Honeymoon in Paradise - Part 1

October 17, 2011 in HDR, Mobile, Personal, Travel

Happy Monday everyone! It's been couple weeks since I updated the blog, so I hope this post was worth the wait. My wife (still feel little odd to say) and I celebrated an awesome wedding with 450+ of our family and friends. Then after couple days of recovery, we kicked off our new chapter in life with a honeymoon in French Polynesia (Moorea & Bora Bora).

The trip was definitely a first for me, since I rarely did any vacations where all we do is relax and sit under the sun. Regardless, we brought 4 different cameras and my iPhone to document as much as we can. So for the next couple of blog posts, you'll see plenty of photos (and maybe couple videos) of scenic and activities. Don't worry, by "activities" I meant water sports and it'll be PG13.

Here are some iPhone shots via instagram & hipstamatic:

Check out our resort in Moorea (Sofitel Moorea Ia Ora Beach Resort)

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My Love

October 04, 2011 in Personal, Portrait

For today's photo post, let me introduce you, my best friend, my partner in crime, my love and now, my wife... After months of wedding planning stress, I got to say it was amazing to see how everything comes together. It also made me appreciate and realize all the things our family and friends had sacrificed just to celebrate our wedding day with us. Here's some wise words from my wife:

"I'm a touched by all the kindness, love and support we've received through our family and friends throughout this process. Be it thru actions, words, or just being present in our lives, it moves us knowing what great people surround us. Thank you all!"

Mobile Monday: Bachelor Weekend in Vegas

September 19, 2011 in Mobile, Personal

Few weeks ago I spent the weekend in Vegas to celebrate my last days of single-hood, and for the guys, an excuse to party their asses off! So for this session of Mobile Monday, here are some photos from the weekend. Unfortunately I took out all the incriminating photos (including photos of everyone who partied with me) for the sake of keeping this blog PG-13. ;) Thanks to everyone who made it out that weekend!

***All photos were shot via iPhone4; Apps - Camera+ & Instagr.am

To The Emerald City (Part 2) : Pike Place Market Tour

June 09, 2011 in Food, Personal, Travel

So I failed to post the part 2 of the Seattle blog last week, it's been non-stop busyness for me since our weekend getaway. But in case you missed part 1 of blog, you can always check them out HERE. Last September, during our trip up to the Pacific Northwest we tried out the Gourmet Seattle Tour by Savor Seattle Food Tours. Initially skeptical of food tours, the tour proved us wrong and blew us away by the awesome tour guide, the amount food we indulged and awesome overall experience. So this time around, we signed up for TWO different tours and for this part 2 photo-blog, I'll focus on our Pike Place Market Tour:

At 9:45, our meeting spot.. the Starbucks that's often confused by many tourist as the "first" Starbucks.

Gotta love our tour guide Nick, for entertaining and educating us about Pike Place Market.. and the pink umbrella never fails!

First stop, some warm fresh delicious cinnamon sugar donuts from Daily Dozen Doughnut Company

We had some amazing refreshments at Market Spice.

The infamous Pike Place Fish Market!

We sampled one of the best smoked salmons here!

One of the main tourist attraction here.. the fish throwing!

Chukar Cherries..... chocolate treats inspired by, you guessed it Cherries!

Some award winning chowders... personal fave would be the seafood bisque

One of the fiancee's favorite food... cheeeeeseeee @ Beecher's Cheese.. oh yea, these mac & cheese are Oprah's favorites.. not that it should make any difference, good food is good food in general =)

Now off to the fiancee's other favorite place in Seattle... the authentic Russian piroshky pastries @ Piroshky, Piroshky...

Our last stop, one of many amazing establishments of Tom Douglas.. Etta's

One of the best crab cakes I've ever had!

Overall, it was another amazing tour.. less food to sample in comparison to the Gourmet Seattle Tour but our tummies were definitely satisfied.

