May 8, 2008

• 2008.5.3 April Cho Band Shoot

  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

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