Vy & Telemachus | San Francisco Engagement Session

I know it’s been a few weeks since the last blog post but I was anxiously waiting for to finish editing Vy and Telemachus’ San Francisco engagement session pictures so that I can share with everyone.

Yes, the groom’s name is Telemachus. Known as ‘T’ among his group of friends, I was relieved that I didn’t have to butcher his name by trying to pronounce it throughout the e-session. I was curious to the nature of T’s name and found this great entry on Wikipedia. But the Greek reference does not end there! Part of Telemachus’ groomsmen at their July wedding will be his 2 god brothers: Prometheus and Flaminius! I better start brushing up on my Greek mythology!

When I first met Vy and Telemachus, my first impression was that Vy was very outgoing and Telemachus was more reserved but at the engagement session, Telemachus really opened up! Since they were a referral from Bobby and Yen (engagement & wedding from last year) and that Bobby and I have become good friends (and fellow Tough Mudder workout buddies!), Bobby joined us at the engagement session in San Francisco to see how it’s like to be on the other side of the camera for once. He got some great shots and I included a couple below!

Here’s the thing, having referral from past clients is kind of tough on the photographer. I want to give them great pictures but obviously not give them the same shots as their friends’. Although Vy liked my work, she didn’t want the same locations that have been requested from my previous clients. She asked me to do something different. As you know from previous blog posts, I love it when clients challenges me!

Since Telemachus was born and raised in San Francisco, he found some great spots for us to hit. The weather that day was just perfect. A rare things these days in SF! And so, here is their San Francisco e-session pictures. Enjoy!

Engagement session photo in Union Square San Francisco
Union Square San Francisco E-session photo
Engagement Session photo in San Francisco
E-Session picture in San Francisco
E-Session photo in Maiden Lane at Union Square
Maiden Lane at Union Square E-session
San Francisco e-session photos
San Francisco Skyline Engagement Session photos
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Engagement Photo with Golden Gate Bridge

E-session photo at Marin Headlands in San Francisco

Great shot from Bobby's angle

Engagement session photo in San Francisco at Marin Headlands

Here's another image from Bobby.

Engagement Picture in San Francisco at Marin Headlands
Engagement Session Picture in San Francisco at Marin Headlands
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Blog now optimize for iPad owners!

I’ve been known as a geek within my family and circle of friends.  It wasn’t much of a surprise to them when this time last year, I was excited to announce an iPhone optimized version of my blog.  It only made sense right?  I was keeping an eye on how my readers were reading my blog and I was seeing an increasing number of iOS (iPhone and iPod Touch) based devices in the list.  For convenience, I made it easier for these readers to load my page quickly and to launch the individual post so that images load in no time on their iTouch devices.

And so here we are in 2011 and I’m back with even MORE exciting news!

With easily over 15 million iPad 1 sold in its first year and a predicted 40 million iPad 2 for 2011, it was very clear that I needed to look at my blog stats again.  Sure enough, I was seeing increase iPad-based traffic in my blog logs.  This this knowledge in hand, I set about to figure out how I can make my blog a great experience for my iPad owners.

While it’s still a work in progress, I just can’t wait any longer to show you the fruit of my late night endeavors. So if you own an iPad, go ahead and launch the Safari web browser and enter my blog URL:

http://thaimaiphotography.com/blog/

You can rotate the iPad in either landscape or portrait orientation and the page will re-format accordingly.  The navigation couldn’t be simpler.  Just swipe on the iPad screen like a book page and you’ll see older post.  A much more intuitive way to navigate then finding a link at the bottom of each page don’t you think?

Tapping on a blog post will open a floating window with the post.  There’s a handy ‘Share’ button that will allow you to share it on Twitter, Facebook or to email to a friend.  I couldn’t be happier with the interface and ease of use.

I have even cooler features to share with you iPad owners so stay tune!  Please let me know what you think by leaving a comment.  Your thoughts and suggestions are always welcomed.

- Thai

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Santa Cruz Engagement Session | Michelle & Linh

I’m so glad that my clients are thinking out of the box these days.   It started off with Kris & Gabe’s e-session with their vintage bikes and now Michelle and Linh took it up a notch higher with a pink balloon!

What an awesome idea!  I love how camera shy these two were when we started off but within 15 minutes, they were so at ease it’s remarkable.

After the hair & makeup trial with Giao Nguyen, we headed out to beautiful Santa Cruz for the engagement session.   We ended at the Santa Cruz Boardwalk and nearby beach.

Really had a blast with Michelle & Linh on such a rare and beautiful day.

Enjoy!!

 

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