Event Documentary, Photojournalism, Street Photography… they all capture a story. I’m not entirely sure what the differences are. The lines are blurred.
Anyway, a lot of these posts include behind the scenes or Set Photography.
– Back in 2014 – Like the previous post, this also took place during the time I worked with an acrobatic gymnast in a series of editorial circus photoshoots. Same as before, the images shared within this post are not the final portraits created as a result of that project. This time we were working on something a little bit different. The idea was to have … Continue reading Shooting Against the Wind
– Back in 2014 – I’d been working closely with an acrobatic gymnast in a series of editorial circus photoshoots. While our results are always fabulously awesome, our heads don’t always flow in the same direction. After three months of struggling with our project, we’d finally arrived at our final shoot. Unfortunately, the day of – it became apparent that we were missing a ringmaster! … Continue reading Case of the Missing Ringmaster – & How to Prep for a Large Scale Photo Shoot
– April 21, 2014 – Guess I’ve gotten too comfortable with my photography skills. Thinking nothing will go wrong is literally a foolish assumption in itself. Guess sometimes that lesson has to be learned the hard way. After three months of planning, here we are working on photoshoot #2 of our circus themed photo series. It was a drastic difference from the success of our … Continue reading Worst Photoshoot Ever 😦
Hey guys, I got good news. I have finally, after four years, finished editing the images in this series! They will be posted soon, but I thought it would be best to refresh on the photo shoots that made up the final shots… so I’ve decided to repost them. Unfortunately, since now everything will be out of order, posts will be reorganized in sequential order … Continue reading Gypsy Me
As Written in 2014, While I Lived in France: Our visit to Château De Chillon along Lac Léman proved to be quite amusing. Guess we’ve been visiting a lot of castles lately. It’s the same routine every time. Everyone goes in at once. We are handed these little audio tour guides and spend a couple of hours crossing off the numbers on the brochure. Not gonna lie – … Continue reading Confessional
“Hello? Can anyone hear me?” There was no reply, not even in cheerful melodies usually sung by birds. I dropped the sound kit on the forest floor and ran further along the dirt path. “Hello, Hello!?” Again, nothing except the eerie buzz of silence. I turned back, but every direction seemed a mirror image of it’s self. The only comfort came in the form of sunbeams piercing … Continue reading #jayaramsmiles
The last time I attended a REVO Fashion show, it was from behind a bush and with a telephoto lens. This time, Veronica asked if I wanted to be in it. Of course, such opportunity could not be missed. Dress fittings, alterations, song choosing practices…preparation was much like that of a wedding. Even in the hours before the event, the girls lounged in sweatpants and … Continue reading Primera Pasarela 😀
There was something exciting about seeing the rays of sun touching on the hillside of a country not my own. It had been a while since I’d crossed an international border on foot. In Europe, it was as easy as an afternoon stroll, but in the states, it’s gotten more complicated than that. Despite the research and fading memories, getting to Tijuana required guidance from … Continue reading South of the Border
For a long time, I knelt on the floor of the cage recounting the sandbags with the professor. The numbers were always different but there never seemed to be enough of them. We walked around the set, but again, there was nothing. The scenario in which a crew member had walked out with the sandbag as a purse was highly unlikely. Equipment check-ins, camera checkouts, … Continue reading Glamping
They ran for their lives and in the mist of the chaos, were silent as they fell. The men walked away with blood on their hands. It got to the point that one could no longer tell the red from mud.Disgusted and unable to stop it, I walked away with the child. We went to an empty cornfield and watched the clouds contort as the … Continue reading Scars Behind Grins & Smiles
As a photographer, I’ve learned that things don’t always flow smoothly as planned. 1. Monster in the BushesOne time, while doing light art at the lake, my light artist messed up an outline. I laughed so hard at the result that I almost peed! That wasn’t as serious but on a different night while working on astrophotography – I really had to go! 2am in … Continue reading And One Day We Can Laugh About Those Epic Fails
We were up by 2:45am. Yeah, I know it’s crazy, but that’s the only way we’d be out by 3. Of course, the night sky was a cause for constantly running into things. Oh the stars, so many stars, oh so overwhelmingly marvelous! We tried to set up the tripod at the base of the mountain but were soon chased away by a pack of unchained dogs. … Continue reading Goodbye – One Last Time
