This photo session was held a few months back for Saint Rose’s Hospital’s new program: Surgeons-on-Call.  I was  allowed to take photos inside the Operating Room (OR) and it was a unique experience for me.  Well for one, my assistant and I  had to wear gowns and caps while doing the shoot.  I looked like a little messed up kid who woke up from a bad dream.  But looks aside, lighting an OR was a challenging yet fun experience - think bouncing lights all over the tiles surrounding us…

Anyway, here are a few images from that shoot and the esteemed surgeons who were kind enough to spend their evening with us.

Surgeons on Call, St Rose Hospital Photo Shoot

Surgeons on Call, St Rose Hospital Photo Shoot

Surgeons on Call, St Rose Hospital Photo Shoot

Every year, I take my kids to the Ardenwood Farm in Newark, CA to pick our pumpkins and to mark the beginning of the holiday season. This year, we went during the Harvest Festival and we handpicked Indian corn and popcorn with Troy’s class in addition to our usual pumpkin patch visit. Parents and kids picked as many ears off stalks as they possibly can. We put most of our corn in the corncrib for the farm to use and we took a few popcorns with us to cook.

While it is quite a departure for me to take photos of a non-living thing (a.k.a. ‘home’), I enjoyed it nonetheless. I did not have to make faces, be silly or goofy…I did not feel bad when the walls did not smile back at me…and I could not really have an intelligent conversation with the breakfast chairs and artichokes sitting atop the kitchen counter top.

What is one more hug and one more kiss? I’ve done it 98 times already that morning anyway…
The first day of school was bittersweet. It really did not hit me until we were close to the school…

Travel to Disneyland and California Adventure with Kids.

I can’t exactly remember the moment when I decided I wanted to become a photographer. I just know that the “role” slowly grew into me…until it became a part of who I am.

Lighting workshop at the Ritz Carlton, Dana Point with Tofurious and BUI Brothers