If you've read my blog, I'm a huge fan of film. I'm not a huge fan of digital photography. I always believe that a shot should be as real as possible, without any "touching up." Most digital photographers will take your picture, then touch up the exposure later in the computer. Sometimes they may fix your hair, put in a fake sunset, you name it.

Well, to me, any touchups is a form of cheating. If it's not real, then where's the skill of photography? As a wedding photographer, I am trying to glamourize the true moment of your wedding, not to make one up. So I will not snap a shot of film if there is a person in the background, put in a fake sunset, or if your hair is getting "wind-blown." I'm like a sniper, I only shoot when the shot is perfect. To me, accuracy counts. I get one shot to get it right.

Now this does not mean that I can't touch up photos. In fact, I'm probably one of the better digital artist on this island. People, companies, even non-profit organizations usually knock on my door to help them with their graphic design, or to restore their old photos. Here is one photo that I just recently restored to the best of my ability. Other labs told him that it was purely impossible to get any color or image out of it. I begged to differ.

So this week has been extraordinarily busy. I've had about a wedding basically everyday. Today, the 10th, will be my last wedding which will mark 10 straight days of weddings, back to back. This Saturday was extraordinarily tough for me. I had 3 weddings, plus a reception to cover. I basically worked form 7am to 11pm, came back to watch my UH football squeak out a win in overtime. Then I got 3 hours of sleep, work up and watched my Eagles play, took a short 3 hour nap, before heading out to do another wedding at Sunset. Yeah, it's been crazy between football and weddings.

I have some great love stories to tell you though. This week, I'm taking about 5 days off, and don't plan on booking any last minute weddings from the 11th to the 14th. I just need to recharge my "wedding batteries." But during this time, I'll be sure to blog about some of the past weddings I did. I truly have some great stories to tell.

HOW DO I PICK MY COUPLES?

Some couples ask me, if they made the cut to make my website. The truth is, there is no cut. I just blog randomly. So if I've done your wedding, and I skipped over you, just email me, send me some scanned photos, and you'll be on my site. I do so many weddings, and all my wedding couples mean a lot to me. But I can't put every one on my site, else I would probably not have a social life. Hahaha. So, this random selection thing has been great. But again, email me if you want to be on my site. I'll be happy to blog about you folks.

Well, I'm going to get some shut-eye now. I'll talk to you all soon!