Ophthalmologist Shoot

I started seeing my new Ophthalmologist, Dr. Fung about a year or less ago. The first time I saw him, he asked the usual questions and about what I do. I told him that I am a photographer, showed him my business card, asked him to visit my website, etc. He seemed impressed with what I had to tell him. Yadda, yadda, the usual doctor/patient small talk you'd encounter when you visit your doctor. That's what I thought at the time. About a month ago, I received a phone call from Dr. Fung himself. Not his receptionist. I was worried for a minute. No, it wasn't to schedule an appointment nor telling me that I'll go blind in 3 days. He's interested for me to help design his website and have a photoshoot of his 3 offices around the Silicon Valley and headshot of him and his wife. Hi s wife, Dr. Lien Nguyen is also a Ophthalmologist, graduated from Harvard School of Medicine, no less. We scheduled it for Oct 29th, 2006 but it got postponed a week later, due to time conflict to Nov 5th. I met Dr. Fung and Dr. Nguyen in Dynasty for lunch. They bought me lunch. It was good dim sum! We then adjourned to their offices in San Jose off King Rd. Ran through various shooting condition, mix lightings, headshots, office shots, gosh, you name it. Almost did the unthinkable of putting them next to the optometry equipment. I was lectured to differenciate Ophthalmologists from Optometrists. So, instead of shooting them next to the popular lens testing device, I shot them in their Operating Room with operating lights shining directly at the camera. Really cool, no? Check out their images here! - Michael Soo