ALVIN CHAN - PHOTO115

an exploration of styles

2008-12-18T05:22:00.000-08:00

"an exploration of styles"
- a collaboration video by alvin chan and andrew acacio

An Exploration Of Styles from Alvin Chan on Vimeo.

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the idea was to shoot the style of the other photographer.
so i shot tilt shift, which is andrews specialty.
i been experimenting with photography in general, since my camera is a beast..
hahaha, kinda sparked it again, and makes me play even more.
so here some play around shots with tilt shift "miniature fakes"
(fullsize samples on the previous post)
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PHOTO115 Video... IS DONE!

2008-12-03T01:36:00.001-08:00

i guess its done, thats my secret? i play with my food. hahaha

Ketchup

2008-12-01T23:19:00.001-08:00

holy mother...

vegas put me behind in school, cus now im too lazy to go...

im sick also, and that doesnt help, but its time for me to catch up, cus im a tomato!

get it... ketch-up?

STUFFD BEATS

2008-11-30T01:55:00.000-08:00

shot my first 50d club event.
jeezus i think im in love. the camera is 49873126498371269097123 better than the rebelXT i had.
heres some low light, iso800-1600 samples..

bayliens.

baylien dude singin n shit.

testin group shots.

the girls rep GMFB all day, EVERYDAY!

now aint that some muthafuggin magnificent shiet eh?

i got me, a 50D

2008-11-28T01:52:00.000-08:00

woo woo woo...

i got me a new Canon 50d
i am currently kickin ass and takin names with this BEAST!

thank you wallet..
and to you sir.. FUCK YOU!

j/k

VEGAS PARTYING!

2008-11-26T01:45:00.000-08:00

jsut got done sorting through my photos of vegas... heres the skinny..

the gang.

the me.

calvin and his ladies.

djamel pimpin it.

and some liquor.

most of the time i was either cruisin the strip "frolicking" i guess, or downstairs at TAO gittin my dance on. hahaha. SIICK

MEBORJA

2008-11-25T01:44:00.000-08:00

michaelborja.com

here's my cousins art show featured at House of Commons LV

VEGAS TOURISTRY!

2008-11-24T01:40:00.000-08:00

back form vegas...
here's my first set of coverage..

THE TOURISTRY

...this is my food

... heres some call girls - $35 what a DEAL!

... margaritaville

... cruisin the strip.

fun trip overall!

IM GOIN TO VEGAS!

2008-11-20T01:36:00.000-08:00

oh shiet.. i forgot to post in this beehatch for days now.. whoops.
i jsut found out, or jsut decided actually, that im gonna go to vegas with my cousin this weekend, for his art show.

SO EXPECT A BIG POST SOON

i also found out that we'll be doin gigs @ VIVID nightclub is downtown san jose..

movin on up to bigger venues kids!
come play with us. yadigg? GMFB!

heres one of our latest parties...
DECAF @ TIKI

GMFB halloweeen!

2008-11-14T01:38:00.000-08:00

jsut got our halloween video up. thanks david john of gmfb productions.

BOMB MY SAKE

2008-11-08T01:29:00.000-08:00

ok.. ok ok...
so im might have a slight hangover.
12 rounds of sake bombs.. i guess will do that.

hahah, louie was drunk as fock, and he had to TKO at my place.. idiot.
anyway. heres some of the incriminating evidence.

LOUIE TKO'd

ORDERIN UP SOME BOMBS

LINING THE SAKE UP...

and me stealin a photo op with mimi

ahahaha..

excuse the bad lgihting in the photos.. i was shootin pretty wasted BRO!

MEXICAN HALLOWEEN

2008-11-01T01:23:00.000-07:00

so my mexican friends is hella ghetto.
they wanted to do a halloween party... but since costumes are expensive, they chose to host it the ngiht after. hahah
"because the costumes are like 80% off"

ahahaha.. they do have a point tho..
checkit!

mexican halloween, i was french fries.

mexican-ryu

emo-elmo

nerd-erk

CHOCO-LATE?

2008-10-25T01:20:00.000-07:00

ok so me and andy had a meeting with mimi of chocolate sushi..
this is andy.

this is chocolate sushi

this too, is chocolate sushi.

so i guess we got a gig here on the 8th of november.. so come out, and have some sake bombs with me! pleaaasE?
i gotta crank out the flyer ASAP!

MORE PLAY, NOT FOR PLAY

2008-10-22T01:08:00.000-07:00

not much comin up as far as events go...
i do have to work on a flyer, and shoot some for that.. since the event is on the 8th, at chocolate sushi in sunnyvale...

maybe ill go tomorrow?

anyway, here's zoe's dumb face... always eating..
chasing her shot of patron down with a lime. hahahaha

MIX AND MATCH?

