Vive le Mexico!

What an awesome time we had last week with all our good friends in Akumal, Mayan Riviera to celebrate our friends Katrina and Benson's destination wedding! In the next week or two I'll be posting a family session, engagement session, and a few pictures of Bentrina's beach wedding :) For now, here are some color popping photos that I love so much about Mexico!

The first 4 photos were taken from my point and shoot Canon s60 on the resort we were staying at, barely any edits were done as the photo color and quality from this camera are truly amazing!










The next photos were taken at a day trip to Playa Del Carmen

Vancity Scape

Our trips to Vancouver are always short, but sweet :) I couldn't believe it when our flight was delayed on our way to Vancouver because it was snowing....SNOWING in March!!! We did get a few nice days of sunshine, despite the brisk and chilly weather before the rain settled in again. I was smart enough to take advantage of the sun and we drove around the city to take some pictures. Enjoy my mini tour of beautiful Vancouver!

The famous 5 sails at the Pan Pacific, if you ever go on an Alaskan cruise departing from Vancouver this is where the ship docks :)


At the seawall in Stanley Park with Vancouver's downtown skyline


One of the most visited tourist attractions in British Columbia are the totem poles in Stanley Park


Lion's Gate bridge definitely isn't as impressive as San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge!


Driving near Coal Harbor


B.C. Place stadium is on the left, and GM Place is located on the right where the Canuck's play :)


Next to the B.C. Place stadium is the Telus World of Science, formally known as Science World :) I miss the days when we used to take field trips here during elementary school!

SF Cityscape Part V

This is the Palace of Fine Arts, originally constructed in 1913 and it is located near the marina. Since then, this building has been reconstructed several times and it now houses a science museum known as the Exploratorium. This is another one of San Francisco's highlighted landmarks that everyone loves to visit. On any given weekend, you will normally see photographers with their bride and groom taking pictures here!

SF Cityscape Part VI

If you have ever seen San Francisco's skyline in the far distance, you will always recognize this remarkable building that is located in the Financial District. Named as the Transamerica building, it is a landmark of international recognition..

SF Cityscape Part IV

So who doesn't know this infamous landmark? This picture of the Golden Gate Bridge was taken at Baker's beach. It was a typical chilly and foggy day in SF, and you can see the fog rolling through the tops of the bridge.

SF Cityscape Part III

For fun, I snapped a random picture of the city's downtown buildings while I was driving through town one day and was stopped at a red light. I believe this is the corner of O'farrell and Market Street. Pretty cool eh?

SF Cityscape Part II

My weekly Friday SF Cityscape posting continues with a picture of Saints Peter and Paul Church in North Beach (thanks for the correction from a blog reader). This photography project mainly started when my good friend Robyn asked me to take black and white pictures of famous San Francisco landmarks so she could decorate her home with these photos. I thought, what a wonderful idea! So stay tuned for SF Cityscape Part III next Friday :)

SF Cityscape Part I

TGIF! For the next consecutive fridays, I thought I'd post a picture of San Francisco's famous landmarks for all to see! For those of you who have never visited this beautiful city, this will be a chance to marvel at the architecture and landmarks that SF has to offer, and for me to practice my hand at landscape photography! Stayed tuned each friday :)

The above picture is the famous Coit Tower in North Beach, it over looks the San Francisco waterfront.

Italy Trip: Venice, Florence, Rome

EARLY this morning, Randy and I arrived safely back to SF. It took nearly 11.5 hours for us to travel from Rome with a 6 hour lay over in Atlanta, Georgia. And then another 6 hour flight from Atlanta back to SFO. Do the math, and that was a LONG day of travelling! Here are some tidbits of our trip, I'm not very good at landscape photography, so here's my shot at it---I hope you enjoy them!

Our first stop was in Venice. It rained heavily there for the past weeks, with major flooding in the city. Randy and I even purchased authentic Italian gum boots to fit in with the Venetian style :)





Venice was exactly what I imagined it to be, a very old city with a lot of history behind it. Many of the buildings looked run down and abandoned like the picture here.








The next city we went to was Florence, I just fell in love with this city because it felt so romantic there. Here is a picture at Piazza Del Duomo, it is such a magnificent sight because of its pure size and grandness.


Here is another picture of the Duomo


I love creating those starburst flares :)






At the famous Ponte Vecchio bridge


Next, we took a short train ride to see the leaning tower of Pisa.




It was funny to see all the tourists doing this, so we had to come up with something funny ourselves :)




The last city we visited was Rome. We did soooo much walking throughout the entire trip that I was in tears on the last day because my feet were hurting so bad!



Can you take a guess where this is? Yep, the Colliseum








Randy and I stayed until it was dark so I could take a night picture of the Colliseum. It was worth the wait!


Rome is a large and major city, so I was happy when we were able to take the train to the different areas :)


The next day, we went to the Vatican City and also saw the Sistine Chapel. The buildings and artwork were simply breathtaking and amazing.



Here I am feeding the pigeons :)