Agatha and Joe’s Wedding Album
Graphistudio Wedding Album Design by Todd Kim
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I had the honor of photographing my cousin’s wedding last year. I remember I was so excited that I was going to photograph my own cousins wedding. She has always been such a good cousin and I think as she gets older, I’m realizing how big her heart is. If I start to think back, I have so many fond early memories of growing up in America, in large part, due to my cousin and her family. Pictured below is my first Christmas in America. I remember spending the night at their house and looking out the window thinking I saw Santa bring me presents. That first Christmas I received a cowboy vest and toy guns. I don’t remember what Agatha received, but it looks like I want it!
I have other great memories of my cousin. I learned how to ride a bike at their old house in Spanaway, WA. We used to go swimming together and even took trips to New York and a cool camping trip to Crater Lake. Our families used to do all kinds of things together and have these large family Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners at their house during the holidays. I remember one 4th of July weekend at their house, one of the fireworks buzzed into their garage and caused quite a commotion… I could go on forever with these little stories.
Anyway, back to the wedding. Their wedding was held in Federal Way at St. Vincent de Paul Church. She got married to Joe and I think he is perfect for her. You could really tell how much he loves her.
Here are some pictures my wife, cousin, and I took:
This was the first look Joe was going to have of his bride… guess who cried first?
I love this picture…
My aunt (Bride’s mother), my mom, youngest aunt
Wedding getaway cars got a HEMI
Look at Izzy’s reaction =)
Rebekah captured this award winning picture
2006 Wedding…
Aunt and uncle’s wedding 30 some odd years earlier…
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SHEER JOY! That is how I would describe this image of my adorable niece, Izzy. I was putting together my cousin’s wedding album and I just had to take a break to post this image. It’s amazing how quickly children grow up. Since my sister and their family live in Chicago, we only get to see Izzy a few times a year and it is really amazing how this little baby has grown so quickly… I miss her. I couldnt choose a favorite between the black and white picture vs color so I posted both. Last year we spent Memorial Day weekend in Chicago and she only knew a few words. Now, she speaks so intelligently you would think she was a lot older than she really is. Pictures from last years Memorial day weekend HERE. This year, we won’t get to see Izzy, but I wanted to post something about her.
Most recent picture of Izzy still loving those bubbles!
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Frank and Tracy met each other through the type of work they do and it’s obvious from these engagement pictures that they were so meant for each other. I felt like I was a photographer for the National Rifle Association. The first part of the pictures were taken at the firing range of the Seattle Police Department and the second half were taken at Volunteer Park Conservatory. We look forward to a fun and exciting wedding at the Chapel on Echo Bay on Fox Island. To view all photos from the engagement session CLICK HERE (password required).
Photographers: Todd and Rebekah Kim
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My first SLR camera was a Canon Elan which I purchased in 1993 when I took my first photography class. It was a super nice camera that I bought for around $500 if I remember correctly. Of course, I couldn’t afford high quality lenses at the time or the cost of developing lots and lots of film so I didn’t get to experiment and learn all the features. I usually took the pictures in P (program mode) and it seemed to do fine. I sold it a couple of years ago for around $120 at a camera shop. They were only going to pay me $60 for it, but I asked for more in the form of store credit and they obliged.
My next major camera purchase was a digital point and shoot for around $500 again. It was a Kodak DC280 which offered 2 megapixel resolution and at the time came highly recommended. I bought it in 1999 and I still own it today, but it feels like a brick toy now.
I’ve purchased other point and shoot cameras through the years that were okay, but not too memorable. My favorite point and shoot digital camera before I jumped into digital SLR cameras was the Olympus C8080 Wide Zoom. It offered some amazing image quality for a point and shoot and I learned to be creative with that camera.
After being so happy with the Olympus C8080 it was natural for me to want to stay with Olympus in the dSLR world. I guess I should have done my research first. I tried the Olympus E-1 and E-500 dSLR cameras and they were fine for everyday shooting, but they were not the best for weddings. Slow auto focus and bad high iso performance were two of the problems. I didn’t figure that out until I spent $800 for one lens and $2300 for another lens. When I tried to resell the Olympus gear at Glazer’s camera in Seattle, they didn’t even want it. No offer at all! I took a pretty good beating and sold it all to some Olympus fans on a Olympus forum I found. I lost so much money with the Olympus gear that I told myself I would buy the best next time.
After much research into what wedding photographers use for cameras, I realized Nikon and Canon were the only choices. In the end, I chose the Canon 5D as my main camera. It is a full frame dSLR camera and I love it. I haven’t once regretted paying around $3000 for this camera. We also own a Canon 30D which is okay, but I let my Rebekah use that.
