This year has been a difficult one for a lot of us…births, weddings, and funerals have been the recurring pattern in our personal lives and it’s been very emotionally draining as you can imagine. I am happy the holiday season is upon us and just want to celebrate life with those I love and appreciate [...]
Yearly Archives: 2009
Beijing: Forbidden City and Summer Palace
A little history, Beijing used to be called Peking (I think Peking is what some European guy wrote down when the Chinese locals kept saying Beijing! Beijing! .. oh? Peking?) Anyways.. you know what they say: When in Rome, act like the Romans… when in Beijing.. eat Beijing duck (must eat at Da Dong restaurant). [...]
Forbidden City photosShanghai night life… and the happy ending
Everyone, stop what you’re doing and go rent the movie Shanghai Kiss.. you’ll appreciate these pics more… and well you get to see the sexy Kelly Hu one more time. The movie is about an Asian American reluctant to touch base with his roots until he visits Shanghai. Cliff notes: Asian dude, white girls, asian [...]
Posted in: Photography, Travel Tags: china, gallery, nighttime pics, Nikon, Nikon 35mm f2 photos, Nikon 85mm f1.4 photos, Nikon DSLR, shanghai, the bund 3 Comments
The Shanghai experience – Day one
The beautiful city night scape greeted us when we arrived in Shanghai and to top that off we were fortunate enough to have stayed with Mr. and Mrs. cool =) who had the most spectacular view from their balcony. Our first day there we walked around and discovered the city sights and smells…we agreed, “If [...]
Posted in: Photography, Travel Tags: Food & Recipes, gallery, Nikon, Nikon 35mm f2 photos, shanghai, Travel 6 Comments
another adventure…Dansui Fisherman’s wharf
Here’s a visual walkthrough of our new routine. It starts from breakfast in the hotel lobby, full body massage from their hi-tech cocoon massage chair… off to the subway… then to our new destination of choice. Today, we explored the National Palace Museum of Taiwan and was able to view at a lot of beautiful [...]
Posted in: Photography, Travel Tags: dansui, gallery, Nikon 35mm f2 photos, Nikon 85mm f1.4 photos, taiwan, Travel, weird food 10 Comments
City life in Taipei
We explored an outskirt town the other day, so this time we checked out the downtown city life. One thing we noticed right away… there are a lot of scooters, and a lot of 7-elevens mini marts. Here are some pics.
Posted in: Photography, Travel Tags: gallery, Nikon 35mm f2 photos, Nikon 50mm f1.8 photos, Nikon 85mm f1.4 photos, taipei, taiwan, Travel 6 Comments
Taiwan reminds me of Chicago
Taiwan has the downtown city life like Chicago, but not the hustle and bustle feel like New York. But anyways, we landed safely! I was worried because of the Typhoon.. but fortunately things cleared up. As promised here are LOTS of pics. This is just from our first day! We’ll keep on updating as the [...]
Posted in: Photography, Travel Tags: kay, Nikon 50mm f1.8 photos, Nikon 85mm f1.4 photos, taiwan, Travel 17 Comments
Please vote for our chunky monkey, Baby Logan!
I had to pass this along, he is too adorable! “Hello Friends & Family, both Marc and I have entered Logan in the Gap Casting Call..please vote for our little man and forward this message to all your friends and family too. Thanks!! =)” Vote for him >>Here
Bridal shoot: wedding dresses
Wedding photography blogs are a special part of my daily routine. It’s my cup of coffee in the morning. It’s what gives me warm fuzzy thoughts all day. I fall in love ten times a day with each unique wedding couple’s photos I look at and study. I love the candid shots so full of [...]
Old Town…New faces, finally!
I’ve come to the realization that styling to me is as important as good lighting or composition in a photo so I was thrilled when these two ladies wanted a spur of the moment shoot at nearby Old Town Temecula, hello gorgeousness! This stylish duo made me a very happy girl for the day and [...]
Posted in: Photography, Portraits Tags: Nikon 50mm f1.8 photos, Nikon D700 photos, old town temecula, portrait photography 6 Comments
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