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the last dance – a short film

A short film I made for my Directing Short Film final. Big thank you to everyone involved, you guys are the best!
grandma’s thief – a short film

An assignment I made for my Directing short film class. Special thanks to my team and My Ngoc Jewelry for helping me complete this project.
Artist Deborah Burian

Deborah Burian is a fine art painter based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. I had such an inspirational interview with her. Hope you enjoy this video. You can check out her work here: https://www.deborahburian.com/
Abi the dancer

I got to know Abi and document her working on her senior capstone show for the last few weeks. This is Abi’s last show before her graduation in May 2024. It’s my pleasure to work on this project and get to know the freedom of music and dancing. Hope you enjoy this video as I…
Jude the tattoo artist – artists series

I had the opportunity to document my friend Jude, who is a talented tattoo artist. Originally from China, Jude graduated with a major in sculpture. After discovering the art of tattooing, Jude has been passionately pursuing it ever since. While I continue to work on a more in-depth documentary about Jude, here’s a brief 36-second…
4×5 portraits

I got to learn how to use 4×5 camera this semester at school. And I am in love with 4×5. This is a whole new level of making photos as it brings so much possibilities into the photographs. I am learning how to focus on the subjects and how to use the camera movements to…
death inside – self portraits

This was not intended to be a self portrait series but I did not have a model at this moment so I had to put myself in front of the camera. This was my first ever self portraits and and consequently, they carry a raw vulnerability. I wanted to show a part of me that…
notes on Hiroshige’s work

Some notes on Hiroshige’s work that can relate to composition study in photography.
yosemite on super 8 film

A personal document film on Super 8 camera.
summer in yosemite

Yosemite in the summer on Pentax 6×7 medium format film camera
suburbs scenes from the Rolleiflex SL66E

This is the third roll in my photography journey in 6×6 ratio, still getting used to it but I’ve been enjoying the experience a lot. I think it doesn’t matter what aspect ratio I shoot with, just the experience of taking a camera and making some photos is already a sweet thing to me. That’s…
shooting square

I got myself a twin lens reflect camera, the Minolta Autocord CdS, to start shooting square photos. I’ve been curious about square format since I learned about the famous Hasselblad V series and the amazing experience of shooting from the waist level. Shooting from the waist level is truly enjoyable. The feeling of seeing the…
second panoramic roll from Pentax 6×7

My second 35mm film roll shooting with the Pentax 6×7 is Portra 160. Since I have the intention to keep the sprocket holes, I tried my best to keep my camera straight and look carefully at the frame lines to make sure everything is line up nicely, this really helps me save a lots of…
shooting panoramic photos on Pentax 6×7

Panoramic photos weren’t interesting to me from the beginning but since Nick Carver shows how wonderful panoramic photos can be, and other Youtubers’ talked about the Xpan and panoramic photos, I slowly get curious of this format. After awhile, I think I enjoy looking at panoramic photos because of the wide scenes and so much…
a bit of everything

This post does not have a specific theme but just shots from the Pentax 6×7, and some personal thoughts in life. I got myself a Pentax 6×7 MLU body from Japan last September, along with a 90mm Leaf Shutter lens. I chose the LS lens in regard of the ability to shoot with flash, I…
replace light seal and clean up Minolta Autocord CdS

I came across this camera in a thrift store and couldn’t help myself but buy it. I’ve been wanting a TLR for a while now but decent TLRs are not cheap. Although I never touch a TLR before but I know enough about cameras in general to check the basic functions and this camera seems…
mammoth lakes road trip [part 2]

Here we are for the continue part of my Mammoth Lakes road trip. After the first day of going to Gull lake (which is I took a roll there but no photo came out that I want to post here 🙂 ) and another frozen lake that I forgot the name, we came back to…
mammoth lakes road trip [part 1]

It’s 2 months late after the trip to publish this post but I worked quite hard on the photos so I hope you enjoy it. I went to Mammoth Lakes in the middle of last November. The trip was nice and lovely, the weather was beautiful. This trip gave me some favorite shots that I’m…
the famous amboy

It’s been a while since my last post. Since then, I’ve constantly had a thinking that my photos are not matching my expectation. I don’t know if it’s because whenever I go out to take a photo, I always think about making photos for my blog post or just because I’m not improving my skills.…
a little dreamy green

In case you like a little dreamy green scenes. All shot on Nikon F2 and Fuji C200.
san francisco street photos

You may think that I just shoot landscape and houses because that’s all I’ve posted so far on this blog. Yes, I’m drawn into scenes that doesn’t have human present but definitely have human’s mark on it. Maybe because I like the hinted details or the metaphor of human’s present and their impact or just…
beach town observation

I went to the beach town by Victoria beach few week ago in sunset hour to take some sunset on the beach shots but got caught up in these residential houses scenes. I love the calmness and quiet atmosphere here, along with some nice little houses and windows that feels so warm and homely. Before…
[Vietnamese] Sequoia road trip

Mình và 1 số người bạn vừa có chuyến road trip ngắn đi Sequoia National Park cách đây 3 tuần. Khởi hành từ 8h tối thứ 6, đến 1h30 khuya sáng thứ 7 mình đến nơi. Mình dành cả ngày thứ 7 và nửa ngày Chủ Nhật để hiking và lên xe lái về OC…
Sequoia road trip

I was having a hard time to write this post, because I think my photos out of this trip are not that great as I expected. But it’s okay to share them because we all know that I’m learning along the way. So I hope you learn something from here or find some inspirations somewhere…
suburban series

This is a project that I realized that I need to make it as my first ever film project. As the number of photos I’ve taken keep increasing, I find that suburban vibe is the most common theme in my collection. Coming from a rural Vietnamese town, I find suburban is quite close to my…
a road trip

Lake Tahoe on Bronica 645 ETRSi medium format film camera

the last dance – a short film

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December 9, 2025
Protected: a loss story

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the house

Memories about my first “home” in Oklahoma. I moved to Oklahoma 6 months ago, all by myself. This is the first time ever in my life I move to a completely new place and know no one before. This new journey in life has been making me face new challenges and encounter new experiences that Read more

December 13, 2022
Protected: last photos of my car

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First 645 SLR camera you should buy

This blog is not meant to talk about gear but since I had opportunities to try some 645 SLR cameras I think I may can give you some advices if you are wanting to buy your first medium format camera. Other Youtubers or people on the Internet may give you a bunch of 645 cameras Read more

September 24, 2020
laguna beach morning walk

On a Sunday morning, I got up much earlier than usually to go to a beach for a photo walk. I haven’t taken any photo since I got back from the North California road trip, just because of personal stuffs and I don’t feel like the city around me is photo worthy. Then I watched Read more

August 13, 2020

The Bolder Sky Lodge,
Lysefjord

Lysefjord or Lysefjordenis a fjord located in the Ryfylke area in Rogaland county in southwestern Norway. The 42-kilometer-long fjord lies in the municipalities of Strand and Sandnes, about 25 kilometers east of the city of Stavanger.

The name means light fjord and is said to be derived from the lightly coloured granite rocks along its sides.