Carlton SooHoo, travel & commercial photographer

Award winning photograph Originally uploaded by carltonsoohoo This photograph and others were taken for Landmark Services , General Contractors Specializing in Renovating and Restoring Historic New England properties. I'm very proud to assist them in winning the Contractor of the Year Award in the category of Best Historic Renovation Project for their renovation of a Greek Revival home in Cambridge. See their blog entry for more details.

Krysta Youngs @ Cuchi Cuchi Originally uploaded by carltonsoohoo I had the immense pleasure of photographing the wonderfully musically talented singer songwriter,  Krysta Youngs at the very eclectic restaurant, Cuchi Cuchi . Be sure to visit her MySpace page to listen to her music.  If you'd like to see more photos of Krysta, you can find them on her Model Mayhem site . We arrived at 4 PM and had about an hour to shoot before the restaurant opened for dinner. As typical with many shoots, we needed to move some furniture around and stage the areas a bit, and the staff was extremely accommodating at working around us and setting up tables after we had finished shooting. If you are in the Cambridge, MA area, please stop by Cuchi Cuchi for a wonderful dinner and to see more of the eclectic decor.

Crosstown Center Originally uploaded by carltonsoohoo The folks over at Jones Lang LaSalle's Boston office are really super cool to work with. On this particular day, it was really windy and there were people walking all around us, which made it more interesting to photograph. The final rotating panorama can be seen at the project website . The amazingly cool flash programmer, Mike Lok , put the rotating flash animation of the panorama together.

Governor & Senator with Artists Originally uploaded by carltonsoohoo State Senator Steven Panagiotakos held an art show in his office in the State House. Governor Deval Patrick also stopped by. In the photo above is Carlton and Governor Patrick. In the group photo below, the Governor and Senator are seen with the Lowell artists whose work was on display. I'm the Asian guy, 2nd from right. The group photo was taken by Elaine Seidel's assistant. My photo of the Boston Skyline at night can be seen here .

350.org Originally uploaded by carltonsoohoo The following explanatory text is from the 350.org website . On Sunday, June 1st, Dr. Jim Hansen, the world’s leading climate scientist, along with Dr. Mark Bowen author of the new book Censoring Science: Inside the Political Attack on Dr. James Hansen and the Truth of Global Warming, addressed a crowd of more than 700 concerned citizens in Lexington, Massachusetts about the threat of global warming and the urgency of taking action. Dr. Hansen’s research inspired environmental author and activist Bill McKibben to spearhead the work of 350.org, spreading the word that 350 ppm of CO2 in the Earth’s atmosphere represents the target that we need to aim for in order to maintain a climate like the one in which we and other species evolved. (We are now at 385 ppm.) To see the rotating 360° panorama, click here . Be sure to use Internet Explorer or Safari.

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 .