Chris Lin Photography
type: channel
description: Photographer based in Austin, Texas
date: 2012-04-02T08:34:00Z
update period: hourly
update frequency: 1
update base: 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00
items: Moment Junkie, one year in.
items: Renae and Vitaliy, Day-after Session
items: Sneak Peek: Kissing in the Road
items: Renae and Vitaliy
items: Sneak Peek: Tears during the vows
items: Spring Spectacular, ASME
items: Real Ale 15th Anniversary
items: Candles for Miranda’s birthday
items: The Flowergirl, second shot for Elissa R Photography
items: The Bracelet Fastening, second shot for Sweet Caroline Photo

Moment Junkie, one year in.
type: item
creator: Chris Lin
date: 2012-03-14T04:05:33Z
subject: Personal
subject: photography
subject: wedding photography
description: [This post started as a draft a few weeks ago, but sat around a while. Today seems like a good day to revive it, considering the work that went into Moment Junkie today, March 13, 2012.] It’s been a year and a month since Moment Junkie launched. It started in November 2010 as an idea […]
encoded: [This post started as a draft a few weeks ago, but sat around a while. Today seems like a good day to revive it, considering the work that went into Moment Junkie today, March 13, 2012.] It’s been a year and a month since Moment Junkie launched. It started in November 2010 as an idea bounced around in the best photographer community I’ve yet seen, SWPB (now-named Succeeding as a Wedding Photography Business) on Flickr. Erin Lassahn, Alex Blackwelder, Kyle Hepp, and Ryan Brenizer were key in crystallizing the idea. Wedding blogs and wedding photography blogs have a great and vast audience, but they were about planning a wedding and the details. But couples and their photographers alike care also about the human element to the day and celebration. Does it matter that your chairs were silver or that your napkins were origami animals? (Okay, yes, somewhat.) But what matters more is that two people are starting off on an incredible journey and decided to bring along their friends and family to share in the celebration. Where was a blog to focus on that part of wedding photography? My contribution to the discussion was “Is momentjunkie.com registered?” And so it was. (After a bit of domain name brainstorming anyway, which is rather amusing after the fact.) Moment Junkie launched last February and has taken off beyond expectations. Two months in, last April, Kyle and Ryan asked me to help out with social media presence. Man the Twitter and Facebook accounts, I was told. No problem, I thought. My role started with that, basic administration, and technical fixes. I’d leave the submissions unread in the inbox. “Who am I to be curating?” I thought. Eventually I started opening them and marking them as unread, as if I were a kid sneaking a peak at presents squirreled away in a closet. You know how some jobs have “other duties as required” at the end? This expanded really fast. Today I wrote a few longer emails as Moment Junkie. Part of this is because Kyle is out of country and…

Renae and Vitaliy, Day-after Session
type: item
creator: Chris Lin
date: 2011-11-08T06:21:15Z
subject: Clients
subject: photography
subject: Photos
description: Renae and Vitaliy also had a day-after session. Originally it was going to be a day-before, but I suggested that it's less stressful after the wedding because you don't have to worry about getting the dress dirty.
encoded: Renae and Vitaliy also had a day-after session. Originally it was going to be a day-before, but I suggested that it’s less stressful after the wedding because you don’t have to worry about getting the dress dirty. The tuxes had been returned, so Vitaliy wore a traditional embroidered shirt he had been gifted the night before. <img data-attachment-id="390" data-permalink="https://chrislinphoto.com/2011/11/renae-and-vitaliy-day-after-session/20110814-1703-renae-vitaliy-day-after/" data-orig-file="https://chrislinphoto.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/20110814-1703-Renae-Vitaliy-day-after.jpg" data-orig-size="500,750" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"2","credit":"Christopher Lin","camera":"Canon EOS 5D Mark II","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1313349884","copyright":"Copyright 2011 Christopher Lin","focal_length":"135","iso":"800","shutter_speed":"0.0015625","title":""}" data-image-title="20110814-1703-Renae-Vitaliy-day-after" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chrislinphoto.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/20110814-1703-Renae-Vitaliy-day-after-200x300.jpg" data-large-file="https://chrislinphoto.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/20110814-1703-Renae-Vitaliy-day-after.jpg" loading="lazy" src="https://chrislinphoto.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/20110814-1703-Renae-Vitaliy-day-after.jpg" alt="" title="20110814-1703-Renae-Vitaliy-day-after" width="500" height="750" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-390" srcset="https://chrislinphoto.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/20110814-1703-Renae-Vitaliy-day-after.jpg 500w, https://chrislinphoto.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/20110814-1703-Renae-Vitaliy-day-after-200x300.jpg 200w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" /> The weather got complicated. We took advantage of that. <img data-attachment-id="391" data-permalink="https://chrislinphoto.com/2011/11/renae-and-vitaliy-day-after-session/20110814-1863-renae-vitaliy-day-after/" data-orig-file="h…

