03/14/10- Congrats to Dina and John on their Engagement! Can't wait for their big day in 2011!
09/24/09- National Endowment of the Arts Heritage Awards Performance in Washington, D.C. Congratulations to Sophiline Cheam Shapiro for this great achievement!
So the readers have spoken! The majority, actually all of those who responded, liked photo # 2 better than photo # 1. I also received a few good suggestions about the purple color cast in the skies and the yellow color cast on the rocks so I went ahead and fixed that in the final version so that they looked more natural. Oh and you’ll also notice that the colors are now deeper than they were before!
So here it is, the final version of “A California Sunset”. Enjoy!
So which photo do you prefer? I can’t seem to make up my mind about which one of the two photos below that I like better so I’m going to put this as a vote to you, the readers. Both of these photos were taken this evening actually, but at different times. The main difference between the two photos is that the photo on the left, which I shall now refer to as photo # 1, was taken about 5 minutes before photo # 2 on the right.
The difference in colors that you see between the two photos is because of the setting sun and this time frame difference. This gave photo # 2 a more saturated and vivid look with it’s colors whereas photo # 1 has a more pastel/water color look to it. I should also mention that the foreground in photo # 2 is brighter and has more detail compared to photo # 1 because someone had setup an automatic flood light in their back yard that acted as a really good fill light for the foreground in photo # 2. You might also notice that the framing is slightly different as I had zoomed in a bit more in photo # 2 while I was trying different compositions.
Personally I like them both equally; however I can only pick one for my upcoming press photo book and will most likely only pick one out of the two to frame and place on the market for sale. So which do you prefer?
Welcome to the new Sojourn Foto everyone! As you may last recall, I hinted towards a major change coming your way and here it finally is!
Ok now that we’ve got the big announcement out of the way, I’m sure some of you are wondering what the real changes are aside from a new look. First of all Sojourn Foto has gone to a blog only site versus the old flash site that we used to run. I decided to make the change to a blog only site simply because it was much easier to update and much easier for the majority of the readers out there to view without the long wait. Plus I’ve decided that this site should finally live by a motto that I’ve always believed in: simplicity is sophistication.
The second and most important change is that Sojourn Foto has re-branded itself to concentrate primarily on my one true passion: Travel Photojournalism. Initially when Sojourn Foto was created, I had decided that while I loved travel photography, wedding photojournalism was the path that Sojourn Foto was headed towards in the future. However, after working as an assistant for two of Southern California’s top wedding photographers and covering a few weddings myself I decided that while I loved being a wedding photographer, my passion was still in travel photography and I could no longer deny that. It was a tough decision to re-brand Sojourn Foto but it’s one that I know is right because that’s where my heart truly belongs when it comes to taking photographs.
Now that doesn’t mean I plan to stop shooting weddings, other events and portraits forever. As a matter of fact you may see more of the aforementioned posted here than ever, it just simply means that my main focus will be on travel photography as I plan be more selective about which weddings, events and portraits I will shoot so that I can concentrate more on creating my own unique style of travel photography.
So what does the future hold for Sojourn Foto? Well as of now I can only simply tell you that I will be studying, learning and working hard to hopefully create a vision that will be unique to other travel photographers out there in an attempt to do what I’ve always wanted to do with my photographs: tell the story. And once I feel that I have reached a comfortable level, I plan to then publish my own photo book containing my best work in hopes of telling my story to the rest of the world. So with that said, keep an eye out for updates and I hope you enjoy the new Sojourn Foto!
Oh and before I go, I would like to introduce my new limited edition fine art series called “Portraits of an Apsara”. The first ever set was printed just this last month and auctioned off for charity at the 2009 Cambodian Heritage Camp for adopted Cambodian children this last July. Thankfully the series was a big hit with the families and hopefully that’s an indication of what’s to come in the future. If you’re interested in purchasing a set for yourself, each of the four 8×12 prints will come matted and framed in an 11×17 flat black frame and will be signed by myself and the dancer in the photos. The limited edition series will be limited to 100 framed and signed prints while non limited edition sets can be purchased as well but will only come as 4×6 prints in a 5×7 matte. Please contact me directly for more details.
Portraits of an Apsara