2008-10-19T01:05:00.000-07:00

so the past few days, played around with the strobes...

got some cool pictures of my bro...

positioned one light to his left, and one shooting 1/4th power to his face.
played with the honecomb things too and whatnot, tryin to figure out what they do..

so then, i figured i'd try 2 different colored gels, same distance apart, same power setting, and see if i could split the colors..

checkit!

kinda cool eh?

DAY 2 W/ THE BLUE!

2008-10-17T01:04:00.000-07:00

creepy just a little bit?

BLUE GELS!

2008-10-16T01:02:00.000-07:00

so yesterday was red, today is blue.
no gang affiliations.

blue strobe behind me, white strobe in front shooting my face, and a little bit of desaturation and clarity adjusting.

NEW LIGHTS?

2008-10-15T01:00:00.000-07:00

so a friend of mine gave me his old light setup.
sick huh? i got 6 studio strobes now.

so i was playin around with it, and heres what i came up with.

played with the red gels... might try a different color out tomorrow...
finally got my wireless flash triggers workin right too..
had to clean up some bad soldering that them 3rd party asian brands do so well.

E COIN NO MONEY?!

2008-10-14T00:58:00.000-07:00

Uh… like, many of my Tuesdays, alls I do is work. I wake up in the morning, do the usual, make some breakfast, kick back till 4:30, and then head to work. Damn you economy, and your jacked up value of a dollar.

this one is..
"my pockets are empty"

DESIGN

2008-10-13T00:56:00.000-07:00

So I had class today, all day, as usual, and really tho, I didn’t pay attention. I had a midterm I think I did aight on, but I drew throughout English class. Hahaha, I got some ideas to revamp my companies website, we goin global!

another photo from mel's party... figured i'd post this one..
upsidedownrotten. hahaha

WORK + FOOTBALL

2008-10-12T00:53:00.000-07:00

the niners lost, again. Gottamnit. Stupid shiet.
Why must we loose? Its no fun when we lose. Hahaha

makes me sad n shit.

GMFB'S BABY SISTERS' PARTY

2008-10-11T00:46:00.000-07:00

we, meaning me and my production crew, GMFB Productions, hosted Melissa's 21st at her place.
Packed house, forreal, like super packed. Lotsa liquor, and good people... thats how we roll. Yadigg?

oh and i brought some 2 buck chucks.. since i have boxes full at home. hahaha

GORDON LOFTY BEIRSCH.,

2008-10-10T00:44:00.000-07:00

melissa's birthday dinner. $15 on 1/4th a palte of pasta… damn you “fine” dining. hahaha. at least she got my moneys worth in drinks… silverbacks.. like the gorilla’s. hahaha. “i don’t wanna be 21 anymore, i change my mind”

HAPPY BDAY ONCE AGAIN LIL SISSER. OF GMFB!

2K9

2008-10-07T00:41:00.000-07:00

uh-parrently im somewhat nerdish.. cus i still enjoy video games on occasion. so i went to go get nba2k9, hahaha.. there goes another senseless purchase.. fuggit tho.. get money f b’s! yuuuuuup!

oh yeah, just checked out a video a friend of mine made.. on the presidio.
pretty sick.. its crazy, i wanna get into video.. but i find myself buying up his old photo equipment. hahah

The Presidio of San Francisco from Nam Nguyen on Vimeo.

SMOKE TIKI LOUNGE – DJ SIXTY1 IN THE MIX

2008-10-04T00:31:00.000-07:00

so i went to tiki, to support our dj… not really crackin but whatever.. not our event. hahah. so stood there for a while, n then i went to britt to go talk to isaac. i guess ill be shooting there on thursdays, when they got their live drummer and whatnot + dj. it should be pretty interesting, and it does help me get more work out, and my name as well… oh, and it pays too. siiiick.

MICHAEL BORJA'S ART SHOW + ROSCOE UMALI @ AVALON

2008-10-03T00:29:00.001-07:00

so my cousins show was tonight, at south first billiards… he sold a buncha paintings, and i like them. he has this weird kind of “childish” style. or reminiscent of childhood. he’s one of my mentors, cus hes one of my cousins. hahaha. so i can’t really get rid of him or anything

CLUB BRONCO @ SCU

2008-10-01T00:25:00.000-07:00

uuh, shot bronco for my SCU friends, DJ Check-O and the FULL CLIP DJ's..
my ex is from there, and I was lookin for another one. Hahahaha j/k... maybe.
But yeah, event was coo I guess… got our 3rd string DJ broken in at an event… so we have 3 DJ’s with event experience now.. siiick.

heres a preview of the crowd, and how i work.. hahaha

jsut shoot me..

