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    Stop Motion Animation

    by  • May 16, 2012

    Made two stop motion animations. The first one (star wars flip-bar cufflinks) is actually my first try, thus the transition of a full loop is not as well planed as the second attempt featuring a pair of USB cufflinks.  Both made using 17 frames edited and created in Photoshop. ————————————————————————————————————————————

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    World’s most expensive cufflinks, and other diamond toys.

    by  • May 7, 2012

    Had the fortunate opportunity to photograph the world’s most expensive pair of cufflinks, and possibly the most expensive toy car model, and possibly the most expensive belt buckle at Jacob & Co’s headquarter in New York. Currently they are for sale online exclusively at cufflinks.com Go check them out! Turned out to be a...

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    Creating cool reflections in a studio setup.

    by  • May 7, 2012

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    Step 1:  Find some images to print out on a letter sized paper Step 2: Prepare the setup, stick the new printout on a black board, put your products on a piece of reflective black plexi glass. Step 3: Shoot with controlled lighting and edit in photoshop to clear out imperfections You are done!

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    Superhero Cufflinks

    by  • March 26, 2012

    A composition I did using a Lacie Hard Drive’s brushed aluminum top surface. Superhero Cufflinks, Licensed and only available at cufflinks.com

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    TUNA – My first full suspension bike build from scratch

    by  • March 13, 2012

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    After about a month of efforts off work, waiting for parts, trials and errors, my very first home build Full Suspension mountain bike is born!  — Meet “TUNA”. And the sunset was beautiful around white rock lake! Here is a photo of Tuna when it was just a piece of frame, rusty and dirty..

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    Mountain Biking

    by  • March 2, 2012

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    It was my first time taking my Baby Schwinn going on a real singletrack trail at Oak Cliff Nature Preserve, and it was a lot of fun.  Going to be a long way to go in terms of improving skill levels.  But I’m already starting to build my full suspension bike from scratch.  More...

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    Fun Project – Reviving an old Schwinn Mesa GSX Bicycle

    by  • February 9, 2012

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    Working on your own bicycle is more fun than you think.  With proper tools, you can do all the repair and maintenance yourself and never have to pay a bike shop $80+ for just a small tune up. Got this Schwinn Mesa GSX a few month ago, it’s a little beatup when I first...

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    Mockup Gem

    by  • February 9, 2012

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    I was assigned the task of a mockup to put some gems into a skull cufflink for a customer to review, the task is simple.  extract the gem from a previous product using Pen Tool, make a new layer and match it into the eye socket of the new one.  For different colors, simply...

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    New studio setup, new possibilites.

    by  • January 26, 2012

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    Major upgrade in my office studio setup.  Gone are the old computer desk converted shooting table with student grade monolights, came a brand new 105mm lens, freshly installed large product shooting table, speedotron black line power pack and 3 lights, plus plenty of light modifiers that further expands our shooting capabilities.

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    Efficiently utilizing limited workspace.

    by  • January 13, 2012

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    As a product photographer, you are often faced with the challenge of limited workspace, most often times, limited prop choices.  I was given a (really tiny!) piece of wood and to be expected to produce a 30″ print of a pair of our new style cufflinks fully blown up for the upcoming trade show....

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