Wrestling state championship

This is a late post, I shot the New Mexico high school wrestling state championship for the Santa Fe New Mexican two weeks ago which was one week before I left for the Sports Shooter Academy. This is my favorite picture from that weekend of covering the event. 

This coming week, I will be covering the high school basketball state championship games. I can't  wait to use all the knowledge I learned from SSA at this coming event, especially remotes.

New Year!

I photographed this on the second day of the new year while I was driving around for an ATM (anything that moves) assignment in Santa Rosa, NM.

2013, is here, the end of the world didn't happen. I have a year left of my grad school work. And I am already panicking about how to continue my career in photojournalism. I am applying for internships all over the country again. At the same time, looking at chances if I have to go back to China.

I have a few project ideas in my mind these days, some are in Northern New Mexico, some are on the Mexican border. We will see which one do I get funding first.

Finals week

It's finals week again. My first semester in grad school tells me do not take five classes in the same semester again.
At the same time, I am working on applications for next summer's internship.
another good news: I just got an email from PDN telling me that I've won an award from the recent sports photography context. The photo and award will be published on next February's issue.  

Anyway, I will be in Las Vegas next week after finals. I hope to see some friends and work on a story while I am there.

picture: Yesterday, I went to Gabby's practice yesterday and shot this photo. She will be competing in Vegas next week. Best luck to her.

CPOY and midnight basketball game

I watched the judging of this College Photographer of the Year contest, and I saw one of my submissions won an award of excellence in the portrait category.

Last night, the UNM men's basketball team plays a game against Davidson at midnight in Albuquerque. The Lobos participated in the ESPN's 24 hour college basketball marathon. They were down by 15+points at the end of the first half. And they made huge comeback and won the game 86-81.

Here's a picture of a Lobo player celebrating when there's 1.9 sec left in the game.

Weekend Soccer games

Last weekend,  I shot two days of New Mexico high school soccer championship games for the Santa Fe New Mexican. And I shot the UNM soccer game in the semifinal of the MPSF championship tournament.

Here are three of my favorite photos from those games

Football New Mexico vs Fresno State

Football UNM vs FSU from Junfu Han on Vimeo.


I shot my first Lobos football game of this season yesterday.
so bad, the Lobos lost, but I looking forward to cover the rest of the season

summer slow

My summer began after the finish of my 10-page paper on Sam Peckinpah and his movies for my Western Film class. I took three summer classes, two graduate level ones.

I 've been working with my friend Adria to start a wedding photo business, and luckily we shot our first wedding last week with Kim and Mark. A lot of new things we learned, let's hope we are gonna do better.

Eddie Adams workshop and a 'new' camera

The same day I got this camera is the day I received an email telling me that I was selected to go to Eddie Adams Photojournalism Workshop!!!

Two on my to-do-list in college checked.
start shooting portraits in a medium format camera
go to Eddie Adams Workshop


now it's time for me to work harder, save money for films and this trip
My plan A for this trip is get to NYC by greyhound, which is the cheapest way to get there.

Tapia

I went to boxing world champion Johnny Tapia's funeral today in the Pit tonight. photo from before the memorial started.
I'm starting summer classes tomorrow and freelance work at the Santa Rosa newspaper Guadalupe County Communicator Tuesday.
It will be the first summer ever I actually living in Albuquerque in my four years here.

joker

I took this photo after the first day of PBR at the Pit last Friday. The safety man rides his horse joker back to the parking lot. He told me that the horse was born ten years ago on April 1 that's why it is called joker.

(don't) get in my way

my favorite picture of this weekend covering the PBR Ty Murray Invitational happened
when I was upstairs taking pictures of the game, suddenly someone showed up right in front of me

St. Patty's Day

At the end of my spring break. I went to hang out with Mario for St. Patrick's Day. He told me the whole story of how he lost his leg and continued break dance.
We were drinking and talking about everything, I really appreciate this friendship.

Some updates about me, I got accepted into the art education graduate program at UNM which means I will stay in Albuquerque for another two year. But I'm also planning on going back to visit my parents next year which is exciting.

NOVA dance

I went to photograph the NOVA dance rehearsal at the Rodey Theatre last night.
There's a question I always wonder, can dance be photographed?
Dance is a movement, a continues movement
But photography can only freeze one moment,
how can it represent the whole dance?
I still don't know the answer.
But it reminds me the movement assignment I did in my sculpture class two years ago.
Can a piece of sculpture tell a movement/motion?
I think the answer is yes, because the movement or intended movement can be shown through direction, details, texture...

How about I say dance photographs are 2 dimensional sculptures?

last sprint

I really learned a lot from watching last year's CPOY judging videos especially the sports portfolio.
And I saw one of my photos in the semi-final of the General News category. learning from lossing

photo from: New Mexico Classic Invitational, men's 5000 meter

Gabby's senior day

Gabby's senior day with UNM diving head coach Abel Sanchez

Mario, a work in progress

This is a personal project I'm recently working on about this guy Mario I met at the flea market during the UNM photo bootcamp two weeks ago, he lost his right leg 8th grade when he was playing football but with his passion in hip-hop, he teaches kids break dance with his friend Albert. What's more interesting is he lives 2 blocks away from my house.

I will keep updating this story.

NCAA second round

A picture from the second round of NCAA men's soccer game at Albuquerque, NM.
New Mexico 2-1 Duke

Religion of Peace

Here is a video me and my friend Andrew Beale made for the 10 years anniversary of 9/11
Religion of Peace: Media (mis)Perceptions of Islam Ten Years since 9/11

Religion of Peace: Media (mis)Perceptions of Islam Ten Years since 9/11

Film by Junfu Han and Andrew Beale

Tibetan monks in ABQ

I had a assignment last week to take photos of some Tibetan monks's visiting in ABQ
two pictures: their performance in Old Town Plaza and a portrait by the UNM Maxwell Museum of Anthropology

exhib on cinco de mayo

Finally set the date up for the exhibition of the Juarez project
It will be on May 5, cinco de mayo in the Hydra Gallery in Albuquerque.