Sneak Peek: Kissing in the Road
type: item
creator: Chris Lin
date: 2011-10-19T15:20:08Z
subject: Clients
subject: photography
subject: Photos
description: I did a day-after portrait session for Renae and Vitaliy. Here’s one from while the weather was simple. It rained later. We took advantage of that.
encoded: I did a day-after portrait session for Renae and Vitaliy. Here’s one from while the weather was simple. It rained later. We took advantage of that. <img data-attachment-id="373" data-permalink="https://chrislinphoto.com/2011/10/kissing-in-the-road/20110814-1769-renae-vitaliy/" data-orig-file="https://chrislinphoto.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/20110814-1769-Renae-Vitaliy.jpg" data-orig-size="900,600" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"2.5","credit":"Christopher Lin","camera":"Canon EOS 5D Mark II","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1313350404","copyright":"Copyright 2011 Christopher Lin","focal_length":"50","iso":"200","shutter_speed":"0.00625","title":""}" data-image-title="Renae and Vitaliy Day-after portrait session" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chrislinphoto.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/20110814-1769-Renae-Vitaliy-300x200.jpg" data-large-file="https://chrislinphoto.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/20110814-1769-Renae-Vitaliy.jpg" loading="lazy" src="https://chrislinphoto.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/20110814-1769-Renae-Vitaliy.jpg" alt="" title="Renae and Vitaliy Day-after portrait session" width="900" height="600" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-373" srcset="https://chrislinphoto.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/20110814-1769-Renae-Vitaliy.jpg 900w, https://chrislinphoto.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/20110814-1769-Renae-Vitaliy-300x200.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" />

Renae and Vitaliy
type: item
creator: Chris Lin
date: 2011-09-06T13:46:13Z
subject: Clients
subject: photography
subject: Photos
description: Renae and Vitaliy got married. I was there too. Dennis Pike was there too.
encoded: Renae and Vitaliy got married. I was there too. <img data-attachment-id="319" data-permalink="https://chrislinphoto.com/2011/09/renae-and-vitaliy/001-0030-renae-vitaliy/" data-orig-file="https://chrislinphoto.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/001-0030-Renae-Vitaliy.jpg" data-orig-size="900,600" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"2.5","credit":"Christopher Lin","camera":"Canon EOS 5D Mark II","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1313245842","copyright":"Copyright 2011 Christopher Lin","focal_length":"35","iso":"400","shutter_speed":"0.005","title":""}" data-image-title="001-0030-Renae-Vitaliy" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chrislinphoto.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/001-0030-Renae-Vitaliy-300x200.jpg" data-large-file="https://chrislinphoto.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/001-0030-Renae-Vitaliy.jpg" loading="lazy" src="https://chrislinphoto.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/001-0030-Renae-Vitaliy.jpg" alt="" title="" width="900" height="600" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-319" srcset="https://chrislinphoto.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/001-0030-Renae-Vitaliy.jpg 900w, https://chrislinphoto.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/001-0030-Renae-Vitaliy-300x200.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" /> <img data-attachment-id="320" data-permalink="https://chrislinphoto.com/2011/09/renae-and-vitaliy/002-0042-renae-vitaliy/" data-orig-file="https://chrislinphoto.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/002-0042-Renae-Vitaliy.jpg" data-orig-size="900,600" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"1.6","credit":"Christopher Lin","camera":"Canon EOS 5D Mark II","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1313246455","copyright":"Copyright 2011 Christopher Lin","focal_length":"50","iso":"400","shutter_speed":"0.002","title":""}" data-image-title="002-0042-Renae-Vitaliy" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chrislinphoto.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/…

