Happy 6th Birthday Lauren!

Today is my niece's 6th birthday and I'm sad I won't be able to celebrate with her :(

It's amazing how fast kids can grow! I remember the first day Lauren was first born -- she was a tiny little peanut weighing slightly less than 5 lbs! Fast forward 6 years, and now she's in kindergarten!

Ever since I moved from Vancouver to San Francisco, the time I get to spend with my niece and nephew is so precious. They are my most favorite little people, and it's hard not being able to be there for them especially when they're growing up :( The following pictures were taken in October 2006 when my sister, niece and brother-in-law came to visit me in SF! Enjoy :)





Being silly with little Lauren!


I love u!

Photos from Socal

I'm finally back in Frisco! As much as I love vacationing, it always feels good to be back home :) This past weekend I was in LA with my husband to celebrate my 28th birthday! And no, I'm not secretly 17, despite how young I always look :) I have to thank my chinese ancestors for those great genes!

As promised, I want to share some of my random photos from this trip!

A glimpse on I-5 South :)



Korean BBQ at Mana's -- when we eat, we eat well!


A random model posing at the Hollywood Walk of Fame


At the Santa Monica Pier


Star gazing :)


My first Pink Berry Experience!




Yummmie :) Green Tea Frozen yogurt with mango, pineapple and strawberry toppings



Meeting up with Marianne, my good friend from nursing school who works as an oncology pediatric nurse!


At Newport Beach!


Hanging out with my Hubs!


We ended our socal trip with Clarence, another special vancouverite! Thanks Gramps (and Marathon Oil) for a nice dinner at 930 Sushi :)

One year older = One more wrinkle

To everyone who called, texted, or left a message on Facebook or Myspace to wish me a Happy Birthday--THANK YOU! Tonight when I opened my email, I was super surprised when I received a massive amount of messages -- all to wish me a Happy Birthday! Thanks again for taking the time to write, you all made me feel special today :)


I'm in LA for the weekend, and will be back early Tuesday morning March 11 :) I've been away from the computer since Friday, and I've been just ITCHING to log on!!!! Not being able to go on the computer for me is like losing my cell phone or handbag -- I feel as if I'm completely helpless and lost!! But most of all, I feel disconnected to all my family and friends, whom I keep in touch with on the net!

Stay tuned for some random pictures of LA in my next post!

Easter with Evie

Meet Genevieve Olivia Brosas! She's 6 months old and cute as a clam! Everyone calls her "Evie" for short! She came over yesterday with Michelle & Donavan for an Easter shoot :) She's not quite able to sit up on her own, and we heard "Thunk!" after falling over a few times! Daddy Donovan is a police officer in El Cerrito, and one would think he's a big tough guy! But around little Evie, he's the cutest Dad and would do anything for his little girl :) Even if he had to wear a pink flower headband! LOVE IT!

Where am I?

Can anyone guess the specific location where I took this photo? I was looking at some of my old TRAVEL pictures and this is what I found!

Playing with Textures

For the longest time, I wondered how various photographers could get their pictures looking a certain way with their post processing techniques. Specifically, I admired the look of textures when incorporated into a photo. Well, this morning I basically had two options:

1) I could choose to sleep early because I just came home from a night shift

...or...

2) I could satisfy my wonders, and learn how to play with textures on my photos!

It's a no brainer that I chose the latter! With a bit of patience, a bit of time, and a bit of imagination, these are what I came up with:


Before


After



Here's another one...


Before


After


I personally like the re-vamped photos because I think it adds a specific mood to the overall feeling of the photographs. So tell me whether you like it or dislike it?

Happy March 1st!

I can't believe it's already March! That means.....MARCH MADNESS!

1) 8 more days until my birthday!
2) we're 1/4 into the year!
3) day light savings!
4) St. Patty's day on the 17th!
5) Easter :)
6) First day of Spring on the 21st!

Baby Session: Little Darren

I was digging through a bunch of pictures that I photographed sometime last year, and I happily came across Darren's baby session! I can't remember how old he was during the time, probably 9-10 months or so...Darren is much bigger now! He can walk, kiss goodbye, and babble all sorts of things only other babies can understand :) But he's still cute as ever! I want to post these pictures now because its better to be late than never!

My First Seminar: Captivated by The Light

I just came back from my first seminar EVER, since starting out in photography! Originally, I thought this seminar was going to be more educational so I could learn the "how to's" for specific lighting techniques. Rather, 1/3 was probably informative and the other 2/3 was spent marketing the different sponsers. The first of 4 hours was spent at the tradeshow looking at the different products offered by various vendors like, White House Custom Color, Nik Software, and of course CANON with a table full of cameras and various lenses that you could hold and play with!



Professional photographer, Ed Pierce, was a great public speaker who reviewed some basics in studio and outdoor lighting.


We started off watching some slides and learned a few topics like, different facial angles, and also watched several video clips of professionals shooting on location and their techniques.


And we all took home a DVD with expanded seminar content!


I wasn't WOWED by the seminar itself (but then again it takes a lot to WOW me these days) or left thinking "I learned so much". But it was my first time going, and I'm glad I had the opporunity :)