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Cool Summertime Pic

Today marks the first day of Summer here in the Northern hemisphere so I thought I'd post a cool picture of yummy strawberries. One of my favorite things about Summer are the fruits, especially strawberries and cold seedless watermelon all cut in cubes out of the fridge *drool* Anyway, as a special treat, the picture is FULL RESOLUTION that prints out on 4x6" perfectly, and also show how much better pictures look when they're printed and not resized for the blog. As they say in yearbooks, Have a nice Summer, stay cool! :D

P.S. Check out Johnny's Memory Loot blog >> for some more pics of Howard's wedding.

One of UCI's Newest Alumni

I met up with my former research assistant Alex and her husband (both avid gamers) after the UCI commencements ceremony. She was looking quite lovely so I thought I'd share. Enyoy :)

Also, AC has posted a few pics of Howard's wedding on his flickr account - has a ton more but hasn't uploaded them yet. Click HERE to see them and check again in the coming days. Also, I've increased the archiving for every 20 posts since it was annoying to go back to older posts but the downside is the load times a bit longer for lower bandwidths...there's always a catch.

More Party Pics

Nicky says 'CHEESE' on command.




Mike and Barbara - I actually met them in college. They've been together since then and now they're engaged.


Susy's brother is a chef.




They broke out in song.


Kris after giving his speech in English AND Spanish.

What a crazy party. Congrats to Susy for coming here barely speaking English roughly 7 years ago (placed in ESL classes) and now graduating UCI. Hopefully next Summer it'll be my turn :)

Sibling Portraits

Not siblings btw













The main purpose I was hired was to shoot Susy's sisters and brother (chef), who was in town for her graduation. They were really fun, trying different poses, like rolling around the grass trying to get the best shot. There are a ton more photos of the party I'll post soon, including some very cute kids. All I gotta say is El Salvadorians know how to party! Stay tuned :)

Preview of Susy's Graduation Party

It's super late but I wanted to post a quick preview of Susy's graduation party, which happened the day before the actual graduation, which I won't be attending. Anyway, it was madness but i managed to get some nice pictures. Here's a tiny preview - there were lots of kids, dancing, laughing and people just having a ball. More to come in the following days.

Sandy & Howard's Wedding @ Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach

Dessert (1 mango parfait and 2 cakes) was yumm!

I bumped in to my high school friend Kevin, who was there for the bride. Small world!

What a cool cake huh? It was a lemon custard cake and actually really tasty.


This is my favorite picture. Look at Howard, he's about to get the garter. Oh yeah...you go tiger!

Some pretty sweet fountains. Very luxurious place.


Jason, dad Jeff, and me.

Johnny, Phil, AC, and me with the chins.

I snuck a picture when the photographer was posing them.

Today was Sandy and Howard's big day! Their wedding was at the Hyatt Regency in Huntington Beach. I was so excited and nervous for them (I was a groomsman). The whole thing was glorious - very relaxed, classy, and a lot of fun - without a doubt the best wedding I've attended. I didn't know daytime weddings were this much fun. They were both just beautiful. Part of what made it so great was that one of my best friends was getting married. I'm so proud of him - it was like yesterday when we were living in the dorms together.

I was busy being in the pictures so I only brought my little Canon camera, which was good because everyone there had some massive professional camera gear! The Hyatt was such a great location, very similar to the Ritz Carlton in terms of luxury and view. Anyway, more photos to come when I steal some from AC and I'll post a link to the pro photographer when he posts the pics.

Class of 2007

These took a lot of coaxing by auntie and some rapid-fire camera action.




*pumps fist* Booya

Sienna was so proud of her mom she finally broke out in smile! It's almost 2am and I was just going to do a couple of pictures for Susy's UCI commencement invite but I got carried away seeing how well the pictures turned out.

Ok What's Going on Here?!

I get a call the other day from (123) 456-7890 so I'm a little freaked out, especially in my line of research in cyber-security/crime. Normal people don't usually spoof their numbers so I don't answer it. I mean, people usually do this for threats or just generally up to no good (I busta your phone busta, busta! - The Big Hit). That person leaves a message so I'm even more weirded out. Turns out it's a computer crimes law enforcement contact of mine. Spy stuff. Cool. *whew*

Sienna is Growing Up!

...aallllmost a smile.


I'm just like Dad, I don't like to smile for the camera!

I swung by to visit Susy today and took a few new Sienna shots for her photobook. Babies grow up so fast!

Cool Pic of the Week

I took this picture on the last night we stayed at Tahoe. It was pretty chilly out but since I brought my tripod I figured I might as well use it for a cool night shot. What I really wanted to do is take a picture of the night sky full of stars but surprisingly the hotel had this big spotlight on the mountain and parking lot lights that washed out the stars. (click picture to enlarge)

Tahoe Day 3: Johnny Vegas Reno

The perfect cup for drinking milk.


Leave it up to AC to find the only Pho place in Reno AND recommend eating there.


Here's me standing next to Siena...Casino that is.


Reno has Little-Man Syndrome.


I thought this place would be lucky due to the name.


This was my only luck - I won a radioactive homer on the claw machine.


Look AC, infinity!!




Giant Poker Chips

We spent our last day at Reno, the red-headed bastard stepchild of Las Vegas. The city was small and the casinos were also small. If you're used to Indian reservation gambling or B.O. smelling local places around Southern California like Commerce Casino or Bicycle Club, then this place is great, but if you've been to Vegas, this place is craptacular. Regardless, AC (who won $40!) and I did manage to get some gambling in and some buffet action. Tomorrow, we head back to reliable high-speed Internet and smog. Nature, you were great but I have to leave...it's better if we just stay friends and just see each other once in a while. We're just too different...I'm from the city...you're just too country for me. You'll find someone else who will understand you. I'll call you sometime but don't come looking for me.

Tahoe Day 2

Can you spot me?





Moss


That's supposed to be me fishing in the distance.

Upon closer inspection, I was just eating sunflower seeds for about an hour after being discouraged by the fish.

Me in action. Great photos by AC (White border)

We spent the day today on another hike since the bikes weren't available :( But this time we sucked it up and made it to the top - well there's a lot more to go but to us that was the top. We saw this cool stream of icy water. We went fishing again ... Fish 2, Us 0.

Well, we're pretty natured-out so tomorrow we're going to Reno tomorrow for some gambling and buffet action.