it's a wrap

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first full production photo shoot in san francisco. clockwise from shirtless guy: trevor (talent), nikkie (make up artist), teddy (production assistant), kevin (lighting assistant), bart (moustache talent), deborah (location), justin (stylist), lizzie (talent).

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one shoot down

finally finished processing all the photos from this shoot (october 2009, lifestyle, indoor and outdoor) in san francisco. there's a couple of unprocessed videos from this shoot but those would have to wait. 

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denise on a storefront display

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We were shopping in San Francisco today when I spotted this photo I took of Denise on a store front of a fragrance shop :).


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California Street

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This is one of the images that I like most among the black and white photos I took in San Francisco. I'm still scanning, so more black and white photos coming.


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A Life-changing moment

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"you would not believe the day i had. ugh. right after school at 1230 i went to the mall to buy alla those things. its so random that everything i got was on sale. haha. so everything was less than 30 dollars. lmao. i was so embarresed tho. as soon as i went back to school, i went to a teacher to ask him to tie my tie for me. ha. i did a lot of walking. since i went to the mall taking the bus. and then when i got home, i didn't have enought time to rest, so i just got ready and then did more walking. -___-"

The above rant, of course, is from Kebbs, today being his promotion ceremony, as related to our failed shopping mission last Sunday.


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Portrait of a struggling singer/songwriter

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The struggle, in this case, is internal. Not being able to sooner put out something that he knows he's perfectly capable of making, having opted to rely solely on himself to complete his project, not being able to constantly muster discipline to regulate the progress.

He's really good at it too, I heard one of his tracks and was really impressed. One that he has since discarded as unusable. I thought it perfectly good, if technically wanting polish (he made it a few years ago). Reminded me of a more layered "Strange and Beautiful (I'll Put a Spell on You)" by Aqualung.

I hope for his own sake he finds direction sometime soon. One can get lost in a struggle for a lifetime without realizing it. Then it's too late.


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We ♥ Shopping

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Kebbs, Ate Uding and I spent the whole afternoon shopping in downtown San Francisco. We went to Saks, Neiman Marcus, Macy's, Zara, H&M, Lacoste, and Urban Outfitters, looking for a plaid jacket for Kebbs. I don't know why, he suddenly thought it's the perfect thing to wear for his promotion ceremony (he'll be in grade 9 next school year). To his disappointment, we didn't find one. I guess he'll just have to wear something else.

He also decided that the medium-sized t-shirt that I bought him after he helped me take photos last week is now too tight for him, so I bought it back from him. The fact that something that's too tight for him fits me should be for me either a source of pride, or shame, I can't decide which. So yeah, now I have a t-shirt that says "NERD" in front and "booger 69" at the back. Hmmm.


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Target

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Today's one of those really really hot day. Kebbs and I went to Target to get some groceries, and toiletries. Ended up getting a really chea jersey pyjama bottom, too.

Photo above is in front of Target's old location, I took it while walking towards the BART station last Friday, on my way to Norie's.


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Zac and Vicki

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This photo is from the same session as yesterday's, of Zach.

Watching the TV channels that Kebbs watches, I learned a new word today... "vommenting". It's a cross between vomitting and commenting, or vomitting comments. Kinda like what I do here sometimes, I guess.


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Great Mall

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I thought I'd go to Great Mall in Milpitas to go bargain shopping. I ended up with: 2 Incotex trousers and 2 polo shirts for Mati, one t-shirt, belt, and hoodie for me.

The photo is not from the mall, it's from Montgomery in downtown San Francisco.


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Have a laugh

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Another photo from last Monday's walk-about in Chinatown.


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Craisins

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It just looked interesting, so I took a photo of it, in Chinatown last week. It turns out this is dried cranberries, also known as "craisins". It's supposed to be good for you. Whatever.


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Take me to the ballgame

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From Mountainhouse, we dropped by Kev K's apartment to bring him some pizza, then to back to San Lorenzo to pick up Kebbs and Noel. Today's itenerary: a baseball game.

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The match was between Oakland A's and Minnesota Twins, in Oakland Coliseum. Not much seemed to have happened. The more interesting aspect, of course, was the audience. Three kids sitting next to me made running commentaries on every player, every play, every past play that reminded them of the current play, cheered and booed both teams at the same time, sang with every song played, and called every food vendor that went past. And yes, at the end of the game, I found out that very few people go there to actually watch the game. It's more like an excuse to pig out on junk food. People didn't seem to mind bingeing on junk food, because unlike vegeing out at home and consuming the same huge amount of junk food and beer, their excuse here is that they're actually participating in active sport. Never mind that the participation is limited to cheering and jeering. And sitting on their collective asses, not too different from watching the game on TV at home. Even the parking lot was a big venue for barbecue parties. We had our own share of food: popcorns, hotdogs, nachos, etc.

The highlight of the game had to be the fireworks afterwards. We had to wait more than an hour after the very brief game to watch the fireworks, because the game ended way before it got dark.

Seeing the news on TV when we got back to San Lorenzo confirmed my feeling after the game, judging from the cheers of the crowd, that the local team won.


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Norie and Dave and Ginger and Meynard

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Photos above taken at their backyard (Ginger and Meynard's).


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Mountainhouse

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I thought I'd spend the night at Norie and Dave's, in Mountainhouse (photo, above). I took the BART to Pleasanton, then Norie picked me up from the station. Dinner was at a Japanese place in Tracy.


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Jaded

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This is one of the photos I took in Chinatown last monday. I took several, the old lens of the OM-1 SLR proved very useful in doing this kind of photography (very shallow depth of field).


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You like apples?

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This is a photo I took from Cesar's backyard.


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Linked Arms

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This is one of the photos I took during the Carnival parade in the Mission District.


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Masonic Hide and Seek

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This is a photo I took at the Masonic Center a few days ago, when Ate Uding and Kevin went there for their citizenship ceremony.

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Carnival

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I went to San Francisco today to watch and take photos of the Carnival parade in the Mission District. I also went to the "Bullet Art Festival" in Octavia and Hayes, but other than the funky headgears which are basically snap-on hoodies (they're really just hoodies, no sweater nor jacket attachment) and cute t-shirts and grocery bags, there wasn't much to see there.


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