In Profile: The Women of USC Chem

Sharajen

There is something surreal about meeting Jing Jing (as a number of friends call her). She is both smart and beautiful (and the latter doesn’t even begin to give her looks any justice). Yet, how can someone so lovely be so humble? Self-effacing at times, even.

There has to be a catch, right?

In this case, there isn’t one. Jing is one of the few women that I know who is very much aware that she is attractive, but decides not to obsess about it with her every waking moment (or worse, make us mere mortals seem ugly plain by comparison).

I know. Surreal, right?

(more after the jump)

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Not only is she a paragon of beauty, but she is also a --

Lovely Lab-in-Charge

(Yes, that’s one of the hoods in the Organic Lab. 
I guess Jing has a pretty-fying effect on anything.)

Yassee’s (and I say this with much respect) Hot Momma

To those who know the backstory, there’s a guy somewhere on the island beating himself up (if he’s not, I’ll gladly do it for him) for letting a woman like Jing Jing go. And this begs the question --

Why was he still out ‘fishing’ when he already had the catch of a lifetime?

Sharajen, so far: The Amara Update
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Lighting details:
Lighting details (photos are assigned numbers according to their order of appearance):

1 — 1st flash (key) + 1/4 CTO gel shot through a DIY grid held by a VAL on camera left; 2nd flash (fill) shot through a white umbrella on camera right

2 — 1st flash (key) + 3/4 CTO + 1/2 CTO gels shot through a DIY grid held by a VAL on camera right; 2nd flash (on-axis fill) shot through a white umbrella (WB set to tungsten)

3 — 1st flash (key) + 1/4 CTO gel shot through a white umbrella mounted on a light stand on camera right; 2nd flash (fill) + 1/4 CTO gel attached to a generic ring flash adapter held by photographer