Adobe is giving away Photoshop for free…Sorta. Adobe recently release Photoshop Express. Express is a flash based online photo editor, which allows the user to non-destructively edit and enhance their photos. You can upload your photos or pull your photos from Picasa, Photobucket, or Facebook. This is not a Photoshop replacement, but it gives users basic photo-editing capabilities and also includes a decent slideshow. If you haven’t tried it out, you should, it’s FREE.Basic editing tools on the left panel.Selecting one of the tools gives you a strip of options you can choose from on the top panel. One of the neat things about editing in Express is, mousing over the small images changes the main images instantly.

WPPI 2008 is over for us and we’re both back home now. Time to catch up on some much needed sleep since we didn’t do too much of that while in Las Vegas. How could you with the tradeshow and buffets not to mention the late, late parties and hanging out with friends? We all had a blast and got some work done in between so that we can service our clients even better. Here we are at the end of tradeshow.Have you seen a million dollars before???To our old and new friends who we didn’t get to say bye to personally. We hope you had a safe trip back home and we can’t wait to meet up with you all again.

It’s that time of year again where wedding and portrait photographer from around the world all congregate to Las Vegas for the annual Wedding and Portrait Photographers International, otherwise known as WPPI. WPPI is a huge event and is akin to the superbowl of conventions for photographers. It allow us to stay up to date with the latest trends and happing in the industry. WPPI also helps us to continually measure ourselves to the highest caliber of professionals in the industry. It is a battery recharge for the creative mind and an extra jumpstart for the business side of photography. Just as important is the opportunity to network with fellow photographers, to hang out, talk shop and take our craft to the next level. All this means that our clients can put trust in our ability and desire to offer not just the best but deliver the best in our clients experience and wedding day photography. Our replies to email and phone calls will be delayed while we are at the convention from Sunday to Wednesday.

True love transcends great distances. Song and Jason grew up in China and attended grade school together. Song eventually came to America for school. Jason unbeknown st to her did the same. It was through mutual friends that the two eventually learn they were on the same continent across the ocean from where they grew up.

It wonderful how fate works. Song, Jason and a few of their friends all planned a trip to Thailand together. When the trip nears, each friend eventually had to cancel for one reason or another, leaving Jason and Song to visit Thailand on their own. It was that fateful trip that Song described as possibly the kindling of a relationship that transcends distance and became more than just childhood friendship. All of Song’s friends still swear that though it sounds conveniently suspicious on their part, their last minute cancellation were all coincidental and not premeditated or flavored with any ulterior motive whatsoever.

Back in the states, Jason is finishing up his doctorate work in Florida while Song is working in San Diego. Instant messaging and long distance phone calls helps to grow their relationship. But it’s Jason’s semimonthly visits to San Diego that helps to cement it. San Diego is better than Florida claims Song. Jason reason that the beaches in Florida is better thus Florida is better. But in the ends, wherever their hearts are near one another is all that matters. It may have taken them a half a world away before their heart realized that…but that is why fate works so wonderfully.Having some fun with the local seagulls.Loving the mood and warmth of this one as the sun sets lower over the ocean.Night falls and we went over to the Gaslamp quarters in downtown San Diego to work the off camera lighting and get some amazing images.Song and Jason – it was so nice to meet you two and it was too much fun just hanging out like old friends. We wish you the best in the future and much happiness together. Have a great wedding in China and let us know how it goes. You can view a slideshow of your session by clicking below.