HDR Friday : Princess Sunset

March 16, 2012 in HDR, Scenic, Travel

It's been about 10 years since the last time I was on a cruise, I almost forgot how gigantic these things were... equipped with almost anything you would need for a vacation getaway, it was our tour guide on this Caribbean excursion! This photo below was taken at Grand Turk (Turks & Caicos Islands), just an hour before sun completely sets and our port departure. Earlier the day, the wifey and I decided to just roam around without my camera and enjoy the island, though I was still scouting for photo spots, I enjoyed every minute of it. Sometime it's better to just soak in the experience and not through a view finder. Considering that it's our first time here in the Caribbean, I knew I would be able to see some amazing sunsets.

Stay tune for the full blog post of our Caribbean excursion and even some street photography from the infamous South Beach Miami =)

For bonus photo.. check out how amazing the atrium looks within the Rudy Princess Cruise Ship:

HDR Friday : The Place

March 09, 2012 in HDR, Scenic, Travel

Happy Friday folks! I'm currently out of office and crusin' somewhere in the Caribbeans taking photos and enjoying some quality time with the family. But that wouldn't stop me from scheduling the weekly HDR Friday 3000 miles away! If you have been following me (either flickr, or on this blog), you'll notice I always have plenty of photos from Seattle. The reason is basically due to the fact that it has became a tradition to visit the Pacific Northwest at least once a year for past 4 years, and every single time I end up here at the Pike Place Market, regardless if it's planned or unplanned. It's like some sort of magnetic field that gravitates me towards it..

Stay tune for some travel photography next week :)

HDR Friday : Rises Again

February 17, 2012 in HDR, Scenic, Travel

Happy Friday folks! I've been busy with loads of work and life in general so never got the chance to keep up with HDR Friday posts. This first HDR Friday of 2012 should set precedence for rest of the year!

Isn't it odd that when you're on vacation, you'd actually wake up early? This photo was taken at 5:30am in Moorea, French Polynesia, I woke up just in time for a beautiful sunrise over the Tahiti island. I'll admit, if I were to get a view like this every morning, I don't think I would mind waking up at 5:30am :)

P.S. If you're interested in obtaining a print of this photo or any other that I've posted, make sure to head over to this LINK

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February 03, 2012 in Scenic

Honeymoon in Paradise - Part 4 - in Bora Bora

November 04, 2011 in HDR, Personal, Scenic, Travel

After 3 days of relaxation and excitements in Moorea, we finally arrived at the infamous honeymoon Paradise, Bora Bora! Albeit, given our experience, we got to admit that it's not as glamorous as it sounds, our preference is definitely Moorea over Bora Bora but then again it's really just our opinion :)

We got to stay at Sofitel's Motu (Motu = Private Island), and talk about private and quiet, only a good handful of couples on the island with another handful of resort staffs. From what you can see from the photos below, the 3.5 days in Bora Bora we spent most of our time sunbathing, swimming with the fishes (unfortunately not with the reef sharks), kayaking, and a 2 hour tour of their downtown district.

Mari's first time kayaking... after, she sworn to never do it again. :(

Our mini trip to downtown Vaitape was brief but more than enough time to explore.

Fancyyy dinner! Ok not that great (given that part of the chicken was still uncooked), but good to try something different than the nightly buffet.

This concludes our trip to the South Pacific, although there are still so many more photos from the trip but I'll go ahead and save them for HDR Fridays :)

In case you missed the other 3 posts of our South Pacific Adventure:

Honeymoon Part 1

Honeymoon Part 2

Honeymoon Part 3

Have a great weekend everyone!

Honeymoon in Paradise - Part 3

October 24, 2011 in HDR, Lifestyle, Personal, Scenic, Travel

Our experience in Moorea can definitely be categorized as "awesome"! From the Island Safari Tour, Jet Skiing around the island and swimming with the Sharks (mainly Stingrays), the only thing missing was deep sea diving... then again that's only if I can actually swim.

Anyhow, here are some photos and please check our jet ski video at the end of the post!

Next post, look out for some photos from Bora Bora!!!

Check out our jet ski video, not bad of a place to experience this for the first time ;)

Honeymoon in Paradise - Part 2

October 20, 2011 in HDR, Personal, Scenic, Travel

I'm starting get used to doing nothing but chillin' on the beach, feeding the fishes, snorkeling and photo taking.. maybe if I stay here long enough I would end up learning how to swim.

Anyhow, here's the part 2 of our honeymoon trip to the French Polynesia. Feeling rejuvenated, I end up waking up at 5:30AM (which is unusual) and caught a glimpse of this gorgeous sunrise on the Island of Tahiti.

Here are some snorkeling fun:

And.. during evening time, we enjoyed some Polynesian style luau:

Stay tune for next post, I might just post up our jet-ski video.

HDR Friday: Double Helix

September 16, 2011 in HDR, Scenic, Travel

I tend to be drawn to bridges when I'm out traveling and shooting HDRs. From one of the most photographed bridge in the world, the Golden State Bridge to Brisbane's Story Bridge in the OZ, I've photographed them as I find them. For the photo below, I honestly have no knowledge of its existence until a wrong detour in Seattle had caused me to pull over and while I was trying to figure out a direction back to the main road I saw this amazing looking structure. Sometime it's not the destination but rather the journey that matters, and that definitely applied in this case.

Location: Helix Pedestrian Bridge - Seattle, Washington

P.S. - Happy Friday folks!!!

HDR Friday: Twilight

July 22, 2011 in HDR, Scenic

Happy Friday everyone! To celebrate the start of the weekend here's a gorgeous sunset of Puget Sound, taken right by the restaurant that serves my favorite salmon dish, Ray's Boathouse

HDR Friday: Miniature Emerald

July 15, 2011 in HDR, Scenic, Travel

After several days without my laptop, I am now back and running with updates and processing. Starting today, I'm going to setup something to keep this blog going and provide everyone with lots of photos that hopefully you'll love! So every Friday will now be considered as "HDR Fridays", I'll be posting a HDR photo (or multiple photos) every Friday to kick off the weekend! Also, for all the mobile photo lovers (i.e. iphoneography), please come back and visit every Monday (Mobile Monday) where I'll post a photo from my mobile camera using either hipstamatic app, camera+, or instagram etc.

For the inaugural post of HDR Friday.... let me present to you, the Seattle skyline without the Space Needle, since this was shot inside the Space Needle, Sky City Restaurant.

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P.S. - Speaking of mobile photography, have any of you seen this lil' gadget for your iphone: http://photojojo.com/store/awesomeness/iphone-slr-mount/ . I might just put this on my Christmas wish-list this year ;)