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March 8th, 2010 by Calvin Jung
I bought my first DSLR in 2007 because I wanted to take some ill shots of my car. And now it has turned into an $8000 (and counting) investment. When I started this 3 years ago I never imagined myself in this deep.
It was never meant to go this far. It was just supposed to be about the car…
/rant
So I’ve somehow managed to deplete my AlienBee fund without actually buying an AlienBee, LOL. I don’t really need it yet – I was just going to get it because I had the money for it. But since that’s all gone, I guess I’ll stick to my trusty hotshoe flashes for now. With that said, I just bought a Manfrotto Heavy Duty Boom and Stand – $356.80. Shipping isn’t cheap on this sucker because it weighs over 35 lbs!
It should be here this Friday so I can play with it this weekend. 
Onto what I’ve been up to, which isn’t much.
I went out a couple weeks ago with my buddy, Martin Kane, to shoot the SD skyline. The weather was perfect as it had just rained and we got some awesome clouds in the sky.
With that I created this:
Also broke out my lighting for some scenic portraits.
^^^This actually gave me idea and inspiration for my shoot next Friday with my old friend, Angela Vamos. Can’t wait for that!
And here are some quick shots I took of my buddy Mike’s 335.
February 18th, 2010 by Calvin Jung
Picked this lens up last week on Craigslist with Hoya UV and CPL filters for $400 – a steal if you ask me!
This lens, as with most macros, is RAZOR sharp; it makes a great portrait lens, too. In fact, this is now my primary go-to portrait lens.
Anyway, here are a couple sample shots.
Kobe Zoom V
Tissot PRC-200
February 13th, 2010 by Calvin Jung
In retrospect, we should have shot somewhere else. I need to be more mindful of what’s in my shot. How did I not notice the fence behind her?! Oh well, what’s done is done. And it seems to really only affect the above shot.
February 6th, 2010 by Calvin Jung
As with anything else in my life, photography comes and goes. What can I say? I get bored easily. Anyone who knows anything about me knows I have expensive hobbies. I just tell them that I enjoy the finer things in life. 
That said, I can only afford to juggle one of them at a time.
But here is what I’ve been up to over the last few months.
Labor Day weekend – spent it at a beach house with my roommate, Brandon, and friend, Joey. Life was good.
G35 Sedan Showcase 2009 – drove up to LA with friend and fellow photographer, Grant Plummer, at 4AM for an exclusive shoot with some hot G35 sedans from all over the west. One guy drove all the way down from Washington for the shoot/meet. Hoping to see some of these in the next issue of Nissan Sport magazine!
^^^setup shot
My favorite picture of my car to date.
Rene Manatt took 1st in her class at the 2008 NPC Pacific USA Naturals Bodybuilding & Figure Championships. She currently runs Bay Park Fitness and needed some photos for her website, so friend and fellow photographer Martin Kane and I helped her out.
And one of the reasons I’ve been “out of the game” for so long: my car. New exhaust ($600), modded headlights ($60), new shift knob ($55), sway bars ($160), microsuede headliner ($500).
Self portraits – finally picked up a black backdrop (black curtains from Target for $10) to hang around the apartment.
August 17th, 2009 by Calvin Jung
It was recently brought to my attention that my site was hacked a few weeks ago. Most of you should have received some sort of warning when trying to load my site in the last few weeks. Unfortunately, some ignored the warning and were bit by viruses from my site. I apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you! I notified Christian of the problem and he took quickly took care of it. Thanks, Christian!
I haven’t picked up my camera as much as I’d like to this summer, unfortunately. I’ve been distracted with modding my car, again. I know, poor decision. But it’s so addicting! Anyway, I figure I would compile what would normally be separate posts into one post with what I’ve been up to lately.
Here is a 3 exposure hand held HDRI of an ice cream stand at the Del Mar fair. Tried a different post processing technique here. Not sure if I’ll use it again, but I think it sorta works for this shot.
This shot took a couple tries because I didn’t feel like lugging around my tripod around the fair for 3 hours just for one picture. It’s a hand held 3 second exposure. Not bad if you ask me!
These were after a buddy, Martin, and I tackled the famous Krispy Kreme chicken burgers, fried White Castle burgers, fried Snickers, and funnel cake. Needless to say, we gained about 8 lbs that day.
This next shot was inspired by a member of G35Driver, blindg35. Big thanks for sharing your behind the scenes info!
bare 285HV camera left, 580EXII in softbox camera right. triggered w/ CyberSyncs.
After 2 years I finally had the chance to shoot Joe’s APS twin turbo 350z! It was a pleasure to shoot!
Big thanks to Jose at Ionic Dynamics for getting me his new emblemless OEM style grille for the G35 coupe! This is a great alternative to those that do not feel comfortable with tackling the DIY version. As promised, I snapped some pics for Jose to show off the new grille!
June 25th, 2009 by Calvin Jung
New shirt, new shoes. Had to give it another “go.”
580 @ 1/2 in a softbox camera right, 285hv @ 1/6 bare camera left