Tuesday, November 27, 2007

this blog


i just can't get used to using this blogger. i can't upload photos. and it seems like it's set to invited guests only.

Sunday, November 4, 2007

one two three...say gout!

I've been out and about with the gout for the last five days. Gout on both feet! I have not had a flare up in two years and when it rains...it pours. First my left heal hurted, then my right toe joint hurted. They both swelled up. Good thing I didn't have a wedding to shoot. I should network better with my fellow photographers. Who knows...the night before a wedding, I get a gout attack. I have to find someone to substitute for me.

Sunday, October 28, 2007

Susan and Sam's Wedding

I photographed Susan and Sam's wedding yesterday.

The ceremony was held on the fourtieth floor of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in San Francisco. The had two rooms in the hotel. Johnny Nagano and I got there at 9:05 and slowly made our way up to their rooms at 9:20 am.

The ceremony began at about 11:15am and was very simple. The fourtieth floor patio had a great view of the Transamerica building and the Coit Tower. Though it was in the shadow and a bit cold for a lot of people. Photographically wise, it was tough with the bright background and ceremony in the shadow. The beautiful background was blown out.

After the family formals, a reception followed down at the second floor restaurant. The pickings were slim by the time we got there.

No outdoor photo session.

We drove down to San Jose by 3:20pm. It was not hard finding the Dynasty restaurant. But wow...the whole area is a V-Town!

They were about 250 guests. What's different for me was a background set up by the restaurant for photographs with guests. Most Vietnamese weddings have this set up. I found myself doing one group after another. I wished I brought my tripod and a stool.

I witnessed a purse snatching while I went to the car to grab a diet Pepsi. A hispanic male, late 20's, medium build, very short haired baldish on a bicycle grabbed a purse from one of the wedding guests and rode off into the darkness of the night. Interesting how security just happened to be not there at the moment. It's wild out there!

Anyway, the rest of the evening went okay. Got my shots. This guy complained about me being behind the couple while they were cutting the cake.

I didn't do too bad considering I did not sleep the night before due to an upset stomach.

posting photos on the blogger

I had trouble uploading photos last time and it appears this time too...i get a ding ding ding when I click the upload photo icon. Maybe this whole blogger thing is shitty.

Friday, September 28, 2007

a serious blog

ok...I already have a blog at Xanga.

But recently Ken Lee, a part-time wedding photographer and a full time IT technician told me that my blog scares away potential photography clients. Patricularly wedding clients.

So I've been thinking, have a blog where I'll just discuss photography with none of my corny jokes, personal opinions, rants, etc.

So here it is...a serious blog.

PS: if you want to go to the original jive blog click here.