Held every year, the San Francisco Pride Parade will be taking place again this year on June 27 (10 AM to 2 PM) and June 28 (9 AM to 3 PM) taking place at UN Plaza/Civic Center in San Francisco. Celebrating this year’s theme, “In Order to Form a More Perfect Union…”, join many elected officials such as District Attorney Kamala Harris, Public Defender Jeff Adachi, Mayor Gavin Newsom, and many others. This year’s Celebrity Grand Marshals are: Cloris Leachman, Lieutenant Dan Choi, Bruce Cohen, Dan Nicoletta, and Howard Rosenman. The Lifetime Achievement Grand Marshall for 2009 is William Beasley. The Individual Community Grand Marshals are Joe Hawkins, Molly McKay & Davina Kotluski, Shannon Minter, Andrea Shorter, and Helen Zia. The Organizational Community Grand Marshal is the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). You can find more information on SF Pride’s website at http://sfpride.org.
Archive for June, 2009
Model Photo Shoot With Anna Luong
June 16, 2009Eric and I got together to do some portfolio shots for ModelMayhem member Anna Luong, a beautiful model and very easy to work with. We shot at San Jose State University. All images shot with a Canon EOS 1Ds Mark II and Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM. My favorite shots, with Eric’s shots coming soon, click in to see.
Behind-the-Scene Shots At FAnime 2009
June 11, 2009More often than not, as a photographer, I rarely find myself in front of the lens. It’s not that I avoid being photographed, it’s just hard to be a photographer when you spend more time in front of the lens than behind.
In one of those few cases, my good friend Dr. Tibor Duliskovich, happened to get some snaps of Eric, Oscar, Elbert, and myself “working”. It’s sometimes interesting to see behind the camera and see some of us photographers operate.
LOL At Joe McNally’s New Video Teaser
June 10, 2009I am a big fan of Joe McNally, owning both his books: The Moment It Clicks
Canon was kind enough to loan me their latest top-of-the-line professional 1D model, the Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III. After using it for nearly two weeks, 3 events, 12 photo shoots, and 3 lenses, and having shot some couple thousand frames, I can safely formulate an opinion on what works, what doesn’t, and is it worth it. click to read more.
One of my favorite photography tools isn’t a lens or even a camera, it’s a light meter. People thought the light meter was a thing of the past with auto exposure and the advent of digital photography, but that can’t be farther from the truth. Despite all the advances by Canon, Nikon and the other major photography brands, there are still a number of situations where the auto exposure meter of the camera is off, sometimes completely.