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Name: jason
Gender: Male
Interests: Art
Expertise: "I really believe there are things nobody would see if I didn't photograph them." -Diane Arbus
Occupation: Learner
Industry: Creativity
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Member Since:
3/17/2007
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| To purchase prints from the show, click here: jasonhuang.smugmug.com
So here's the backstory:
I saw an ad on Craigslist on Friday for a photographer job on Saturday night. Pretty low pay, 2 lines of details and an anon email address. I sent an email saying I was interested in helping out. I rarely get replies to craigslist emails, but I thought I'd take another chance.
Well, I'm sooo glad I did. The organizer, Geena, calls me up Saturday afternoon at 2pm while I'm in the middle of doing laundry and tells me that they still need a photographer to cover the rehearsals of this dance show from 3pm-7pm. Their original photographer had said they could cover the whole thing from 3pm-9:30pm, but in the last minute couldn't make it to the rehearsals.
Long story short, I agreed to do it. I am sooo glad I did.
Hype, the Choreographer's Showcase (www.hypetheshowcase.com) was an event put on by one girl, Geena (the one who called me). Her reason for putting on this showcase was to honor and recognize local dance choreographers who usually go unnoticed. A handful of dance groups came to perform in the show, each highlighting their respective choreographers.
One choreographer in particular really stuck out to me. It was Geena's choreographer and they actually took a few minutes before intermission to talk about the impact he had made on his students' lives. There were 6 students and just from their short testimonies, I could tell that this guy not only teaches dance moves, but life long lessons. He's a caretaker with a passion for dance. Not a dancer with a passion for people. These types of people are very rare today and it was such an honor for me to witness the show.
Anyway, on to the pictures! I used pretty high iso's since the lighting was pretty dim (yes, even the stage lighting was dim), so some of them are pretty grainy. ARG! Anyway, i snapped 2100 photos and here are the few that I really liked.
If they ever have a show again, I am SOOO there! Everybody was so talented and it was seriously one of those FEEL GOOD events. Man, so fun!
To purchase prints from the show, click here: jasonhuang.smugmug.com
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| Here's a remix of a video I made but never posted. A few months ago, I was invited to a 1 year old's birthday party as the photographer. I snapped a lot of pictures that night and threw together a little slideshow that was about 8 minutes long. This "remix" is about 4 minutes long and is a significant improvement above version 1. I also removed the music-to-slide-change-synchronizing to allow all the pictures to fit one song.
I also learned a few more things about ProShow Gold that I like that put it back in front of David Jay's Showit! Web. Of course, Showit! is a little easier to use, but ProShow allows for a little more control of my slideshow. A couple functions that I found useful were:
1.) Adding blank frames
-I didn't find a Showit! equivalent
2.) Custom timing for beginning and end of slideshow
-Showit! has this ability too, but it was a little harder to customize
3.) Easier "sync to audio" capabilities.
-Showit! was a little easier to set custom timings, though.
I agree that Showit! is overall easier to use, the interface is cleaner, sharing is better, and rendering takes less time. But, I think I would choose the custom abilities of ProShow over Showit! for now. Then again, the clean layout and ability to easily share the gallery and slideshow is pretty appealing.
Anyway, check it out and let me know how I can get better! Thanks!
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| Slideshow #2I have created another slideshow! This one was created with the images from Karen and Matt's session a few months ago. They were one of the first ones to allow me to "professionally" photograph them! Thanks guys!
I have decided to try out different slideshow programs. David Jay's Showit! was really easy to use, but I feel like it lacked certain capabilities that I found useful in Photodex's Pro Show Gold. Shrug, I guess I should've spent more time with Showit!'s demo.  Maybe next time! In the mean time, enjoy....and please let me know how I can improve.
Ok, so I played around with David Jay's Showit! Web today and found it to be a lot faster! Haha, man. I think one thing I can do with ProShow that I can't do with Showit! is add blank slides. Unless I just have a default black image or a default white image. If there's a way, I didn't see it. Either way, once I start making money with this photography thing, I'll probably purchase Showit! Gotta stop the bleeding somewhere!
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| Something DifferentA few city shots from a while ago. Dallas can be so beautiful sometimes. More on my flickr.   
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