Purple Penguin Productions, LLC » Blog http://purplepenguinllc.com Photography by Kathy Chee Fri, 27 Aug 2010 19:33:17 +0000 en hourly 1 Not D’espairsRay http://purplepenguinllc.com/2010/08/not-despairsray/ http://purplepenguinllc.com/2010/08/not-despairsray/#comments Fri, 13 Aug 2010 04:48:56 +0000 Purplepenguin http://purplepenguinllc.com/?p=171 Today I trekked out to the Studio at Webster Hall to photograph D’espairsRay.  I was going to lobby Prefix to get the photos up and give the band some publicity.  But when I arrived I found out there was a strict no photo policy even after I had checked a few times with their management and promoter beforehand.  I’m testing out the Canon 135mm 2.0 L lens, so I brought it along.  Am I annoyed?  Yes, mostly because I passed up another (paid) shoot.  Yet another reason to just pass on the smaller Japanese bands that come play NYC.  Here’s a photo of the opening band and my cat, both shot with the Canon 135mm 2.0 L lens.  I’m quite happy with how sharpy sharp the lens is.  In a small venue setting, the lens isn’t very usable, since you need alot of space to maneuver and compose your shots.  It’s just too long and the 85mm would be a much better all around prime for a small venue.

]]> http://purplepenguinllc.com/2010/08/not-despairsray/feed/ 5 The Purple Penguin http://purplepenguinllc.com/2010/01/the-purple-penguin/ http://purplepenguinllc.com/2010/01/the-purple-penguin/#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:06:32 +0000 admin http://purplepenguinllc.com/?p=18 I decided to consolidate my projects under one roof.  Purple Penguin LLC will mostly feature my photography work.  JRock Online seemed too specific to Japanese music.  Now that I’m also shooting weddings, product, portraits and just about anything that catches my fancy, it felt logical to retire the old site and start fresh.  I also have a nifty tab for projects like purple SKY magazine.

In the next few weeks I’ll be posting some of the past series or photo stories that I’ve done in the past, but didn’t really highlight on the old site.

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