full gallery: smugmug

shooter what?
Melanie Shin: http://www.xanga.com/melshindotcom
Steve (Fuji) Wang: http://www.xanga.com/flareak
Minsoo Choi: http://www.xanga.com/timsoo

   -duncan

postponed! cancelled?

sorry… Revival postprocessing has me set back.
i will try post up an open week soon

   -duncan

Tentative Time and Date:

Monday October 22nd
Location: Quad? I guess that’s the most accessible
my free Time: 11:45am-6:00pm (sunset is around 6:24pm- so it would actually be really fun lighting at around 5:00-6:00pm)

but-

give me shoutouts to when you guys are free, and ask your friends if they want to have a photoshoot.
i will go by how many timing requests i get.

12:00pm-1:00pm
1:00pm-2:00pm
2:00pm-3:00pm
3:00pm-4:00pm
4:00pm-5:00pm
5:00pm-6:00pm


also, my cell phone number is 217-721-7329
generally, if the weather works out for that day; i will probably just chill out at the Union Courtyard Cafe/RSO office with the other photogs (other photogs free that day?) and you guys can just give me a holler to come down to the Quad and I’ll start shooting for you guys.

by the way;
it seems pretty warm for fall, huh? the leaves aren’t all purty-fied yet. weird

   -duncan

full gallery: smugmug

shooter what?
Melanie Shin: http://www.xanga.com/melshindotcom
Steve (Fuji) Wang: http://www.xanga.com/flareak
Minsoo Choi: http://www.xanga.com/timsoo

   -duncan

photodump: smugmug

        Other photographers on site:

            Alex Roy: http://www.xanga.com/AjuxtAposeA

            Melanie Shin: http://www.xanga.com/melshindotcom

            Steve (Fuji) Wang: http://www.xanga.com/flareak

fuji was a ninja and i couldn’t find him to take a pic of him =(

picture dump =D

   -duncan

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//edit

this is going to be a long post- i suggest reading all of it though; i thought it was quite insightful?
this is from an email shared from the marketplace ministry i attend in Singapore; TuesdayGroup

————-
———- Forwarded message ———-
Date: 10/13/07 12:10AM
From: Janaki Saba

Our Spiritual House

I am emerging from a hidden time in the Lord or was it a “funk?”  It is
often hard to tell until the time is finished.  My recent time of “?” was
marked by searching for something to make me feel useful-worthwhile!  I had

a hard time being alone in silence so I either left the TV on all day or
played music for the noise or “company.”  I found myself, at times,
searching on the web for classes (first thought of an educator) or ideas to

occupy my time in a “worthwhile” project.  Granted there were events in my
life that contributed to the emotions of the time, but as I began to emerge
I found myself remembering that my worth is in the Lord.  Thoughts began to

form in my mind that were quite a surprise to me and I began to realize that
the Lord had either established that time, or used it, to do a deep work in
me.  I found that new foundations had been laid for what I now believe is to

be a new wing on the house He is building in me.

House builders will tell you that the foundation of the house is the most
difficult and costly part of the building process.  Homeowners who have gone
through the process will tell you that the preparation time and the time of

waiting for the foundation to be completed is heart wrenching because they
see no product.  I have to tell you, when the Lord is laying a foundation it
can be very confusing and painful.  It takes so long for the process to be

visible.  The clearing of the land is unbelievably painful.  Everything of
beauty is scraped off and it surely seems as though one is being punished
for “who knows what.”  Often, like a landowner trying to rescue a favored

tree or a beautiful wild rose, we want to save some of what is there,
thinking that surely it is worth saving.  Unlike the landowner, those being
taken through the process have no vision, no blueprints, of the house being

built to ease the pain of the land clearing process.

Then just when we start relaxing because the land has been cleared and we
think the work is done, all of a sudden the deep digging begins.  The Lord
brings in his heavenly backhoe and starts scooping out precious land that

has been there all our lives.  Most of that ground is hard from its long
established position and is full of roots from those trees and shrubs that
were cleared from the top.  Now the pain really begins as the roots are dug

out.  You see the Lord chooses not to cut the roots, lest some portion be
left undisturbed to grow into the new foundation and cause cracks and
fissures.  Instead, he pulls out every root completely.  As a result we feel

empty, i.e. useless and worthless.  Even the process of filling the
resulting trench for the foundation is painful because the material (thought
beneficial and strong, is foreign to us.  In addition, the pipes and wiring

that are included are unsightly because we do not yet see their final
connection or purpose.

No matter how many times one has been through this process, it seems that
the next time is just as unknown.  Why?  Most of the time the Lord surprises

us with a new wing on our house.  He doesn’t ask if we want it, or go over
the blueprints with us so we can be prepared or make adjustments.  He
doesn’t even give us an opportunity to buy new furniture or ornamentation

for the new wing.  He chooses to do the furnishing and ornamentation
Himself.  Sometimes I think that if the Lord would just redecorate the old
house, it would be easier and just as beautiful.  And I do love it when He

redecorates.  But if we are to grow in the Lord expansion must occur.

