Whoa! We're 11 days away from Christmas! How is everyone doing? Hopefully, your shopping is all done, and your literally just relaxing waiting for the rush to happen, and then ease into the New Year :)
For me, the week was spent preparing for the annual Grateful Crane Ensemble's Christmas show in Torrance this past weekend. Couple that with a headshot shoot of one my friends, include a Cold Tofu show, and yet another two holiday parties, and that makes for one busy week!
So, that being said, here are some images from the week.
During rehearsals :)
I wish I was small enough to do this still! Aydin, one of our cast members during rehearsals for the show. Cool hat BTW.
What the holidays are all about - laughter and good friends :)
Finally, here are a few images of my session with my friend Rumi. Fun times!
One more Christmas show to perform in this week, and then it's "smooth" sailing until X-mas, well, until two weddings before the year ends.
Have a terrific week everyone! Happy Holidays!
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Happy holidays everyone! Yup, it truly IS the holiday season now, with parties, dinners, and get-togethers to go to. Before you know it, 2012 will be here, and as I mentioned in my last post, you'll wonder (once again) where did the time go?!
First off, hope everyone has recovered from the great wind storm of 2011! As you all know or saw, everyone, and I mean everyone on Facebook posted a photo of a downed tree in their neighborhood the days following "windogeddon" (or "windpocolypse"). Sad that some of those trees we're so used to seeing are gone now, but I guess it's Mother Nature's way of cleaning house - with upwards of 70-80 mph blowers! I'm glad that we're through it and if you're reading this at home, your power is back on, which as usual, is a good thing.
For me, life went on as usual despite the strong, gale force winds. So much so that on Friday, I was finally able to photograph my good friend Carin's headshots that she had twice previously had to postpone due to unforseen circumstances. Great times! A big thank you to Carin, and her uber awesome make-up artist Amber Rae for helping out with the shoot. Here are a few photos from our session :)
Thanks for a fun session Carin!
Saturday was spent with our Cold Tofu family at our annual X-mas party and gift exchange. Great times all around, with some pretty interesting gifts given (the "White Elephant" variety). I walked away with a multi-tool that some "donated" from a wedding party they belonged to. I know this cause there was a special thank you note still attached to it from the bride who gave it. Uh, thanks, BTW.
Here are a few scenes from the night's festivities.
Have a great week everyone, and get your shopping done already!!! :)
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Wanru says:
As always, love your photos, Mike!
(12.07.11 @ 03:01 PM)
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Now that Thanksgiving is over, and we're all probably recovering from our tryptophan over doses, I'm sure you're looking at the calendar and thinking to yourself, "What?! It's December already?!! Where did the year go?!". If you aren't, I surely am, and am shaking my head as to how fast yet another year has gone by.
The end of Thanksgiving is the surest sign that the Christmas holiday season is here! Wow, pretty soon, it'll be 2012 and we'll all be left wondering (as usual) where did the time go?
Here's a few scenes from my family's Turkey day extravaganza! Hope you had a great one too :)
Lastly, just wanted to give a huge thanks to my buddy Aaron T. for inviting me to the lopsided USC game this past saturday against the pee-wee leaguers from the west side school UCLA. 50-0 shutout! Awesome! Great to be a Trojan as usual.
Enjoy the last few days of November everyone :)
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Helen says:
Love these!!!
(11.30.11 @ 05:10 PM)
Peter J. Kuo says:
But...it's not December yet Mike.
(11.29.11 @ 11:44 AM)
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Happy Wednesday everyone! Well, I'm sick again, probably due to this weird up and down weather.
Anyway, just wanted to post a few fun shots of a recent headshot session I did with my good friend, musician/composer/musical director/awesome improvisor extroadinaire, Marc Macalintal! We had a great session, filled with some awesome images, but I decided to post the fun stuff here today. Why not? :p
Lastly, I've also included a few more from my fashion shoot with Jully. Enjoy!!!
Sly devil!
"Okay, now act like you just won the lotto!"
"Just a little more to the left..."
Fun times Marc!!!
Thanks again to Jully L. for being my model :) Enjoy the rest of you week everyone! And stay healthy!!!
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mipal7 says:
Thanks Peter :)
(11.16.11 @ 12:01 PM)
Peter Varvel says:
Such great shots of both Marc and Jully!
Feel better soon (stop working so hard!).
