introduction: anny gear: nikon, mainly comment: talk to me! web: anny chen photography - home facebook: anny on fb e-mail: annynews@gmail.com Tumblr (3.0; @annychen)http://annychen.tumblr.com/<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/5YN_GQStLbM?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Project Unbreakable (by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YN_GQStLbM&feature=youtu.be" target="_blank">projectunbreakable</a>)</p> <p>Warning: Trigger for trauma caused by rape</p>http://annychen.tumblr.com/post/22449253327http://annychen.tumblr.com/post/22449253327Sat, 05 May 2012 10:30:12 -0500<a href="http://www.darcypadilla.com/thejulieproject/intro.html">Darcy Padilla | The Julie Project</a>: <p>What is our role as photographers? As humans?</p>http://annychen.tumblr.com/post/3701151199http://annychen.tumblr.com/post/3701151199Mon, 07 Mar 2011 07:05:35 -0600darcy padillathe juile projectphotographyphotojournalism<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfnjx40Gkc1qbvwh2o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfnjx40Gkc1qbvwh2o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfnjx40Gkc1qbvwh2o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfnjx40Gkc1qbvwh2o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfnjx40Gkc1qbvwh2o5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><strong>Portraits, environmental and mini-sessions: Winnipeg Harvest</strong></p> <p>After talking about my desire to shoot another renegade help-portrait session, my good friend Meghan Pesclovitch and I quickly scheduled a morning session at Winnipeg Harvest, where she works as Co-Manager of Volunteer Services. We mostly shot environmental portraits that Meghan plans to use for a Winnipeg Harvest album and for media release.</p> <p>I’d love to go back for a more formal session in the future and offer these hard workers and their families some beautiful, personal portraits.</p>http://annychen.tumblr.com/post/2947245670http://annychen.tumblr.com/post/2947245670Wed, 26 Jan 2011 17:00:00 -0600winnipeg harvestportraitsenvironmental<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfnj9oQF371qbvwh2o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfnj9oQF371qbvwh2o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfnj9oQF371qbvwh2o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfnj9oQF371qbvwh2o5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfnj9oQF371qbvwh2o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><strong>Concert photography: Moses Mayes with the Lytics</strong></p> <p><a title="David Quiring" target="_blank" href="http://www.creativelittle.com/">David Quiring</a> scored us free entry to the Moses Mayes’ concert on Saturday night in exchange for shooting their concert. Who’d say no to that? It was well worth the late night and exhaustion the following day. (My friends may disagree.)</p> <p>These are some of my favourite (more atypical) shots of the evening. It was a challenge to shoot, and I can see how I have a lot to learn. Visit <a title="anny chen photography" target="_blank" href="http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=44442&id=128571330500400">anny chen photography</a> on fb to see the rest of the shots!</p>http://annychen.tumblr.com/post/2947052966http://annychen.tumblr.com/post/2947052966Wed, 26 Jan 2011 16:46:00 -0600moses mayespyramid cabaretthe lyticsportraitconcert<a href="http://fstoppers.com/street-photographer-discovered-a-few-days-after-her-death/">Street Photographer’s Work Discovered A Few Days After Her Death » f stoppers</a>: <p>What an amazing discovery.</p>http://annychen.tumblr.com/post/2610181901http://annychen.tumblr.com/post/2610181901Wed, 05 Jan 2011 10:29:09 -0600vivan meier<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/18260754" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>I find this practice really compelling! It <em>does</em> say so much about the person you’re photographing. It’s hard to maintain meaningful eye contact with a machine and for a few moments, you get glimpses into her soul. That’s the moment I’m always trying to capture. The quiet moment where the person travels into themselves while in front of me.</p> <p><a href="http://tylerknott.com/post/2512013723/at-the-end-of-any-shoot-treehouse-photography" target="_blank">tylerknott</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>At the end of any shoot, Treehouse Photography likes to make the person we shot sit and look at the camera, doing whatever they want, for 1 minute.  It’s a long portrait, and I Love them because anyone can fake a smile for 1 millisecond in a photo, but true honesty comes out with it’s a minute long.  This was Nikki.  She rocked.</p> <p><a href="http://www.vimeo.com/18260754" target="_blank">Nikki Long Portrait</a> (by <a href="http://vimeo.com/treehousephotography" target="_blank">Treehouse Photography Vimeo</a>)</p> </blockquote>http://annychen.tumblr.com/post/2514536231http://annychen.tumblr.com/post/2514536231Wed, 29 Dec 2010 12:06:00 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbkt96D7ri1qbvwh2o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbkt96D7ri1qbvwh2o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbkt96D7ri1qbvwh2o5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbkt96D7ri1qbvwh2o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbkt96D7ri1qbvwh2o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><strong>Portraits, candid and mini-session: Liam</strong></p> <p>It’s important to trust the vision of the photographer. Point in case, Liam. Eight days together and I only shot him three of those days. But the days I did shoot? His reaction, “Beautiful. You got talent. No doubt.”