Check out the words of Fenelon, a 17th century spiritual thinker:

“Do you wonder why God has to make it so hard on you?  Why doesn’t He make

you good without making you miserable in the meantime?  Of course He could,
but He does not choose to do so.  He wants you to grow a little at a time
and not burst into instant maturity.  This is what He has decided and you

can only adore His wisdom-even when you don’t understand it.

I am awed by what suffering can produce.  You and I are nothing without the
cross.  I agonize and cry when the cross is working within me, but when it

is over I look back in admiration for what God has accomplished.  Of course
I am then ashamed that I bore it so poorly.  I have learned so much from my
foolish reactions.”

No one can teach you who to recognize these times of expansion.  No one can

teach you how to bear them.  They are times of the Lord’s doing-both
miserable and beautiful-both simple and complex-both defeating and
victorious.  But when the time is complete, who can quantify or appraise the

value of the house for which a foundation has been laid?  Our Lord does not
build cabins, He builds mansions!
, He builds mansions!
————-

be blessed

   -duncan

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as i was trying to learn about how to worship God:

John Piper:: The Inner Essence of Worship
http://www.desiringgod.org/ResourceLibrary/Sermons/BySeries/11/1017_The_Inner_Essence_of_Worship/

Cherishing Christ as Gain

Which means that we can now say that the inner essence of
worship is cherishing Christ as gain – indeed as more gain than all
that life can offer – family, career, retirement, fame, food,
friends. The essence of worship is experiencing Christ as gain. Or
to use words that we love to use around here: it is savoring
Christ, treasuring Christ, being satisfied with Christ. This is the
inner essence of worship. Because, Paul says, experiencing Christ
as gain in death is the way he is exalted in death.

If you have ever wondered where I get the slogan: “God is most
glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him,” this is the
place. Christ is magnified in my death, when in my death I am
satisfied with him – when I experience death as gain because I gain
him. Or another way to say it is that the essence of praising
Christ is prizing Christ. Christ will be praised in my death, if in
my death he is prized above life. The inner essence of worship is
prizing Christ. Cherishing him, treasuring him, being satisfied
with him.

do check out the link for the complete sermon. it’s not long- go on, take a study break

   -duncan leung

postprocess withdrawl symptoms.

i need to do some therapeutic post processing again.

   -duncan  

boo;
i just dropped 70 bucks on new bike lights, and someone stole my rear light. i keep my headlight in my bag, but i thought it would be okay to leave my rear light on my bike. i fixed it up in a way that you can’t remove it because the release button is hidden by the seat- well… that didn’t stop someone from breaking the whole clasp off.

whyy… these lights are for my safety =

sigh

   -duncan

fall season brings many things::
 - fall fashion
 - colourful leaves
 - ….

okay, fine- so maybe just two things that i’m concerned about.

anyone wanna do a fall photoshoot?

   -duncan

//edit

i just posted this a minute ago;

but as i was reading over what i just wrote, i saw my profile picture and it brought back feelings of when i first got my gear.
definitely had lens lust up the whazoo right there.

it really was a struggle for me. those months when i was first starting up photography and ‘investing’, is what i like to call it, on my camera gear; my heart and mind was just consumed by the desire of ‘so and so L lens’.

i remember i would be in class and i would write out the name of the lens on the table… and just sit in awe of how pretty the name looked. idol worship? pretty much. it got to the point where i had to walk to wesley foundation between classes to repent and try to surrender my lust to God.

He is faithful. that’s all i can say
i’d walk out of wesley with my chains free, but the next day in class i’d be scribbling down the name of the lens on the table again. it was a daily struggle.

i guess to all the photogs out there; really search your heart to see if your passion is starting to take the throne of your heart- don’t let it become an idol before God.

God is faithful-
amen

//endedit

i’m still alive; barely.

i’ve been traveling to and from Chicago about once every other week- sometimes every week for my GE494/IE470 Senior Design Project.

currently my camera gear has had more shutter clicks from friends borrowing my babies for mini-o’s, weddings, and what-not. i need to start shooting again soon- i always forget stuff when i pick up my camera after a break of not shooting. i remember the last time i had a hiatus, i forgot how to set the shutter speed or… i don’t know what i forgot- but everything was exposed outta whack.
oops?

anyways-
Oct 18th-20th… i believe those are the dates for revival; mad stoked.
it’s always i dilemma; is my photography distracting me from focusing on God right now? worship through images?

i dont know

i’m thankful for the other photographers at church; it’s a tag team ministry- we gotta take time-outs sometimes

CFC – kingdom artists

peace

   -duncan

albums are unlocked;

MiniOlympics Field Meeting 1

MiniOlympics Staff Meeting 1
MiniOlympics Staff Meeting 2
MiniOlympics Staff Meeting 3

postprocess pending:

Filed Meeting 2
Staff Meeting 4?
All Nighter

I’m too lazy to watermark these…. uh… yeah =D

these two pics are money =D
these pictures were taken while the games design committee was going over game ideas;
apparently we have some interesting ideas from our staff members

mini-o staff pictures will be unlocked soon; after i find some time to do some finishing post processing on our last two meetings + the all nighter

   -duncan