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I've moved!

Fri, 06 Mar 2009 13:46:13 GMT

It has been an amazing journey thus far but we know that all good things must come to an end. From here and on, I will no longer be posting my blog entries here. I have decided to partner with Flosites and create a new online journal. Ross & his staff having been working with diligently in making this transition a smooth one. Not only did they create my new blog, but they imported ALL of the content from here and moved it there! I'm super stoked and if your blog need a face-lift, I would definitely check these guys out!

If you are subscribing to me via RSS, the new address to add to your feed is:
http://blog.kennykim.com/index.php/rss

Thank you xanga and everyone who supported me thus far here. See you over at my new site:
http://blog.kennykim.com

Good times!

eSession with Andres & Kim

Sat, 28 Feb 2009 15:20:12 GMT

I was stoked when Andres & Kim asked me to photograph their wedding. Andres is a super-talented photographer and teacher from Nyack and he shot few weddings with me. It is always an honor to be asked by another photographer to capture their special moments especially because they have an eye for capturing beautiful images themselves. Andres & Kim gave me total control and just acted like a normal couple client would. I had complete freedom to capture some fun moments with them through out various parts of lower Manhattan side. NY is one of my favorite places to shoot and it even graced us with good weather and little bit of rain to add character to our shoot.

I can't post everything as well shot alot but here's just a quick preview of what's to come.

My new blog is almost here. Thanks for your patience!

Here's a funny comic strip that I read today. Reminds me of me in lot of ways. :) I love What The Duck series by Aaron Johnson. If you haven't had chance to check them out, please do! :)

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Kenny Kim Featured in the Knot: Mark & Jinny

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:24:37 GMT

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Jinny and Mark, both physicians, started dating when they met in medical school. One fall, Mark took Jinny on a surprise trip to Vermont. There, while hiking in the Green Mountains, they reached a lookout and stopped to admire the view.

The Bride Jinny Kim, 28, physician
The Groom Mark Duncan, 30, physician
The Date March 8

Suddenly Mark pulled a ring out of his backpack, got down on his knees, and proposed. "The entire way back down the mountain, I kept tripping because I couldn't help admiring my new ring!" Jinny says. Five months later, they were married in the Oak Park church where Mark's father was a pastor. Although it was early March, the wedding festivities were awash in purples and greens in tribute to Easter and the coming spring.
-- Elizabeth Stadele
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Big thanks to The Knot and their staff for featuring my work. It's always honor to have your work recognized. My good friend/mentor Bob Davis came to assist me that day (It still sounds weird saying that). Also David Lai & Megan Lloyd came to help us out that day so it made it ton of fun!

I love what my Cliff Mautner said: "We're only as good as our clients." So thank you Mark & Jinny for making that possible for me to photograph.

Click here for the online article. They are also available on the newsstand at your local bookstore in the Chicagoland Area.

WPPI 2009: Wrap-Up Review

Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:51:00 GMT

(Panoramic Photo by Dustin Francis)

Whew. It was the longest 6 days of my life. I've finally caught up from all the craziness of hustle & bustle at WPPI 2009 Convention. Skip Cohen and staff at RangeFinder sure do know how to put on the "Greatest Show on Earth" for weddding & portrait photographers. This was my third year attending the convention and it was a little different experience for me as I officially got to document everything through my camera. I normally do this wherever I go, but having given the privilege, I accepted the challenge and got my A-game on to cover as much of the event as I can. Well with 10,000+ in attendance, trying to be (in the words of Dane Sanders) ubiquitous was nearly impossible - even with the assistance of two other photographers (Dustin Francis & Kenny Nakai). After sifting through 10,000, I was able to cull it down to 1200 for submission and 200 for blog/facebook. One of the toughest thing about covering events like this is to see things from different perspectives (attendees, speakers, staff as well as for people that didn't get to attend WPPI but want to live through the experience vicariously). It was a long and laborious effort and I still have more images to edit through. But I know many of you are expecting anxiously to see the images online so I will leave you with these to share with you:

If you cannot view the slideshow above, click on this link.