Sneak Peek: Tears during the vows
type: item
creator: Chris Lin
date: 2011-08-25T05:16:02Z
subject: Clients
subject: photography
subject: Photos
description: Just one for now.
encoded: Just one for now. <img data-attachment-id="313" data-permalink="https://chrislinphoto.com/2011/08/sneak-peek-tears-during-the-vows/20110813-2581-renae-vitaliy/" data-orig-file="https://chrislinphoto.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/20110813-2581-Renae-Vitaliy.jpg" data-orig-size="900,600" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"2.8","credit":"Christopher Lin","camera":"Canon EOS 50D","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1313263968","copyright":"Copyright 2011 Christopher Lin","focal_length":"200","iso":"1250","shutter_speed":"0.0125","title":""}" data-image-title="20110813-2581-Renae-Vitaliy" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chrislinphoto.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/20110813-2581-Renae-Vitaliy-300x200.jpg" data-large-file="https://chrislinphoto.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/20110813-2581-Renae-Vitaliy.jpg" loading="lazy" src="https://chrislinphoto.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/20110813-2581-Renae-Vitaliy.jpg" alt="" title="20110813-2581-Renae-Vitaliy" width="900" height="600" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-313" srcset="https://chrislinphoto.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/20110813-2581-Renae-Vitaliy.jpg 900w, https://chrislinphoto.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/20110813-2581-Renae-Vitaliy-300x200.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" />

Spring Spectacular, ASME
type: item
creator: Chris Lin
date: 2011-07-26T21:21:40Z
subject: Personal
subject: photography
subject: Photos
description: Yes, finally the followup to the single image posted before, Water balloon bursting. For Spring Spectacular, student engineering societies from the Cockrell School of Engineering hosted a public outreach fair for Austin-area children. ASME’s booth had kids build a structure to protect a water balloon from bursting after a drop. As usual, hit the thumbnails […]
encoded: Yes, finally the followup to the single image posted before, Water balloon bursting. For Spring Spectacular, student engineering societies from the Cockrell School of Engineering hosted a public outreach fair for Austin-area children. ASME’s booth had kids build a structure to protect a water balloon from bursting after a drop. As usual, hit the thumbnails for larger versions. [See image gallery at chrislinphoto.com]

Real Ale 15th Anniversary
type: item
creator: Chris Lin
date: 2011-07-15T17:36:51Z
subject: Personal
subject: photography
subject: Photos
description: Real Ale had its 15th anniversary open house. Fun times. Got a Fireman’s #4 pint glass. Thanks to Brittany, I’m trying to embrace the bottom half of the frame, on the way to bottom third of the frame.
encoded: Real Ale had its 15th anniversary open house. Fun times. Got a Fireman’s #4 pint glass. Thanks to Brittany, I’m trying to embrace the bottom half of the frame, on the way to bottom third of the frame. <img data-attachment-id="290" data-permalink="https://chrislinphoto.com/2011/07/real-ale-15th-anniversary/20110625-1030-real-ale/" data-orig-file="https://chrislinphoto.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/20110625-1030-real-ale.jpg" data-orig-size="900,600" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"4","credit":"Christopher Lin","camera":"Canon EOS 50D","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1309012264","copyright":"Copyright 2011 Christopher Lin","focal_length":"50","iso":"200","shutter_speed":"0.00025","title":""}" data-image-title="20110625-1030-real-ale" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chrislinphoto.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/20110625-1030-real-ale-300x200.jpg" data-large-file="https://chrislinphoto.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/20110625-1030-real-ale.jpg" loading="lazy" src="https://chrislinphoto.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/20110625-1030-real-ale.jpg" alt="Real Ale storage tank at brewery" title="20110625-1030-real-ale" width="900" height="600" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-290" srcset="https://chrislinphoto.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/20110625-1030-real-ale.jpg 900w, https://chrislinphoto.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/20110625-1030-real-ale-300x200.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" />

