View my Book Online

back.story is available to view online! here's an embedded version...

and then here's the link if you want to tell other people to look at it :-)

http://www.adoramapix.com/backstory/book/backstory

Thanks everyone! Hope your New Years is going well so far!

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Ringin' in the New Year

so the last time i made a post i was just about to graduate. and now i've officially graduated and i am getting ready for the new year! the ceremony was really nice... i had been dreading it all quarter, but it really was not that bad. the national building museum is BEAUTIFUL and was the perfect venue for our exhibits and ceremony. i gave out a lot of resumes and business cards and such, so hopefully some business comes around. now that i'm done i can focus on working and building a successful business in the new year! i already have a few things lined up in addition to my internship at the Kennedy Center, but i am always looking for more. my plan is to send some marketing materials to the professional theatres in the DC area such as Arena, Signature and Woolly-Mammoth and i will certainly keep you all in the know on what i am doing. anywho! i'm sure this post was a little bit anti-climactic, but i don't have much else to say and i just wanted to give a heads up before the new year starts.

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!


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Build It and They Will Come...

i have a wall! with frames!

so this is basically what my exhibit for graduation will look like (insert my photos in the frames and voila!). i have almost everything all ready to go. prints... check. wall... check. promo materials... check check check. awesome new suits... check. haircut... well... about that... all i'm waiting for now is my book and my mattes... and i guess a haircut. we've reached the home stretch folks! here goes life!!!

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Family Session : Yin's Family!

on thanksgiving day, i did a family session for my dear friend Stacy Oosterink. her nephew is serving our country and was home for thanksgiving so it was the perfect time to get everyone together. there were people everywhere and it was a little cold outside, but we got it done!

stacy happens to live next to a horse farm, and there was this great wooden fence and lots of fall colors... it was a perfect location.

this is how they came out...

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Exciting News!

soooooo... like the title says, i have exciting news! i interviewed for an internship on monday, and just found out that i will be the advertising/graphic design intern at the kennedy center starting in january!!! it's a full-time, paid internship in the advertising department at the kennedy center and i will be working with my superiors to create ads for the center and its productions for the season.

i am really excited about this because it's literally my dream internship. i will be working in a field that i love, in a place that i love and combining two of my greatest passions in life (theatre and art). what more could i ask for? not to mention the upcoming mainstage productions are fantastic... including Follies, Next to Normal and Wicked (which is not my favorite, but i know some of you love it). i can't wait!

in other news, i have everything i need for portfolio all ready to go. i just have to print, which i am doing on sunday. and get my book that i ordered from adorama. and then i'll be good to go! it's exciting to be closing one very big, important chapter of my life to move on to a new, equally as important chapter. it's going to be an adventure!

also stay on the look-out for an image or two from the photoshoot i did today with a good friend of mine. they're going be awesome!

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Melissa and Jordan

this past sunday, i had the pleasure of shooting with two wonderful models. i met Jordan Kwong (the one on the left in the image above) at an event i was shooting in Annapolis about a month ago and i had the perfect idea in mind for her (which you can see to the right). she had the perfect facial structure for what i was going for, and her look is perfect for what i was trying to convey. just look at the jawline! and she was a pleasure to work with!

Jordan had a friend (on the left) who i also shot with named Melissa Foley who was just as fantastic ! i did not really get to familiarize myself with what Melissa looked like before shooting, just a few facebook photos, but i had a few ideas once i saw the clothing she had brought with her. she had a very clean, commercial look so i focused on very natural shots that really captured her features.

these are just a few of the photographs from that day, but i think they fairly sum it up. both girls were fun to work with, and i would shoot with them anyday!

there are quite a few more, new photos on the way also! be on the lookout for a few product shots over the next couple days. i am also going to embed a preview of my book, "back.story" shortly (maybe tonight?) that you all should check out! it's going to be one of my centerpieces for my graduation exhibit, and will actually be available to buy!!! so keep on the look out!

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Promotional Materials

today, my promotional materials/give-aways for graduation show came in the mail!
so that's what they look like. i will have a stack for product, a stack for people and a stack for theatre-related stuff at show (to go with my prints and portfolio and book... it's all pretty uniform). there's 240 of them, so i'm pretty sure there's enough to hand out. the leftovers will be kept to hand out/mail out to new prospective clients.

i'm really excited! all i have to do is maybe a couple more shoots, get my printing and framing done and build my wall. so close i can smell it!

i hope you all like them/let me know if you want one... i should have plenty :-)

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