Kings Hockey Game

My brother and I got two tickets to the Kings Hockey game last night at the Staples Center. The tickets belong to a friend of my Dad's who has season tickets and was unable to attend last nights game...score some for us!

The seats are amazing! Five rows back from the glass, right next to the Kings player tunnel that takes them to the locker room. We could "Hi-Five" the players as they went in and out! Hockey is a whole different sport when your that close to the players and the action! The action is supper intense and when they would check each other into the glass...look out! If you weren't paying attention, it would scare the heck out of you! Its a loud "bang" and the whole wall suddenly moves towards you as their face smooches up against the glass. There were also several fights...most of them at the other end of the arena, so we could see them to well...

It was awesome.

Oh, but heads up if you ever sit somewhere where there is open glass, as was the case for these seats...with a minute or so left in the 3rd period, a puck came flying off the ice and smacked a guy on his head, then bounced off him and nailed the guy behind him (who also wasn't paying attention), knocking his glasses off and cutting his forehead. Both of them had to be taken out of the area for medical attention, and the first guy the puck hit might need stitches because he was defiantly bleeding. It was intense.

Here are some photos I took with the CrackBerry...I forgot my little camera...bummer.

Here are all the extra sticks for the players...my brother asked if he could have one, but he was too late and the "stick manager" had already given out 2, and couldn't give out anymore...

Look out and to the left...

An FSN West Game report after the first period...

The players coming out of the tunnel...

Note the open glass straight through...Heads up!

It was an awesome game. They also had this number you could text messages into from your phone and they would display on the jumbo-tron at then end of each period, so my brother and I tried to text in "GO DUCKS!" (you know, since all the Kings fans HATE the ducks)...but we couldn't get the message to send...oh well...it probably would have started a riot anyway.

Kings won 4 to 2 over Vancouver.

Boat Races!

So my family and I went to Disneyland on Sunday to see all the Christmas decorations, and just to enjoy the holidays. The park was a little crowded, but for being the Christmas season, it was not bad at all.

We did the usual rides, Indian Jones and The Temple of Doom, The Haunted Mansion/Nightmare Before Christmas, Buzz Lightyear.

It was a cold day...maybe in the mid 50's all day, but my brother and I had the bright idea to ride Splash Mountain. In fact, there was no wait for the ride at all...and this is the ride that usually has a 45 minute wait all year long. Perhaps the cold weather scared everyone away...but not us! Well, we got in line and walked all the way to the loading docks where they asked for two riders. That was us, so they pulled us out of line and told us to go the lane number 1...yep...the front of the boat! Well my brother didn't want to sit in the very front, but neither did I, so I assured him that the people in the back will get the wettest, but I don't think he bought that...so we sat down and away we went. Did I mention how cold it was that day?

Anyway, long story short, we got soaked. I thought the ride was "Splash Mountain", not "Soak Mountain"...

Ah, and now to the title of the post...Boat Races...

So we decided that we wanted to go on "It's A Small World" since it was all decked out for the holidays, so we waited in line for maybe 25 minutes or so which I thought was supper fast for that ride. Well we got on, my bother and I again sitting in the front, and proceeded to enter the ride, got through maybe the first room of the ride when I noticed the boat was moving extremely slow...in fact...too slow. Pretty soon we were stopped dead in the water. Well we proceeded to drift along for a few moments as the electronic puppets continued to sing that oh so wonderful song! We were even going slow enough to fish out a FujiFilm digital camera from the water. Now, I'm not quite sure how you drop your camera on a ride that has a top speed of a half mile an hour...it's not like the owner of the camera got started from a large drop, or some crazy fast action...but perhaps they were frightened by the small electronic creatures singing...Well, the camera was a little rusted so it was obvious that it had been in there for a while, so I just gave it to the ride attendant when we got off...I told him we found it floating. (He didn't seem surprised that a heavy camera could float, but hey)

So by this point we are not moving anymore, and the ride operator had come over the loud speaker and told us to stay seated, the ride needed to be rebooted. (I have never heard of a water ride needing to be rebooted, have you?) So my bother and I decided we would rock the boat...you know...see if we could send anyone launching...it didn't work. So instead we grabbed on to the sides of the water track and pulled our boat forward, ramming the boat in front of us. Then we tried to push all of us forward...there were maybe 6 boats in front of us, but we weren't able to move us all out. So we backed our boat up, and rammed the boats in front of us again...not luck. (By "ramming" I mean we bumped into the boats at a whopping speed of 100 feet and hour...so no harm done) we had probably been sitting in the same spot for maybe 10 minutes or so and people were going anxious to get out. The music had stopped, but all the puppets were still singing and dancing like nothing had happened. Then the races broke out! Now the boat behind us was in a mad rush to back all the way out of the ride back to the future...er...the beginning, so we joined in, as did the boat in front of us. Man, that boat behind his pealed rubber and split! They were gone faster than we knew! So now it was a race to catch up with them...

