Patrick Tsai

A new photographer I've recently discover is Patrick Tsai. He has very way of capturing his daily events into his life on his blog Talking Barnacles. I enjoy his willingness to expose his life to the public with his entries. Another project he work on was with his girlfriend at the time called My Little Dead Dick. Warning those images contain nudity. I find his images fascinating as you see his life unfold like a movie in a series of photos. What drew me to his pictures is his style of street photography very similar to my favorite photographer Ume Kayo. His book called Modern Times.  Upon meeting Ume ,he even has mention how their pictures are very similar. I believe they use the same camera also Canon  EOS 5. He also shoot with a Contax Rangefinder. Please check out his work on his site...
http://www.hellopatpat.com/e/index.html

Shomei Tomatsu

Shomei Tamatsu is a Japanese photographer that took pictures of the areas occupied by American soldiers in the 1950s. Here is a link to his book with more information...http://aperture.org/shop/shomei-tomatsu-chewing-gum-and-chocolate-books

Studio Images @ school. (No Flash)

Charlie Kirk & Mijonju

If you never have heard of Mijonju you should check out his Youtube videos. He reviews many cameras. 

Street Photography with Eric Kim

I found this video very entertaining. If you read the comments below the video you will see many people disagree on how these photographers conduct themselves in society. I don't have an opinion on their style but it always worth watching.

Alex Webb

Alex Webb

This book is one of my favorite books I stare at occasionally. I believe if you stare a good photography book long enough you will catch on to different styles of photography in your own work. One image that stands out in this book was shot by a photographer named Alex Webb.

He frame his pictures so nicely like a painting. You can check out his photos on his website: http://www.webbnorriswebb.co/

Herr von Eden - CTRL ESC

Here is a video of the the Ad Campaign CTRL ESC. There are many photos in this video I haven't seen posted on either website of Herr Von Eden or Jan Riephoff.

Jan Riephoff

Upon my photo shoot with Catalina Ouyang & Domo. I ask her about this robot pictured on her website.

 She told me this robot was at the Photography museum in Germany. It was used for an ad campaign with Herr Von Eden in Tokyo.  It was weird how I discovered a new photographer's work that match what I always dream of  making in photography. Jan Riephoff has set a new standard in my book on how I want to create images. These images were created for a  clothing store ad campaign. I've included links to Both HerVon Eden's and Jan Riephoff's website below...

http://www.janriephoff.com/view.php?lng=1&id=1&sub=100
http://herrvoneden.com/en/kampagnen/ctrl_esc

Wes Anderson

Photography and Movies go together. A director looks at his shot just like a photographer does. Wes Anderson's style has influence me on the way I look at my subjects. He uses symmetry in all of his movies. In photography class I'm always told not to shoot with the subject in the center, but sometimes it works. You can see his style in this video link below.

http://vimeo.com/89302848

How to add value to your precious camera...

Maybe I will take Kai's advice and add some value to my camera.

DigitalRev TV

This is one of my favorite photography related channels on YouTube. DigitalRev is a photography company in China that sells and makes reviews on cameras. They release two videos a week featuring famous photographers or reviews on new cameras or related products. Here is a video just recently made on a series called  Pro Photographer, Cheap Camera Challenge. This is when they feature a pro photographer and give them a task of taking photos with a cheap camera. It is very interesting watching the photographer at work overcome these boundaries and create beautiful images.

This video features 

Harold de Puymorin

Ume Kayo

I would like to introduce my favorite photographer Ume Kayo for my first blog entry. She is a street photographer that catches rare moments in Japan.

She shoots with a Canon EOS 3 with two lenses Canon 50mm f/1.4 and Canon 20-35mm f/3.5-4.5. 

Here is a video link to a interview with her. I found it very interesting as you can see her at work first hand.

This video is in Japanese so (I posted a second link which translated the video):

http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/MKtUoRb_2T4

Translation: http://www.photostudious.com/study-film-photography/2012/3/21/video-ume-kayo.html