Scaring off cowboys is a backbreaking activity because it requires an enormous amount of time, dedication and insanity to complete the desired effect. Cowgirls or not, many are willing to sacrifice their reputation in order to win the affections of a dashing gentleman. Little do they know what a challenge it is to catch a cowboy’s wink. It is much more entertaining to scare him … Continue reading How to Scare Off a Cowboy (or Any Guy)
“This is probably the best still I have ever taken as a set photographer” read a post from last year which never quite got published… and so I’m just going to emancipate it from the drafts box: The image was taken during a cinematography class project. We were supposed use a K3 film camera but nobody imagined that using it would be such a hassle! At first, we couldn’t even … Continue reading Drama Behind the Scenes
One hour of determined hiking can get one to the top. The view is absolutely amazing. Makes you realize how small you are and how big the world is in comparison. It’s fun going with friends, but sometimes going alone is the best option. You can loose yourself from pretty much anything. All the troubles and stress … pretty much just let everything drain out. That’s … Continue reading That One Time Switzerland Invaded France
There is a group at our school that is often going camping or planning such outdoor activities. Wish I’d been better friends with them, because honestly those are the types of things that I miss from my childhood. The things I hope to continue doing in the future. I did get to hang out with them a couple weeks ago when they decided to camp out … Continue reading Night Under the Mountain
A week or so ago, I helped Kae film a choreography she’d been working on. Being the first film project in a while, it was a little rough. Guess that’s actually because I’d never filmed with a 50mm Prime lens before. The result is not so bad though. Kae actually did an awesome job at editing and of course, her routine is fabulous! LOVE it! It’s kinda funny that … Continue reading Twirl Me
On our way to Paris, we stopped at the Château de Chambord. It was actually pretty early in the morning, the castle had yet to be opened. Having traveled for so long, we eagerly ran around the grassy lawn. We also dance, we sang, and even pretended to be dragons. The castle was just amazing. For some of us, it was the first real one we … Continue reading Dragons at the Castle
Like I’ve previously said, I’ve always wanted to travel to Africa. But sometimes, when one can’t go to Africa, it’s ok to bring Africa to wherever you are. Meet Leila, my lovely and very wise roommate. Also the first person to gladly teach me how to tie head scarves the right way. When I told her about my 9 countries, 9 photo shoots, 9 months project … Continue reading Take Me to Africa
We climbed up high hopping to catch a glimpse of the setting sun. The days had been getting warmer, thus we were truly surprised to find a blanket of snow. Even more amusing was the team of paragliders standing next to the edge. The sun pierced through their gliders. The colors spread throughout the sky. It was so beautiful. Hopefully these extreme sports fans weren’t … Continue reading Ice and Sky
There’s always been something about ancient Egypt. It’s the curiosity searching for truths among mysterious figures; those who ruled and lived during a period where legends and masterpieces were created and destroyed to the Egyptian nobility’s desires. As a child, I read books and listened to documentaries on the topic. These ranged from more obscure characters such as Arsinoe IV of Egypt to the famous King … Continue reading Gold, Mummies and King Tut
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Project 9 countries, 9 photo shoots, 9 months… how is that going? Well it’s definitely not a thing to randomly walk up to some stranger that does not speak the same language and demand to take their picture. Does it count if the model looks like they are in another country? Is that a thing? I have many pictures that look like they were taken … Continue reading Gargoyles in Space
Got a text from Arve during an after vespers tea party. Were we up for some night photography? With sparklers? How could we say no? Headed to a nearby field. The fun was just about to start. The most important part of night photography is making sure enough light is coming in through the lens. We made sure our cameras were set to the correct settings before … Continue reading Fire Sparkles and Blue Flashlights
After dinner one night, an older man stopped for a chat. He recommended that my friends and I visit the French town of Annecy and Pont de la Caille. Having just arrived in France, I was scared to venture out. But I really wanted to go! Thankfully, our school had an outing planned. The town itself, especially old town, is so cute. We spent a … Continue reading Antsy to get to Annecy
This is my room window in Collonges-sous-Saleve. Can’t belive it… I actually moved to France! Ok, so the whole trip was actually less stressful than going to Mexico. No joke. The couple sitting next to me on the way to London were really nice, and figuratively adopted me for the length of the trip. They appeared to have a lot of friends in the film … Continue reading Can’t belive it… I actually moved to France!