BACK TO SCHOOL...

2008-09-29T00:22:00.000-07:00

After 4 days of partying straight… hahahaha… way to end my birthday, with a gottamn project due. Stuuupid shiet. hahahaha

so relax...

MODEL SHOOT – ROWENA + CHRISTINA

2008-09-28T00:20:00.000-07:00

so this is rowena’s 2nd shoot with me, and she’s always real chill about things… so we went around downtown san jose, and shot. we had a little audience at one point too, pretty funny stuff. some crackhead was playin with his imaginary dog, while he was tryin to get at rowena.. hahaha. downtown, where all the crazies come out.

also shot another model.. who was part of a lingerie shoot..
holler, had to blur face tho, so no one knows. haha, heres a sample?

WINE AND CHEESE PLEASE!!!

2008-09-27T00:16:00.000-07:00

for my extended birthday weekend, i bought alotta 2 buck chucks... $2 dolla wine bottles for my peoples to come party with me. hahaha.. again. Sophistication at its finest… garage + wine = cavi-arty… cus we grown.. 22 now

FAB FRIDAY – DECAF @ TIKI LOUNGE!

2008-09-26T00:13:00.000-07:00

for my birthday, because i'm hella cool.
i fockin died, blacked out in 1.5 hours...
woooo too much to drink, hahaha. but from what i remember, i had fun. and lots of it, in a short amount of time!

stupid katrina.. you killed me!

ITS MY BIRTHDAY!

2008-09-25T00:10:00.000-07:00

i am now 22. I hear its all downhill after 21… daaaaymit.

google brings up the randomest shit sometimes.. hahaha

LATE NIGHT KINKO'S RUN

2008-09-24T02:00:00.000-07:00

i'm at kinkos a lot, in the late night / early morning hours. So much, that they recognize me now. What the suck?! Oh yeah, its my birthday too or tomorrow it is.. but its night. So you know.. Who spends their birthday night at kinko’s? what the eff?

CRYS.

2008-09-22T23:56:00.000-07:00

one of my homegirls, crystal, is our model. hahaha. so, these were taken at night, in the evergreen area, with little flashes. still playin around with lighting styles.. its pretty fun.. so enjoy.

WORKING... + CONTEMPLATING…

2008-09-21T23:54:00.000-07:00

so at work, im really loud. like, super loud. hahahah. i got in trouble for being too loud… i wanna do a scene shoot. where the action is scripted, and everything kinda looks super contrasty, and the image looks surreal. prolly do some perspective work.. and achieve an effect like this..

since i didn't shoot anything today, heres another one of my shots from that boring ass club even the other day... jsut sittin in my digital workspace.. so i figure i'd put it to use.

REMIX @ BLUSH

2008-09-20T23:49:00.000-07:00

bow-ring... i hate random events... especially when i have nothing to shoot, cus then its like i'm there for no reason.. this by far though.. has to be the worst event i’ve ever been associated with in the year i’ve been in this thing… luckily, we were only co-hosts.. cus damn if that was my headline event, i would retire.. ASAP

heres i guess a sample from the event...

well..

2008-09-19T23:40:00.000-07:00

i've got an event tomorrow..
all the way over way over there.
BURLINGAME. hahaha

weak sauce..

but i did eat alot today. hahahaha

SLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP

2008-09-18T14:39:00.000-07:00

i slept hella long today.. cus it don’t have school.. but i do have work. at 4:30… i should setup a shoot at work, thatd be pretty coo. document just how much we all fuck around at work, and get some in action dishwashing shots. hahahahahhaha. i kid i kid. maybe

WHY AM I ALWAYS TIRED?

2008-09-17T16:23:00.000-07:00

cus forreal.. im always hella tired.. gottamn. it never stops. dishwashing is some stupid shiet.. hahahah. oh well. gotta put in work to get work, to make shit work. at least that’s how i see it.

ergh.. face?

2008-09-16T23:17:00.000-07:00

work, again.. washed dishes for hella long. hahaha. also jsut relaxed and whatnot. so it wasnt alll bad.

anyway, heres todays portrait:

black beanie.
ISO 100 - f/1.4 -1/10sec

cyclopsin-it

2008-09-15T04:59:00.000-07:00

schoolin.. had an essay i didnt even know about, haha. but thats the regular for me. not too much to say, as im pretty tired... but i did get 2 flyers done for the events i got comin up.

checky..

fab fridays @ smoke tiki lounge : decaf edition

remix @ blush nightclub

and today's self portrait:

homegirls headband makes you feel like reading rainbow.
ISO 200 - f/1.4 -1/30sec

soooper sunday...

