-duncan

hey guys! another update from SF Cali;
we went to check out the Chinatown in Oakland today- had some dim sum there and then kinda just strolled around

after Chinatown we were kinda just killing time in the area and we wandered into this park-lake area in Oakland; no painting with light today- but some random shots

aight; time to help cook dinner =)

   -duncan

sup guys;
man- i never update this often; this is actually going to be a real quick picture post because i didn’t take that many pictures today

it was like 31deg Celcius today in SanFran; the record high since like- 1970 or something-

i actually ended up with a huge headache from the heat, so i didn’t take that many pictures

well; these pictures aren’t of fisherman’s wharf-
we stopped at the viewpoint overlooking the golden gate- cos; well, we’re tourists and we do this kinda touristy stuff

yeah; it helps to have long arms, and a wide-angle lens when you’re touring
i feel kinda nervous when people offer to take a picture for me and my family with my camera; i’m just like- oh, thanks; but it’s okay

they’d be handling some heavy duty equipment, if you know what i mean

   -duncan 

real quick update!
we went to land’s end, and coit tower, yesterday to play around with our cameras;

kinda more pp’ed than i usually do- just playing around with lightroom more =)

 

 

and then, there were really random fireworks- lol

and as always, painting with light yo!~

   -duncan

I’m in Cali!
I’m visiting my sister, with my family, for about a week and a half-
Yesterday we went to Alcatraz doing all that ‘touristy’ junx and what-not

well, before that- we went for some dim sum with Hubert’s (Suzanne’s bf) family

all right- on to Alcatraz!

painting with light yo!

   -duncan

well, for those who didn’t know- I GRADUATED!
Bachelor of Science in Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering; holleerrrr

props to christina for taking pics for me

my parents they flew all the way from singapore, and made it to the cornfields to be at my graduation
they’re happy- no more school fee’s to pay for now!

this is my buddy, Rajiv; we’ve been going to the same school sine pre-school.
which is pretty cool since our pre-school, elementary, middle, and high-school years were in Singapore.
i kinda followed Rajiv (aka. Juice) here when i didn’t know which universities to apply to, so i just
took his school list and applied to the same ones and, we both ended up here.
another little tid-bit; we also interned at motorola together-
but he’s finally gotten rid of me, as he’ll be working with Huron Consulting now; and, well
i’m still unemployed
congrats bro!!

 

 

i don’t know what i was doing in the next series of pictures-
it was windy- and; well, it makes for a good dramatic effect in pictures

   -duncan

I’m updating from my sister’s apartment in San Francisco right now- my parents are both crashing on the couch, so I decided to pp some of the images that I had left sitting in my HDD.

This first update was an awesome opportunity that I had, to do a Mother’s Day photoshoot for David and Carolyn Zimmer, who are also attenders of CFC at the University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign. They are new parents of their son, John, who is only 10 months old. This was my first family photoshoot, and my first time working with children during a shoot- I definitely learned a lot!

 

 

 

 

 

   -duncan

well, I’m pretty much done with my college career.
one year and one semester as a math major
one summer, wanting to be a nursing major
three years and one semester as an industrial and enterprise systems engineering major

i’m currently unemployed, and i’ll be graduating on the 11th of may, 2008

hopefully, this will be the end of my educational career- i think i’m done with exams and such

in this period of being unemployed, i’ll actually be considering pursuing photography as a more serious source of income, and hopefully, we’ll see a portfolio in the few weeks after i get back from traveling to san fransisco and boston

which leads me to my current summer plans-
may 11th; graduation commencement (and for all of those who have forgotten, it’s also mother’s day)
may 12th; leaving for san fransisco
may 22nd; coming back to champaign
may 24th; leave for chicago and crash at david lai’s place
may 25th; leave for boston for a wedding shoot with david lai
may 28th; return to chicago
may 20-something?; come back to champaign

apart from that; i’m just going to be- chillaxing? well, more seriously, i’ll be continuing my job search

and with that; i give you- what this post was originally intended to be, before i started rambling- which i actually haven’t done here for a long time

April Cho Band Shoot;
these guys were nice enough to be my guinea pigs for my lighting equipment- i got my lighting stuff about a month or two ago, but never had time to test it out

full coverage at: leungduncan.zenfolio.com/

2x
Bogen / Manfrotto 001B 6′ STAND w/RETRACT LEGS/015 – BLK – BO001B
1x
Westcott 43″ UMBRELLA (SOFT SILVER/BLK BACKING) – WEU43SS 
1x Canon Speedlite 580EX I (shooting into the reflective umbrella)
1x Canon Speedlite 430EX (shooting through a gary fong, cloud)
1x Gary fong, Cloud
1x ST-E2 Speedlite trigger
Canon 24mm f/1.4L
Canon 16-35mm f/2.8L

 

 

so what i learned from this session-
- the 24L does not focus well in low light at all, even with the ST-E2 (which is really weird); i messed up the solo shots for two of the band members when we were shooting in the basement (sorry guys!)
- i don’t understand ETTL at all
- i want to try out pocket wizards

till next time-
will probably be posting from SF in the coming weeks,

   -Duncan

full coverage at:
leungduncan.zenfolio.com

just some random coverage for April Cho’s band; it was a sweet day out for a jam session
these shots were taken with the 24L and my 70-200mm f/2.8L IS; seems to be the general trend of what i’m sticking to these days- these are two very sexy lenses

     

 

 

 

 

   -duncan