Charlene and I spent two Sunday afternoons this month with our wedding photographer Lynn-Kai Chao. The first Sunday, we went to the park where I proposed, and two secret locations that I’m not at liberty to discuss 
No…no…it was nothing scandalous. It’s just that we’re not allowed to discuss it in public pursuant to our agreement to honor a few corporate policies. (If you’re curious, I’d be more than happy to share privately.) The second Sunday we went to Carmel, CA to take beach photos.
But anyways, Lynn finished editing our photos this week and posted them on his photo blog. He did an amazing job! We’re so thrilled to have him as our wedding/engagement photographer. If you’re looking for one, we totally recommend him. We’re really excited about having him shoot our wedding in a couple months. And based on his work so far, it’s going to be amazing!
Updated 5/21/2009: Updated links to Lynn’s new blog.
OK…OK…these are ridiculously overdue, so I’ll stop my groveling and let you at them:
I just finished resizing and uploading a whole ton of pictures going back to July. Now I just have to write a little blurb about each one, and I can officially post them. Patience grasshopper, patience.
I’ve had a number of people (family members) ask about pictures from the reunion a couple weeks ago. I haven’t had time to process all of them (you might remember that I shot them all in RAW). And because I’ve been so busy with work, it might be a while. But here’s a preview of the two group shots we took. Admittedly, it’s not my best work. The conditions were kind of harsh, and it started to rain as we were assembling.
I was scrambling to set up my camera, focus it, make sure everyone was in the picture, set the timer, run to grab a spot, and wait for the flash. People had to leave, and it was starting to rain, so we couldn’t really delay taking the pictures. I only got two shots off before it really began to rain, and this was the result.
They could have been a lot better. But this will have to do as it’s all I’ve got. If I had to do it over, I would have waited until it wasn’t raining to get a better shot. And I would have made sure that people filled in the edges more. We’ve got this really tightly bunched pyramid thing going on, and clearly some people were obscured. It’s also obvious that some people didn’t have the concentration to stare at the camera for 10 seconds. Next time, it would be ideal to have a remote or something to trigger it when I wanted it triggered.
I guess the one thing I can say for my family is that it’s quite diverse. Lots of people from lots of different cultures and backgrounds.
I’ve been going through my photo albums, and looking for photos that I need to upload (I know…I know…I’m sorely behind. I haven’t done anything since Jeremy and Amy’s Babyshower.)
In any case, I came across these long lost photos from my birthday party at Tahoe from earlier this year. I don’t know why the didn’t get uploaded. Lame, I know. But here they are.
The pictures from Jeremy and Amy’s baby shower are posted. Go take a look!
Not a bad turnaround, eh? Less than 24 hours for sure.
Pictures from the very busy July 4th are up. I’ve got pictures from the Real World BBQ that was at the Americana apartments, as well as the fireworks from Church on a Hill in San Jose.
As always, enjoy!
That didn’t take too long. A mere 2 days after we’ve returned, I’ve posted pictures from our Shaver Wakeboarding Trip. Unfortunately, the one person who’s not represented in this gallery is Joe. I’m not really sure why I didn’t get any photos of him. But I do believe that Dan did, so maybe I can grab some of his pictures and put them up here.
Please note that the pictures aren’t exactly in chronological order. They’re ordered by filename, which is relatively chronological, but because I was using two cameras (my Canon SD 600 and Rebel XTi) the file numbers are a little different. But you get the idea. Enjoy!
Man! This past weekend was a blast. The fun started Saturday morning with our Segway Ride in Pismo Beach, courtesy of Segway by the Bay. It was so much fun. I totally recommend it. I’m amazed at how ingenious those machines are. It’s almost like they’re thinking and moving as part of your body.
Almost immediately after our Segway Ride, I headed back to SLO to go on our Father/Son hike up Bishop’s Peak. Apparently, it was a long time in coming, because even though it was for his birthday (which was back in March), he said he’d been waiting 24 years for this. So I guess pretty much ever since I was born he’s been waiting. Now that’s a lot of patience The hike was very strenuous, but well worth it to see the view from the top.
Lastly, we had Daniel’s graduation on Sunday. This was another event a long time in coming, but Daniel finally made it.
It’s been a few weeks since Shellie’s wedding, but I was finally able to post the pictures. I was a little bit upset because most of the pictures I took at the ceremony came out blurry. There just wasn’t enough light, and I really couldn’t use my flash to light up the scene from all the way in the back of the church.
Fortunately, a lot of the other pictures I took (some with my point and shoot) came out fabulously. There are some great ones of my folks, as well as some cute ones of Charlene and me.
Go ahead, take a look!