Thank you WPPI for this great opportunity. Big shout to Dustin & Kenny that came to help me out. They definitely made this experience more fun. Also, big thanks to Ed Meyers at Canon for loaning me their super sick 200mm F2.0 lens!

Coming soon...
This might be my last official post on xanga. My new blog will be launched next week and I'm stoked to share it with you as soon as it is released. I will keep you guys posted!

Off to Vegas... Follow me on Twitter!

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 11:55:05 GMT

Hey everyone, I'm off to Vegas and before I get on my flight (in about 2 mins), I wanted to let you know that I'll be doing random updates through out the day of my experience there.

Catch me if you can... on Twitter

Follow me on twitter. I will give out a clue or two each day to let you know where I am. If you find me, you'll get one of my t-shirts!

What is Twitter you ask? I have no time to explain except to say that you should get one if you don't have one by now. Here's a link to Wikipedia that explains it better.

See you in Vegas! :)

The Longest Day Final Episode!

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:37:35 GMT

The long awaited season finale version of The Longest Day Big Reveal" is here! In this finale episode, Ron recaps everything that has led us up to this point, then reveals the teams’ videos.

VOTE! VOTE! VOTE!

After viewing the video, go to the poll below and vote for your favorite pair of videos. Voting ends 11:59 PM PST, Tuesday, February 17, 2009. The winner will be announced at the WPPI Awards ceremony Wednesday evening. In the recap video Ron mentions that the charity donations would be $1,000 and $500, respectively. Thanks to the generosity of our sponsors, the winning team’s charity will bet $3,000 and the other charity will get $2,000. That is AMAZING!

Visit the link here to view the final episode & cast your vote for your favorite "ahem, A" team. :)!~

eSession with Kurt & Leila plus more

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 05:42:59 GMT

Canon 200mm F2.0 with Kurt & Leila

Today I got to do something special. First I got to spend the afternoon in Chicago with Kurt & Leila for their engagement session (I will post about their eSession later on but I wanted to talk about something else from this shoot) Second, Canon regional rep Ed Meyers was gracious enough to loan me the beastly lens 200mm F2.0 to use for WPPI next week. So I decided to test this baby out by bringing it to this engagement session. Let's just say that this lens is sick. I've never shot anything so sharp. Granted the lens is pretty heavy and when you open your aperture to F2.0, the focusing plane becomes very shallow but the quality of image makes your jaw drop! Here's just a few images from the shoot using the new lens:

WPPI (Wedding & Portrait Photographers International)
The biggest convention for wedding & portrait photographers is just around the corner. This will be my third time attending and it looks be very promising! I'm very stoked as I will be involved with various things:

1) I will be the official photographer for this conference. Big thanks to Skip Cohen, Arlene Evans and staff for giving me this opportunity.

UPDATE:

2) Pictage - I will be speaking with Robert Evans at the Pictage booth from 12pm to 1pm on Tuesday 2/17! I'm really excited but nervous at the same time. So please come out and support me if you are free! :) Check out other line up of photographers. This is kind of a big deal for me because 2 years ago I was attending WPPI for the first time feeling very intimidated to be there and wondered if I'll ever get a chance to do something like this. The funny thing is back in May 2007, I made a blog entry about Pictage PartnerCon in Chicago - and to be humorous, I created this image to supplement my post. Little did I know it was going to be true little less than two years from now! It was fun looking back at this image so I wanted to share it with you guys. :)

3) There's more things but I don't want to bore you guys with the details. Come say hi when you see me wandering around and we can catch up!

Workshop with Joe Buissink & Jason Groupp in NY!
Two of the finest J's are coming together to have this one day, back to back workshop in NYC. Unfortunately I cannot attend due to scheduling conflict but I think it's definitely worth checking out. Click here to find out more info!

That's it for now. I'll try to blog more often! I'm still waiting for my new blog to launch soon. Have a great week!

