My Photography Journey Through the Lens
Eddie Yu
September 23, 2025

My Photography Journey Through the Lens shares the experiences that have shaped my growth as a photographer — starting from my early days in digital photography and moving into more creative techniques over time. I’ll walk you through my experiments with portraiture using natural light, off-camera flash, backlit setups, smoke, powder effects, and light-painting. I’ll also take you into my landscape work, where I’ve explored long exposures and creative ways to use unique ND filters. Along the way, I’ll share some of the lightweight gear that helps me travel with ease, plus lessons learned from both successes and challenges.

By the end of this talk, you’ll walk away with practical ideas for using different lighting techniques to create compelling portraits, tips for capturing high dynamic range in a single landscape image, and strategies for traveling light without compromising image quality. My hope is that these stories and techniques inspire you to try new approaches and keep growing in your own photography journey.

Eddie is a recently retired electrical engineer with a growing passion for photography. His portfolio, though still evolving, currently encompasses close-ups, portraits, nature, and captivating long-exposure night shots. Drawing from his engineering background, Eddie enjoys finding practical solutions to achieve his desired results, always seeking to simplify his approach. He welcomes challenges and is continuously working to enhance his photography skills. Lately, he's been enjoying more extensive travels with his wife and always makes sure to bring his camera along. His goal on these trips is to travel light and compact without compromising on image quality. Beyond the lens, Eddie enjoys DIY home projects, building RC models and drones, biking, and hiking.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eddie.yu.1610092/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eddieyuphotography/
Sample photos submitted to PPC: https://photos.app.goo.gl/LX4VhPK9tUkyTJip9

2025 Programs
January - Member Showcase
February - Janice Goetz: My Journey Inside and Around our Nation’s State Parks
March - Smiley Pool - Getting Ahead of Your Subject (Instead of Yourself)
April - Marilyn Henrion - Cross Pollination: Escape from the Dark Room
May - Houston Brown: Drone Photography
June - Ian McVea: Optics for the Thinking Photographer
July - Dennis Fritsche: Portals
August - Kay Hale: Impact in Photography III
September
October - No Program: Bird Competition
November - Rob Hull:  The Quality of Light
December - No Program

2024 Programs
January - Members Show
February - Janet Cunningham Enhance Your Creativity With LENSBABY
March - Grahan Hobart - Visualization
April - Rebecca Flores - Making the Move to Moving Images
May - 90th Anniversary Celebration - cancelled due to storms
June - 90th Anniversary Celebration
July - Anita Oakley - Travel and Photographing the World
August - Tom Fox - Sports Photography Tips and Tricks
September - Richard Sharum: Spina Americana
October - Zach Warner
November - Clinton Kemp: My Eye for Color
December - No Program

2023 Programs
January 2023 - Members Showcase "The Elements"
February 2023 - Dennis Fritsche: Themes and Projects
March 2023 - Norm Diamond: Photography from the Heart and Soul
April 2023 - Jeremy Lock: Outside Your Front Door
May 2023 - Ximena Peryea
June 2023 - Ian McVea
July 2023 
August 2023 - Russell Graves
September 2023 - Night Shoot at Reunion Tower
October 2023 - Bird
 November - Susan Kindley - How Photography Changed My LIfe
December - No Program

2022 Programs

January - Member Show "My Favorite Photographs"
February - Sean Fitzgerald
March - Kaye Hargis
April - Jim Hamel:  Night Photography:  Big City Lights
May - Richard Sharum:  Campesino Cuba
June - Steve Reeves: Contest Judging Confidential
July - Richard Klein:  Finding Inspiration & Permission, The Contemporary Photographers’ Paradox
August - Jarrod Oram: Journey, Not Destination and Shooting with Intention
September - Chris Rusanowsky:
October - Michael McLean:   Environmental Portraits and Building Visual Narratives
                 VIDEO
November  - Frank Richards: (sometime in the last half of 2022)
December -  No program

January - Members Photos of the DFW Metroplex
February - Lisa Langell An artistic photographer lies in ALL of us
March - Smiley Pool DMN Photographer
April - Robert Moore - My Life on the Street
May - Jim Walsh
June - Carla Golden
July - Lisa Langell
August - Jeff Parker
September - Larry Petterborg
October - No Program - DCC Hosts the Bird
November - Steve Hawiszczak & Dalis Foglia
December - No Program

History of prior programs HERE