Candles for Miranda’s birthday
type: item
creator: Chris Lin
date: 2011-07-14T14:28:38Z
subject: Personal
subject: photography
subject: Photos
description: Harrison lights candles for Miranda’s birthday. Yes, a whole box of 24 on a cupcake. Not easy.
encoded: Harrison lights candles for Miranda’s birthday. Yes, a whole box of 24 on a cupcake. Not easy. <img data-attachment-id="286" data-permalink="https://chrislinphoto.com/2011/07/candles-for-mirandas-birthday/20110623-0944/" data-orig-file="https://chrislinphoto.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/20110623-0944.jpg" data-orig-size="900,600" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"2.2","credit":"Christopher Lin","camera":"Canon EOS 50D","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1308859980","copyright":"Copyright 2011 Christopher Lin","focal_length":"50","iso":"400","shutter_speed":"0.0025","title":""}" data-image-title="Candles for Miranda’s birthday" data-image-description=" Harrison lights candles for Miranda’s birthday. Yes, a whole box of 24 on a cupcake. " data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chrislinphoto.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/20110623-0944-300x200.jpg" data-large-file="https://chrislinphoto.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/20110623-0944.jpg" loading="lazy" src="http://chrislinphoto.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/20110623-0944.jpg" alt="Harrison lights candles for Miranda's birthday." title="Candles for Miranda's birthday" width="900" height="600" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-286" srcset="https://chrislinphoto.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/20110623-0944.jpg 900w, https://chrislinphoto.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/20110623-0944-300x200.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" />

The Flowergirl, second shot for Elissa R Photography
type: item
creator: Chris Lin
date: 2011-07-08T08:06:37Z
subject: photography
subject: Photos
description: Single image from a wedding second shot for Elissa R Photography earlier this year. This was a bit of a grab shot. Saw what was happening, and had the right lens for the distance.
encoded: Single image from a wedding second shot for Elissa R Photography earlier this year. <img data-attachment-id="278" data-permalink="https://chrislinphoto.com/2011/07/the-flowergirl/20110416-8453-for-elissa-r/" data-orig-file="https://chrislinphoto.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/20110416-8453-for-Elissa-R.jpg" data-orig-size="900,600" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"4","credit":"Photographer: Christopher Lin","camera":"Canon EOS 50D","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1302968450","copyright":"Copyright 2011 Elissa R Photography","focal_length":"85","iso":"200","shutter_speed":"0.000125","title":""}" data-image-title="Flowergirl running, for Elissa R." data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chrislinphoto.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/20110416-8453-for-Elissa-R-300x200.jpg" data-large-file="https://chrislinphoto.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/20110416-8453-for-Elissa-R.jpg" loading="lazy" src="https://chrislinphoto.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/20110416-8453-for-Elissa-R.jpg" alt="" title="Flowergirl running, for Elissa R." width="900" height="600" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-278" srcset="https://chrislinphoto.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/20110416-8453-for-Elissa-R.jpg 900w, https://chrislinphoto.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/20110416-8453-for-Elissa-R-300x200.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" /> This was a bit of a grab shot. Saw what was happening, and had the right lens for the distance.

The Bracelet Fastening, second shot for Sweet Caroline Photo
type: item
creator: Chris Lin
date: 2011-05-29T20:49:05Z
subject: photography
subject: Photos
subject: wedding photography
description: Here’s a single photo a bridesmaid getting help fastening her bracelet from a wedding I second-shot for Caroline of Sweet Caroline Photo in 2010. I like these sort-of in-between moments and details. Also, hands are interesting to photograph.
encoded: Here’s a single photo a bridesmaid getting help fastening her bracelet from a wedding I second-shot for Caroline of Sweet Caroline Photo in 2010. <img data-attachment-id="267" data-permalink="https://chrislinphoto.com/2011/05/the-bracelet-fastening/20100220-7338-ah-for-sweet-caroline/" data-orig-file="https://chrislinphoto.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/20100220-7338-AH-for-Sweet-Caroline.jpg" data-orig-size="900,600" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"2","credit":"Christopher Lin","camera":"Canon EOS 30D","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1266686183","copyright":"Copyright 2010 Sweet Caroline Photography","focal_length":"85","iso":"400","shutter_speed":"0.004","title":""}" data-image-title="20100220-7338-AH-for-Sweet-Caroline" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chrislinphoto.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/20100220-7338-AH-for-Sweet-Caroline-300x200.jpg" data-large-file="https://chrislinphoto.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/20100220-7338-AH-for-Sweet-Caroline.jpg" loading="lazy" src="https://chrislinphoto.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/20100220-7338-AH-for-Sweet-Caroline.jpg" alt="Fastening a bracelet. Second shot for Sweet Caroline Photo" title="20100220-7338-AH-for-Sweet-Caroline" width="900" height="600" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-267" srcset="https://chrislinphoto.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/20100220-7338-AH-for-Sweet-Caroline.jpg 900w, https://chrislinphoto.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/20100220-7338-AH-for-Sweet-Caroline-300x200.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" /> I like these sort-of in-between moments and details. Also, hands are interesting to photograph.