Mobile Monday: Our Site

Here we go again with the start of another week... as I'm writing this in my little cubicle at work, I'm thinking of how cozy and comfortable my bed is right now.  I'm sure many of you are feeling the same way, but I digress. For this week's Mobile Monday, I present to you.... our wedding ceremony site! Today would be quite appropriate since it marks our 1 year engagement anniversary, and quite frankly it's been one busy year of planning and coordinating.  So in couple of months at the same spot shown in the photo below, we'll exchange our vows and live happily ever after =)

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P.S. - In case anyone was wondering where we were exactly a year go today (where I proposed to my beautiful fiancee).. here's the beautiful Solana Beach:

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HDR Friday: Backstage Pass

For me it's always rare to be actually on-stage or be backstage of a Playhouse/Theatre, so I was grateful that I got a chance to do so couple weeks ago at the San Gabriel Mission Playhouse's Photo Event. I'm getting stage fright by looking at this...

Happy Friday everyone!

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Mobile Monday: All in a day of.... me

So back in January of this year, I did a quick one day project, capturing a photo of pretty much everything feasible from the minute that I wake up 'til night.  It was a pretty boring or let's say a typical day for me, waking up, saying good bye to the fiancee and our doggie at the time to head off to work. Though a lot have changed since January and this only represent a single day of my life, looking at this collage always brings a smile to my face. For this post of 'Mobile Monday', I present to you... my day through the eye of my iPhone4 (& hipstamatic app):

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HDR Friday: Symmetrical Playhouse

It's been a while since I had the opportunity to create a symmetrical (w/ the help of photoshop) HDR.  The very last one I did was this one of the famous Sydney Opera House.  So for those of you whole like symmetry and HDR, this one is for you. Photo taken at San Gabriel Mission Playhouse.

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P.S. Happy Friday everyone!

Event | San Gabriel Mission Playhouse Photo Shoot | 07.31.2011

  Throughout the last 15+ years that I lived in the San Gabriel Valley, I've only been here only once for a school play.  So when I saw the invite for this photo event, I was excited to check out this gem located in the heart of a historic neighborhood!

The event started with Steve talking about the history of the Playhouse, its architecture and some interesting ghost stories... I guess like what one attendee photog said, "everything old have ghost stories behind it".

So here are some of my shots through out the day, special thanks to Steve and the folks at San Gabriel Mission Playhouse, and everyone at ReadyArtwork.com for setting up this event!

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Mobile Monday: Keep on movin'

Happy Monday folks! As much as we dread Monday as the start of the work week, we gotta keep on movin'.. We had quite a productive weekend, the fiancee & I completed our 'Love Story' video shoot for our wedding and learned the hard way that videography/cinematography is more difficult than one would think (at least as an actor in my case).

On Sunday, we dropped by the San Gabriel Mission Playhouse photo shoot event and had a blast shooting & learning about the Playhouse.  I'll post some of those photos later this week.  If you want a sneak peak, I posted one of the shot on the facebook fan page.

This photo here was taken with Hipstamatic App via iPhone4, at 7th/Metro Center in LA (yes, LA do have a metro system in case you're wondering)

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HDR Friday: Keep Clear

Happy Friday! I seriously don't know how masters like Trey Ratcliff (Stuck In Customs) post a HDR photo every single day.  I can barely keep up with posting a quality shot once a week. Anyhow, here's a HDR to kick off this weekend!

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P.S. In case you missed it check out the previous post about Uncle Rhino!

Lacy Park Family Portrait | The Chu Family | 07.24.2011

Sometime, it takes a little bit of exploring to find a new spot.  Through the magic of internet searching (google/yelp) we found this hidden park within the heart of San Marino, California - Lacy's Park.

This past weekend I got the honor to shoot the family portrait of someone who I've considered as an older brother that I never had.  David had always provide some of the best advices throughout my high school/college years, it doesn't matter if I needed advice on how to pick up girls or career building he's always there to provide wisdom!  So after a decade later and he's married with two beautiful little girls, who loves to call me "Uncle Rhino".   It was an awesome day and session of running around Lacy Park, searching for squirrels, rolling on the grass and goofing around at the playground. =)

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Mobile Monday: Beach Day

Hope everyone had a great weekend to rest, rejuvenate, and ready to take on the work week.  For me I had a good weekend loungin' around Coronado Beach in San Diego on Saturday, and a family photo session Sunday in San Marino (blog post on that later on this week). To kick off the work week, and to reminisce the past weekend... here's a photo of our beach day (taken with Camera+ App on iPhone4).

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HDR Friday: Twilight

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 

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