Male #1: How shallow is it, and is it natural light? Cheng : How shallow is it, and is it natural light? Itís very shallow. Itís like ten feet deep. It is natural light in the background, but strobe-filled in the foreground. Thisis in the shadow of a cliff. So thereís no light. If you had taken this without, you would have gotten just silhouette. So lighting is really interesting underwater
Male #2: How about your setup? Cheng : Mine is slightly negative. Historically, manufacturers have not paid attention to buoyancy, and they should. Video housing manufacturers do pay quite a lot of attention to buoyancy.But if itís too heavy, it becomes very difficult to hold, so we will typically put closed cell foam floats on the setup to make it more buoyant until itís where you like it. If itís totally
Male #1: So the strobes have to go under the lens? Cheng : So the strobesóThe question is about strobes. The strobe do not go under the lens.What Iím doing is putting the strobes on top of the entireóon top of the corals, and looking for holes I canófrom which I can insert the light.
Male #1: So you have them separated? You donít have them attached to each other? Cheng : Yeah, the strobes are attached to the housing by articulating arms, so we can position them wherever we want. Yeah. So hereís the final shot. It looks like thismossy bank of the left. You can get some other interesting pictures with this setup. This is an Emperor shrimp on a rather large nudibranch. With a normal macrolens, you canít get the
Male #3: Was that on a DSLR, or a different camera? Cheng : It was on a DSLR. I mean, the shots that I was taking, yeah.Male #3: How about the video?
Male #3: How about the video? Cheng : Oh, the video. I think they shot on a camcorder. A friend shot. Yeah, just camcorder. Okay, back to wide angle stuff. I think Ricardoused this picture on one of the events. Itís a school of scalloped hammerheads taken in the Galapagos off of Darwin, which is the northernmost island, which is a place only
Male #1: So the rebreather is not an option? Cheng : Rebreathers? Rebreathers are an option. I have never taken them to Galapagos.Male #1: Have you ever taken {inaudible}?
Male #1: Have you ever taken {inaudible}? Cheng : Oh. Shops for re-. Yeah. I would not trust another rebreather. Yeah. Bring your own rebreather. The problem with rebreathers is theyíre deadly when there are accidents.And so this shot on the lower right is actually the scatter shot. At the moment the hammerheads decided they had enough of me, they scattered.
who just couldnít get out of the way fast enough. Theyíre harmless. Theyó Male #1: Is he snorkeling? Is he actually snorkeling? Cheng : I donít know if he has a snorkel on, but heís out of air. So heís in dive gear, but on the surface. Yeah. So these sharks are the biggest fish in theocean. They can get up to around 40 feet long. They are totally harmless. Theyíre plankton eaters. Amazing fish to see. Some more sharks. This is a lemon shark. It
Male #4: Theyíre swallowing. Cheng : So these areóThese sharks are five to seven feet long. Maybe some eight footers. Theyíre not very big. This is that moment that they snap their jaws shut.And some stuff shot later in the day. This is pretty close to nighttime.
And some stuff shot later in the day. This is pretty close to nighttime. Cheng : We are baiting them using fishing lines with no hooks. We tie a little piece of fish on. You can see a little bit of water coming off of the piece of fish on the topof this frame. Baiting can be a controversial issue for sharks.
Male #6: Is that a shipwreck or something on the upper left? Cheng : The questionís about the photo on the upper left. It is a shipwreck. Itís called Sugar Wreck, a very shallow shipwreck full of life, so itís a great place to dive orsnorkel. Although I wouldnít recommend snorkeling when tiger sharks are around, which weíve had happen before.
Male #1: Why? Whatís the difference between snorkeling and diving? Cheng : The difference is youíre on the surface, and sharks pretty much always investigate anything floating on the surface. So if you want to get attention from a shark, just jumpin and float around, and youíll getó There will beóAnd there are sharks around.
Male #1: Thereís a chance of {inaudible}? Cheng : Good chance. Well, no. Iíve tried pretty hard down there. Iíve escaped without ever having contact. Of course, I have a large camera between me and the animals.I decided I wanted to get some different shots, shake things up a little bit. So we have done some night dives with these sharks as well. You can get a nice black background. Then
Male #7: Iíve never seen one of those. Cheng : Yeah. Domestic pigs that have gone feral. These are also shot in the Bahamas.These pictures were taken during a trip to look for oceanic white tip sharks. White tips, which are starting to make the way back in the ocean. They were almost completely fished
Male #1: Whatís the trick to the split shot? Cheng : Whatís the trick to the split shot? The trick is to use a large dome port. The more surface area you have, the less chop in the water will affect the shot. Itís alsotoóDepending on the material and how old the dome port is, water will sheet differently.
