Wednesday, March 31, 2010

50 Years of Love

Within Harvest, there are numerous people who have played such a big role in the growing up and maturing stage of my life. One family that continues to bless me is the Lee Family. The parents (Mr. Charlie and Mrs. Janet Lee) constantly love on the youth and do whatever they can to help the youth and ensure the most blessings possible. The kids, Monica, Chris, and Ryan Lee, always come to church excited, happy, and ready to have a fun and blessed time worshiping Christ. And the grandparents, I was never very close with the grandparents, but it was on March 20, 2010 that I was able to truly experience the blessings that they bring to our church.

50 Years ago, March 20, 1960, the grandparents of Monica, Ryan, and Chris Lee celebrated their 50th anniversary of their marriage. Held at the Windermere Country Club, Mr. and Mrs. Lee invited friends and family to help celebrate their 50 years of unconditional love that they vowed to 50 years ago. On March 20, 2010, they once again restated their vows, promising to love each other forever & ever.

Mr. and Mrs. Lee portray the true meaning of love in life. Love, by the biblical definition, is defined as a love that is unconditional, sacrificial, and obviously loving. Their version of love isn't what the world defines as love but what the bible defines as love. The world simple defines love as, "a feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection, as for a parent, child, or friend." If you look at love the way Christ intended it to be, love is so much more. It's not just that fuzzy, tingly feeling but it's the feeling where, defined by 1 Corinthians 13, love is, " patient and kind; love is not jealous or boastful; it is not arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrong, but rejoices in the right. Love bears all things; believes all things; hopes all things; endures all things." This here is love... A perfect example is what Christ did for us 2000 years ago on the cross, where He sacrificed His life for us, and that our sins would be wiped clean with His blood.


So, as I was blessed to see what the real, biblical definition of love is, I was also blessed to be given the opportunity to photograph this event. The Lee family is indeed a very fun, spontaneous, joyful family to be around.


 Little bit out of focus, but here we have Harvest's lead pastor, 
Rev. David Larry Kim, his wife Olivia Kim, and their beautiful daughter Emmanuelle "Manny" Kim.


One second too early...

A couple family portraits.

Like I said, their family was just so fun, spontaneous, and joyful that taking portraits of them was really a simple task. A lot of them knew how to pose on their own so their wasn't much difficulty at all....

 I had to add this in. I always see photographers get photographs of the amazing treats at these kinds of celebrations and well, I couldn't help but to attempt at copying them.... It doesn't look as good as professional photographers' but for me, it suffices.

Thursday, March 25, 2010

ASA Festival

Back in November of 2009, the Indian Student Association(ISA) organized and had what they called the "ISA Festival" at school where different presentations about India were presented.; things like Indian fashion, dance, etc. Well today, March 25, 2010, our Asian Student Association(ASA) did the same except for different countries around Asia. Hope you enjoy the photographs!

P.S
If there are any photographs of you in this post or recent posts, or if you would even just like to browse around all of my past work, please contact me AND/OR read for more information on how to purchase those photographs. Information is given as to where the money will go, what the money will do, and how to order. The money is all for a good cause, and I make no profit at all. Please keep in mind that the photographs I show here on my blog, are only a small fraction(20-40%) of the photographs I actually produce. So feel free to read for more info and view more of my photographic work. Click here to read for more information.

At my school, it's funny because there is this group of girls/good friends of mine and it's really weird for me personally when I walk down the hall and I have one of my friends say something to me in Korean or when I hear Korean pop songs. Why is this weird??? None of them are Korean! I guess it's kind of cool at the same time though. Here are four of the girls doing a dance to a Korean pop song.

Angela Sy(left) and Angel Chung(right) both officers of the Asian Student Association

I would tell you what country this was for, but I honestly do not remember. Talented dancers though.

This is the teacher/sponsor of ASA that helped make the ASA festival possible. 
As you can see, she did a dance herself.

