A New Year, Brand New Opportunities to Have Fun with Photos - Los Angeles Photographer

Hello all my friends, happy 2011!!!  I want to take this opportunity to thank you for all your support in the past year.  Without your visits to this website and your insightful comments, it wouldn't have been as much fun to keep posting. :-)

To express my appreciation, Jean Huang Photography would like to kick off the new year by having "How Much Fun Can You Have With Holiday Pictures" photo contest.

Winning is easy:

1. Become a fan of Jean Huang Photography by clicking the "like" button (at http://www.facebook.com/jeanhuangphotography).

2. Submit, to the wall of the above-mentioned fan page, as many fun* photos taken during the holidays (Christmas and/or New Year) as you'd like. Make sure your photo(s) are "rated G" (i.e., safe for all ages).  Again, no limit on number of photos to submit.

3. Now, here's the fun part: Vote for fun* photos by "liking" them. And promote your photos to gain as many "likes" as possible.  So friends and family are important people in your life, in this contest. :-)

4. Deadline to submit and vote is 12:00 AM on Monday January 10th, 2011.

5. Pictures with the most "likes" go home with a prize (Note: each picture is a separate entry. The picture with the most "likes" wins).

6. Number of winning pictures is determined by number of fans as of the cut-off date of the contest (i.e.,12:00 AM US Pacific Time on Monday January 10th, 2011). One winning photo for every 65 fans.

7. Ready? Set?  Go! Start having fun*, NOW!

*Fun = special, unique, emotional, sweet, ......, fun!

P.S. What's the prize, you might ask.  As I hinted at the end of last year, I was making a 2011 calendar with some of the beautiful pictures taken in Vietnam and Cambodia.  What better way to experience the beauty of South-east Asia, for a whole year, without the expenses of traveling?

A serene scene brought back from Halong Bay, Vietnam - Los Angeles Photographer

Alright, my friends.  I hope you've enjoyed the beautiful scenery from Halong Bay that I posted last week.  As beautiful as the picture conveys, I love anything that's more than single-element.  This goes for people, food, scenery, or anything else that I can't put my mind onto at the moment. So this next picture I'm about to share was also taken from Halong Bay.  But you'd see an obvious difference of feel from the previous one - a lone little fishing boat, floating quietly by itself.  And the fish net seems to be telling a story...

As you look into the (seemingly blank) distance, what feeling/sentiment/emotion did this scene draw from you?  I'd love that you share...

P.S. Any image in the Fine Art Photography category can be purchased to adorn your beautiful home.  Please contact me for sizes and presentation options.  Many easy to install solutions to be recommended.

Beautiful travel pictures from Vietnam and Cambodia to be slowly released - Los Angeles Photographer

OK, I'd have to admit that I'm a little behind on posting pictures.  The truth is, as many of us are familiar with the moment of clicking the shutter, the pictures taken usually go through a digital processing that, in my opinion, takes much longer time than the time of photo shoot.  Plus, the end results are an art, the generation process of which is not anywhere near the ones that involve 1+1 = 2. So anyway, this sort of explains why my travel photos have a lagging time while I'm painstakingly working on each individual for a way of presentation/expression that I feel good at the time.  And all this is going on while I have the clients' pictures in the "front burner".  If you haven't figured out that I'm the type of photographer that falls in love with her clients' photos before the client even has a peek, you'd know that I go through the same "perfectionist" type of process with my client work.

So, finally, I feel good about releasing one picture from my Vietnam and Cambodia trip.  While I'm in the process of making a book with the incredible scenery, history, culture and people of these countries, I will make a calendar with a selective few.  And I think that this picture will make the final cut.  What do you think?

P.S. Any image in the Fine Art Photography category can be purchased to adorn your beautiful home.  Please contact me for sizes and presentation options.  Many easy to install solutions to be recommended.