beat gen shoot

finished processing beat generation pictures.  short break memorial weekend then on to hipster pics.

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it's a wrap

© Joselito Briones

first full production photo shoot in san francisco. clockwise from shirtless guy: trevor (talent), nikkie (make up artist), teddy (production assistant), kevin (lighting assistant), bart (moustache talent), deborah (location), justin (stylist), lizzie (talent).

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south beach, miami, in msn.com travel

screen capture of msn.com page they actually messed up the photo order (description/credit for cozumel, mexico and south beach, miami)

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Oni & Libs

finally got to process photos from when i visited oni and libs in wellington - and basically just going through folders and finishing them up one by one so i won't have to go back to any past shoots wondering if i left out any unprocessed photos. have finished and archived 10 folders never to return, currently doing the beijing photos, but have to stop to prepare for move and travel to myanmar. next time i process photos i'll be in california already.


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liquid landscape

on the way to a floating village in cambodia, the ripples caused by the boat made interesting patterns

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photoshoot: rowing with jorma, daniel, eduard, and ulrich

i finally finished processing all the photos from this shoot (after more than 2 years). I guess that still isn't so bad, considering i've got even older photos that i have yet to process


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mae and carol's gramma in msn.com's splash page

screen shot of msn.com's splash page 16 December 2011

jane, who helped me do this photo shoot of mae and mrs. castillo (we always refer to her as carol's granny), told me about this find on today's splash page of msn.com.  the article is about projected new jobs for 2012


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p.s.
oooooops! carol is so gonna kill me. haha! she practically put the shoot together - sowwy carol, and thanks again :)

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rowing team photo series

i've had this series of rowing photos in my hard drive for a while and has already amassed tons of dust that i've decided i should put them all out before the year ends. unfortunately all the indoor shots, including the one above, can't be used as royalty-free because i wasn't able to obtain a property release for the boathouse.


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i was going for the white horse

but then all i had was a wide-angle lens and the horse was across the puddle. bah.


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floating village, siem reap, cambodia

still in cambodia, this is a series of photos i took of the floating village in siem reap. you can either scroll down to see the rest of the photos, or click on the first photo to launch a slide viewer.

i spotted a striped snake in the water, and one of the houses shown above keeps several alligators, and as you can see from one of the photos, they use the same water to bathe.  i had a coffee in the community shop, by the time it occured to me that they might have gotten the water from the same source, it was already too late to cancel it, i didn't want to embarass the shop owner.  anyway, it was safe, they must've used bottled water.

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tourists watching the sunset from bakheng hill, cambodia

the highest elevation among the temple groups around angkor wat, this was the best place to watch the sunset


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sunrise in angkor wat, cambodia

woke up extra early for this and it was truly beautiful, unfortunately there were scaffoldings (photoshopped out of this photo) so i didn't bother to do proper photos of it.


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panoramic photo of halong bay

just another photo of beautiful halong bay, vietnam. you can click to see the full size of the image (you'll also probably have to maximize your browser window to see the entire image). can't remember how many shots i stitched to get this panoramic view, but it was all automated in photoshop, so no biggie.


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halong bay, vietnam

wow. i really should travel more - halong bay is (relatively) close to hong kong and yet it took me all this time to visit.  so beautiful and peaceful and relaxing.

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yim tin tsai island, hong kong

these are photos from yim tin tsai island in hong kong, a ghost town about 15-minutes boat ride from sai kung town in hong kong.

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family portraits

© Joselito Briones

i realized i've posted this album just about everywhere but i haven't shared it with you. pictures from family reunion

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what's with the post-it's and the sad faces?

two years ago i took this photo as part of a series

and this

and i'm posting these for no other reason than that i was reminded of these photos when i took this:

above photo is of eric and was taken in front of apple store, post-it messages are for steve jobs.

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adobe photoshop will soon let you unblur photos

how cool is that?

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i'm stuck.

remember how i said i'm on to my next screenplay?  well i am. only i'm stuck.  how does one write dialogue for an old and grumpy italian-american male and a young black female? i've got the whole story  (another short one) and even camera set ups but i can't put words in my characters' voices.  most of my adult life i've taken pride in understanding most english accents to a point where i can actually ignore them and focus instead on the message, and now it's come back and bitten me in the behind.

hmm.  skip and move to another one?

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eta: photo above has nothing to do with this, of course.  i just wanted something to link to my photography page and this is the only photo i have with an italian-ish and old-ish-looking guy (character i have in mind is older).

long ke wan, sai kung

i had a great time in long ke wan (photo above - click for full size, a panoramic view taken from the hill as we walked from east dam of high island reservoir).  it was peaceful, weather was cooperative, water was clear, sand was fine, company was most agreeable. perfect weekend getaway. and right here in hong kong!

ok, so let me back track.  after visiting sai kung town, we took a taxi to the east dam roundabout of high island reservoir, passing by west dam (we asked the taxi to stop so i can snap the photo above and below).  in most websites you'll come across, the trip is usually described as a bus ride plus a three-hour hike. but we didn't go for the hike, we went there for the beach.  HK$ 6 for the bus plus a three-hour walk in this heat, or a HK$110 (including tip) taxi ride? was really a no-brainer (although we did see health nuts who did the hike).

photo above is the east dam of the reservoir where the taxi dropped us off.  from there it was another 20-30 minutes of walk (steep climb and descent) to get to the beach.  considering we were carrying our camping stuff and photo stuff and 16ltrs of water between us (ok, we over estimated. we were able to use up just more than half of that), it wasn't exactly easy.  no wonder there were so many boats there - it's still the easiest way to get there.

when we finally saw the place (photo, top) from the hill, and heard the voices of people having fun, the effort was really nothing.  first thing we did was look for a nice place to set up the tent (i bought one instead of sleeping bag - turned out to be a good decision). photo above is also a panoramic view from where we stayed - click image to enlarge.

by late afternoon most of the boats have left and we shared the whole beach with only two other groups of campers.  the water was nice and warm. it was most relaxing and i just couldn't get away from it. it was already very late when i dried off.

by sunset we already had a nice fire going (we brought our own charcoal, huh!) although it was really only for effect, as it was really warm, with only very gentle breeze. we didn't cook anything either.  we had bread and fruits and nuts and german sausages. 

we stayed out most of the night, lying down on the straw mattresses, watching stars and chatting and listening to iTunes.  was surprised how long the battery lasted when the screen was off, even if the speaker is on full volume.  there was no signal from my phone service provider ("3") so i didn't mind just using it as a radio.  the tent on the photo above was the one i bought in mong kok. 

all images taken with a Canon EOS 5D Mark II  and panoramas stitched with Adobe Photoshop Extended CS5.

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