When will I finally be able to catch up with blogging??? I’ve been pretty blessed for these last few months of summer with a bunch of projects I’m excited to share with you all! For instance last weekend I went out with Bakitwhy to cover BTVfam‘s Featured Acoustic Playlist (FAP) 2.0 in sunny San Diego. There [...]
Ran off and played soccer with Robert Ryu.
I got invited with the Bakitwhy crew to Kobe Byrant‘s press conference at the Kobe Bryant Basketball Skills Academy in Santa Barbara, CA. Each year Kobe runs a basketball camp using the facilities of a California college, UC Santa Barbara housed the camp this year (last year Loyola Marymount University did.) The kids stay for [...]
While filming some promotional videos for Fear to Faith clothing in Cerritos Robert Ryu and I encountered an energetic bunch of youngsters who helped remind us all that Youth is not a time in life it is a state of mind, you are as old as your doubt, your fear, your despair. The way to keep [...]
Its been a few months since I had shot some behind the scenes moments at America’s Best Dance Crew, so you can imagine how long its been since I’ve ran into my pals from DancePlug.com (Glyn, Adam, and Anh). I met Glyn in the curtained greenroom at MTV, back then he showed me a few [...]
Over the weekend I took on an assignment for the New University that was not a feature photo, I know its been awhile. I shot the 4th Annual Dragon Skate Race present by the UCI chapter of Beta Theta Pi (ΒΘΠ). The event is pretty much a long race down California Drive (right next to Anteater [...]
Over the past few weeks I’ve been working with Victor Vaquez with the promotional images for Hamlet. Victor, if you remember, is a colleague of mine in the Drama Department at UCI. From what I can tell you he’s has been working hard on directing this prestigious theater piece for his Honor in Directing. Victor Vazquez is [...]
This week for the New University I picked up an assignment regarding how college admissions are checking up on potential students’ Facebook profiles. After hearing assignment list I got a creepy-not-so-cool-but-smart-on-their-part kind of feeling. As if big brother was watching you kind of thing. For the image I had imagined capturing two utilitarian college administrators with [...]
Thursday night Scott Roeder and I shot the ASUCI presented Common, B.O.B, and the Cool Kids concert held at the Bren Events Center. These performances were… SICK! Good job ASUCI for booking all this talent. There’s nothing better than outrageously energetic artists with colored lights. Lupe Fiasco is that you?
I love shooting live performances! and “The Herbert Siguenza Project” was no different. Friend, Victor V., co-directed this play and asked me to photograph the actors during a performance. I have to hand it to UCI’s drama though, our students sure can act!
Last week I met up with New University Sport Editor, David Gao, to go over an idea for a portrait shoot of Anthony Hamilton. Anthony was a forward for the UCI men’s soccer team from 2003-2006, who recently signed with the Rochester Rhinos of the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) D-2 Pro League on February [...]
First let me get it out of the way that this is a biased post. Back in October I met a group of poppers at a Shoeture photo shoot …and now I ask that you all VOTE FOR POREOTIX! Phew, now that’s out of the way I can continue to share my experience with some [...]
I’ve been trying to take more “Feature” photos for the New University this quarter (despite having 20 units). The first assignment I took on (which is viewable in this week’s paper) was of Mikah Maly-Karros of UCI’s Women’s Basketball team. In this shot I wanted to make her seem bigger and more important that the [...]
With winter quarter now in session, students from all over return to campus. My coworker, Kelly Kawata, and I are working on a special project inspired by The Sartorialist. Here’s a preview of some images we took this afternoon on ring road.
The holidays are coming! and everyone in the community seems to be up with holiday cheer. The first assignment I picked up this weekend was one involving a charity event for the Blind Children’s Learning Center. The children involved were decorating a giant 20-yard gingerbread man. Exercises such as decorating the gingerbread man are important [...]
I was shooting in the Bren Center last night, and not for UCI! Taking on my third assignment in one day from the Daily Pilot, I tailed Kent Treptow to shoot Newport Harbor vs. Salinas in the girls volleyball CIF State Division I championship. This was also my first time shooting any sport with strobes. [...]
The UCI Bookstore’s fourth annual music competition, Antstock, did fabulous this year. Marketing and promotion attracted a good amount of anteaters into Crystal Cove, where the nights festivities would occur. Melodic sounds and vocals were were performed by six different competing bands. I have to say, they were all good. Because the live performances were [...]
Last week for the Huntington Beach Independent I had to cover a varsity waterpolo game between Huntington Beach High School and Marina High School. I got to be honest thought it felt weird shooting against my ole’ high school alumni. Once again I tried to up my photo game by keeping in mind that I [...]
Hosted at Bren Center and Mesa Road was the wild and crazy concert combined with UCI Althletics Midnight Magic, annual nationwide kickoff to the basketball season. The night-time event completely shut down Mesa Road to host booths and an outdoor stage (later the area would turn into a road fit for ravers). Bboys Anonymous MCIA [...]
BHere is a campaign that is pursuit of raising awareness of hepatitis B and its impact on the Asian American community. Currently, 1 in 10 Asian Americans is living with chronic hepatitis B. And without appropriate monitoring or treatment, 1 in 4 could die from liver cancer or liver failure. On Monday, October 5 Bhere’s [...]
Friday Night the Anteater won 3-0 against Santa Barbabra’s Gauchos. I started off by taking “safe” action shots. My new editor at the New University, Brandon Wong, mentioned at last Monday’s meeting that wanted more expressive sports reaction shots. Luckily for me the girls were quite celebratory each time Irvine scored a point.
Last week I went up to Warner Bros. Studio in Burbank with Bakitwhy to watch We Are Heroes become the first all female dance crew to win Randy Jackson presents America’s Best Dance Crew.
Wednesday was the last day of Welcome Week 2009 for the Anteaters of the University of California, Irvine. What a better way to end it than with a bunch of live performances at the student center terrace? Dance Crews: Common Ground, MCIA, CADC, KABA Modern, BBoys Anonymous and singer Jennifer Chung gave outstanding performances in [...]
Saturday night I went out to the Glass House in Pomona, CA to photograph Moostache playing live. Fresh out of Huntington Beach, Moostache is a indie rock band composed of brothers Brian, Patrick, and Sean Wardell with Scott Zchomler. The boys have recently returned to perform in Southern California, after touring the states. – Ps. [...]
