Photography

Added: Few pictures from 2007 Summer

I grew interest in taking picture in early 2005.
Me and my roommate, Ray,
used to go out and shoot photos in many places.
With a Canon Powershot camera, I started to engage in photography
and started taking pictures with serious attitude since that summer.

Ray is currently in photography business in Dallas.
This is his website, and this is his Flickr page. Take a look.

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Later I worked on campus to save money and
eventually bought myself a DSLR,
Canon Rebel XT (or Canon 350D) in 2006.

Here are my works in the last two years,
these were my favorites, or at least,
the ones that I want to present here as a gallery.

I’ll try to present these images in chonological order.

We’ll go with the flow, see how it turns out =]

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2005

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Gold Beach, Hong Kong
15 sec, F 2.8, 6/29/2005

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Hong Kong

1/8 sec, F 5, 7/15/2005
Perspective

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Hong Kong
1.6 sec, F 8, 7/16/2005

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Thunderstorm (Hong Kong)
15 sec, F 5.6, 8/13/2005

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5 sec, F 5, 8/13/2005
Taken from my room’s window.
Woke up by the thunder storm around 3 in the morning. Took over 100+ shots

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Texas, USA
6 sec, F 4, 8/19/2005
The day right after I returned to my campus,
my friend and I went around downtown and took some shots.

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Fall Leaves, Texas
1/40, F 2.8, 10/20/2005
Walked around my campus after dinner,
searching for anything interesting to shoot.
I liked how the colors turned out.
This was how it looked when I took the shot.

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Dallas, Texas
8 sec, F 2.8, 11/18/2005
The picture lacks subject. Nevertheless, it’s still a cool shot.

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Old School
1/3 sec, F 5, 12/17/2005
My roommate’s old Nintendo collection. I like the composition.

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Dallas, Texas
Fall, 2005

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Dallas, Texas
Fall, 2005

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Dallas, Fall, 2005
My friend’s apartment.

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My Campus
11/23/05
Took over 80+ shots from 3 am ~ 4 am.
Thanks to my friend who worked at the security
who let me to get on to the top of the building.

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Los Angeles, California
1/200 sec, F8, 12/29/05

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Chino Hills, California

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In n Out
1/100 sec, F 2.8, 12/19/05
In n Out is one of my favorite Burger place.

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3.2 sec, F 4, 12/27/05
Was playing around with my Powershot in the car.
Rotated the camera as the exposure was on for 3.2 seconds.

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Irvine, CA, 12/25/05

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Frozen Path, CA
1/80 sec, F 3.5, 12/29/05

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San Francisco, CA

12/29/05
Panoramic (Multiple shots stitched together)

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Alcatraz Prison (aka The Rock), San Francisco
1/200 sec, F 8, 12/29/05
Here is the original shot.

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China Town, San Fracisco
1/60, F 3.5, 12/30/05
One of my personal favorites.

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2006 – Spring

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Office Space (Original title: Slaughter House)
15 sec, F 4, 2/22/06
Taken at the back of my Frat House.
Took me over 1+ hr to experiment and compose this image.
Definitely one of my works that I put lots of efforts in.

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Road Trip to Dallas
3/12/06
Proof my Powershot camera is half-broken sometimes.

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Karaoke (노래방), Dallas
1/3 sec, F 8, 3/12/06

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3.2 sec, F 2.8, 3/15/06

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1.6 sec, F 2.8, 3/15/06

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Rush, Six Flag, TX
1/1250 sec, F5, 3/15/06
Do you think I would take a $1000 worth of
DSLR with me as I ride Texas Giant ?
Point-n-Shoot Powershot camera comes in handy sometimes

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1/1250 sec, F5, 3/15/06

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1/640, F4.5, 3/15/06

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Korean BBQ

1/4, F2.8, 3/15/06

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Shreveport, Louisiana
5 sec, F 8, 4/01/06

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4”, F8, 4/01/06

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4”, F8, 4/01/06

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My friend shooting pictures.

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Rebirth (浴火重生), San Augustine, TX
1/400”, F2.8, 4/14/06
During my frat house trip.

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RGB (Red, Green, Blue), San Augustine
Panoramic shot of the lake where my frat stayed over night.

 

99% of the pictures till now are taken with this Canon Powershot A70

Current price range for this camera (2nd handed)
is from $40~80 on Amazon.com.
It was bought for around 200~300$ back in 2002.

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The rest of the pictures are taken with Canon Digital Rebel XT,
except the “Zen 3″ and three “Central Hong Kong” pictures;
those were taken with powershot camera

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(Campus pond)
65 seconds, F11, 5/10/06
Taken with my newly bought D-SLR, Canon Rebel XT
I didnt like it so much in the beginning,
posted on my photo blog and unexpectedly recieved lots of positive comments.
This was taken at 8:51 pm.

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Final Exam
1/5 sec, F3.2, 5/01/06
How I took this shot.

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Dallas, TX
1/160 sec, F14, 5/27/06

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1/200 sec, F9, 5/27/06
I.M.Pei, pride of China.
(He designed this building)

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2006 – Summer

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Seoul, Korea

30 sec, F16, 6/10/06

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City Hall, Seoul, Korea

25 sec, F29, 6/10/06

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Nam San, Seoul, Korea

15 sec, F4, 6/11/06

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Nam San Tower, Korea

3.2 sec, F4.5, 6/11/06

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홍제동, at my friend’s apartment.

30 sec, F14, 6/18/06

Common view in Korea…

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Zen 3, ShinChon(신촌), Korea

1 sec, F2.8, 6/19/06 22:46:11 (after 2 years.)

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Enter Hong Kong

1/500 sec, F5.6, 6/24/06

I’m back home T.T

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1/500 sec, F5.6, 6/24/06

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Central, Hong Kong

1/13 sec, F2.8, 7/03/06

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1/20 sec, F2.8, 7/03/06

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Central, Hong Kong

1/6 sec, F2.8, 7/03/06

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Hai Nan Island, China

1/250 sec, F8, 7/08/06

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1/160 sec, F9, 7/08/06

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Gold Beach, Hong Kong (revisited)

8 sec, F3.5, 8/14/06

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2007 – Hong Kong

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Feedback, comments, critiques are welcomed.

Thank you for viewing.