Mendocino

After returning to the states from Shanghai, I spent a weekend with my family on the coast in Mendocino. Going from a mega-city of 20 million to the "unincorporated community" of Mendocino, population 894, was quite a change of pace, but it was nice to hike through redwoods instead of high rises.

Taken in the Mendocino botanical garden, forget what kind of flower this was though.

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Chicago Botanical Gardens

A few weeks ago the UChicago Glass Eyeball photo club made a trip out to the Chicago Botanical Gardens. The gardens were gorgeous and there were lots of opportunities for macro photography. Enjoy!

Lake Merritt Glow

    I've been wanting to get a shot of downtown Oakland in the blue hour ever since I got home. Unfortunately, it has been raining most of the time. Luckily, there have been a couple of nice sunsets, and I was able to get a few shots I was happy with. I aso got a long exposure of a blue heron and an obligatory Christmas tree bokeh shot. Enjoy!

I usually don't do much bird photography, but as I was shooting at Lake Merritt there was a blue heron just standing still in the water. It was dark out so I needed a long exposure (luckily I was already using a tripod). I don't think 5 seconds is par for the course when doing bird photography, but the heron stood still enough that it came out pretty clear.

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Backyard Macro

Macro photography is significantly easier now that I have a flash. Here are two photos taken in my backyard. Enjoy!

Downtown Oakland and Other Misc.

Here are a few recent shots from Downtown Oakland, as well as some random ones from the past few months. Major thanks to the service people at quickr pickr, a website the batch generates html code to post flickr photos to blogs. I emailed them with a problem and they went above and beyond to help me out.

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Senior Project and Recent Pictures

I am now done with all my classes in high school! For the month of May I am interning with local wedding and portrait photographer Stephen Loewinsohn. After helping him shoot a couple of weddings, portraits, and the cover for a recent issue of  East Bay Express, I feel like I have learned a lot about what it's like to be a professional photographer. Here are some of my most recent shots:

Prom Dress 

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These are some detail shots from a wedding I shot with Steve.






































Ice Macro