Male #8: Why not acrylic? Cheng : Why not acrylic? I just havenít had as much luck with acrylic. I feel like it doesnít sheet as well for some reason. Iím not sure why. Maybe a brand new acrylicport thatís super smooth could do it. You can get them with both. The best way is just to keep it dry. Keep the top half dry if you can. If itís totally smooth water, you can
Male #1: What is it called again? Cheng : Isla Mujeres. This is a place. Itís a little island off of Cancun that feels still very local. This is the touristy strip, so itís not that bad, and even in the touriststrip. But if you go a couple blocks of, it still feels very local. Everybody drives golf carts around. There are a lot of tourists on the island, but itís a nice feel.
Male #9: So you said Wetpixel runs this trip every year? Cheng : We run this tripóWetpixel runs this trip every year. There are some other organizations that do as well. If youíre more casual about how you want to approach it, you can justgo to Isla Mujeres and get on a tourist boat, which would give you half an hour on the water, or so. Yeah. Itís not as good for photography, but itís a great experience and itís much
cheaper. Male #1: Why did you say ìfree divingî? Cheng : Free diving. Youíre not allowed to scuba dive here, so it isóAnd really, if youíre diving, you canít swim. If you have all that gear on, itís very hard toswim. So itís a much better experience by snorkel and free dive.
encounter. Male #1: One of your G+ posts said that he disappeared last year. Cheng : The question is about whether heís still there or not. I have not seen any recent pictures of Scar. They do leaveóMales leave the area where they grew up when they getto a certain age, and they go to the polar regions to then hunt and eat until theyíre much larger and they come back to breed, to mate. Iím not sure whether heís still there.
Cheng : The question is about whether heís still there or not. I have not seen any recent pictures of Scar. They do leaveóMales leave the area where they grew up when they getCheng : Itís really easy to turn it on. Itís hard to ensure that youíre in focus.
Cheng : The question is about whether heís still there or not. I have not seen any recent pictures of Scar. They do leaveóMales leave the area where they grew up when they getCheng : Do I do any diving in Monterey? I do some diving in Monterey, but not as much as Iíd like to. Iíve actually done more diving in Alaska than I have in Monterey.
Cheng : The question is about whether heís still there or not. I have not seen any recent pictures of Scar. They do leaveóMales leave the area where they grew up when they getCheng : Radio triggers for the flash? We donít use radio triggers. We use either electrical sync cords or optical sync. You have to trigger the camera somehow. For a while, when digital
Cheng : The question is about whether heís still there or not. I have not seen any recent pictures of Scar. They do leaveóMales leave the area where they grew up when they getCheng : My most dangerous encounter ever? I donít think my most dangerous encounters have been wildlife related. Itís mostly been in a situation where youíre in
Cheng : The question is about whether heís still there or not. I have not seen any recent pictures of Scar. They do leaveóMales leave the area where they grew up when they getCheng : Iíve done some rebreather diving. I donít own one, but I typically will dive it in Papua New Guinea where thereís a boat that I go on that has them.
Cheng : The question is about whether heís still there or not. I have not seen any recent pictures of Scar. They do leaveóMales leave the area where they grew up when they getCheng : Itís mostly that I just donít own one. I havenít invested in one.
Cheng : The question is about whether heís still there or not. I have not seen any recent pictures of Scar. They do leaveóMales leave the area where they grew up when they getCheng : Well, I think if you donít use them a lot, if youíre not very comfortable with them, they can be dangerous. I love them. I mean, rebreathers, for those of you who
Cheng : The question is about whether heís still there or not. I have not seen any recent pictures of Scar. They do leaveóMales leave the area where they grew up when they getCheng : The questionís about awareness and conservation around sharks. I work really closely with an organization called Shark Savers, which is a conservation organization
Cheng : The question is about whether heís still there or not. I have not seen any recent pictures of Scar. They do leaveóMales leave the area where they grew up when they getCheng : Iím not directly involved in a lot of theóin the policy stuff, but what we noticed in the last few years is that a lot of countries and states are now banning shark fins. California
Cheng : The question is about whether heís still there or not. I have not seen any recent pictures of Scar. They do leaveóMales leave the area where they grew up when they getCheng : Are animals sensitive to light?
