2010-06-23 Sneak Peek of Jamie & Randall 's wedding | Cavallo Point | Sausalito

Sneak Peek of Jamie & Randall 's wedding last saturday at Cavallo Point , Sausalito

Highlight Slideshow : <<<<<<

2010-06-17 July 17th Intro to digital photography class SOLD OUT

Thanks for all the support, the July 17th introduction to digital photography 1 day class all 8 seats SOLD OUT.

The next class is going to be intermediate portrait class , focus on posing, lighting , location shooting with models and post-editing. Date is not confirmed yet. If you are interested, email me in advance to be on the interest list :)

email to chung@chungliphotography.com

2010-06-16 Engagement Shoot in New York | Behind the Scene Video Promo

Still remember the engagement shoot I did for Meredith and Michael about a month ago ? It was exciting shooting in Manhattan and thanks to the talented Wing Hon of WingHonFilms to document this trip for me, please enjoy this video promo. We are all excited and looking forward to their destination wedding in Martha's Vineyard in July :)



Here is the photo slideshow link : <<<<<<

2010-06-14 Need to shoot in common/popular locations ??

Embarcadero , Bay Bridge, Golden Gate Bridge ... you won't feel any any surprise on the above photo shooting locations, they are probably the most common locations wedding couples do their engagement portrait. Well, for me, I will never try to shoot the same thing again and again just to get the job done. If I go the same location, I'll push myself to be even more creative in the shoot. The following images for one of my nicest couples Charity and Jay who are getting married in August this yr. Thanks for trusting me all the way !!

Here is the sneak peek slideshow for them : <<<<<<

2010-06-12 July 17th Digital Photography Beginner Class < 2 Spots Left >

July 17th Digital Photography Beginner Class < 2 Spots Left >
Date : 17th July, 2010
Location : Chung Li Photography Gallery , Belmont, CA
Time : 9:30pm - 5:30pm

For Details, click this link

http://chungliphotography.blogspot.com/search/label/Digital%20Photography%20Class

2010-06-10 More images from the East Coast Destination Wedding | Maine

Continue the last post .....

I just love posting my images in a bigger format so that you can enjoy the quality of every single image . we all use ridiculously high resolution camera for the wedding shoot, why not showing them bigger .

Feeling very refresh after this East Coast destination wedding shoot for Brandy & Blake in the beautiful Maine. Even tho I just came back from New York a month ago shooting an engagement portrait in New York Manhattan , I was so excited to be in east coast again . Love Love shooting in New England area, everything is so colorful , very fairy tale like. Brandy and Blake are both living and working in California, they choose to have the wedding in Maine , one of the reason was their home town is on East Coast and wanted to fly everybody in Maine to have a group vacation/wedding, so everyone was in Vacation mode. (Me too as well :P )


Here are some more images
and don't forget to see the slideshow !!! Click here : <<<<<<

Ceremony : Star of the Sea Catholic Church

Reception : Blue Sky in Atlantic House Hotel

Portrait : Cape Neddick - Nubble Lighthouse


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2010-06-08 East Coast Destination Wedding Sneak Peek

Feeling very refresh after this East Coast destination wedding shoot for Brandy & Blake in the beautiful Maine. Love Love shooting in New England area, everything is so colorful , very fairy tale like. Brandy and Blake are both living and working in California, they choose to have the wedding in Maine , one of the reason was their home town is on East Coast and wanted to fly everybody in Maine to have a group vacation/wedding, so everyone was in Vacation mode. (Me too as well :P )


Here are couple Sneak Peek Images

Here is the slideshow with around 40 highlight images : <<<<<<

2010-06-04 Digital Photography Beginner Workshop on 7/17

This year has been very busy so far as you can see from my blog posts and my schedule. But I still want to spend some time teaching and share my knowledge and 18 years of photography experience with those of you wants to learn DSLR. My upcoming workshop date has been confirmed , 7/17 Saturday . The class format and content will be same as the one I have before, 7 hours from 9:30 to 5:30pm with a lunch break. In the morning, we will go through theories and get familiar with your camera, after lunch, we will go outside to practice. I have a lot of tips to share with you, since it is an intimate workshop, you can ask whatever you want , about wedding shoot, about business, about how to get in to the industry :) Willing to share everything with you.

Photography needs a lot of practice and a lot of thinking behind, what I'm teaching you , is the fundamental things you MUST know to get it started, and most importantly is I'm going to show you a systematic way to practice, not just shoot a lot without purpose. When you get out of my workshop, you know what exactly you need to do with you camera and know what to practice to get better !

Do you prefer to spend months or years to try to figure out the features of the camera/lens by yourself or spend 7 hrs straight to get your hands dirty and ready to shoot some awesome images for your friends and family ??

email me to sign up chung@chungliphotography.com




Here are some images and blog posts of the previous classes :<<<<<<


In this workshop, you will learn all the basic of photography such as ....

1) What is DSLR camera
2) Aperture/ Shutter/ ISO concept and control
3) Concept of depth of field
3) White Balance
4) Usage of different lens
5) How to choose a camera that fits your need
6) Get to know more of your current equipment
7) Basic photo retouching concept
8) Outdoor practise

2010-06-03 Wedding Shooting in East Coast This Weekend | Maine

This weekend will be shooting a wedding in Maine in East Coast, short trip, leaving Friday night and coming back Sunday.

I am the type of person that cannot sit still, I love shooting wedding in different places, different cities, and different countries. It gives me a lot of inspiration in creativity.

Is going to be exciting :)

2010-06-02 More images from the Fashion Shoot | White Petals

More images from the fashion shoot for Boutique White Petals . As you can see , I started using a bigger format images for my blog, I just want to see my images in a bigger size so that you can see all the details and appreciate the quality of the images.

When I did this fashion shoot, I didn't use any flash or reflector , all shot in natural light.

Actually on all the photoshoot assignments, no matter is wedding or fashion, I first select the location that with the best lighting , and then focus on how to position the model and interact with the models to get the best facial expression and balance of light in the images. This reduce my post production time tremendously, and thats one of the major reason you see me post a lot of READY TO RELEASE images pretty fast. I'm a photographer, not a photoshop junkie :)

And I also included a slideshow here for your to enjoy :) <<<<<<

2010-06-01 Fashion shoot for Boutique White Petals

Thanks for the owner/designer Danielle Gardner of Boutique White Petals hiring me to shoot their 2010 summer collections. I'm also very excited to see more non-wedding clients interested in my portrait photography work.

Their web site is coming soon .

Here are some sneak peek images of Ashley in the shoot we did last Saturday, shot with all natural light , with 1 body (Canon 5D mark II) and mostly 50mm f/1.2 ( some with 24-70mm f/2.8)

I will post more images in the next couple days including another great model Zoe !!