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John 13:34-35

riyo & chicky

Team USA Basketball – Friendly vs China

2016 Team United Ladies Mission Bowl Tournament

photo courtesy of P.Lee

photos courtesy of F.Shu

Game 1 vs Hope 0-19 (L)
Game 2 vs Lighthouse 0-7 (L)
Game 3 – #5 seed vs #4 Lighthouse for playoff birth 28-0 (W)
Game 4 – Semi-finals vs Hope 20-18 (W)
Game 5 – Finals vs Kairos 21-19 (W)

Twitter game threads: http://twitter.com/Go_Team_United

xmas lights 2016: Fairway Village

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http://hiddensandiego.net/christmas-light-displays.php
http://www.sandiegofamily.com/images/pdf/resources/SDFM-Map-of-Lights-2015.pdf

The Proposal: After Party

link to my sister’s write up of the behind the scenes.

photos used here and the Polaroids used in the proposal were printed at foxprint.com. Shout out to them for being based in the SD area and delivering quality, speed, and great customer service.

Celebrating this day with our friends and our communities was a logical next step after the proposal. Getting her closest friends to hold the secret for a few weeks would be an exercise in trust but based on her reaction, they’re great secret keepers!

In my mind LA Eats has always been about enjoying food in the presence of friends, family, and the people we love. This day embodied all those qualities and more so I couldn’t think of a better project code name. Huge thanks to everyone for helping out and making this a reality!

Food: King’s Hawaiian BBQ, King’s Hawaiian Paradise Cake & Mocha Haupia Cake, Republic of Pie pies, Cream Pan Strawberry Croissants.

Decorations: alilweddingplanner.com and friends

Location: EFC Southbay. (K’s home church in LA)

Good job, Lawrence. Nice ring! Congrats to my cousin Katie! #shesaidyes #engagementring #putaringonit

A photo posted by Jeff S. (@jefe.shieh) on Nov 21, 2015 at 12:38pm PST

The Proposal

Project Pseudo-Name: LA Eats – The Real Deal
Location: Signal Hill Park (aka Hill Top Park), Los Angeles
Photos courtesy of my dear friends over at Simplytwo.com.

It was not intended to be anything grand. The location gave a quiet nod to the city of Los Angeles that had been the location of our first date and many after. The intimacy and quietness allowed us to focus on the thing that mattered: us. A relationship we were proud to have forged through years of dates, calls, and mutual edification, made it much easier to see this as an exciting step on our journey together.

My friends would shoot from at a distance which allowed K to fully experience the moment, without a camera in our face. This was my way of physically capturing the moment while keeping the words spoken between K & I as words that were meant…for us. I hope I never forget her face as I knelt on one knee.

This shot is courtesy of a stranger! Her husband started pointing excitedly when they realized what was going on and afterwards, offered to email me the pictures. nice shot.

Proposal_simplytwo

In 2010, the last voicemail I received from my dad was a birthday message with the final words “find yourself a good girl”. He would have been happy to see this day.

link to Part 2

Legoland

How to make a wedding slideshow and enjoy it

We’ve all been there before. The lights go down at your friend’s wedding and the slideshow is about to start. Then it goes on…and on…and on. After a few minutes you’ve stopped paying attention and moved on to better things like food and conversation going on at your table.

It doesn’t have to be that way.

Steps:

Get decent resolution photos in order. older facebook photos are fairly low resolution.
Upload photos to a photo animation site: like animoto
Add music
Export videos

Extra steps:

Adjust individual photo lengths and/or add music in external movie editor (FCPX, iMovie, windows movie maker)

Also at 3 songs x 3 min/each you’re looking at at least 75 pics/9 min that’s 8 pics a minute up to 12 pics a minute meaning 5-7 sec per picture.

My recommendation is to pic out the 15-20 pics that really stand out to you. 15-20 for the bride, 15-20 for groom, and 15-20 for the couple. It’ll be tough but it really is better to get a good look than to have all these pics whizzing by where you have no idea whats going on.

Especially if you have group pictures. Before anyone can spot you two or themselves the picture whizzes by. It’ll be tough whittling down your pictures =/ but ultimately it’s your choice.