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Migration

justinfoo — Wed, 05 May 2010 03:57:27 +0000

Have finally set a new blog for my photography type stuff. If that’s what you’re looking for, head on over to JustinFoo Photography! See you there!

More of Viv

justinfoo — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 00:42:55 +0000

Had to put the climbing photos on hold for a little bit due to the fact that I still had to go out and shoot for my final assignment. Viv agreed to help me out again for this shoot and this time we did it in the Melbourne University underground carpark. It’s such a weird place! Arched pillars and ceilings. The space was used in the old Mad Max movie. Had to selectively process a couple for submission first. Will get to the rest soon. As last time, Viv was amazing to work with! Had Will, from photography school there with me too and we were just strobing the hell out of the shoot with our Cactus V4 triggers and other gear. Here are a couple to begin with.

Weekend away

justinfoo — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 00:45:28 +0000

Was up in the Grampians for the Anzac day weekend. That would explain why my body is so unresponsive at the moment. Feels like I’ve just been hit by a truck. Spent a good portion of the second day shooting like crazy, especially at the Hollow Mountain cave. Climbers always make willing subjects! Will definitely need some time to go through all the shots I’ve taken. Here’s one of Vu. More to come.

Vu, on Dead Can't Dance (V11)

Steve on Innocence (V3)

Almost at the end

justinfoo — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 12:57:58 +0000

Okay, so I’m almost at the end of the first module of my professional photography course. I don’t really know if I’ve made much improvement. I’d like to think so though. I think portraiture has definitely improved and I do know much more about lighting with small speedlights now. Am definitely getting my head around this strobist thing. Will came over today to borrow a reflector and we tested out the entire lighting kit. 1 cactus KF36 and 1 sb600 into silver reflective umbrellas on either side of him and 1 speedlight into a 41″ shoot through umbrella up high in front of him. Great light! We were both quite surprised at how easy it was, especially with the Cactus V4 radio triggers and not needing a line of sight (e.g. CLS).

I’ve now got important things to think about. Final folio presentation is on next Wednesday and I still haven’t shot anything. Have made arrangements with Vivian to do another shoot on Monday to fulfill the portraiture aspect. Not quite sure about the product aspect yet. I’m also going to the Grampians over the weekend, so I’ll probably be able to fulfill the ‘landscape’ and ‘sports’ aspect of it as we will also be climbing. Check back for some shots!

Sunday, sunday.

justinfoo — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 02:27:47 +0000

Haven’t done landscapes for awhile now, and I thought I’d do some today. I can’t believe I actually managed to adhere to my plans to get up at 5am. Hauled my arse down to St. Kilda beach to get some long exposures done. Good thing too because the light was great! And to think that I would’ve missed it all if I didn’t actually wake up. Had to go back to bed for another couple of hours after that because I felt like a wreck. Luckily it wasn’t too cold, or it could’ve been worse. That being said, I do want to try it when it’s cold. A good fine layer of mist would add a lot of drama!

Red Dawn

The package has landed

justinfoo — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 14:42:07 +0000

Woohoo! Package arrived from Hongers today and the Cactus V4 triggers work a treat! Just tested them to make sure they worked. Haven’t actually tested them out shooting anything proper yet. Was in a rush doing some product shots for Mindy. Never really shot products before, but I think it went alright, considering that I had to cobble a background together using a flat-fold white box. 2 light set up. 1 sb-900 into a silver reflective umbrella, 1 sb-600 through a diffuser. A bit of photoshop to remove the crease from the white box and bob’s your uncle. Won’t put the images up yet because I don’t know if Mindy is alright with that. Will do if she gives me the green light. Going to test out the Cactus triggers this weekend! Need something to shoot! Definitely going to do a range test in the park. Check back later. Getting late. Got to get to work early tomorrow and go for classes at night…

End of the break

justinfoo — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 14:09:01 +0000

Okay… it’s 12am and this is officially the end of my week long Easter break. It’s back to work tomorrow!! And I just shot a whole bunch of photos which I have to go through and process! Damn damn damn damn! Oh well… back to the good ol’ juggling act then. Had the chance to test out a two light set up today. My second light stand hasn’t arrived from HongKong, so I had Gavin Tan be my voice operated light stand. 1 SB-900 on a lightstand into a silver reflective umbrella set to manual, 1 SB-600 on Gavin set to manual, both triggered via my pop-up flash. Was afraid that the black corridor was not going to bounce the signal around, but that wasn’t a problem with a few quick twists of the flash head. I wish I had my cactus receivers. Some shots turned out alright I think. Others need much more work. Mindy was bugging me for new facebook profile pictures, so these 2 were expedited in the processing.

A busy weekend

justinfoo — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 01:22:40 +0000

Lack of sleep and loaded on coffee. The housemate Yan is trying to flog her pre-loved goodies before she moves to China. Most were in really good condition and I think the people that bought the goods were really happy with them. So much stuff! And so many people! I don’t think I’ve ever had this much traffic going through my apartment before. EVER! Was planning to go to the beach in the evening to get some shots in, but the weather was abysmal. Good thing was that I still managed to get a couple of shots in at the end of the day. When Steve decided to go through Yan’s boxes of trinkets and clothes, it was just too good an opportunity to pass up. Funny thing was, eventhough it seemed really strange and weird when he put on women’s clothes, it actually turned out pretty cool in the pictures! Didn’t really set up anything for these shots. I think I’m getting a bit faster at predicting what the SB-900 will do to the exposures in an indoor environment. Also getting quicker at bouncing light this way and that. Got these ones in about 30 seconds flat before Steve decided that it might not have been such a hot idea and removed the clothings.

More shooting

justinfoo — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 03:06:42 +0000

Assignment for the week was ‘fill flash’. I knocked out a couple of shots with the requirements in mind and I hated them. Lighting was flat and lacked drama. Could only take so long before I decided to just say ‘Fuck it!’ and shoot with wireless off camera flash. That was when things really started to cook.

Also, I was shooting Viv who was just lovely. On-camera flash was just not doing her justice at all. Coincidentally, I found out that when she was working for a mag in Singapore, she used to give posing tips during in-house photoshoots AND she has a colleague here in Melbourne who is doing a short course in make-up! I’ve got to start enlisting their help in the future!

Shooting and scampering

justinfoo — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 11:45:37 +0000

Was the first time in my life that I’ve been shooed from a place due to photography. Was taking a walk along some back alley near home, looking for a location to do some shooting. Also wanted to test out the new SB-900 I got 2 days ago. Found a clearing to a car park and there was this awesome wooden staircase. What to do? We quickly set up and started shooting as I wanted to get some blue skies to practice balancing flash with daylight. Then, a dude came up the stairs to us and told us to bugger off and that we’re not allowed to take pictures in the hospital area. We quickly buggered off. Would’ve loved to stay a little longer though, but oh well… The first photo shows the location. More to come.