Cheng : The question is about whether heís still there or not. I have not seen any recent pictures of Scar. They do leaveóMales leave the area where they grew up when they getCheng : Yeah. Most animals are affected by light in some way. This is all, again, highly controversial as well, because, I mean, if you image a giant strobe flashing in your
Cheng : The question is about whether heís still there or not. I have not seen any recent pictures of Scar. They do leaveóMales leave the area where they grew up when they getCheng : Do I shoot landscapes underwater, oró Female #3: Yes, or {inaudible}?
Cheng : The question is about whether heís still there or not. I have not seen any recent pictures of Scar. They do leaveóMales leave the area where they grew up when they getCheng : Oh, okay. Yeah, I shoot a lot of reefscapes, reef scenes that are colorful and show that thereís a lot of life in the water. And the occasional interesting topography,
Cheng : The question is about whether heís still there or not. I have not seen any recent pictures of Scar. They do leaveóMales leave the area where they grew up when they getCheng : You have to be super far away to photograph and entire wreck, yes, typically.
Cheng : The question is about whether heís still there or not. I have not seen any recent pictures of Scar. They do leaveóMales leave the area where they grew up when they getCheng : All right. Okay, thanks.
We've got a fantastic cast, comedians who just crack-- Awkwafina is hilarious, Ken Jeong, Jimmy O. Yang, Ronnie Cheng , Nico Santos. So it was something very special for us.
Even if you wanted to build a senior unit in a lot of these places, you'd have to buy two spaces. Ann Cheng goes out, works with staff, and figures out these numbers one by one.
Presenter: Welcome everyone to Photographers at Google. My name is Ricardo Lagos. Iím a software developer. Itís my distinct pleasure to introduce you to our special guest, photographer Eric Cheng . Ericís award-winning photography has been published in over 60 magazines and books worldwide. He has won contests such as Natureís Best Magazineís Photo Competition, which placed some of his work in the Smithsonian Natural History Museum.
photography at echeng.com. Eric, thanks for taking time to come to Google today, and welcome. Eric Cheng : Thanks so much for having me. That was a very official bio. Itís funny because Ricardo told me that in the version that he sent out to Google, he said something like, ìEric was bumming around for a few years and took some pictures.î Both are accurate, and I fully own up to both. Thanks again for having me. I actually started
This one says, we are not afraid to die. In Chengdu, the authorities, of course, moved in again this time with water cannon and tear gas. And the people started throwing rocks and stones, bricks, anything, bottles-- anything they could find at the authorities.
But then as I started to look into this more, I was really shocked to discover that in fact that wasn't the worst thing that happened in Chengdu at the time. After that incident, the people of Chengdu were so angry that they retaliated
Hello, everyone, and welcome to Talks at Google. My name is Newton Cheng and I'm director of health and performance here at Google. Today, we welcome Morra Aarons-Mele.
God in heaven, what if someone recognized him? A picture of Edison Cheng crammed into an economy class seat will go viral within seconds. Yet Eddie begrudgingly realized that it would be unseemly for one of his bank's most important clients to remain here in steerage while he was up front,
Cheng : The question is about whether heís still there or not. I have not seen any recent pictures of Scar. They do leaveóMales leave the area where they grew up when they getMale #13: So youíreó Cheng : Oh, go ahead.
Because this was a story that had never really been property told before. But in Chengdu, there was also these huge demonstrations in the streets in April and May. Students from many local universities, these workers
And that's when things started to go differently than they had in Beijing. Because the square in Chengdu was cleared peacefully. But after it was cleared, people in Chengdu began to hear what had happened in Beijing.
to solve these problems-- and also giving them what they call psychological safety, a culture where nobody's laughed at, where you're given space to propose something unreasonable, Started in the '60s by Stanley Cheng , billionaire from knocking aluminum around.
We're very privileged to have Chris Cheng with us. Chris Chang worked at Google, starting in 2007 doing technical support for the Google Apps for Business, now known as G Suite.
And then also, through talking to Henry and meeting all these other agents from all around the world-- which I did not know. I didn't even know Ronnie Cheng , who is on "The Daily Show," lived in Australia. I just saw him as the guy on "The Daily Show." Learning about their experiences was a huge learning experience for me and opened my brain a lot.