Lifestyle Portraits of Dr. and Mrs. Yam








I’ve known Allison’s family since I was in middle school. That seems like such a long time ago, but Allison’s smile hasn’t changed. She is such a terrific person and it was an honor to photograph their family at the Bellevue Botanical Garden.











Photographers: Todd and Rebekah Kim
My wife is visiting Korea for the first time since we got married a year and a half ago. She went to visit our mother and her grandmother, who is over 90 years old and isn’t feeling too well. This is the first time we’ve been separated for so long and I don’t think I ever want to be separated from my wife again. This is a good lesson for me to always love my wife and know that I am incomplete without her. She truly is my better half. We took these pictures together at the Bellevue Botanical Garden while waiting for Allison’s family to come for their family photo shoot (their family photo portraits will be up soon). She will be in Korea until the end of the month and I can’t wait to see her again. The only good thing about this is I am having the opportunity to catch up on all my work. I love you honey and I miss you…


Photographer: Todd Kim
By the way, the picture below with my wife inside the Microsoft Zune shows the flowers I sent to her for her birthday =).
We photographed Sharon, Nathan and Aiden at Pine Lake Park in Sammamish, WA. Sharon is sister’s with Angela, whose wedding we had the honor of being a part of. Sharon wanted to have some pictures of Aiden before his baby teeth fell out. The boys are so full of personality and energy. Aren’t the boys just adorable? They were really fun to work with and you can see how happy the boys are with their mom! Too bad daddy had to work that day. You can access the rest of their pictures by clicking here (password protected).




















Copyright 2007 Todd H Kim Photography - Living Life Media - Photographers: Todd & Rebekah Kim
Copyright 2007 Todd H Kim Photography - Living Life Media - Photographer: Todd Kim









Dr. Kang of Shoreline Family Dentistry is upgrading his website and asked us to take some pictures for him. Congratulations to Dr. Kang and his lovely wife Sarah who recently gave birth to a healthy baby boy. They are also related to Apprentice 6 star James Sun so we took some pictures of him too. Be sure to check out James’ professional networking website: Zoodango
My main camera of choice is the Canon 5D. It’s a 12 megapixel full frame camera. It’s a beauty to work with and I love it. My wife usually shoots with the Canon 30D. She gets better reach with that camera because of the crop factor and she always gets some amazing candid pictures! Anyway, I’ll talk about cameras later. I wanted to talk about how software makes a big difference. I’ve always shot RAW + JPG format. It can be time consuming to convert every single RAW image into JPG so I usually only convert my favorites. It might be hard to see the differences in output from these small images, but RAW images converted to JPG offer many advantages. I’ve always converted using Silkypix, but lately I’ve been using Adobe Lightroom and I like it a lot.
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This is a JPG image straight from the camera

Silkypix RAW conversion to JPG

Adobe Lightroom RAW conversion to JPG

Same image with curve adjustment in Photoshop

Adobe Lightroom RAW conversion B/W JPG from Lightroom

Same B/W JPG with curve adjustment in Photoshop
I think I like the Lightroom version with the curve adjustment the best. The best thing about Lightroom is it’s a better workflow!
Photographers: Todd Kim




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Copyright 2006 Todd H Kim Photography - Living Life Media Photographer: Todd and Rebekah Kim
Until Rebekah and I have children, Izzy (Isabel) is the baby in the family. Izzy is my niece and she brings so much joy to everyone that meets her! My sister, Ashley, started her own company called MYIZZY.COM after Izzy was born. If you’re looking for children’s hair accessories make sure you check out her site.
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We had a lot of great memories. Izzy is growing so quickly, I already miss her… I can still hear her say … Uncle Todd!