Mastering Your Flash Workshop

Fri, 06 Feb 2009 13:48:04 GMT

Hosted by Bob & Dawn Davis

This week I had a chance to help out Bob & Dawn at their one day workshop just outside of Chicago, IL. If there's one topic that many of us struggle with I believe it is working with our flash/strobes. Bob, Canon's Explorer of Light spend the entire day with 10 photographers going into the details of working with light sources that are available to us. It was about working with the basics to create professional studio looking images. I think it's safe to say that all the attendees, at the end of the day, walked away empowered and challenged to continue to work on their craft. Most of them were extremely pleased with the results that they got and amazed at the kind of beautiful they were able to achieve with their strobes. Bob spent the first half of the day going over the flash presentation and the rest of the afternoon we got to practice different setups of light in various station as Bob went around working with each individuals. We ended the night by doing some night shoot outside then had dinner followed by a gathering at their house. I think some of us stayed until close to midnight! What a blast! We had so much.

I'm pretty sure they will have something like this again in the near future - I highly encourage those of you who need help in this area to attend this workshop. Most of my knowledge on lighting I learned from Bob in the past. I picked up a few new things at this workshop and I'm excited to discover even more things as I continue to work on my craft. Here are some behind the scenes images from that day:

Kenny Kim v3 T-shirts
They are selling like hotcakes! I spent the first half of yesterday just getting them packaged and mailing them out. I'm only selling about 100 shirts this time so order one today and support a great cause! Please see the previous post to find out how you can order.

And those of you who already purchased one, please take a photo of yourself sporting it and email them to me! Here's my new friend Amee who ordered hers and braved herself out in the freezing weather to get this shot. Thanks Amee!

Kenny Kim V.3 shirts now available for purchase!

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 16:54:22 GMT

Hey guys, with WPPI around the corner, I am making my Kenny Kim Photography Shirts (version 3) for sale!

I've been releasing new ones each year to celebrate the number of years I've been in this intdustry. Well this is my third year and I'm proud to annouce that this time I am partnering with Thirst Relief International by donating 10% of my sales to this amazing organization. Click on the link to find out more information about them.

The shirts are on sale for $26 and couple special $50 (for 2). This includes the cost of shipping. Students get a $5 discount so you only pay $21! Here's how to order:

Name
Mailing address
Email Address
Phone #

Indicate size(s) desired:
Women's S, M, L
Men's S, M, L, XL, 2XL (please add $2 for this size)

Payments can be made via PayPal by sending the payment to kenny@kennykim.com

Once payment is confirmed I'll send you an email with confirmation of your order. Thanks everyone for your support.

Here's a cool video (big thanks to Anton Lorimer of Lorimerworks for this swanky video about my shirt.) Click here if you can't view the video:

Here's my friends Justin & Mary Marantz sporting their KK shirts:

Thirst Relief Auction Tonight!

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:43:24 GMT

Hey everyone! Just wanted to take this time to talk about a worthy cause called Thirst Relief. This organization is dedicated to providing clean drinking water to those in need around the world.

They are starting their Thirst Relief International Mentor Auction starting tonight. Gain valuable insight from today's leading photographers while donating to an incredible cause. Each private mentoring session is 90 minutes and takes place during WPPI. 100% of the proceeds go to benefit Thirst Relief. Please help support Thirst Relief and bid tonight at 7pm PST!

This year I'm really excited as I get to participate by providing a mentoring session. Here's what I will provide:

75 minute (Trying to be different but most likely will go about 90 minutes ) mentoring/chat lunch or coffee session (on me) in Vegas

plus:
Kenny Kim version 3 T-Shirt - $26.00 value (available soon!)
DVD: “A MASTER’S APPROACH” with Bob Davis - $199.00 Value
DVD: “MASTER YOUR CRAFT” With Bob Davis and Mike Colón - $199.00 Value
DVD: Free to Succeed with David Jay & Jasmine Star - $99.00 Value
(Product total value: $523.00)

FREEDOM & SLUMBER
Check out some of my photos from David Jay's Freedom & Slumber workshop. It's been a blast hanging out with some photographers from all over the country learning from not just David but from one another.