Well we passed backwards in time through all the same 2 and a half rooms we had just gone forward in, meanwhile all the puppets kept on singing and dancing...

Half way through the race, and almost free, the ride was finished rebooting and we gradually started moving forward again. Here is where our plan back fired...we had backed up all the way to the beginning, and now had to ride the whole thing again! 30 minutes is way too long to spend on that ride...

He is a shot of the ride taken with my BlackBerry...

This is a stock photo...

Here is the Castle at night when it "snows" (Sorry...bad photos...its what to expect with a camera phone...)

All in all, it was a fun day at D-Land! (Wow...that was along post!)

Silverado Canyon Fire

So I get a few photos from my house, and from various other spots here in the RSM / Mission Viejo area of the fire that is burning in Silverado Canyon.

Here are some photos of the fire from my front yard. It looks close, but in reality, it is probably about a mile or more from my house as the crow flies. (Yea, I realize a mile is not all that far...but with no wind, the fire is not moving near as fast.)

From the front yard...

From the back yard...

From Los Flores which runs along the top of O'Neil Park...

From Mission Viejo looking towards the Portola Hills area...

Finally, a photo from today...no...the sky in not overcast...its smoky...

Updates to my Site and Some Wedding Photos

First off, I have finally updated my Website to reflect some of the newest images that I have taken over the past few months. Most of the new images can be seen in the Wedding, and Engagement galleries. Check 'em out! In addition, I updated the home splash page to reflect links that take you to my site, my blog, and the marching band photo page. (The 2007 Marching band show is next weekend...more on that soon)

Secondly...

As I mentioned in my last post, my two friends Nate and Sarah got married on the 6th of October. I was Nate's best man in the wedding, so I was unable to take all the photos that I usually take when I cover a wedding. Never-the-less, I did manage to tag along with Mandy, who was the official photographer of the day, and snap a few photos of my two friends after the ceremony

I admit, it took me much longer to process the images than I had planned on, but with time, I was able to finally get them done. Here are some of my favorites...

Engagement Photos...

So two of my really good friends, Nate and Sarah, are getting married tomorrow!! Its supper exciting and i have no doubt that the wedding will be amazing. Although I am Nates best man, I do still plan on having my camera there so that i can take photos as much as possible of the reception and details...but it might be a little hard to get those nice ceremony shots seeing how I will be in the wedding.

Anyway, its going to be so awesome...cant wait!

Now, onto the topic of this post. I took the engagement photos for Nate and Sarah about a week or so ago now, and i have been meaning to post them...since the wedding is tomorrow, I figured that today was as good a time as any. Here are a few of my favorites.










I need to update my website too to reflect the latest round of photos that I have taken...maybe I do that this weekend...Check the blog for update announcements to my website. Oh, and check back in a few days for some photos from their wedding!

Bike Ride

I havnt been mountain biking in a few weeks now...ok...actually...almost 2 months, but iI stopped by the bike store yesterday on my way home from skool, and picked up a Fox racing jersey and the works, so i decided to go for a nice ride.

Where: Rode down to the bank to pay the credit card bill...then on to the Tijeras Creek Trail where it hits the toll road off Antonio Parkway. Up the hill, rode around along the ridge for a bit, then down the horse trail into Coto. From there down to the Coto general store, and back out along the side streets and out at the Dove Canyon Exit. Then on the the Bell View Trail, and back into Robinson ranch.

How Far: 12.35 miles

How Long: 58 minutes moving...1 hour 15 minutes total

Average Speed: 9.6 miles per hour

It was a great ride! I wanted to go down to the baseball fields in Los Flores, but it was too hot and I was pushing too hard...so in lu of passing out along a trail of which i never saw another rider, i decided to make it a shorter ride than i would have liked. But, still, it was a great ride!

Awesome Comercial...

Gigantic Spider Web

So if you hate spiders as much as I do, then this will either completely creep you out or it will totally fascinate you. Even though I hate spiders, I am a fan of watching them...from a large distance that is. Anyway, this giant spider was found in a North Texas State Park about a month ago. Apparently entomologists are not sure why the web is so large, or why hundreds of spiders are living in the same area. Thats right...hundreds or even thousands.