</p> <p>I love this work.</p>http://annychen.tumblr.com/post/1516927798http://annychen.tumblr.com/post/1516927798Mon, 08 Nov 2010 11:15:00 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbkr93b3sG1qbvwh2o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbkr93b3sG1qbvwh2o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbkr93b3sG1qbvwh2o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbkr93b3sG1qbvwh2o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbkr93b3sG1qbvwh2o5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><strong>Mini-Portrait Session: Jessica</strong></p> <p>While I was visiting Yellowknife, the Katimavik group requested a photography workshop. I decided on a basic composition workshop to give them a strong foundation, and during the hands-on portion of the workshop, I took the opportunity to take each volunteer’s portrait.</p> <p>This is Jess.</p>http://annychen.tumblr.com/post/1516706652http://annychen.tumblr.com/post/1516706652Mon, 08 Nov 2010 10:31:00 -0600<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbkr65jULw1qbvwh2o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbkr65jULw1qbvwh2o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbkr65jULw1qbvwh2o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbkr65jULw1qbvwh2o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbkr65jULw1qbvwh2o5_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><strong>Mini-Portrait Session: Kelsey</strong></p> <p>While I was visiting Yellowknife, the Katimavik group requested a photography workshop. I decided on a basic composition workshop to give them a strong foundation, and during the hands-on portion of the workshop, I took the opportunity to take each volunteer’s portrait.</p> <p>This is Kelsey.</p>http://annychen.tumblr.com/post/1516697563http://annychen.tumblr.com/post/1516697563Mon, 08 Nov 2010 10:30:00 -0600<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbkr3hQaeu1qbvwh2o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbkr3hQaeu1qbvwh2o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbkr3hQaeu1qbvwh2o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbkr3hQaeu1qbvwh2o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbkr3hQaeu1qbvwh2o5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><strong>Mini-Portrait Session: Peter</strong></p> <p>While I was visiting Yellowknife, the Katimavik group requested a photography workshop. I decided on a basic composition workshop to give them a strong foundation, and during the hands-on portion of the workshop, I took the opportunity to take each volunteer’s portrait.</p> <p>This is Peter.</p>http://annychen.tumblr.com/post/1516688655http://annychen.tumblr.com/post/1516688655Mon, 08 Nov 2010 10:28:00 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbkr0dMJml1qbvwh2o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbkr0dMJml1qbvwh2o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbkr0dMJml1qbvwh2o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbkr0dMJml1qbvwh2o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbkr0dMJml1qbvwh2o5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><strong>Mini-Portrait Session: Francine</strong></p> <p>While I was visiting Yellowknife, the Katimavik group requested a photography workshop. I decided on a basic composition workshop to give them a strong foundation, and during the hands-on portion of the workshop, I took the opportunity to take each volunteer’s portrait.</p> <p>This is Frannie.</p>http://annychen.tumblr.com/post/1516679305http://annychen.tumblr.com/post/1516679305Mon, 08 Nov 2010 10:26:00 -0600<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbkqwnQvUA1qbvwh2o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbkqwnQvUA1qbvwh2o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbkqwnQvUA1qbvwh2o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbkqwnQvUA1qbvwh2o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbkqwnQvUA1qbvwh2o5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><strong>Mini-Portrait Session: Samantha</strong></p> <p>While I was visiting Yellowknife, the Katimavik group requested a photography workshop. I decided on a basic composition workshop to give them a strong foundation, and during the hands-on portion of the workshop, I took the opportunity to take each volunteer’s portrait.</p> <p>This is Sam.</p>http://annychen.tumblr.com/post/1516668154http://annychen.tumblr.com/post/1516668154Mon, 08 Nov 2010 10:24:00 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbkqtyqyOn1qbvwh2o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbkqtyqyOn1qbvwh2o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbkqtyqyOn1qbvwh2o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbkqtyqyOn1qbvwh2o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbkqtyqyOn1qbvwh2o5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><strong>Mini-Portrait Session: Bryan</strong></p> <p>While I was visiting Yellowknife, the Katimavik group requested a photography workshop. I decided on a basic composition workshop to give them a strong foundation, and during the hands-on portion of the workshop, I took the opportunity to take each volunteer’s portrait.