Friday, October 24, 2008

Congratulations to Vaneeth and Priscilla

Congrats to you two! It was a very unique wedding experience for me. I've never done a hindu wedding before and this was the most detailed one I've ever worked on. Vaneeth didnt ride in on the horse though!
The colors on everyone were so vivid and colorful. There were also so many small details to take pictures of as well. From the shrine, to the flowers, and even the henna tattoos it was amazing.
Thanks again and I hope you enjoy my work.

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Blizzconn 2008

10/10/08 - 10/11/08

This was a very fun experience overall. I am a big fan Blizzard games namely Warcraft, Starcraft and Diablo and they had all 3 of their latest at this Blizzcon. Nothing like packing for a 3 day weekend and your camera to get pics. I had to shoot in almost complete darkness here so it was a challenge overall not to get blurry pictures.

What was really fun was covering the costume contest. I wasnt able to get all of it but I did get a good later part and the costume finalists as well as some closeups with Jay Mohr. I only 1 camera and 1 lens and left the rest of my gear at home. I didnt want to drag 50lbs of gear with me and just wanted this to be fun more than anything else.

There was some very fun pics here. This gallery can be found at


http://moy-photo.com/blizzcon08

Shorinji Kempo 1st North American Taikai

10/4/2008

The gallery for this can be found here. http://moy-photo.com/taikai

This was the first ever North American Taikai (tournament) for Shorinji Kempo in the United States. Its been here for near 40 years and finally we have one. I've been a practioner for 5 years and decided this was a great event for WSKO history. My girlfriend took some of the pictures but when I was not competing I took the camera back into my hands. I got some very good sparring pictures. I actually had to rely on my Canon 40D on this for pure speed.

Lighting wasnt too great in the gym either, pretty standard florescent lights but definitely not bright enough. I had to shoot near ISO1600 and clean it up in post production. Never the less pictures came out good. But it looked like everyone had a great time and no injuries with all the competition!
Next taikai will be next year in July in Indonesia. Should be very interesting.