In the Field: Photo Blog by Richard Wong

Photography field reports by Richard Wong. Richard’s work has been published in magazines, books, advertising, and offers fine art prints of his work. Images may be licensed as rights-managed stock photos by contacting Richard directly at Richard@rwongphoto.com or (626) 422-6151. California stock photography, fine art prints, photo blog: www.rwongphoto.com

Canon 35mm f2.0 Lens

The Canon 35mm f2.0 lens is going to be my new walk-around lens for travel and photojournalism photo shoots on the 5D MKII. The 24-70mm has fantastic image quality but it is so bulky that it isn’t fun to use unless I’m doing nature photography on a tripod. Plus, when you shoot candid photography, you [...]

The International Kelp

Mexican Boys Carrying Giant Kelp Back to Tijuana, Border Field State Park, California
This is the strand of kelp featured in the previous blog post. After the kids finished looking at Brian Auer’s camera, they ran over to the kelp and took it back home for a souvenir from America I suppose. I got a [...]

Photo Impressionism

Photo Impressionistic Red Serrano Chili Peppers
After emailing with a friend about macro lenses, I felt inspired this week to dust off my macro lens and try some new approaches I hadn’t done before. My macro lens is the sharpest lens I own and typically I use it for photographing trees and forests to get [...]

Would you like some irony with your coffee this morning, sir?

I was at the San Dimas, California, U.S. Post Office this morning and saw a framed, $15 U.S. Department of the Interior commemorative stamp being sold that is entitled, “Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation.”
I’m still scratching my head as I type this, and no I’ve never had lice.

The First Love

I like both of these pictures for various reasons, but couldn’t decide which one to post here. Please feel free to post your opinion here or email me.

The story behind the title and pictures: In the days before I first picked up a camera, I was a musician. I primarily played the alto sax, [...]

A Taste of Americana

For entertainment purposes, I’m posting a trip write-up I wrote for a college marketing class term paper when I was a senior at Cal Poly Pomona in 2001. The professor thought I should get it published. The trip took place from August 15th, 2001 thru September 5th, 2001 if my memory serves me correct. Until [...]

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