I’ve said all that to get to the reason I am writing this post. I haven’t owned a point and shoot digital camera since selling the Olympus C8080 and I really wanted a small point and shoot camera so I can take snap shots where ever I went. It is not cool taking your $3000 camera and $1500 lens with you all over the place for casual pictures. I looked at the usual p/s cameras that are in the market place. There are a ton out there with megapixel resolutions rivaling dSLR cameras. The problem with most of these from all manufacturers such as Canon, Nikon, Olympus, Sony, etc is they take lousy high iso natural light pictures. The one exception I found was the point and shoot line from Fuji. The Fuji F20, F30 and F31fd are awesome little cameras that have the perfect resolution (6.3 megapixels) and perform remarkably well for being what they are. They don’t rival or even come close to my Canon 5D for high iso pictures, but they do allow you to take natural light pictures that would print fine at 4×6. It is also really great to be able to take the camera where ever we go and not worry about losing the equipment that puts food on our table.
The picture above was taken with the Fuji F20 in night time scenic mode. I set it on a flat surface, set it to 2 sec delay shutter and the camera took the picture. I adjusted the curve slightly in photoshop, but if you want to see what the original high resolution picture looked like CLICK HERE. If you use the picture somewhere please be sure to credit the picture to me and my $150 dollar point and shoot Fuji F20.
Picture of a painting inside Vivace Coffeshop in Seattle. This picture was taken hand held at ISO 2000, f/2.8 using natural light. If you look at the full resolution image, there are definitely a lot of smearing noise artifacts, but I’m sure any other p/s camera from any other manufacturer wouldnt be able to stand up to the high iso images from my little Fuji.
Another high iso image of my wife enjoying Vivace coffee.
Another iso2000 image of Vivace coffee. You can definitely see the noise in this one.
Here are some pictures I took of the Fuji F20 using my Canon 5D at 1600iso.
Some other things I really like about the Fuji F20 are it’s movie mode, build quality and small size. The movie mode is important to me and it provides 640×480 resolution at 30 frames per second until the memory card fills up. Speaking of memory cards, that would be Fuji’s only negative. It uses xD cards and it sucks. I have found it to be slower than CF or SD cards and slightly more expensive. The new Fuji F40fd uses SD cards, but the F40 is a 8 megapixel camera compared to the F20, 30 and 31fd’s 6 megapixels. I returned the F40fd because for more money than the F20 it offered worse high iso images. If natural light shooting is not too important to you, the F40 is a very nice point and shoot camera offering 8 megapixels and a nice lcd screen.
By the way, I purchased the camera through B & H Photo/Video. They’ve always been good.
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The title “Born into Brothels” (2003) is a bit misleading because this Academy Award-winning documentary about the children of India, living in Calcutta’s red light district, spends less time going deep into the lives of these prostitute children born into the brothels of the red light district and more time on what the documentary maker is able to achieve by giving eight children film cameras to shoot with. I wanted to have more information about each child, the history of their families, the history of the brothels, how these problems started and explore solutions.
Now that I’ve said that, I can still say I think every person should see this documentary and learn from it. It will touch and maybe break your heart. It may make you hopeless and hopeful all at the same time. What is award winning are the children and their hope for life. It does seem to me that the filmmakers, Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman, selected the smartest and most clever children to be the stars. They are beautiful, full of life and amazing little children with a lot of talent stuck in miserable conditions. They live in utter filth and extreme conditions without too much fear or complaint, yet their emotions are so real and normal, just like children in America or anywhere else in the world. For example, towards the latter part of the documentary the children have to be tested for HIV as a requirement to apply for boarding school. We get to see the children act like children and squirm in fear just like any child would when they are about to receive shots. On the other hand, we see the children subject to death, all kinds of verbal abuse, inhumane living conditions and living around sex and drugs as a normal daily occurrence.
Do these children have a chance? Who can help them?
The children and their pictures.
Update on the Kids of Calcutta.
Here’s a layout for the Graphistudio wedding album My and Matt ordered.
These contemporary wedding albums are available with all kinds of options. You can choose leather, metal, transparent and even silk album covers. Graphistudio also offers pages printed on metallic, textured or classic photographic paper. These are some of the most impressive and highest quality wedding albums I’ve seen. Some of the world’s best and most well regarded wedding photographers use Graphistudio for their wedding clients. We offer the 9.5 x13 inch albums in 40, 50 and 60 sided (30 page) options. These are an add-on option to our clients who want a durable high end wedding album that will last a lifetime. Albums are made and imported from Italy.
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