This Thanksgiving, I brought my new toy Nikon 1 J1 and took it for a test drive. Timelapse style. That’s how I roll. I wanted to capture our entire thanksgiving dinner in a movie format, but I knew my camera battery wouldn’t have enough juice to run throughout the night. Timelapse was my best option. I set the camera on the tripod, let it sit and take photos. This is my first time, so I wasn’t sure what interval I should...

Last Friday would have been a typical Friday for me: leave work, go home, get changed, go out for dinner, etc… I’d actually made a few plans for the night, but I decided to drop them in the last minute to attend the get-together with Sacramento SmugMug group. Thanks to the event, I had a great opportunity to meet up with a number of photographers in my area, and to learn quite a few things from them. Upon arriving our meeting...

This past weekend was another great New Year’s holiday that I had. Instead of the parties that I usually go to in Sacramento, I went to the bay area to celebrate New Year’s Eve with a ton of family members. People from all over the world gathered at my aunt’s house in San Francisco and hung out. I’ve eaten so much food within the last 2 weeks, I’ve put on about 10 lbs (time to say “hello again” to the low-carb diet)....

Man, what a great Christmas it was. I think I ate about two weeks’ worth of food during the holiday. All props and credits go to my grandma, who provided us pretty much unlimited Pho and fried rice. She was always in the kitchen making something for us… talk about cooking up a storm! I usually go to Southern California for Christmas and New Year’s; but I wanted to change it up a bit and decided to stay here in Sacramento instead. It...