Sabrina Huang | Architectural, Food and Travel Photography | San Francisco Bay Area

Photography Club for Women Meetup Group

I start this Photography Club for Women Meetup group back in June 2010.  The goal was simple, a place for female who enjoy photography and a place to meet new friends to go out for photo trips.  Women learn things differently than men, especially in learning photography.  We don't really focus on Nikon or Canon or on how much you spend on the equipments or on software and techinal parts, etc.  We care more on the feelings.

I don't know how to use Photoshop.  I don't know multiple combinations of shutter speed and aperture can give the same exposure (1/250 s and f/8 is the same as with 1/500 s and f/5.6, or 1/125 s and f/11, really??).  I can't memorise the shutter speeds sequence.  I don't know how to calculate the shutter speed to the lens focal length for a handheld camera without blur.  But that doesn't stop my from learning photography and create beautiful images (check my website).

In the beginning, I went to other photography related meetup group but usually men out number women in most cases.  I find myself don't fit in because I don't get what they are talking about.  So I start a Meetup just for women who enjoy phtography.

(photo by May Roger)

Last Saturday, we did a Food Photo Shoot Experiement in a local park.  I split them up by Camera brand (so they can help each other on setting, exchange lenses), 3 people per group and they discuss what they want to bring to shoot.  The subject were fruits and veggies, some bring doughnuts which doesn't require a kitchen.

I think it turned out better than I can plan for.  They seems all had fun, enjoyed, and got some really nice images.

(photo by Kacee)

(photo by Ewa)

 See what Ewa and May has to say about their first experiences with the group.

WSJ.com - Midcentury Made Modern

Some of my images for Eichler Homes were used to compliment an article in the Wall Street Journal.

2012 Food Photography Workshop with Lara

There are many many workshops that focus on Portraits, Nature, Landscape and Travel but you rarely see them in Architecure or Food which are two subjects I love the most. So I am very excited to see Lara is going to have a Food Photography Workshop in May 2012.

I have been a fan of Lara back in the day when she started her food blog "Still Life With" and seeing her from a food blogger to became a food stylist and photographer.  She inspires me in mulitple ways and I can't wait to attend her workshop just to amuse myself.

She might have another workshop after May so stay tuned for more information.

Details on the workshop, please click the link.

 

[My Photo Book] Life Through The Lens

Finally, I glue myself in a chair for a few days to go through all the images I have taken in the past few years.  I add some inspirational quotes that I loved and make it into a 8x10 size, 64 pages, full color Blurb book as a birthday gift to myself and share it with friends and family because I rarely print my images out.

If you would like to own a copy, you can go to Blurb website to see 20 sample pages of this book - Life Through The Lens, choose from Softcover to Hardcover, how would you like it to be shipped, etc.

Remember to use a promo code AUGUST if you buy 2 or more books before 8/26, you get 20% OFF.

 

Memories

My friend Joyce email me this Dear Photograph YouTube Video News Clip.  It's about Taylor Jones who got an idea from looking through old family photo album - what if I took a new picture with an old picture at the same location?

He then did a bunch of new images this way and upload them to a newly created website called: Dear Photograph. Before he know it, he started getting lots of pictures from the world who got inspired from Taylor, and decided to do the same thing and share the stories behind each photo.

Like this one. The son took a new picture with his dad in the location where his parents' picture were taken before mom passed away.

That remined me Art Rogers's show in Napa. He specialize in Black & White family portraits.  He showcase the family portraits that he took in the past 30 years with the same family, same location, same posts, and retake a new one between 10 to 30 years that show you the time and the changes in every family's life.

What a great idea from Taylor Jones and Art Rogerts.