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Since grad school ended, I’ve been sporadically seeing my friends / classmates. Erica’s my best friend from our MBA program and I haven’t seen her in over a month and I’ve been missing her. So I decided to head down to Walnut Creek for the day and spend the afternoon with her and her boyfriend. She’s got a beautiful house there with her 2 doggies.

I always make fun of her because she left San Francisco to move to the suburbs 40 minutes away. That being said, it’s not so bad in the Creek of Walnuts.

Anyway, we met up for brunch, went shopping then hit the gun range. All in all, it was a great day. If you look at my Tumblr photo blog, Erica’s the one with the pink Remington ear protection!

Macro Monday Challenge: Monochrome

Taken with a Nikon D300 w/ a 50mm f/1.4 Nikkor Lens
Of course I brought my DSLR to a gun / rifle range!

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I love this photo!

We had a 3 day weekend and my cousin Nancy is visiting from Beijing. We called up our other cousin Jessica and decided to head to Marin and hike Mount Tamalpais with a couple other friends.

The directions said to make a right at the fire station once we entered the state park but unknown to us, we were at the wrong fire station. So while Nancy went off to ask for directions, I started to check out the fire truck. A fire fighter came out and said “hop in”. I put on some of the gear, took tons of photos and had a blast. He told me that adults usually have more fun messing around in the truck than kids do.

After taking a bunch of photos, a 2nd fire fighter came out and said “do you want a picture with the axe?”

Holy Crap… I was like… “oh hellz to the yes!”

Taken with a Nikon D300 w/ a 16-85mm VRII f/3.5 Nikkor Lens

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You know you live in a cool city when Absolut Vodka names a flavor after your city. I’ve been trying to find these limited edition bottles and my girlfriend stumbled upon them while buying wine so she bought me a bottle. It’s not the best vodka I’ve had but it’s pretty yummy.

I’ve been a little absent from Flickr in general. I’ve been posting more to Tumblr since those are usually just for funsies. I’m trying to get back into the swing of things but I’ve either been sick, too lazy or too uninspired to shoot. Now that grad school is done, I’ve got so much free time. It feels amazing not having to worry about exams and homework and just doing whatever I want!

Strobist Sunday Challenge: Fill the frame
Macro Monday Challenge: Twist

Taken with a Nikon D300 w/ a 50mm f/1.4 Nikkor Lens

::Robots::Strobist Info::Nikon CLS Trigger
Nikon Speedlight SB900 Fired Through a White Umbrella, Direct Right (1/64)
Nikon Speedlight SB800 Fired Through a White Umbrella, Direct Left (1/40)

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So Jenny had the bright idea to challenge me to a model building contest. Sounds simple and easy enough right? We drove to a hobby shop and picked up a couple models. Never again. What a pain in my ass. It took 7 hours. In the end, I didn’t even paint in the right colors which is why I converted this photo to black and white!

I will admit I take pride in my final product. I wasn’t having any fun at first. I swear the people who design the instruction manuals to these things are lazy idiots. There was a lot of cussing in the house today. By the end though, I did have fun painting and I am glad I finished, so it's not all bad!

Oh and if you're wondering... I beat Jenny. Mine is way cooler!

Macro Monday Challenge: Family Tradition (Toys!)

Taken with a Nikon D300 w/ a 50mm f/1.4 Nikkor Lens

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Nikon Speedlight SB900 Fired Through a White Umbrella, Direct Left (1/50)

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WAY more photos in the comments!

What an absolutely amazing day. This was our cohort’s graduation trip to Sonoma. Almost everyone in our class is here. Justin and Jack went off with their +1s somewhere and are missing from the photo. We've lost a few classmates to jobs / other schools in the last 18 months too but life happens.

I'm glad our driver didn’t let us down with my DSLR.

We met up on campus at 10am on Saturday and the party bus was waiting for us. No joke… fog machine, awesome sound system, laser lights, 20 bottles of wine / champagne, beer, liquor and stripper poles. It got out of hand and fast. It was so much fun. Our final trip as classmates was one of the most memorable days all year.

Even if I don’t get a higher paying job after this MBA program, I’ll be forever grateful to University of San Francisco because of the amazing friends I’ve made.

Taken with a Nikon D300 w/ a 16-85mm f/3.5 Nikkor Lens