A Warm Welcome!

Greetings and welcome to my hand-spun blog+site. My photography journey has been incredible! It began with fun, then grew into passion, then I discovered profound love for it and there was no looking back. Five years later, I have this custom site to showcase what I love doing so much, the art of capturing life just the way I see it. Please look around, this site is a reflection of me. Enjoy exploring it.

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The old-faithful, llamas and the fainting goats

It was my hubby’s birthday a week ago, so his friends came over for a weekend to celebrate his big day with us. It’s also a tradition among the friends to meet up once a year, spend a few days together and go all crazy. It was only four of them first, then came along the wives of two of them, now it’s a group of six. Four years ago they were united for our wedding, the next year we all went to Yosemite for camping, a year later one of them got married in San Diego (I photographed their wedding at La Jolla) and this year they were all here and we went to Napa valley. Usually it’s not a big deal when friends get together, but one of these guys travel all the way from Kansas to reunite in Nor Cal. I think it’s very special and so much fun!

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Aug, 24, 2009
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Trip to Napa this time was one of a kind! We didn’t visit the wineries, instead we decided to drive up to Calistoga to see The Old Faithful Geyser of California. Not only that, we also saw the fainting goats for the first time. I never heard about the fainting goats before, neither did I believe that the goats can actually faint until I saw it happen! I feel bad for being mean to the poor goats; we tried to scare them by screaming and making loud noise. The little ones couldn’t take the shock of it and collapsed on the ground immediately. They recovered in a few seconds though.

The geyser was awesome! We waited twenty minutes for the water to blow off the ground.

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Curtis and Audrey joined us for the weekend. Last year we were in San Diego for their wedding.

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And there was Mr. Llama, he wasn’t very excited with the prospect of being photographed!

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Here is a fainting goat, he just collapsed and after about 10 seconds he stood up.

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The little guy needed some feeding after the harassment!

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  • Michelle Jordan: I love the pictures of Old Faithful that you got with the rainbows...they are beautiful! You could sell those as pictures people hang on there walls...:)

    I have never seen a fainting goat either...that is crazy.
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A big move is on the way

It’s coming! It’s coming! You’ll see the fruit if you can wait a few more days! What is it now? It’s a part of all the good stuff that are happening to my business. It’s one more thing in addition to the new logo, website, etc.

I have a busy weekend ahead. Summer concert in the Bay area, followed by a fabulous e-session in SF is on my plate. But I don’t want to leave you here with nothing! Enjoy a few highlights from my recent trip to up North.

Driving to Vancouver from Seattle. By the way, Seattle is one my favorite places. It’s in my list of places when I decide to move out of California.

Surrey is a small town in BC right off the US border.

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Jul, 09, 2009
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It was our lucky day in Gas Town, Vancouver. They were having a Jazz festival.

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Caught a sight of Mount Rainier from the aeroplane.

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Oh Canada!

Over the long weekend J and I took a 3-day trip to visit my family in Toronto. This was one of those trips that was too short to even realize. It seemed like I was there for a day or so. We had a great time there, seeing friends and family. The weather was wonderful, unlike the ninty-something degrees here in Roseville. We actually brought the winter jackets with us!

May, 28, 2009
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Now the vacation is over, I have a super busy (and fun) weekend ahead. Can’t wait for the awesome wedding followed by a fabulous engagement shoot in next two days! In the meantime, enjoy a few shots of the City of Toronto.
The famous CN Tower.
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Stunning view from top of the CN tower… the City by Lake Ontario. Do you see the shadow of the CN tower?

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This post won’t be complete if I don’t show off my beautiful niece and nephew. Amazing how kids grow so fast!

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Apple picking at Applehills

Apple Hills, CA(30-mins from Sacramento, 1-hr from my house) is well known for the apple orchards and beautiful vineyards. You can go there during the apple season and pick your own apple. Jason and I go there every year, but we return home with a big, delicious dutch apple pie. We never get to pick apples ’cause the season is over by the time we get there. This year we tagged along with a few other friends who were as enthusiastic about apple picking at the Apple Hills.

We ended up going to an orchard which was also a vineyard. The owner said “Grapes are free if you can find any.” So we walked through the grape vines in search for grapes; we ended up finding a lot!

Sunny, my friend, loves apple. It was fun watching her going from tree to tree to pick the golden delicious. We ended up with buckets full of grapes and apples by end of the time.
My friend Sheila also joined us. She is expecting her baby in November. She is gorgeous and glowing at her seven-month pregnancy! I am very excited for her to start the new family soon with her new baby boy!
It was an extremely hot day! You’d think that the weather would be cool enough there since summer had officially ended a few days back. But it was upper 90′s at the Apple Hills. Despite the heat we had a lot of fun! It was a success this time; we managed to make it there during the apple season :) Not only we returned home with an apple pie, but also with freshly picked apples and grapes from Applehills.

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Sep, 28, 2008
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  • ohana photographers-david and kimi: these came out absolutely gorgeous!! love the apples!! beautiful images of your friend too!
  • gerald carvalho: That's so cool...!!! would you mind if I ask you the exact location of this orchard please Nudrat?

    Thanks,
    Gerald

    geraldcarvalho@gmail.com
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Comparison shopping || Through the (side)mirror

I was looking through the pictures from various trips we have taken over the years and realized that most of the pictures are taken from cars in 80-mile speed. Evidently I don’t take that many pictures when I am not in a vehicle(unless it’s a wedding or any other event). So anyways, I was randomly browsing and found several shots that captured beautiful views through the side mirror of a moving car. I just wanted to share a few here.

Please note “Objects in mirror are closer than they appear” :) )

Sedona, AZ 2006

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Jun, 19, 2008
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This one gives me motion sickness

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Maui, HI 2007

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Highway 1, CA 2008

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The first three were taken with Jason’s ancient 3mp camera that is no longer in operation. The last one is straight out of my Rebel XT(poor rebel worked really hard in the past few years …). I should also mention that I’m now a proud owner of a 5D. I tried it out last night, it is worth every penny! Can’t wait to use it this weekend!

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  • david & kimi baxter: oh maui!!! these are awesome!!! my wife would get so sick takin a shot like that while moving! so i have to pull over :)
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