Jessica's Family Reunion

Jessica had a family reunion where 3 sisters and 1 brother got together for the first time in years. Here are some of the pictures from the shoot.

Maile and Lainey

Mei Mei

Inti Imani

Judy

Sofia's Baptism dresses

I have been photographing Sofia since she was in her mom's belly, and I just adore this little lady. She is never short of big smiles and grins. Bad mood? Never seen on her. I was supposed to take pictures at her Baptism but I was already scheduled for another event. But here she is with her beautiful Baptism dress.

Lake Don Pedro Boat Party 2008

Every summer since 1999, I have been attending Boat Party in Lake Don Pedro. It was an idea of 2 crazy English friends of ours. This year, we celebrated the 10th Annual party with a record of 118 people attending. Friends from the bay area and as far as UK and Australia came to join the festivity. Of course, you have to be invited and screened to go to this party. :) You can say this party is our own version of Burning Man. Small and friendly, and every activities are encouraged to be a group effort.

This year, we have 2 costume parties. The first one on Friday was Electroboogaloo theme, and the Red Carpet event on Saturday. I am not quite into the costume party, that's why I chose to be the photographer. :) Another reason that made this year's party so special. Our dear friends, Amy and Kevin, celebrated their 5th anniversary at LDP where they started dating. On the Sunday night, Kevin asked to her marry him and she agreed. So Congratulations guys.

There was never a shortage of Deejays at our LDP boat party. 30 Djs played their music from hip hop, reggae, dubstep, rock, soul to house music. Right below is the slideshow from the pictures and below are my favorite pictures from the party. Please wait for the slideshow to load, it may take a while.




Waiting for the Pantoon boat to pick up from the Marina......

The sky was greyed out from the extreme natural fires in California. At 3PM, the Sun appreared as a perfect circle. It added a certain mood to the picture.

Can you see the faces of 118 Happy People?

See what I meant about the moody picture?

Water pistol is definitely the favorite toy in the lake. Last year, we had over 30 floaties. So surprise surprise, this year everyone decided not to bring theirs..... so we ended up with less than 10 floaties. Arrrgggh. And I knew that was going to happen.... :)

One of our friends, Felicity, came up the Family tree canvas where everyone wrote their names and link their connections to other people. What a great idea.....

New arrivals are greeted with group help.....

Dion and Rachel's Wedding, Koh Samui, Thailand

Dion and Rachel chose Koh Samui as their Destination Wedding location. Many of their friends flew over from San Francisco, Shanghai, Philipines and Hong Kong to celebrate their big day.

The Wedding took place on the beach at 4PM, it was beautiful and fun. The Weather completely cooperated, considering it was raining hard the day before. And you know how the Asian rain like, they are just like small bullets hitting your face. :)
After the Wedding, they have the reception on the beach with great selections of Thai food. Just before the first dance, Dion and Rachel surprise everyone with the Fireworks display. That was great.

I have been to many places in Asia, but I haven't been to Thailand before. So it was so exciting to be there. The food, the people, the beaches .... everything are so nice. We stayed at Anantara Resort, a beautiful resort on the beachfront. The service at the Hotel were just amazing. When the hotel staffs see you, they always stop with whatever are currently doing and greet you with the Thai's greeting: Sawadi-Ka (in US spelling :). It makes you feel so welcomed. Of course, you have to learn a couple of words to greet them back, like Thank you: Kub Kon Kap. Another useful word to learn is, of course, Thai Massage. Also, please give me something not Thai Spicy but US Spicy. :)