SOJOURN FOTO

Aloha, A Hawaiian Photoblog. Part Two.

Kimsua — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 07:55:24 +0000

Aloha, A Hawaiian Photoblog. Part One.

Kimsua — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 07:42:21 +0000

A Cinematic Ten

Kimsua — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 07:10:06 +0000

The Citation X

Kimsua — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 01:59:55 +0000

Moving Forward.

Kimsua — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 07:26:36 +0000

So I’m sure you might have noticed that there hasn’t been a whole lot going on here in the last few months. I’ve got a good reason for that as I’ve been particularly busy outside of the photography world and I haven’t had the chance to really update the blog. I will also be shifting the focus of my photography from primarily weddings and portraits to travel and landscape photography as I try to improve on some areas of my photography that I’ve neglected for a long time. Now that doesn’t mean I won’t be shooting any weddings or portraits in the future, it just means that they won’t be the center of my attention for the time being.

What you will see more of in the future is shots like the one below. I was fortunate enough to find myself in a position to snap a photo of the flight deck of a Cessna Citation X, the world’s fastest civilian jet. I’m not going to go into too much detail about the Citation X since it would bore most of you but the quick and dirty is this: it’s the currently the world’s fastest civilian jet cruising at nearly the speed of sound at Mach .92 and able to fly at altitudes of up to 51,000 ft. If you compare that to your average airliner that’s over 11,000 ft higher than what most airliners can even fly at and faster than the typical Mach .80 maximum cruise speed of most airliners out there.

Anyways that’s enough from me for now. I’ll try and get some shots up from my trip to the Sixth Floor Museum in Dallas where JFK was assassinated in 1963 in a week or so when I get the chance but in the meantime enjoy the shot below!

Dina & John: An Incredible Denver Wedding. Part Two, The Western Ceremony.

Kimsua — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 08:23:24 +0000

No need for words in this post. This is a huge one and for those of you who are viewing this on anything slower than a high speed internet connection you might want to reconsider or give yourself plenty of time to let the photos load up. Otherwise I hope everyone enjoys part two of Dina and John’s Wedding, the Western Ceremony!

Dina & John: An Incredible Denver Wedding. Part One, The Cambodian Ceremony.

Kimsua — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 15:29:11 +0000

The 4th of July weekend has always been one of my favorites since I could remember. I’m sure that had something to do with growing up as a little boy who had the pleasure of watching things blow up in spectacular fashion. This weekend; however, was a different. Over a year ago I got the great news that a close friend of mine, Dina, was just engaged to her then boyfriend John. Not too long after that we had an engagement session which was posted on my blog here. The story of Dina and John continued this last weekend with a two day wedding as friends and family came from all over the country not only to celebrate the birth of an incredible country, but the birth of a new journey for two incredible people. Congratulations Dina and John, it was a honor to be able to cover your wedding and I wish you only the best with this new journey in your lives and I am thankful to be able to say that I am your friend. Enjoy!

Katherine & Ron: A Southern California Engagement. Part One.

Kimsua — Sat, 07 May 2011 07:37:37 +0000

A few weeks ago I received a phone call from Ron asking if I would be available to do a beach style engagement session somewhere in Southern California followed up by a two-part engagement session in Colorado. I can honestly say that I was caught off guard by the request for a three part engagement session but I am sure glad that Ron did call as Julie and I had a blast with Ron and his lovely fiance Katherine this week!

Only two words are needed to describe Katherine and Ron’s engagement session: fun and daring. Not only did Katherine and Ron kill the camera with smiles, they did so with some bravery when a rogue wave gave us all a good scare. But Ron and Katherine both hung tough and in the end we came out with some great shots because of it. Thank you Katherine and Ron for the great time! You guys rock and I can’t wait till June for parts two and three!

Need some more practice… My commitment towards Landscape photography

Kimsua — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 05:49:21 +0000

Earlier this year I told myself to make a make a commitment towards improving a part of my photography that has well, been neglected for a long time as I was striving to improve other aspects of my photography. Now I don’t believe I’ll ever be the next Ansel Adams or Galen Rowell but I also know that I’ll never come close if I never try. So the day I decided to try came last week while Julie and I were out scouting some beaches for an upcoming engagement session with a couple from Colorado next week.

Speak to anyone who really knows me and they willl tell you that that I love beaches and I love tropical islands with incredible beaches. So it was only natural that I start off working with seascapes and our scouting for a suitable beach for the upcoming engagement session gave me the great opportunity to do so. I can honestly tell you that I am my own harshest critic and while I’m not terribly disappointed in these photos I can honestly say that I’m not very excited about them either. I can already pick out the areas where I could have made the shots better and I wish we would have had more time in our scouting session to shoot so that I could have taken full advantage of the beautiful sunset that came later that evening. I also wish I would have spent more time in finding a better spot to shoot from to feature a more interesting foreground than what I have below. Either way, it was still good to get out and shoot for once for my own pleasure and I can think of a lot worse things to do in life so I’m content with just being able to get out and practice for a bit. Enjoy!

Khmer Arts Portraits 2

Kimsua — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 05:28:18 +0000

From left to right:

Neang by Sophanmay
Apsara by Leslie, Alex and Reachny