Stay tune for the part 3 of the trip.... it'll make Willy Wonka jealous ;)

To The Emerald City (part 1)

June 01, 2011 in HDR, Personal, Scenic, Travel

We enjoyed a few relaxing days of good food, beautiful views, laughters and some clean air! It was our sibling's first trip ever up here in the Pacific Northwest so Mari and I got to be their unofficial tour guides. Although this would be my 5th straight year visiting Seattle, I still don't really know what else to experience beside the typical tourist spots like Pike Place Market and Space Needle. So aside from visiting the tourist spots, we explored the city with our tummies! We enjoyed two amazing tours from Savor Seattle Tours and of course did our own Yelpin' & exploration. Unfortunately, part 1 of the post will only show the scenic photos so stay tune for part 2 of the post by the end of the week!

Food Truck Festival & Dogs, Dogs and more Dogs...

May 24, 2011 in Personal, Pets

So what's the correlation between food truck festival and dogs??? Well..... nothing.. it was just a coincidence that couple weeks ago we attended the Food Truck Festival in Arcadia, then enjoyed some fun time with the dogs around the park. I figure I'll put all the photos into one post to sum up our relaxing Saturday day:

Yes, below is the ever so famous banh mi from the Nom Nom Truck

We bump into this amazing St. Bernard "puppy" at the festival.. so friendly and can you believe he's only 9 months old??

After the festival, we dropped by the park and saw this... sniff.. sniff...

Here's Toby the Destroyer!

Mochi didn't want to go down the slides... he end up turning around thinking that we'll stop forcing him

He eventually gave in and went down the slide..

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Now it's Toby's turn!

Haveeeee you met "Teddy"?

Congratulation - Mike & Lai

May 08, 2011 in Events, Personal

We were honored to attend an amazing wedding last night; the union of high-school sweethearts, Mike & Lai! You can just tell from the look in their eyes, after 12 years they are still madly and deeply in love with each other. Of course as a photo geek, I brought my 5d for some random snapshots to capture the moments... hopefully they'll enjoy some of these shots I got for them.

Also, I want to note that we attended the wedding as personal friends.. By all means, they hired the talented Kim Le from Kim Le Photography as their photographer, so I have no doubt that they'll have some amazing photos to reflect back on.

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THE Beach

May 05, 2011 in HDR, Personal, Scenic

Solana Beach is "THE" Beach... it's the beach that my fiancee and I went on our first date, and it's the same spot where I propose to her exactly 263 days ago! So couple weeks ago, on our way to San Diego we stopped here for a quick walk down the beach, and some self-portrait (or as we call it our own lil' engagement session).

This shot below is our composite shot.. a quick "before & after" shots will be posted on the facebook page, so make sure you LIKE it and check other out-takes + photos

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A vivid field

May 01, 2011 in HDR, Personal, Portrait, Scenic

It's that time of the year folks! The flowers are blooming, the birds are chirping, and well it's spring time! Ok, I'm not really that excited as I sound.. in fact it's allergy season for me, so it's definitely NOT my favorite time of the year. Last weekend, I toughed it out and went on a little adventure down to Carlsbad and San Diego with the fiancee. Luckily the allergy didn't kick in, so I was able to have some fun taking these photos. The flower field in Carlsbad is open 'til May 8th, so head out there if you haven't already!

Another 13 shot "Brenizer Method", gotta thank my model for being so patience!

Oh yea more pictures from this trip will be added to an album on the facebookfanpage so make sure to LIKE it if you wan't to see more!

For Sale!!! Canon 24-105mm f/4 L

April 14, 2011 in Personal

Regretfully, I am going to put up what used to be my main "go to" lens for sale, can you believe I actually shot a wedding with this lens (@ f/4 !!!). But hey, you gotta make it work when there are no other choices. Anyhow, I am offer this lens for $900.00 OBO for anyone who is interested (+shipping if you're not around the greater LA County). Heck I'll even autograph it.. just kidding!

The lens comes with everything out of the box, and it's in great condition (I haven't use it for about a year now). The lens hood does have some scratches but no cracks or any damages.

Why am I selling it? Well quite frankly, I haven't been using this lens ever since I purchase the 24-70mm f/2.8 L and I much rather use the money to get a Sigma 85mm f/1.4 or a Canon 16-35mm f/2.8 L II.

If you are interested, make me an offer by emailing - info@RonLimPhotography.com

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