As you get distracted here, by these lovely images of my friend Pumulo, I’d like to share with you about the strange events that occurred that day. We had decided on doing the photoshoot at an abandoned train station. It’s quite the popular shooting location around here. As soon as I arrived, Pumulo pointed out that we would not be the only ones visiting on … Continue reading Unexpected Turn of Events
Woke up early on a Sunday morning and headed down to San Francisco. Mission: To help film Linea Caffe‘s Kickstarter. On the way to San Fran, I talked to my professor about my interest in becoming a set photographer. Tag gave me lots of advice. He said that the most important thing was to stay out of the way of the crew but mange to … Continue reading Linea Caffe
“…And we danced, and we cried And we laughed and had a really really really good time Take my hand, let’s have a blast And remember this moment for the rest of our lives!!!” – MACKLEMORE Except for the crying part – well that pretty much summarizes the experience of attending Macklemore’s Bottle Rock concert. It was amazing! I tried to reach over the crowd to capture a … Continue reading And He Danced Once Upon a Napa Stage
Would you believe me if I told you this picture was taken at 1:12am? The challenge was to take a picture of the stars. We set out really late because my last class ended at 10pm. First stop was lake Hennessey. It took a while for us to figure out what we were doing. The pictures kept turning out under exposed, over exposed , out … Continue reading Sunlit Moon
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Sophomore year, we had a Group Production assignment for a ‘fictional narrative’. We were to work in pairs, each with our own project, alternating directing and cinematography positions. Zach and I actually stayed through spring break to work on our short films, but he was both director and cinematographer for his own project. Because his story was post-apocalyptic, we actually considered filming in a ghost … Continue reading Beyond the Scenes
It’s kinda tradition to go to the Rose Parade. My Dad used to go as a child and my grandparents would even spend the night just to get a good viewing spot. We had to wake up super early to get there in time. 4:30am to be exact. Something that made me kind of angry is that as I was taking this photo, a man … Continue reading Rain Drops on Roses and Whiskers on Kittens
For our Intro to TV Production Class, thought by Tag & Rodney, we were asked to make a short segment for a children’s show. Our group was determined to make something better than the other team, so we set to work. We decided to use a green screen for our project because our lab hours where late at night and it would be too dark to film outside. Hannah did make up for our actors. … Continue reading Behind the Scenes of Harrison & Gregor
The way I was able to get these shots has to do with mud caving,Meeting new friends & hanging out Rides in the back of Ben’s truck and discovering extraordinary modeling talent So we scheduled a photoshoot. I took pictures of Manny. Chloe took pictures of Larissa. This was actually the biggest studio project I have ever worked on. It lasted from 8pm till almost 1am. We had … Continue reading Mud Caving & High Key Lighting
I recruited my roommate Cheyenne to help me out with a film/digital project. In between studying, I did her hair and makeup. The carnival inspired eyeliner and hair bow made her look like a little kid. Had her dress in a pretty blue dress, got some baloons and we were ready to go! The point of the photoshoot was to capture angel lighting on film, but I decided to take advantage of … Continue reading Making Dreams in Film and Digital
This weekend, I was going to work on a portrait photography assignment – and then I realized that I had to use my film camera, which wasn’t working >.< Well the girls and I were all ready to go, we weren’t gonna let a little film problem stop us from having fun! With two DSLRs we set out the a ledge at the edge of our school and jumped … Continue reading Girl Time!
