Monthly Archives: August 2008

World Team Tennis 3.5 Division

Ditto, my WTT 3.5 team remains undefeated the whole season after we won our final match today. We’re heading to Las Vegas as well in April. I’ll be having both of my teams competing in UNLV. I’m hoping that there will be no schedule conflicts (like I did at Mixed Sectionals earlier this year). Stay...

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World Team Tennis 4.0 Division

Yay, it’s official, my WTT 4.0 team made it to sectionals. We will be competing with other WTT 4.0 teams around the nation in April of 2009. It was a tough season but we managed to stay undefeated and therefore clinching the local title without even have to win the last match of the season....

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Photoshop World Las Vegas in a Week!

Yes, it’s that time of the year again. PhotoshopWorld Las Vegas in a week!! I usually learn so much during 3 days of conference. It’s well worth the registration fee because I end up using what I learn and apply it to my photography business. It has brought back the registration fee many times over....

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Jennifer and Michael Macaranas Wedding

It’s a beautiful sunny Southern California day today and why not? It’s Jennifer and Michael’s big day. Allen and I have been looking forward to photography our lovely couple for more than a year now. We did their engagement photos last year at our favorite beach location. We had many awesome images. Today is no...

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Tacoma WA: Glass Museum

This afternoon after visiting Museum of Flight, I ventured 27 miles south to Tacoma and visited the Museum of Glass. I didn’t get a chance to walk into the museum because it closed 5 minutes (5PM) before I arrived. However, as most of you know, I’m intrigued about photographing stairs and this place is paradise...

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REI in Seattle WA

I woke up kinda late this morning from the early flight to Seattle, and working all day yesterday. But, I managed to stop by the REI store in Seattle WA. I believe this is the original REI store. I remember making my first mail order purchase when I was 18 years old. REI is now...

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Michael Phelps: The Most Decorated Olympian in History of the Olympics Games

Well, I got back to my hotel after dinner and a long day photographing a wedding in Seattle WA. I washed up and got ready for bed. It was a good thing I turned on the TV and sure enough it was Micheal Phelps winning his 8th Gold medal in one Olympics. What a feat!...

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Huimin Zhang and Shawn Call Wedding

I flew into SeaTac Airport early this morning from Ontario Airport. I’m not usually a morning person, but today it was different. I was looking forward to photograph Huimin and Shawn for a number of weeks now. It was a beautiful day with blue sunny skies and warm comfortable temperature. Bascially, a recipe of a...

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Celebration Dinner for Christopher, Tiffany, and Stephanie

Tonight, my whole family drove all the way to Beverly Hills at the famous Mastro Restaurant to celebrate Christopher, Tiffany, and Stephanie’s venture into undergraduate studies at UTI, UCI, and USC respectively. In addition, it was a welcome back event for my niece Briana’s recent travel to Europe. It was a festive event as we...

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Stephanie Makino and Kai Nagata E-Session II

Today, I woke up early to join Stephanie and Kai at Will Rogers State Beach for their engagement session. As you may have noticed that I photographed Stephanie and Kai a couple of weeks ago at Long Beach, CA. Today is just a bonus session because Kai wants to have crashing waves photos for his...

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