Fallon Chan

Homemade Lychee and Orange Jellies

Fallon — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:56:01 +0000

So this past weekend my mom and I had decided to try making our own Lychee and Orange jellies using Agar Agar which is a gelatin that is made from seaweed. Agar Agar is great where you don’t have to refrigerate for the jelly to harden and depending on how much water you put in it, it can harden within 10mins!

Agar Agar comes in different forms either a brick or flakes. I normally buy the clear colored ones so that I can use food coloring with it to it any color I want.

After heating up the agar agar with water and juice we poured the mixture into molds where I then put pieces of fruit into so that each one had a bite of lychee/orange.
For lychee we added coconut juice and orange we added orange juice.

Lychee Jellies

Orange Jellies

Union Square Street Performers

Fallon — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:00:22 +0000

In NYC there are tons of street performers out there daily to entertain and maybe to make a little bit of money. I grew up here and you would think that someone like me might be immune it all now but sometimes I love to stop and just watch/listen. This past weekend I was walking around Union Square and we heard someone in a striped yellow jumpsuit calling for everyone’s attention. I had to stop and watch just to see what it was all about and I definitely do not regret it!

The main entertainer who is a yoga instructor was in great shape and after showing off his dance moves he showed us what he called the ‘real’ show. He was going to jump over people and the first time he jumped over one, the second 6 people! Here are some photos of some of the dancing and of his jumps in mid-air. At the end there are two videos of the jumps as well.

Jump one

Union Square Performer from Fallon Chan on Vimeo.

Jump two

Union Square Street performers 2 from Fallon Chan on Vimeo.

Chinese New Year Parade 2010

Fallon — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:28:19 +0000

Last year was my first year going to the parade and it was tons of fun but very crowded. For 2010, I wanted to walk around and take pictures of the crowds reaction and the atmosphere of the event. This year the parade had a larger crowd which made it hard to walk around without being pushed but I was still able to get some pictures on my XSI as well as my Rolleicord. The rolleicord pictures will be featured in another post as I’m still going through a few rolls of film before I batch process them.

Before the parade started there were already tons of people waiting alone the route making it hard to maneuver without being pushed or pushing someone else. The cops were nice enough to let me stand in the middle to grab a couple of shots of the street.

The little girl on the left looks very uncomfortable

Strobist photos

Fallon — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:32:42 +0000

So last week I had gone to the doctor for pain in my right wrist and it turns out that I have tendinitis because of the diagnosis I had to temporarily stop the strobist theme for this year because it hurts to carry everything as well as my camera. I am still doing a 365project though as its become a daily routine for the last 2years.

Through the month of January, I was able to buy a 2nd flash which added a new dimension to my strobist photos and I have learned a lot in the 31days. There will still be strobist photos popping up on my flickr stream every once and awhile but probably only on weekends as it will be easier for me to set up photos on those days.

Following are a few of my favorite ones so far! :

Gothamist article

Fallon — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 02:08:21 +0000

Yay what a nice surprise! I was looking through my flickr page referrers and I noticed that I got some hits through the Gothamist website and that’s how I found out the picture was used! I’ve been trying for awhile now to at least get one of my NYC photos to be featured on an article with them but never succeeded till today. So cool!

Project 365 for 2010

Fallon — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 23:54:44 +0000

So I have been doing the 365 project since 2008 and there was never a theme or anything in particular that I was going for when I took a picture. For 2010, I wanted to give myself more of a specific direction because out of all the techniques that I tried in 2009, this theme was the most challenging and rewarding. The theme for 2010 that I have chosen is off-camera lighting.

Currently I use only a Canon 580exii and cactus v2 triggers that are borrowed. I also have 3 light modifiers which I am planning on using. I have a set of Radiopopper JRx studio triggers coming in soon and hopefully by the end of the year I can expand my lights collection a bit more.

Product and portrait photography lighting gives me such a rewarding experience and hopefully at the end of the year I will be able to expand my lighting skills and have it become second nature.

Happy new year everyone =)

The Holidays

Fallon — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 02:07:11 +0000

Dec 25th 2009

The Holidays means tons of family get togethers which might result in headache. This year I decided to change it up and spend Christmas with my boyfriends family. It was a lot of fun and there was tons of food for us to eat! After binging on great food, we all sat down for a couple of rounds of Apples to Apples. It was so different than how my family spends Christmas and I am happy I joined his family this year.

The mandatory Christmas tree bokeh shot:

Dec 26th 2009

I played Santa and delivered gifts to my Niece and Nephew who completely went crazy. They loved what they received and wouldn’t put the toys down even for dinner. Maybe I should have waited. Even though it was raining all day we still went and stayed there for a few hours for dinner and talking with family.

Dec 27th 2009

The Holidays also means seeing friends from college and catching up on what we have been doing. Every year we all meet up for food and just have fun and talk about what has happened in the past year as well as what our plans will be for the coming years.

Group Shot:

Under Construction!

Fallon — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:27:53 +0000

My website is currently under construction!

Atlantis Marine World

Fallon — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:45:13 +0000

So this past weekend I went to visit my friends in Long Island and my boyfriend decided to take me to the aquarium! I haven’t been to the aquarium since I was very very young and I actually don’t even remember going. I am so glad that I went and I was mesmerized by a lot of the displays that were available. I also even got to feed sting/manta rays!

I probably acted like a little kid too since I was so excited and also freaked out by the stingrays when they came over and ate the food. They started sucking on the wall and it all just looked so creepy to me. I would definitely do it again.

They had a ride that took lifted passengers 100ft up in the air also, called the discovery tower. It was really cool to see the entire aquarium from up above as well as seeing the surrounding area of Long Island.

My first wedding as an assistant

Fallon — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:10:36 +0000

So I had the privilege to shoot along side Hoiman Yip who was my cousins wedding photographer as an assistant and in the process of the 10hr day, I was able to learn a lot from him. In the 10hrs, I shot with a Canon XSI with 24-105mmL lens. I used up five 4gb cards and a bit of my 16gb SD card as well. I have to admit that I was definitely shutter happy and I have learned to not do that next time. Everything moved so quickly and it was hard to capture the right moments.

Most of the night I was using flash and I just found it to be really funny that my favorite photo of the night was a picture that was taken when my flash batteries had died. It also just so happened that the DJ’s lights created a flare in the photo, and I felt like it really captured the mood at that point in time.

The bride was also very beautiful and every photo she was in, she just looked very nice and very photogenic

Another one of my favorite photos from that night, the couples first dance :