtown Santa Ana at the artist district. Live music, a nice coffee shop, and some pretty hip bars make for a nice place to spend some time. I snapped these today before meeting a friend for coffee.

ISO 250

16mm

f/10

1/350 sec

Croisants

So I had a very pleasant Sunday breakfast with my mother a few days ago, it was a great start to an excellent Sunday. Restful and productive. And I had a great chat with my mom. And I made myself a toasted croisant with cream cheese and homemade marmalade. It was so good I snapped a few shots of it.

ISO 1000
35mm
f/4.5
1/30 sec

30 Hr Famine

We held an event at my church this weekend called the 30Hr Famine. The Famine is an awareness event with the youth I volunteer with, we fast for 30Hrs while doing service projects and raising money for World Vision, a global non-profit which does great work around the world. Somewhere about the 28th or 29th hour I lead a group of youths through a Korean market where we would purchase our dinner. I saw these beautiful oxtails and I wanted so badly to make an oxtail soup. This does not go over well with 14 year old girls. None the less I snapped this picture before moving on to buy some BBQ short ribs.

ISO 640
25mm
f/2.8
1/320 sec

Homemade Marmalade

One of my favorite things in the world is breakfast. A nice simple breakfast, a good cup of coffee, and reading the internet. This is a great way to start the day. So naturally when my mom made this fantastic homemade marmalade, I thought it would be appropriate to put it in whole wheat toast with cream cheese. I was right. It was delicious.

ISO 500
35mm
f/2.8
1/80 sec and 1/30 sec resp.

New Watch

So it turns out that a huge part of being a teacher is time management. Who knew? Well, I guess a lot of people knew. I guess I might have been one of the few people who had not thought of that. It also turns out that having and wearing watches is becoming a thing of the past. As everyone is now wearing/carrying a cell phone, men have abandoned the watch, left it waste away in antiquity. I will not. Every man should always have a watch. This is my new watch, and my first shot at some product work. I think its pretty neato.

ISO 500
50mm
f/1.4
1/160 sec and 1/30 sec