Ariane Hunter Life Style Portraits

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Ariane Hunter Life Style Portraits

Post by fotolistic on July 11th, 2010 In Category : Life Style, Photography

Ariane Hunter of Ariane Hunter Photography, asked if I can take some lifestyle photos for her. Since she’s also a friend of mine, I have no choice but to say yes. HAHA, just kidding. I love to, I rarely turn down photography gigs if you ask nicely. =) Anyway, she said she had photographed many people, but being on the other side of the camera is a little weird. Now she will experience first hand at being directed and how to look natural for those candid shots. She pick Astoria Park as her location of choice for her photo session. Here’s how the session when.

For the first time, she finds herself in front of the camera. What do I do? How do I pose?

Lets warm up with some simple portraitures.

Give me a sweet smile.

Then I asked her to spin around. Silly I know, but she did that just fine.

Ok she’s a bit dizzy here.

Whose’s the best photographer I asked?

Then we change the topic to Jacob and Edward of Twilight. She immediate forgot the fact that she was in a photo shoot and a glow came over her face.

I asked her what happen if Jacob was doing this shoot instead of me… She wish he has my photography skills. HAHA.

A few portrait with her trusty Cammy.

Show us what you got!

You shoot I shoot.

You look funny Hoyu. No, she didn’t really say that.

We have to politely ask this gentleman to excuse us a bit so we can get this bench shot.

Giddy Smile. She has a simile that can light up a room. Wonder if she knows that.

If you know the famous painting Christina’s World, this would be the front point of view of that painting.

We had our eyes on Mr Softy since we arrived to the park. Finally we got some. She took off the top before I had a chance to take any photos.

She’s at one with her ice cream.

I suppose ice cream can turn anyone back to a kid again.

Hope you like these photos Ariane.

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Jiali and Vishal’s Spectacular Sunshine Engagement Shoot

Post by fotolistic on May 20th, 2010 In Category : Engagement, Photography

So… here are the photos from the engagement session I told you about in my last post. I always thought that the most beautiful light comes just minutes before the sunset below the horizon. However, I can now say that if I am able to train myself to wake up before roosters in the morning, I would shoot ALL my engagement sessions at sunrise. Not only is the light magnificent, giving everything it touches a golden, fairytale-like glow, it lasts twice as long as a sunset (plus, there’s hardly anyone around). Combine that with an enthusiastic couple, you’ve got yourself an awesome engagement shoot.

My awesome couple for that day was Jiali and Vishal, who are set to wed this July at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. I still can’t believe the couple was able to haul an 80 lb vintage bicycle from midtown all the way to Brooklyn Bridge Park at six in the morning. Yup, the bicycle and the balloon was their idea. I love it! Everything when so well with this shoot. I can’t wait to photograph their wedding.

On the Brooklyn Bridge, the sun was just peeking out.

As the sun inches its way up, a blanket of light seem to wrap around Jiali. Accented by her incredible smile, it made for a beautiful shot.

Hot pink handbag and heels?…He’s a ladies’ man.

My hallmark moment of the day. The couple catches the sunrise.

And they sealed the moment.

Some of my signature portraits.

Silly. Some couples take at least an hour to get comfortable in from of the camera. Jiali and Vishal…they were ready to pose as themselves as soon as I pulled my camera out.

Postcard.

Here’s an example of the golden glow I was telling you about.

She told him that she’s in love with him the old fashion way.

Action shots of the day.

She said she wanted a big red balloon. He said it’s in the car.

Some of the more iconic scenery of the Manhattan Bridge.

Did I mention there was a second location for that day as well? We headed back to Manhattan to finish up our engagement session in the streets of the meat packing district.

I told them I wanted to wrap up the shoot with some sexy shots, and this is what they did.

And lastly, the Highline. It was about 10am then. I told Vishal that he can take over as photographer for a bit while I take a little nap. JK.

I hope you all enjoy their engagement photos. Stay tuned for their upcoming wedding photos.

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Rock Out Annie Plus Portraits

Post by Ginger Girl on March 12th, 2010 In Category : Photography

After returning from Amy and Kurt’s wedding reception last Sunday, I felt a sudden inspiration to pick up my new guitar (a present from Hoyu for Christmas) and cranked out a few covers, "Mary Had a Little Lamb" and "Old McDonald Had a Farm." It might hit Pre-K’s Top 10 though not likely that I’d receive a cult following from anyone beyond age 5. Hoyu went a little berserk photoshopping all kinds of texture onto these photos; though creating some pretty interesting images, as a result. The true artist here made the faux musician look real.

All photographs by Hoyu Yiu in RAW format with a Canon 5D / 50mm 1.4 Lens at ISO 400.
Post-processed with Aperture 3.0 and Photoshop CS4.