2008-09-14T16:53:00.000-07:00

the longest mother effin day ever. oh my momma, this damn shoot took forever.. not even my fault tho, its the hair and makeup departments sluggishness, that delayed the shoot start from 12noon, to 3:30pm. daaamn, work at 4:30 also for me.. so i barely got to shoot. missed out on more than half the models... got to shoot 3 of 8. oh well, we'll get another shoot goin, cus theyre my homegirls anyway. hahaha.

anyway, heres some samples...

mary on the stairs
ISO 400 - f/8 -1/100sec

mama bear ger, chilln'
ISO 400 - f/8 -1/100sec

tin tryin to get darker
ISO 400 - f/10 -1/60sec

bee and her crazy eyes.
ISO 100 - f/1.4 -1/13sec

gregg of greggquintos.com
(business partner / mentor)
ISO 100 - f/2.5 -1/4000sec

shoppang...

2008-09-13T16:48:00.000-07:00

oh man oh man, saturday.. wake up, hitup walnut creek and the city, do some shippin... but no shootin. forgot my camera, so oh well eh? anyway, i got a photoshoot scheduled tomorrow with the "mod" theme goin. Its a group of my homegirls, and i guess we're shooting in monterey... if all things go according to plan.. but that usually never is the case. hahha. but yeah.. i gotta be up at 5am.. thats some booshiet!

clubberiffic... but not really.

2008-09-12T16:39:00.000-07:00

shot club today... but club was hella dead. wasn't even our event, just shot for a friend of mine. crowd was so dead i got to play with long exposures and moving objects. probably 30 - 40 people at best at the event. got some candids, and posed shots, but could have been waaaaaaaaaaay better. or should have been. but what can you do. it is what it is.

samples + self portrait!

attempting dave hill's effect
ISO 800 - f/4 -1/25sec

empty @ agenda
ISO 800 - f/18 -30sec

empty 2 @ agenda
ISO 800 - f/13 -20sec

anothurr.. thurrs-day.

2008-09-11T12:32:00.000-07:00

alls i did was work, got some homework done, and took some self portraits. ill have them posted once i load them up. pretty dead day, tired... as usual, but keepin on keepin on.

thoughts.

2008-09-10T22:50:00.000-07:00

so, im sick. coughin, sneezing, not so runny, but instead congested nostrils.
oh yeah! sexy sick voice.. like hay there pretty lady, how you spell yo number ;)

... but the best thing about being sick is layin in bed, hearing the doorbell ring, and goin outside to get that karmaloop shipment.. more shoes and more clothes! hollurrr.

see! kind of?

shooo shooopping w/ blurry shooz.
ISO 200 - f/1.4 -1/15sec

post number dos, out of alotta days.

2008-09-09T21:55:00.000-07:00

so..

i just got off work. pretty got damned tired.
im not sure if i'm supposed to be using this as a blog, or just to post my photos.
i guess it shouldn't matter? i know people are using flickr, and other stuff like that..
but i got used to this from previous stuff, and its not so bad.
I don't even know how much space is allocated for photos, but if anything, ill host them on my other web space.

but yesterday in class, i think i got caught up sleepin. i didn't mean any disrespect or anything, but i been sick, and when the lights went off for slide presentations, so did my eyes. hahaha. i payed attention to the majority of it, and got some good ideas from the examples.. but i mighta dozed off on 1 or 2 or 10. whooooops.

anyway, i guess i'm supposed to post my self portrait.. so here goes.

dooo doo doooot!

i call this... T K Oh'd. on account of i was hella tired, layed on the floor, said whatever, and took the photo. had flash on the side to get some light, as this was shot in my hallway, with all lights off.
ISO200 - f/10 - 1sec

whooooops.

2008-09-08T00:17:00.001-07:00

uh, i hear im sposed to update this thing daily? for homework?
i neglected to do so, so whoooops.. so here's my attempt at catching up... if that is acceptable.

i'm pretty bad when it comes to assignments, because i have so much going on and i neglect it, and do it last minute. i guess i like the pressure.. either that or i'm really good at forgetting. so heres the first one, complete with photo and everything..

so here's me tryin to like taking self portraits.. which is something i really don't like doing.. i find it to be akward. hahaha, but i dont mind being in pictures? so yeah... uh.

checky...

playin around with strobes.
ISO100 - f/10 - 1/5 sec