Daniel Chin Photography: Blog

Self-described: “super casual, uh… pretty normal.”

You tell me, do you think this family looks “pretty normal”? I thought they were amazing!

For these next few days I will be posting family lifestyle portrait sessions from my trip to Seattle. I asked families to describe themselves in 5 words or less.

The Lee family self-description: “fun, cuddle, silly, laugh, blessed”

I had this session ready weeks ago, but I didn’t post it … I’m not exactly sure why. I’m really excited to share these images, but I think there is a always a fear that the response to my work will not be on the same level of pride that I have in this set of images. Anyway, caution be damned, I knew I wanted to photograph Cadence and Eli the moment I met them, and I really believe in pursuing those instincts as an artist. I lost a few nights of sleep pre-visualizing all the ideas for them and eventually committed to a fully black and white collection of images. Here are a few pictures from that collaboration.

This is just a little story in photographs of Sarang and Nam, their affection and connection.

I was really inspired after visiting the Brooklyn Museum back in Janaury for the “Who Shot Rock ‘n Roll” exhibition. I think it’s really incredible what can happen when artists trust other artists to use them for their own art. (Did that make any sense?!)

I feel like I get a glimpse of that whenever I photograph Josh. Josh and I have worked together a couple of times, and he’s always given me full access to everything he has. This time, we were together in this funky overflow room in an old church. After clearing out paper mache props and random construction items, he starts to plays like he’s playing for a room full of people when it’s just the two of us.

Meet Emily and Andrew. Emily is an incredible creative graphic designer and Andrew is a brilliant software developer… not to mention extremely musically inclined. This baby has some pretty amazing talented and loving parents, and at 8 months in the belly, she’s already bringing out something beautiful in these two profound people.

I’m so grateful to have met these two people. I’m so grateful to be allowed to photograph their beautifully revealed selves. Confident in person, and confident in front of the camera, they really inspired me.

Venue: Four Seasons Hotel, Hong Kong

I usually don’t do sneak peeks or previews, but I will this one time because I don’t want to release all the pictures before Julie’s CD comes out in a month or 2… and because I just had to share at least one.

To strive to capture an idea, a moment, a feeling. To attempt to find the essence of the present. To rest. To be.