</p> <p>This is Bryan.</p>http://annychen.tumblr.com/post/1516660146http://annychen.tumblr.com/post/1516660146Mon, 08 Nov 2010 10:22:00 -0600<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbkqr0aowM1qbvwh2o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbkqr0aowM1qbvwh2o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbkqr0aowM1qbvwh2o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbkqr0aowM1qbvwh2o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbkqr0aowM1qbvwh2o5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><strong>Mini-Portrait Session: Kyle</strong></p> <p>While I was visiting Yellowknife, the Katimavik group requested a photography workshop. I decided on a basic composition workshop to give them a strong foundation, and during the hands-on portion of the workshop, I took the opportunity to take each volunteer’s portrait.</p> <p>This is Kyle.</p>http://annychen.tumblr.com/post/1516651218http://annychen.tumblr.com/post/1516651218Mon, 08 Nov 2010 10:21:00 -0600<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbk6s8KV2P1qbvwh2o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbk6s8KV2P1qbvwh2o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbk6s8KV2P1qbvwh2o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbk6s8KV2P1qbvwh2o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbk6s8KV2P1qbvwh2o5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><strong>Mini-Portrait Session: Avery</strong></p> <p>I’m currently project leading for Katimavik in Quesnel, BC. During these three months, I’m taking portraits of each of my volunteers. </p> <p>This is Avery.</p>http://annychen.tumblr.com/post/1514703529http://annychen.tumblr.com/post/1514703529Mon, 08 Nov 2010 03:09:44 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lad7phW1mD1qbvwh2o1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>ISO 800  50mm  f/2.0  1/60 sec  ||  edited in Lightroom</p> <p><strong>Warming Up</strong></p> <p>Photo of the month: September 2011</p>http://annychen.tumblr.com/post/1325191964http://annychen.tumblr.com/post/1325191964Fri, 15 Oct 2010 23:12:00 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l9uvgePmgh1qbvwh2o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l9uvgePmgh1qbvwh2o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l9uvgePmgh1qbvwh2o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l9uvgePmgh1qbvwh2o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l9uvgePmgh1qbvwh2o5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><strong>Mini-Portrait Session: Arielle</strong></p> <p>I’m currently project leading for Katimavik in Quesnel, BC. During these three months, I’m taking portraits of each of my volunteers. </p> <p>This is Arielle.</p>http://annychen.tumblr.com/post/1254395963http://annychen.tumblr.com/post/1254395963Wed, 06 Oct 2010 01:31:25 -0500katimavikarielleportrait<iframe width="400" height="323" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/WdWwqAI6x9A?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>I love the sentiment in this commercial.</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdWwqAI6x9A&feature=player_embedded" target="_blank">Kodak Gallery Commercial (Live Forever)</a> (via <a href="http://youtube.com/user/ricardoa32" target="_blank">ricardoa32</a>)</p>http://annychen.tumblr.com/post/1210869543http://annychen.tumblr.com/post/1210869543Wed, 29 Sep 2010 11:10:00 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l8adqj20Dq1qbvwh2o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l8adqj20Dq1qbvwh2o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l8adqj20Dq1qbvwh2o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l8adqj20Dq1qbvwh2o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l8adqj20Dq1qbvwh2o5_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Exchange District, Winnipeg, MB</p> <p><strong>Portrait Session: Mikayla</strong></p> <p>A few months ago, Annette invited me to Mikayla’s birthday party, a fundraiser for three charities! I was so impressed, I shot the event and I gifted Mikayla a free sitting. She’s a natural in front of the camera!</p>http://annychen.tumblr.com/post/1070788160http://annychen.tumblr.com/post/1070788160Sun, 05 Sep 2010 13:23:05 -0500portrait<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6qlwkIRVo1qbvwh2o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6qlwkIRVo1qbvwh2o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6qlwkIRVo1qbvwh2o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6qlwkIRVo1qbvwh2o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6qlwkIRVo1qbvwh2o5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><strong>Portrait Mini-Session: Mell, Evan, and Joel</strong></p> <p>When dad’s away, the kids will play! A little glimpse into a laughter-filled, tickle-attack, giggly family.</p>http://annychen.tumblr.com/post/913049791http://annychen.tumblr.com/post/913049791Fri, 06 Aug 2010 10:33:00 -0500portrait