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Tommy Shih - Photographer

I like pina coladas and getting caught in the rain.

About Me

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TRAVEL Notices: Honolulu, HI in late April or May, maybe both. Email me at info@tommyshihphoto to book your shoot now!

I am a photographer based in the Los Angeles area, also available in the surrounding SoCal areas and Hawaii regularly. I'm available for commercial photography, headshots, promotional portraiture, fashion, beauty and model portfolio development. Please email me at [email protected] for services and pricing.

I don't do TFP, though I will occasionally cast for personal projects. I just don't do that many anymore due to my schedule being pretty full. Messages asking for TFP will get a reply asking if you'd like my rates for portfolio development.

www.tommyshihphoto.com is now live, take a peek!


You know how sometimes you drop something, and you get that feeling in the pit of your stomach but you miraculously recover and catch it in mid air? Yeah, I'm good at that.

I hate dawning realizations about myself. It's not like they ever reveal that I'm a badass or anything.


My World Visitor Map! Click here to zoom-in & make your own!

Tim Fagan, he rocks the party


My Interests

Photography The perfect spot
PhotoshopGolf
Surfing
(C) 2005, Tommy Shih, All Rights Reserved

I'd like to meet:

Whoever invented or drives these Octocycles. Or whatever that is.

Tim Fagan because he's the coolest cat in town. Any town.

(C) 2005-2007, Tommy Shih, All Rights Reserved.Hi Tommy I like you because...

Music:

Incubus, Foo Fighters, Counting Crows, Audioslave, My Chemical Romance, Stone Sour, The Raconteurs, The Killers, Beck, Dashboard, Death Cab For Cutie, Depeche Mode, Fall Out Boy, Gorillaz, AFI, Jack Johnson, Jimmy Eat World, Modest Mouse, Switchfoot, System of a Down, The Bravery, The Strokes, Avenge Sevenfold, Matisyahu, The White Stripes, Jack Johnson, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Arctic Monkeys, She Wants Revenge, Matchbook Romance, Wolfmother, and to keep me calm on the 405 during rush hour, whatever they got on the KOST w/ Karen Sharp ; )Also like Bob Marley, Big Mountain, Yellow Man, Steele Pulse, Buju Bantan, Eek-A-Mouse, Gregory Isaacs, Inner Circle, Israel Kamakawiwaole, Kapena, Natty Vibes, Sublime, UB40, Uncle Willie K, Counting Crows, Jamiroquai, Eva Cassidy, Gipsy Kings, Sade, PC Quest, Neil Diamond, Kool & the Gang, Earth Wind & Fire, Emm Gryner, Black Crows, Led Zepplin, Jimi--OK my hands are tired. Thats it.

Movies:

I like the old crowd...Audrey, Bogey, Cary, Jimmy, Gary...oh I guess anyone who's name ended w/ a "y". So Casablanca, Charade, Godfather 1&2, NOT 3, North By Northwest, Braveheart, Pulp Fiction, The Apartment, Singing in the Rain, fun Disney stuff, The Royal Tenenbaums, Roman Holiday, Rear Window, The Lady Eve, Cohen Bro's movies, Some Like it Hot, Seven Samurai, Ikiru, High Low, Lock Stock & 2 Smokin' Barrels, The Boondock Saints, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Dumb and Dumber, Robert Altman movies, Older Scorcese films--not that recent crap that has Leo in it, the list goes on and on and on...

Television:

Currently being recorded by my Tivo: 24, 30 Rock, The Office, The Daily Show with John Stewart, One Tree Hill, Grey's Anatomy, Family Guy, The Simpsons, The Ultimate Fighter (anything MMA), VERONICA MARS, Lost!

Books:


Currently reading:: America (the book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction by John Stewart
Currently on my bookshelf: Jeffrey Deaver's Lincoln Rhyme & Amelia Sachs series--starts with The Bone Collector, Annotated Sherlock Holmes (big fricken 2 volume set), Eragon, Eldest (both by teenage writer Robert Paolini--it's about dragon riders), The Constant Gardener by John Le Carre, The Rule of Four, Be Cool by Leonard Elmore, Various John Patterson novels although he's a hack--terrible writer. They cost me $4 at Borders clearance. Making Movies by Sidney Lumet (good read), Photoshop CD Down and Dirty Tricks by Scott Kelby--he's the best, Conversations with Billy Wilder by Cameron Crowe, The films of Akira Kurosawa. Need a book recommendation? Ask!

Heroes:

My little brother Leo

My relatives

my friends

My Blog

I got robbed

***Thank you, you lovely people. Things are about back to normal these days. It meant a lot to hear from you, whether via messages or comments. So yeah...looks like I'm back to doing what I love, taki...
Posted by Tommy Shih - Photographer on Wed, 18 Jul 2007 05:23:00 PST

**Updated 02/26/07** Recent photoshoots

I will be adding to this blog periodically with new photo shoots. Any comments and feedback are demanded. OK, do what you wish, but I'd love for you to give comments and feedback. See. I can ask nicel...
Posted by Tommy Shih - Photographer on Fri, 08 Sep 2006 03:21:00 PST

My photo is in Dorian Magazine!!

OK, so lovely and totally awsome Koda got an interview in Dorian Magazine, a top mens fashion magazine in Sweden. Well guess what, one of the photos she used was from our little photoshoot in her apar...
Posted by Tommy Shih - Photographer on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 03:11:00 PST

That ole survey that used to be in my "about me" section

TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The SurveyName:Tommy, Toe-my, AssmanBirthday:April 3, 1979Birthplace:Houston, grew up in HawaiiCurrent Location:Los AngelesEye Color:Dark BrownHair Color:Dark BrownHeight:5'11...
Posted by Tommy Shih - Photographer on Mon, 15 May 2006 01:20:00 PST