Wedding of Emily & Mark

It's been a while since my last post. I was meant to put up more photos from my NZ trip in late March as well as some weddings done in April. So, here are some of shots of the wonderful couple in early April. It's such a pleasure covering their wedding in a vineyard.


Til next post....Cherios

Sneak Peek of My NZ South Island Trip

Lake MethesonSunrise @ Bruce BaySunset @ Lake Wakatipu in QueenstownSnow-capped Mountain in QueenstownPathways to Mordor (of the Lord of the Ring trilogy) in GlenorchyEnter at Own Risk (between Te Anau & Queenstown)
The Remarkables - LOTR's Misty MountainSunrise @ Lake ManupuriSundown @ Lake Wakatipu in Queenstown Rainbow in Lake Manupuri

These are just some of the scenery and landscapes that New Zealand's south island offered. Although the weather was pretty bad due to the Nor-wester from the Tasman Sea that brings lot of rain to the west coast, I got the opportunities to experience the extreme condition.

Plenty more to come I am sure. That goes to NZ visits as well in the near future.

In & Around Saigon

What actually struck me in Saigon were the Cu Chi Tunnels and its surrounding spots. I am sure there are plenty of photos around the web showing how narrow the tunnels are and those have been widened to enable tourists experience the "tunneling". All I could say is claustrophobia did creep in though it was only a short 5-min venture.

I had the experience of firing a gun now. Mind you, it's AK-47! It was such an awesome feeling of pulling the trigger.

What I love about this city is the buildings, more so of the old structure.

Vung Tao offers a weekend getaway for the locals and Jesus Hill is one of the attractions. The view from atop towards the township does look like Sao Paolo. Don't you think so?

Not too far away from Jesus Hill, there stood the Goddess of Mercy.

Here are some other pics in and around Saigon.
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Life in Saigon

A long outstanding post that I have been procrastinating for some time. Helping out for friend's wedding did tire me out for weeks. Well, I thought I better get to this before the commencement of my next adventure in about 10 days.

I had the opportunity the visit Saigon or Ho Chi Minh City late last year with my folks. Like all travels, it's certainly an eye-opener. Specifically, life is so simple there. Yet, there exists thess specks of joy and smiles everywhere and almost everyone I walked passed.

We were told that Saigon itself has a population of 10million while Hanoi has half of that. Obviously, the night scene where we saw crowded streets with motorcycles nudging and weaving their way through the heavy traffic with plenty of horns blaring. There are just constantly blaring of horns even with our driver. Overtaking - horn, Turning - horn, Switching lanes - horn, Being overtaken - horn, etc...

A friend suggested that we should try the "Coconut Ice Cream" not too far away from the place we stayed. It supposedly tastes awesome. We did, twice...!

More photos to come but I actually didn't take too many, especially right after the wedding of a friend.

November Portraits

Some of the images taken for a family portrait and an engagement session with couple who will be getting married in April.

Thanks to the Talwar family for having me to photograph your awesome family.

Amy & Dave, finally after some wicked weather in the last couple of weeks we managed to get the session done.