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Here are a few QUICK edits from a shoot I did with my friend Jully this week. Just wanted to share our efforts. More to come! Oh, and thanks Jully :)
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Helen says:
Love them all. Jully is absolutely beautiful and your photos of her are amazing. I think my favorite is the last one. :)
(11.11.11 @ 09:52 AM)
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As the title indicates, last week was super busy! With a 70th b-day party, a "fashion" shoot, Halloween, Helen's new play opening, and "stalking" Manny Pacquiao, I barely had time to sit down at my computer to update the blog. Thank goodness, I was finally able to spare a moment and update the happenings in my life! Here it goes!
First, our good friend Rodney K., celebrated his 70th birthday party last week, Oct.30th, with much fanfare, food, and friends. Great times indeed. At his party, my good friend, and enemy during college football season, Tamlyn T., was there to rub in the fact that USC barely lost to Stanford that weekend. Here she is "celebrating" the loss.
Me being a good sport with Tamlyn's taunting.
A moment later I MADE her make it up to me by representing the Trojan "V" for victory sign.
Okay, we're friends again.
Monday was spent photographing The Biller Foundation's Theater Best Awards at the Colburn School of music. The Biller Foundation is a terrific philanthropic organization that supports the arts and many other worthwhile endeavors. A great group of people! Thanks for having me.
Afterwards, it was Halloween time! Woo hoo!!! Unlike most people who really prepare for the one night of the year where we can dress up like other "beings", I sadly threw together my quick costume, with the simple purchase of a moustach and goatee, and styled my hair differently. That, coupled with passing out literally 3000 full sized bars of candy, made for a great night! Oh, and it was mom's birthday too! Happy Birthday Mom!!!
"All I do is win, win WIN!!!"
(As he WILL on November 12th!!!)
Before all this happened, I did a little headshot fashion shoot that I posted a preview of last week, with my friend Jully. After a few tweaks with some of the other photos I took, I decided to share these with you all. Thanks Jully!
"Have you ever wondered if there was more to life, other than being really, really, ridiculously good looking?"
(D. Zoolander)
Due to copyright laws, I had to come up with a new type of cosmetic product.
Besides, this was just a test :) Jully can pull it off though right?!
Friday was spent with the opening of "Ching Chong Chinaman" by Artists at Play, at the Actors Company in North Hollywood. My very own girlfriend Helen is in the show, along with a stellar cast and producers! Great times and fun show! Have a great run everyone!
Me and my "Star" Helen who plays "Grace" in the play.
(L-R) Helen, Stef (Producer), and Peter (Director)
Founding producers of Artists at Play, (L-R) Julia, Marie, Peter, and Stefanie.
Congrats on your inaugural production guys!
Finally, on a totally "weird" note in the history of my life, Saturday, I happened to finally turn down the street where Manny Pacquiao's "Wild Card Gym" is located, and to my surprise, from the sidewalk, you could hear the legendary boxer working out with his coach Freddie Roach preparing for next saturday's title fight in Las Vegas. Being a proud filipino, I couldn't help but stop my car, park and hang out with dozens of other fans of the "Pacman" hoping that after his workout, that we would get a glimpse of one of the greatest athletes to ever grace the boxing canvas!!!
After three hours of waiting, sadly, I wasn't able to see him as he took another door out of the gym to the Thai restaurant he frequents next to the gym :( BUT, during those three hours, I saw Scott Caan, Justin Long, Freddie Roach (his coach), Manny's right hand man, Buboy, and Aaron Rogers of the Greenbay Packers (who apparently drove up from San Diego for the day to see Manny). I had photographed Pacquiao's press conference with Oscar De La Hoya years ago, and it would've been cool to see him again, but oh well, not this day. Great luck to the "Pride of the Philippines" next Saturday, (although he won't need it!).
See that door at the upper right of this photo? That's Wild Card Boxing Gym,
home of the champ, Manny Pacquiao!!!
(The cars exemplify all the "money" that's involved in world championship boxing")
Manny's party bus for the ride to Vegas this week - sweet!
Lastly, what's a blog post without a cute little "bug" to finish off a great week? Here's our little pal, Kaia in her Halloween costume last week.
This was Kaia's first Halloween :) Hope you had great time little one!
Thanks for stopping by everyone! Have a fantastic week, and don't forget to pick up your camera or phone and take a photo of your life :)
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jully says:
this is a ridiculously cute picture of Kaia. a ladybug in the grass. priceless.
(11.09.11 @ 05:28 PM)
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Hello all! Busy week behind and before me! However, I didn't want to NOT write or show anything, so I'll leave you with this preview of one of the things I shot this past week (among many!) Check back soon!
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Helen says:
What an absolutely beautiful shot of an absolutely beautiful woman! :)
(11.02.11 @ 02:22 PM)
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