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Again, For The Win – Bonus Deluxe Version

Chris Lin — Fri, 21 May 2010 22:04:26 +0000

Again, For The Win released its album, Bonus Deluxe Version, and celebrated with a show at Red Eyed Fly in downtown Austin.

Crawfish season!

Chris Lin — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 06:39:31 +0000

It’s crawfish season, at least back home in Louisiana.

This is a photo I took in 2007 at a crawfish boil my friend Bruce had at his house in New Orleans. Like the mannequin photo, it’s in my desktop wallpaper rotation.

Mannequins in black and white

Chris Lin — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:58:57 +0000

A long time ago I rented another lens, the EF 70-200mm f/4L IS USM from rentglass.com. Here is one photo from walking around with it at Perkins Rowe, near my apartment at the time in Baton Rouge.

This is through the windows of the then-unopened Levi’s store. The mannequins are not yet set up and dressed.

It’s on rotation as one of my desktop backgrounds. After fellow photographer Christine Tremoulet saw my laptop desktop background and asked if I had taken the photo (it was a Mac one included with the OS) I decided to actually use photos of mine instead.

Kareena, model shoot at Auditorium Shores

Chris Lin — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:46:05 +0000

While William Bay shot the white dogs for his Caponigro homage photo, Kareena and I waited in a gazebo at Auditorium Shores with all the water-sensitive equipment and borrowed dresses. Kareena was excited to have the chance to wear a wedding gown. And I was more excited about a wedding dress than any guy ought to be. It was a pretty sweet dress. While we waited, we got a few shots.

Model: Kareena
Dress: Antonio from La Chatuise
Bouquet: Flora and Faunas

Assisting for William Bay

Chris Lin — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 09:16:30 +0000

Back in November I assisted William Bay on a few conceptual bridal shoots. As I said then, (Busy week), it was a busy week.

Here are his posts about the results:
Jessa – Austin Shoot
Untouchable. Aka: Paul Caponigro’s Bride

William explained the concept for the Paul Caponigro homage over beers at Spider House Cafe with fellow Austin photographers Ben Godkin, Sweet Caroline, and Francis Joseph. The concept sounded like it would be cool. Difficult to pull off. “How are you going to get that many white dogs?” someone asked? Later in the week, as the day of the shoot approached, the weather forecast for that Friday was less than promising. Forecast 100% chance of rain. Rain and photography mix better when you’re not shooting borrowed (and very expensive) bridal gowns.

Friday came and we were all pleasantly surprised that the rain broke, leaving it simply overcast and drizzling at shoot time. The grass at Auditorium Shores was wet and not muddy. Things came together. Someone showed up with a very large and beautiful white dog, which now appears in many blurs in the final image.

If you haven’t seen it, go see the final image at William’s blog: Untouchable. Aka: Paul Caponigro’s Bride.

Cummings Farm

Chris Lin — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:59:46 +0000

Cummings Farm: Three couples get together on a farm in rural Louisiana to have an orgy. They have no business getting in an orgy. It’s awkward. But funny awkward. And despite the main plot point being an orgy, there is surprisingly little nudity.

Busy week

Chris Lin — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:15:39 +0000

The last four days have been quite full of photography. I second-shot for William Bay (formerly of Austin and now of San Diego) on Ben and Huong’s wedding in Houston. We had some model shoots. I did the lighting, Strobist style.

I also met Maria Bernal, who is super cool and awesome. We were talking about the dresses for the model shoots, and what size model would be needed. “So you need someone who is 36-24-26?” I said, with a bit of a staccato rhythm. Totally went over William’s head this time. Maria looked at me funny, and then I added, “Only if she’s 5’3″.” Yay Sir-Mix-a-Lot.

Photos to come, of course.

Herpes Boy

Chris Lin — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:34:00 +0000

(Not a lot of times you get to use the word ‘herpes’ in a blog post, are there?)

Herpes Boy started as a web series and got picked up into a feature film. Most of the screenings I covered I was able to see the films. The Shorts 5 screening overlapped with the Herpes Boy Saturday screening. Thanks to Britt Moody at Alamo Ritz, I got in the back of the theater right as the Q&A started.

Shorts 5

Chris Lin — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 03:31:27 +0000

Short films are fun. The short films at AFF seemed to be somewhat grouped by topic. Shorts 5 could be called “nerdy love”. Or maybe “strange/awkward/offbeat love”. I can relate.

Two of the shorts in the set won awards: Love Bug, Narrative Short Audience Award Winner, Writer/Director: Kat Candler

Adelaide, Narrative Student Short Audience Award Winner, Writer/Director: Liliana Greenfield-Sanders

Warrior Champions

Chris Lin — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:13:38 +0000

The first screening I attended at AFF was the documentary Warrior Champions. It follows four American soldiers, wounded in combat, as they try for the 2008 Paralympic Games. It’s pretty intense.

All four soldiers were at the Q&A, along with filmmakers the Renaud brothers.

Thank you for your service.