Here is a photo.


And a video about it...sorry for the copyright stamped across the video...



The web consumes seven large trees, dozens of bushes, and the ground is is 200 yards in length. Park rangers say it used to be white, but has trapped so many mosquitoes that it has since turned a brown color.

Here is the link to the news article. As much as I hate spiders, I think it would be cool to check out.

Sweet Nike Commercials

Check out these two sweet Nike commercials. Not only are they well filmed, and fun to watch, but they feature the San Diego Chargers. Check 'em out below:


Here is one with MVP LaDainian Tomlinson



And one with Outside LB Shawne Merriman




Wow...2 posts in two days...

Challenging Video

So, if you read Josh Griffins blog, then you have probably already seen this video, but if not, then you should definitely watch it here. Its a video made by Granger Community Church and their youth ministry and I think it has a powerful statement.





The real question is...does it make your heart hurt enough to do something?

Album pre-design

Wow, two posts in one day...yep...i know that you are all super impressed!

I put together a flash slideshow from the wedding that I photographed last Sunday and have posted it to my website. The show is what the wedding album desing looks like in digital format. The show is about 4 minutes long and has music, so sit back, pump up the volume and enjoy. Please let me know what y'all think too!

Here is the link

football season has started!!

Thats right, the official NFL season has started. Chargers play the Bears this Sunday at Qualcomm Stadium at 1:15. It should be a great game, plus, SD's first string is in this time. The Chargers had a decent preseason and played very well in both their defense and offense, so their season looks promising.

Check out these highlights from the Louisville vs. Middle Tennessee...WOW...that would have been a supper exciting first half to watch. Check out the video...click here

अ न्यू ओव्प बैनर

yep...thats Hindi...thats right...i can now post in the Hindi language...so ya'll better brush up on your Hindi reading skills. (But seriously, not sure why blogger has enabled this feature...the title reads "A new AOVP banner")

check out the new Angle Of View Photography banner that i created for my blog...its below on the left just under the (blog)red banner. it serves as a direct hyperlink to my new website and will hopefully attract a few more readers to the site.

so i photographed another wedding this past sunday, and am in the middle of editing all the photos. a busy schedule this week has prevented me from being able to past photos sooner that i would have liked, but rest assured, they will be done this weekend and a few of my favorites will be posted here once i get through them all. i have really learned a lot in the past few days about the art of photography and cannot wait to try out all the new techniques that i have been learning about.

thanks for checking in. my goal is to find an interesting photography related article once a week for a posting here on the site. be sure to keep checking in.

its alive!

my new website is finally alive!!! i have completely redesigned the entire website, and have uploaded a totally new set of previously never before seen photos (at least they were never before seen on my website). please check it out, and be sure to let me know what you think! (leave me a comment below, or try out the fancy new contact page on the site - be critical if you wish...it will help me improve the site) Angle Of View Photography is now officially, reopened for business.

enjoy the site!

check it out here or by clicking the link on the left.

new website coming soon!

well its been almost 6 months since my site was last updated, and over a year since the site design was redone, so i figured it is way over due. i am currently doing a complete redesign on the entire site, and a whole new set of photos will be uploaded to it. i figured that i actually need a professional looking site to display my photographic work before i continue to attract new business.

so, stay tuned...it should hopefully be coming soon!

more wedding photos

alright, the wedding photos are done...here are a few more of my favorites...enjoy...

the bride and groom...

flower details...

the reception room...

first dance as husband and wife...

cutting the cake...

its almost that time!!

ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL!!!!!!!

thats right, its official, the count down to the start of the football season is on! 14 days until preseason begins! oh i cant wait! im really hoping that the san diego chargers will take the super bowl title this year! anyway, im supper excited - i even have tickets for the august 12th preseason game, field level, row 3 baby!

the chargers are playing the seahawks and it should be a good game - seattles record last season was 9-7, and the chargers was 14-2...

check out this video slideshow...

some wedding photos...

ok, so i have not yet finished editing all the photos from fridays wedding, but i promised a preview of some photos, and i cannot dissapoint. here are a few of my favorites. i will hopefully be finishing them all tomorrow, so if you check back late tomorrow night or tuesday morning, there will be a few more.

a special blend of coffee the bride and groom had made...
the card reads, "David and Jen, The Perfect Blend, July 27, 2007"

the isle...

the groom, david...

the bride, and my cousin, jen with her father...

at the alter together...

thats all for now, like i said, check back soon for some more photos...