Allo ‘Ol Chap
London, a city so rich in history that most museums are free, and walking out your doorstep will introduce you to generations of culture. It’s a place with hardly a discernable grid, choosing to grow out from the villages that preceded it. Everywhere is oozing with culture, and here’s a glimpse of it:
RUSH
I had the pleasure and honor to photograph Expressions Dance Alliance’s RUSH show April 9-10. Shooting dance performances has been a specialty of mine. But enough of this, I’ll let you get back to the pictures:
Apologies for the Hiatus
Definitely sorry for the hiatus. I was having trouble with my hosting provider. However, now that i’m on a new server, heres a little something to hold you over.
Precious
Diving into the world of headshot photography is a difficult with only a one light set-up. But it’s part of the fun that truly makes the shot. The entire process from taking the shot to touching it up makes the final shot that much more gratifying. Diving into the world of headshot photography is a [...]
Central to the Point.
A good friend of mine, Jan Fune, was interested in doing a shoot in the city. More specifically: Central Park. Now I’ve never done a formal shoot in the park so logistically speaking it was definitely an interesting experience. For example: if you plan to shoot in the park: bring an assistant. Apparently the use [...]
Shawarma and all that good stuff.
So for the past couple of years my good friend Mohammed has been telling me his uncle’s cart runs circles around the famous 53rd and 6th cart in NYC. Of course, after 2 years of being a faithful customer to the famous carts, I was a bit skeptical. However, for the people that know me, [...]
Orientation.
Fordham College at Lincoln Center’s 3 Day orientation was downright one of the most grueling days of event coverage I have ever done. With the chaos of move-in, anxiety of parents, and anxiousness of new students to just dive right into the college life, I had the opportunity to capture so many different angles of [...]
Commute
Simply put, I think what I see in the viewfinder has changed significantly from where I started. As to what it is exactly, I can’t exactly pin it. However, I will tell you it’s because of the people around me that it is influenced.
It's a Family Affair
Traveling to San Francisco for my cousin’s wedding was an interesting experience. Vague, right? I say that because there’s was just so much to capture. From the cousins hanging out around the city to the wedding itself, every angle was different. Now that’s sort of a given, but each shooting style was sort of different. [...]
Re-orientation
Part of life is being reoriented through the various parts one experiences life thorough. In this case, I was given an opportunity to cover the Summer Orientation Program at FCLC. The outdoor lighting was truly a blessing in that the sun allowed me to work without a tripod the entire day. But even more so, [...]
Twenty: Adulthood Purgatory or Opportunity to be Oneself?
In approximately 52 minutes (as of the start of this entry) I will be twenty years of age. That’s about or 175,200 hours, 10,512,000 minutes, or 630,720,000 seconds that I have spent on this God-given earth (not accounting for leap years, so that calculation is a off give or take 5 days, so in essence [...]
Eventful
I had the opportunity to cover Assemblyman Upendra Chivukula’s fundraiser dinner as a second photographer alongside Mr. Francis Lacson. Being my first political shoot I was a bit nervous but also excited in capturing the evening in detail. Given the lighting conditions, using a 50mm lens was sufficient most of the time, though I switched [...]
Boom Boom Pow.
It’s been officially summer for me for the past 20 or so days. Now the question you must be asking yourself is why I haven’t updated the blog lately. In a sense I’ve been busy or so spending time with the family, sleeping in, attempting to go to the gym, or if not that, traveling [...]
Counting Sheep.
So, you must be wondering why in the world I would be awake at seven in the morning on a Saturday. I guess you can take it one or two ways. A) Luke is an insomniac, or B) Luke has something on his mind. If you said A or B, you’re right because the answer [...]
Rutgers Ballroom: Dancesport
I had the pleasure of being a secondary photographer alongside John Richard Pena and Bryan Angeles about a week for the Ballroom Dancesport competition hosted by Rutgers at the College Avenue Gym. Unlike other dance events I have covered, this was the first time I shot subjects that were constantly moving around the floor. “But [...]
70-200
Not to much to say here. Just two great people to work with and it has always been a pleasure working alongside these two. Mr. Bryan Angeles & Mr. John Richard Pena. Okay…I lied. Some food for thought: They say a man is known by the company he keeps, but they never say a man [...]
Luke Villapaz currently a full-time student at Fordham College at Lincoln Center working towards a Bachelor of Art in Communications with a concentration of New Media as well as Theology. Outside of his coursework, he seeks to capture moments in the world around him through the lens and viewfinder.