May and Xan...

Saturday was quite a busy day! After an eventful morning, we rushed home to meet with longtime friends, May and Xan. Originally, the photoshoot was supposed to be of May, so that she could update her real estate business cards. But these two were long overdue for some cupcakin' shots in front of the camera.

Like the synopsis of May's favorite movie, "My Best Friend's Wedding," the story of these two is one of a movie script ending. They have been best friends since forever, both having their fair share of infatuations, crushes, and heartbreaks. Through out the years, they've remained each others confidant and best friend, never in a million years expecting to fall in love! Let's just say that May and Xan's movie script ending turned out better than her favorite movie, because Julia Roberts didn't get her man!

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Ethan's Baptism

This weekend, we were lucky enough to be a part of Ethan Lunes's baptism.  The ceremony took place at the beautiful Our Lady of Grace located in Castro Valley, CA.  The ceremony was filled with positive messages from the priest, to Ethan's parents Kay and Max as he begins his Catholic journey.  As the ceremony ended, little Ethan was found crawling on the ground making wonderful little babbling noises!

Directly after the ceremony, the guest traveled down the road to Castro Valley's community center for an afternoon BBQ.  As BBQ grill fires were lit, and the sounds of laughter from the guest along with the smells of enticing foods, we all knew we were there for one reason!  Thank you again to the Lunes family and we look forward to working with them in the future!  For full gallery please see here!

Little Ethan already getting involved in church!

The parents, busy preparing!

Kids are going to be kids!

Bio-Rad vs. Oakland Athletics

Friday night was Bio-Rad's baseball outing, to see the Oakland Athletics vs Seattle Mariners! The game started out with family and friends enjoying catered food filled with hamburgers, hot dogs, and cookies galore!  As stomaches became stuffed we were quickly shuffled to watch the game, where Oakland ended up winning the game 2-0. Big thanks to the Bio-Rad crew and inviting us to be part of their outing. For full gallery please see here!

Being silly and enjoying the day, it must be the Bio-Rad way!

Sometimes there's just more important things than the game!

1/2 of the photo team enjoying the day!

On the way there...

Last night on the way to the Oakland A's game, me and Kellie were mindlessly bored on BART.  Ok ok maybe I was the one who was bored, but I did have my camera and with it, life is always interesting!  Anyway here some images on the way to the game!!

Calm, cool, and collected...

What 2 people on bart do with their iphones, when no one is watching!  

Idea came from a super talented photographer from the Bay Area Ed Pingol!  He did something very similar to this a few months ago in a shoot.  Never the less check out his work, he and his wife freakin' rock in the photography world!!

Lights, Camera, Coco...

So a couple days I put in a order for in for some new equipment!  Lately I have been moving into the direction of controlling light with photography.  In my spare time I have been reading anything I can grab my hands on that deal with light.  How light travels and dissipates over time...  The thought of controlling it truly blows my mind, the idea seems so out there!!  But with the experience of being behind the lens, I now know it is possible to bend it and control it to your favor.

With that said, I basically got a full on lighting studio!  My new portable studio now includes two 48'' shoot through umbrellas, one 5 in 1 reflector, one 48'' soft box, and two canon 580 EX II flashes.  I was so excited about the new gear that I had shoot something.  So with no one home, my dog Coco was my only victim.  In both photos she is lit up by one soft box to the left and one canon 580 EX with a shot through umbrella to the right.  I love the way that the light shows nice soft shadows!  Well hopefully in time you will all get to see more from me and how I use light in many different ways.  Until next time, enjoy!!!

Here's Coco!!  

Shot with Canon 40D; 70-200mm f/2.8 IS

115 mm; ISO 1oo; f/ 2.8; 1/60

Shot with Canon 40D; 70-200mm f/ 2.8L IS

88 mm; ISO 100; f/ 2.8; 1/60

Young Sir aka Jerome Dizon

Co-worker and good friend, Jerome Dizon, was lucky enough to be around when I needed a new subject to shoot. Almost everyday, you can be sure to find the guys shooting hoops down the street from work. Here are some of the shots captured. I threw a bit of my photoshop skills for practice and creativity. Big thanks to Jerome for being so photogenic. Enjoy!!

Lee's Dirty 30!

Long time friend Lee Galsim celebrated his 30th birthday this weekend.  His party was celebrated at the beautiful Picadilly Square Park located in San Ramon.  The party consisted of great food, family, and friends who traveled from all ends of California to be there for this special event.  The afternoon was filled with flag football, water balloon toss, and volley ball.  It truly was a great success and we wish Lee many more birthday's to come!!!

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Birthday boy enjoying the day!

Family and Friends!