HAPPY HALLOWEEN 10/31/09

Photo Shoot: Jason & Aayasha Wedding

Jason & Aayasha Wedding
Location: Oakland Yacht Club: 1101 Pacific Marina, Alameda, CA 94501
Flickr Album Website: Jason/Aayasha 10.24.09

This is my second wedding shoot. This series of pics means a lot to me, as I’ve known Jason and his family for as long as I can remember. Jason and Aaysha have gone through a series of wedding ceremonies in their native land of Nepal. On this day they shared with their friends and family a beautiful reception for those who cannot be at their wedding.


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Thru My Eyes: 2

EVERY PHOTOGRAPHERS NIGHTMARE

“Thru my eyes” is a series of random photographs taken with my various cameras to capture the moment the way I see them. This series is a way for me to continue to grow as a photographer and share with the world my views “Thru my eyes.”

Random thoughts (4) "Presidents Cup"

Last week the city of San Francisco was given a treat from the PGA and 24 of the top golfers in the world, as the Presidents Cup tournament was held at the public course of Harding Park. As a passionate golfer I was extremely excited for the Presidents Cup. The Presidents cup is a 4-day golf tournament that is held every two years, alternating locations from the US and places around the world other than Europe. The competitors are 12 of the top US golfers and 12 of the worlds best golfers excluding the US and Europe. Over 4 days these 24 golfers compete against each other representing their countries in 3 various match types. These types are 4-ball (each 2 man team takes turns hitting the ball), Best ball (each player plays their own ball, but only the top score from each hole from each team is recorded) and Single match play (1 on 1 best of 18, whoever has the best score per hole wins that hole). The winning team is not given any prize money as the winning side is give prize money to donate to their favorite charities.

My wife and I were one of the lucky 35,000 people to watch the sold out tournament. My wife and I came out to watch on Friday as the US team and International team were broken down to 6 matches of 4-ball with each winning team earning 1 point for their side, 17.5 points over 4 days declares the winning team.

On the Friday that we went, the first set of matches started at 10:55 am so we decided to get to the course at 9:30 so we can experience the ambiance of all the pre-game festivities, watching the players warm up, taking pictures from the vendors, hitting up the merchandise tent and watching the opening ceremonies for that day. As a golfer my favorite two golfers are Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods so I was extremely happy that the first match was with Phil and the Last match was with Tiger. These two matches were roughly about an hour and half apart so it gave me plenty of time to follow and watch Phil hit some great shots and give me enough time to head back to the first hole to watch Tiger start his day.

Throughout the day its amazing to hear the ROARS from the various sections of the course as these Pros gave Fans the show we’ve been waiting for. One moment I was watching Phil hit his shot from the Fairway and the next I’m turning my head as I can hear cheers from across the course wondering what was going on. I was also lucky to be a part of the Cheering side as a couple of amazing shots happen right in front of me and along with a hundred or so people yell in excitement. Being able to watch these players play for their country and the aura they bring as they walk on the course is something that’s hard to explain, the magical feeling knowing someone special and something special is about to happen give goose-bumps.

The long exciting day ended with the US team earning 3 ½ points to the International team earning 2 ½. My wife has never gone to watch a golf tournament so running from hole to hole watching some of the best golfers for 5+ hours was very tiring. Towards the end of the day we were lucky to find a great spot in the bleachers that surrounded 5 sections of the golf course and provided us with a screen showing action throughout the course. My wife was able to take some catnaps as we waited for golfers to get closer to finishing up their matches. At the end we jet across a couple more hole to watch matches finish up, before ending our day.

All in all the Golf world and the City of San Francisco was given an opportunity to watch an incredible tournament between two teams of players where every other week are alone in their sport where 99% of the time they loose. The Presidents cup is a unique tournament where individuals are given the opportunity to play for their country, come together as a unit and share with the world their God given skills in atmosphere where everyone wins.

-ML