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{Happy Birthday Emmia}

Raymona Chin — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 05:06:43 +0000

I’ve been so anxious to get these photos ready for posting…I’m happy I’m finally here sharing them with you…

Emmia turned 1!!!

this little lady is so cute it’s ridiculous…see for yourself…I had a blast

her mom (my good friend Melissa) made these lovely cupcakes…can you say it with me?

“Gooooorgeous!”

ok…what does this make you wanna sing?

“stop, in the name of love before you break my heart…” maybe it’s just me

cousins jumping in the bouncer and waiting to hit the pinata

of course the birthday girl had the first swing at the pinata…she enjoyed it with mommy’s help

all the cousins had a good time giving it a go

these shoes were to die for…”there’s no place like home”

to my pleasant surprise this little lady crosses her legs all by herself…how many 1 year olds do you know that crosses their legs…

such a lady

love this look

Elmo kisses and time for a nap

she loves Elmo

I absolutely love this smile/cry…had to include it

I had to show off the cupcakes one more time

happy girl!

she loved her cupcake…so precious!

loves the happy birthday serenade

trying out the new shades

resting with grandpa..that’s so sweet

lovely soft sunflare…

Sweltering in the Desert

Raymona Chin — Wed, 19 May 2010 05:13:07 +0000

much needed weekend getaway in palm desert…I guess I was the only one that didn’t realize it would be 100 degrees everyday…in my defense, it was in the low 70s only 2 hours away

we headed over the Joshua Tree not too far away…came across this abandoned house on the way to the national park…that ‘keep out’ sign is a bit scarey

turbines on the way back to palm desert…energy!

Living Desert

left to right: 2 month old giraffe, mama giraffe, not sure what kind of bird, goat, owl (look closely and you can see us in his eyes), not sure but he’s from Africa =)

we saw this large empty exhibit where the cheetah was supposed to be but no cheetah…as we were leaving he came running out with his lunch…gorgeous animal

looking up at this soft flower

on the day we were heading out…the temperature had dropped significantly from 100 to 58 degrees…and it was very cloudy and foggy…we pulled over to capture this shot…

take…these broken wings…

Raymona Chin — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 05:09:23 +0000

back at the mission last weekend (photos coming soon)…at the end of the session I saw this butterfly following us. Little did he know I was following him

tattered butterfly

Flowers on a Mission

Raymona Chin — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 03:54:56 +0000

the San Juan Mission is not only a good location for portrait photography but landscape and macro as well…that was evident by the 7 other photographers walking around with their digital SLRs and tripods

the sun was pretty bright by 9am but here’s a backlit flower…so delicate and hairy

bee buzzing around this yellow flower…look at those little spikes

the front of flowers always get all the attention but the rear is pretty nice too…I think the sprinklers had just gone off

here’s the front side and a little shaded…

The trail is open again…

Raymona Chin — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:04:00 +0000

So the trail has been closed for a while now (over a month) and it re-opened yesterday…

I couldn’t make it there yesterday but was determined to get some sunrise shots instead of sunset shots…arrived there at 5:45am with our bikes…ready to ride the trail and take some shots along the way…only to be stumped by a THICK marine layer…we couldn’t see 5 feet in front of us.

this is what it looked like in the morning…super foggy/marine layer

once the sun came up we started on the trail…this is the first shot…can anyone say AVATAR???

here are the different perspectives of the trail we were on…

we couldn’t help noticing tons of these black spikey thingys…all over the leaves on the trail…thorns everywhere

the husband stumbled upon this gopher skull…he has a very good eye because this thing was no bigger than my thumb…I thought this would make for an interesting shot

as we were exiting the trail…and packing up…I came across this snail trying making his way across the path…then the ladybug in the tall grass…and this very interesting (ugly/pretty) flower

Horses…horses…horses…

Raymona Chin — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:36:57 +0000

after visiting our friends and their new baby we came across these horses in san juan capistrano…they’re beautiful animals built purely of muscle

this horse was friendly but I was still a little scared for some reason…maybe because his head was 5 times as big as mine

soon he started biting the fence trying to get out…I could tell it wasn’t his first time chopping on the fence…look at that grill (can you say oral hygiene?)

he flared his nostrils at me…some really big notrils…I think I felt stuff flying out and onto my arm…ewwww

look at him run…amazing!

Early Morning Walk

Raymona Chin — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:36:14 +0000

my husband woke me up at 6:30am this morning (on a Saturday) to go for a walk and take photos…turned out to be a long 2 hour walk

lots of flowers are still blooming after the long rainy weekends

came across a ladybug with a heart on her back (thinking of you Ishmael)

getting in close

even closer

on our way back I came across this tattered baseball and I wanted to capture just how many games and dog bites its seen…

It was a good early morning stroll…thanks Mr. Skinner!

Spring Flowers

Raymona Chin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 03:09:33 +0000

Everyday, before and after work, I pass by an open lot that now has amazing wild spring flowers. Needless to say, I’ve been itching to photograph them…Enjoy!

beautiful yellow wild spring flower

wispy weed

a little drop of dew on its stigma

view from below

wilting wild flower

reflections in the sun

on the way out…someone else was enjoying the beautiful blue sky and light breeze by testing out his new dragon kite…I had to get a shot