Just to went a friend's place for birthday dinner. Shinny just turned 30...

Sumi and Allen are a very sweet SoCal couple. Sumi was working in DC at that time. Allen flew in for a conference and they decided to have a lifestyle/engagement session here. The shoot was back in April and it was the hottest day in spring. Despite the fact that the temperature actually reached the high 90s, everybody was so excited and pumped up. In the morning we strolled around Georgetown, checking out small streets and colorful row houses. We then headed to Mandarin Oriental Hotel Washington DC for some indoor shots. Later in the afternoon we wandered from the Capital to Lincoln Memorial before calling it a day.

Recently, I have been getting a bunch of questions about what cameras I use, camera tips and suggestions, etc. Most of them are along the lines of "I'm thinking about getting a digital SRL. Which one should I buy?". In the past, I used to throw back a few questions like "What's your budget?" and "What kind of photography are you interested in? Portrait, landscape, etc.?". However, nowadays I think the most important thing is to find out whether photography is something you truly like.

As previously mentioned, my journey from Cinque Terre to Rome was quite hectic but we eventually arrived in Rome at around 15:00. Since we were going to spend the next two days checking out the city, we planned to turn the afternoon into a retreat at our hotel, Rome Cavalieri—The Waldorf=Astoria Collection.

My trip to Cinque Terre, Italy. Hiking through Monterosso, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola and Riomaggiore. Rick Steves style travel with lots of photos.

My trip to Switzerland - includes visits to Gimmelwald, Interlaken, Spiez, Berner Oberland. Rick Steves style travel with lots of photos.

After 3 days in London, we spent 2 days and 3 nights in Paris staying at Hilton Arc de Triomphe, which is a block an a half from the Courcelles metro stop. Hilton Arc de Triomphe really deserves the name Hilton unlike the dirty ghetto rundown Hilton Valley Forge in King of Prussia, PA (now Dolce Hotel). It's clean, nicely decorated, and located in a good neighborhood. It also has a great executive lounge with an open-air seating area. Our room was nice, roomy and clean.

We flew a morning flight into London Heathrow and arrived in the evening so that we could get a good night sleep. The plane landed at almost 22:00 and after we were done with immigration we had to get some money exchanged, took a long walk to the Tube station, and lined up to get Oyster cards. We didn't leave the airport area until 23:30. After having a late dinner, that night we ended up going to bed at around 2:30 or so.

A few weeks ago my wife and I spent two weeks in Europe visiting London, Paris, Berner Oberland/Gimmelwald in Switzerland, Cinque Terre and Rome in Italy. Although it was pretty expensive, considering the dollar fell to a six-month low against the euro during that period, the trip was worth every penny. Anyway, I want to share my experience about the planning process and specifically how I managed to shoot about 40 GB of RAW images without taking a laptop on the trip.

Hello World! You heard right. Although I regularly contribute to the Adobe Professional Services Public Sector blog, this is actually my very first personal blog post. Can you imagine that? Anyway, this blog will hopefully focus on my photography work and things that interest me and are worthwhile sharing. Head over to my portfolio website to check out some of my work.