Last week I got to take pictures of three beautiful young ladies. Abena, who is visiting from Moscow Russia asked for the favor. Her sister and her cousin who are both named Adwoa were also there. In Ghana, the country from which the girls are originally from, Adwoa means ‘girl born on Tuesday’. I had a lot of fun editing the pictures the next day, especially this one with the cute jaguar kitten. The picture that took … Continue reading Ferns and Flowers
These are some group pictures that I’ve edited. Just randomly found them today and decided I’d post them up 🙂 This one is from Prom my senior year of highschool. This is from a friend’s 18th birthday and promise celebration. This is from another friend’s surprise birthday dinner. Continue reading Group Shots XD
This week I had the chance of photographing Sarah. We spreed it out on two different day with four different outfits. Here is a picture of my assistant/apprentice Amanda. I asked her to bring her own equipment so that could take her own pictures as well. I got to say that Amanda is super creative! She helped out a lot with the artistic aspect of this photoshoot. On the first day, we … Continue reading All of the Lights
We went out to eat for Patrick’s Birthday. Afterwords we went a candy shop in Santa Rosa. Then sat around outside, devouring our newly bought goodies. These are my attempts to capture the moment: My friends where aware that I was photographing them; they kept making silly faces … these are actually some of the lesser silly ones. This is a night picture from the location we were at: It … Continue reading A Birthday Break for the College Student’s Soul
Today I had the opportunity of photographing an eclipse 🙂 The light outside was very bizarre. It was like a picture with bad lighting. People gathered around to see the phenomenon. The sun was playing peek -a- poo behind the moon! And the shadows on earth grew weirder and weirder! Continue reading Eclipse!
These are a few shots from a fashion show a few weeks ago. Each designer did a pretty good job. I really liked the use of live animals and scratch material. Continue reading RunWay RunAway
A few weekends ago, I had the pleasure of helping out with Peter Han’s Senior thesis film. I mostly helped out with the set and took stills. We were all out in the woods behind our college. It was crew, parents and like 20 little ones. During one of the breaks, the little girls got creative with the wildflowers around them. They put them in … Continue reading Flowers in Your Hair!
For the longest time I’ve had a this suspicious looking suitcase in my dorm. I actually used it to make a short for my film class. But after the project was over, I forgot about the suitcase. You can image my horror when I opened it and found a large bloody looking knife inside! So anyway, I was supposed to return the suitcase to the … Continue reading Runaway Gypsy Child
This is a picture of my cousin’s baby, Emmi. Oh yes, he is cute, and he’s got that natural hair gel. But sometimes I get a little jealous because I used to be the youngest at my house in Rio until he arrived. In addition, he is staying in my room! And every time I come home from college, the house is filled with … Continue reading Story of a Newborn Child
“Cheers to the freakin’ weekend, everybody put your glasses up and drink to that!!!” miss quoted from RIHANNA (And make sure that it is a non alcoholic beverage due to our written contract with PUC) Yes! My friends and I were able to survive dead week, finals and a 10 hour mini road trip 🙂 We celebrated, of course, but not with real wine since … Continue reading Cheers to That!
On that special time of year… when the candles are blown and wishes are made… the student’s of PUC have made it a tradition to gather around for an anticipated event. This is Queenie, and today is her 19th birthday. She has just returned from a surprise birthday dinner… but there is one surprise left. She gets thrown in the fountain!!! Yes, it is a … Continue reading Instead of ‘Happy Birthday’ we say “To the Fountain!”
In a place where pancakes are served for diner, the local Priest and City Mayor throw midnight parties, when people dance till 4 am, while fireworks light the sky… Don Ignacio prepares himself for the day ahead. Don Ignacio isn’t just a cowboy – he is a Charro, owning his own horses, cows and hundreds of acres of ranch land. Meanwhile, on a hill top … Continue reading Of Cows and Silver Spurs
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