Carlton SooHoo, travel & commercial photographer

Kelly's Senior Portrait Session Originally uploaded by carltonsoohoo I've been wanting to shoot high school senior portraits for a while now and I'm very grateful that Kelly was up for a photo shoot. On location with me was my principal photographer , Heather , and make up artist, Kristen . Kelly is an amazing golfer and right nearby the golf course was a very cool area with old buildings and open fields of grass. We also found a white chair just sitting in the middle of the field. It never ceases to amaze me how props and locations are provided for our use, just because we think about how we want it..and it magically appears! To see the photo book from this photo shoot: Photo Book

Urban Yoga Originally uploaded by carltonsoohoo Julie is extremely talented and she teaches yoga as well. We talked about the concept of how yoga is relaxing and that one can ignore the distractions of sight and sound in the environment. We thought it would be cool to have Julie do some poses in an urban environment full of industrial sights and sounds. Strobist lighting details. Nikon D300, ISO 200, 1/250 sec, f/9.5. Fill flash from camera right, SB-800 with snoot 1/4 power, held by Heather .

Computer Repair Dude Originally uploaded by carltonsoohoo Ted is the savior, well, not in the religious sense, of course. The tag line for AAA ( American Automobile Association ) is "sooner or later you'll break down and call AAA". The same is true for computer and technology repair. Sooner or later, you'll crash a drive, lose data, etc., and you'll call Ted. Ted has saved me and numerous others and more importantly, he not only "gives me a fish", but teaches me "how to fish", and be more proactive about backing up and maintaining proper procedures for computer longevity. But enough about Ted . You want to know how I lit him up for this shot. I always think beforehand about what the shot looks like. I envisioned this shot in my head that he would be surrounded by computer monitors, the room would be generally dark, and his face would be lit with snooted hot shoe flash. When Heather and I arrived at his office, it was full of equipment i...

I'm always thinking about how I can give back to the community in some way using my talent in photography. I was inspired to make the following offer of almost free photography for children 5 and under and I added this to my website also. In support of the efforts of Amber Alert and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children , I now photograph children 5 and under for a small administrative fee of $25. This is so that in the slim chance a child becomes missing, the authorities will have a high quality photo to alert with.

I had a great photo shoot with Kalinah who is a first-time model. She's very natural and had no problem with posing. Here is a small collage of the images.

Peabody Glen Health Care Center Valentine Party 2008 Originally uploaded by carltonsoohoo The Peabody Glen Health Care Center sponsored a Valentine's Party at the Peter A. Torigian Community Life Center . Heather and I had a great time photographing the event. There was so much energy in the room and the DJ was super-duper at getting everyone to dance and wave napkins around.

Ako @ WAS Originally uploaded by carltonsoohoo Akonwara [sometimes aka Nathalie] is a really cool and hip dancer and model. In this photo, she was dressed in the clothing style of Japanese street fashion called Fruits . Here is a blog entry that provides a great description of this fashion trend. You can also see other Ako's images here , and my earlier blog posting here . Oh right, and here is a bunch more photos of her.