Marvin Yan Photography

The Faces of Help-Portrait 2011 Los Angeles – Union Rescue Mission

Marvin — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 22:38:42 +0000

Behind The Scenes @ Help-Portrait LA – Union Rescue Mission

Marvin — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 19:49:34 +0000

Help-Portrait was a huge success! If we helped just one person it would be a success…but we managed to help 80 people/families. Thank you to all volunteers, not only those at URM, but at all Los Angeles Location as well as all around the world. I’ve been part of this for the past 3 [...]

Help-Portrait 2011

Marvin — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 20:31:48 +0000

Get the Countdown Creator Pro widget and many other great free widgets at Widgetbox! Not seeing a widget? (More info) Co-leading Help-Portrait 2011 with Dan Portnoy at the Union Rescue Mission this year! Going to be awesome!

Back To Basics

Marvin — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 17:46:52 +0000

Ok, I think it’s time to get back to the basics. Film was what got me in love with photography and film is where I’m going back to. It is very cathartic for me when I was developing my own rolls of film and printing out my own prints. There’s an art to it…a finesse. [...]

New site up!

Marvin — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 19:32:43 +0000

Ok…I couldn’t wait to put my new website, so it’s up! I’m still sifting through all my photos trying to selectively pick the best ones, as should be when putting up a portfolio. But man, it’s a hard job…cuz we’re our own worst critics right? In the meantime, I’ve put up some recent shots in [...]

Busy busy busy!

Marvin — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 16:33:50 +0000

Happy new year! I know it’s a little bit late but I’ve been totally busy this month. I haven’t updated my portfolio lately so what a better time to do it, right? And as with updating a portfolio, you need new images…so that’s what I’ve been doing. As I was looking over my online portfolio, [...]

Help-Portrait LA 2010

Marvin — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 19:18:11 +0000

Yay! I got a chance to participate in Help-Portrait this year again…thought I missed out when I wasn’t available for the Dec. 4th event but another one was setup by Kenneth Wei to do one for the LA Dream Center. The basic premise of Help-Portrait is finding people in need and taking their picture. Sounds [...]

A Small Token of Gratitude

Marvin — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 01:30:23 +0000

Often times, a word’s meaning will be taken for granted when it is used too often and lately that word has been “Gratitude”. I have heard and said this word so many times that I’ve lost the feeling of it’s true meaning, it’s true essence. There’s something to be said for the power words play [...]

The only prize is this one, and what you feel and what you want to accomplish.

Marvin — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 20:48:12 +0000

This just in…Nikon 24-120mm VR Lens

Marvin — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 17:48:11 +0000

I just bought a used 24-120mm VR Lens from keh.com. Was kind of nervous buying a used lens online (especially when they gave it a condition grade of ‘BARGAIN’ which was 70-79% of original condition) but I’ve been hearing good things about them and the price was only $200. I was extremely surprised at it’s [...]