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February 3rd, 2007

Set Apart

Posted by SpikeL at 09:17 AM on February 3, 2007.

Busy busy...This year is really starting to pick up. I'll be going to Mexico again on Missions. Will be going to Rancho de Sus Ninos again. Will need prayer support as well as financial support. But I'm going to try to make it interesting this year. Still in the works but I will announce soon how you can help out.


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January 26th, 2007

Police Academy and Ice Skating

Posted by SpikeL at 08:45 PM on January 26, 2007.

Last week was a super busy one. First off Mr. Yoo became Officer Yoo. Followed by CM's ice skating trip at Yerba Buena.

 

 Officer Yoo and the guys

 Officer Yoo and the ladies

 Mighty proud parents

 Glad to be a friend of a cop and not his enemy

Officers take their business very seriously

Ice skating with the CMers at Yerba Buena

The return of teacher Allen!

The kids kept scarping up the ice and making iceballs

 

Jana and Caleb. Hahaha should've seen Ian coming onto the ice with his street shoes getting the ice all dirty.

Teacher Jane and Dawon

Teacher Maria, back in time from Cambodia to enjoy some ice skating, and Yurim

 

Hahaha Matthew freezing his hands off

Teacher Mijin and Dawon

P. Joe either attacking teacher Estella, the paparazzi. Haha j/k j/k

Look at Teacher Allen go!

Teacher Mike pulling along the ice skating train

The ice skating train come around the corner 

 Teacher Estella being fobby. Does anybody see the asian cowboy?

Teach Hannah and Teacher Estella 

All the CMers after all long day of skating

The group going wild because they're still full of so much energy 

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January 13th, 2007

Posted by SpikeL at 09:27 PM on January 13, 2007.

 
 
 

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January 12th, 2007

portrait session with joyce

Posted by SpikeL at 07:26 AM on January 12, 2007.

who says you can't shoot a portrait session on budget? all you need is lots and lots of hot lights, a white bed cover, a beautiful subject, a lot of praying, and food.

p.sam challenged me. he said he took his daughter into a portrait store to get shots for christmas and was unhappy about it. so his solution? for me to shoot joyce's portraits.

i wish i took pictures of the setup because it was quite impressive.

180 photos, 2 hours of shooting, a lot of drinks, a lot of patience, and a lot of sweating and we ended up with something like this.

introducing joyce.

Joyce: I can't believe how well these pictures came out!

Joyce: This is my pretty head band.

 

Joyce: and this is my pretty face.

 

 

Joyce: Oh uncle, Mike you're hilarious!

 

 

Joyce: You try sitting under some lamps and acting cute for two hours in this scratchy dress! 

Joyce: Important thing to remember is to stay hydrated because all these bright lights can make you sweat a lot and cranky.

 

Joyce: Now that I've had my juice I gotta fix myself up and get ready for the next shot. 

Joyce: Here you go. It's a suprise!

 

Joyce: Quick wardrobe change! Hahaha daddy said something funny

 

Joyce: I'm so ippuh =p 

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January 8th, 2007

Sarang Fix

Posted by SpikeL at 06:17 PM on January 8, 2007.

The original
 

My thoughts
 
1. The date at the bottom wasn't working for me. Distracted away from the clear message David and I were trying to portray here. 
2. Too many shiny thingies on my glasses from the flash
3. Overall picture was too dark which left out a lot of details in the background and what not 

The fix 
1. Adjusted the layer through levels
2. Copy and pasted some of my sweater to cover up the date at the bottom. Then used the Healing tool to match the overall look. The shadow underneath the arm after removal of the date was totally weird. So added a layer with some black paint to cheat a shadow.
3. Duplicated layer and multiplied to give some more contrast and details. Changed opacity of new layer to about 20%
4. Penciled in some black in place of the highlights for my glasses. Was going for the glare on the lenses as well but once removed the glasses looked lenseless so I kept some glare. 
5. Expanded canvas to add border
6. Added Sarang as the title
7. Added heart to better convey out message more clearly 
 
Photo courtesy Reuel Kim 

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