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I am back and semi-active.

I had been out of town for a week, and my computer has returned in the mean time. Now with a new hard drive (and along came a few upgrades, such as snow leopard, a better video card apparently, and much quieter computer).

I still need to get myself photoshop and/or lightroom installed.

OH and I have a very exciting news, but I shall bite my tongue till everything is confirmed.

I will actively and avidly take more photographs now that weather is better (except it’s been pouring these past few days).

A very depressing news……
My beloved iMac has passed away. It stopped responding all together last Tuesday, took it to the Apple store on Wed and was proclaimed dead. RIP… Getting a replacement hard drive (for free- thank goodness I have protection coverage). My semi-new iMac will be ready by next week. Can’t wait to get it back. This janky craptop (aka macbook from 06) still works well, but it’s just not the same.

I’ve basically lost a majority of stuff I have uploaded here. Long story short, I will now make back ups 7 times 7 times 7…. 2 copies of back ups aren’t enough, apparently.

Which means I will now go revisit a lot of the places I’ve visited to recreate some of now-gone images. Though i will never be able to recreate identical images (not a slightest chance), hopefully my 2nd and 3rd visit will bless me with better images.

So with that note, I don’t see any new images emerging anytime soon.

Oh, and i will also be out of town for about a week (will bring home some photos ^^).
I will depart from an old image:

Embarcadero Center, SF

Random girly things.
All in the process of deciding how the light hits your subject.

Yerba Buena Gardens

San Francisco after rain.

Not a single shade identical.

Nostalgic, like old movies.

Meet Julie.
aka Burritogirl.
But she’s currently into Chinese food.

I had to drag her to the studio.
She refused at first, but took her time to blow dry her hair and put make up on.
A friend was at the studio before I got there, he saw my mom and said,
“Your mom is prettier than you!”

Beauty doesn’t fade.