And you all know how much I love candids.... This one's just for kicks. 
A friend of mine, Ana, asked me,
"Hey Isaac, what do you do with all those photos you took of your friends during lunch?"
And well Ana, here's the answer. Haha.

Friday, March 19, 2010

Does Jak Lee Have Photographs That YOU Want?!?!

     Everyday, more than 25,000 children under the age of 5 die from preventable causes such as disease, poverty and hunger. If you do the math, that means that one child is dying every 7 seconds from causes that WE can help prevent. Hunger knows no bounds, it exists everywhere, and most hunger victims are women and children. Within many countries, 1 out of every 13 children die before the age of 5 due to hunger. World Vision is an organization that strives to fight and prevent worldly injustices that prevail all around the world and hunger is only one of them. The 30-Hour Famine is an international youth movement to fight hunger and poverty.
    So what can we do? At Harvest, we as a congregation will do 3 things to help out.
  1. Raise funds to help support and feed a child or children who need it.
  2. On Saturday, March 27, we will sponsor a free showing of the award-winning movie, “Blind Side.”  It’s an amazing movie of an even more amazing story that will inspire all who watch it.  Popcorn will be served and donations will be collected for the Famine.
  3. On April 9-10, our youth ministry will be having a lock-in at church.  Participants will fast for 30 hours to feel the hunger that these women and children feel.  There will be times of worship and games and engage in activities to increase awareness of the needs in our world.   The lock-in will end with a meal on Saturday
So now, what can YOU do? Besides the following above, you can help me, help the children. Up until April 16, 2010, I will be selling photographs to anyone who would like to buy. some Over the past 2 weeks, I have uploaded my whole entire portfolio to my Photobucket and created a visiter's password for viewers. This will be the process as to how you can access that Photobucket account and purchase any prints.
  1. If you are interested in viewing/purchasing photographs, email me and ask for the account information.
  2. Browse around the MANY albums (click "View all albums" under recent albums) and if you find a photo you would like to purchase, email me back with the following information.
  3. Name, email address, and then the album name/picture #/image description/ size and number of pictures.
  4. I will then email you back confirming your "order" with the total number of pictures/price and from there, we will talk about paying for and receiving the photographs.
*****EXAMPLE EMAIL WILL BE SHOWN BELOW***** 
    The view the picture number, simply click on the photo and near the top left hand corner of the photobucket.com website there state, "viewing __ of __." Please use THAT number for your order. Many of the albums coincide with the albums on my Facebook. If you are tagged in a photo via Facebook, look for the album/album creating date and look at the albums around that date and/or albums with photos from the same folder. If you are not sure what folder it is in, email me the description of the photo with your name and I will try and locate the folder for you.
     As for the paying process, once your "order" has been confirmed, we will somehow meet up, you will pay for the pictures, I will write you a receipt, and within the next couple weeks, you will receive your photo(s).

     Now how come you can't just go into my Photobucket and right-click, save image as??? All of my photos have either my banner or my name across the photograph so unless you want a photograph with my name across the whole thing, you might not want to "steal" the photograph. 
***I don't do this to be mean or picky but I do this to ensure the respect of my photography along with others. There's no point for you to want to help these kids and then go and steal my images or anybody elses for that matter. Same reason as to why it is illegal to download/pirate movies and music. I hope you guys understand.***
     The prices are as follows.
  • 4x6 - $ 5
  • 5x7 - $8
  • 8x12 - $11 
  • Anything bigger - $15
  • ***Sizes may vary depending on the cropping of the actual photograph in comparison to the print size.***
     The prices are set so that even the smallest picture and feed a child for 3 days AT LEAST! Once the photographs have been purchased, all purchases are made final. Refunds and returns will not be accepted. All though these are the prices, you DO NOT have to purchase a photo to help out. Donations are always welcome. To donate, email me for more information. 
     Also, if you know that I have a photograph of you but don't see it in any of the albums, please email me and inform me and I will try and allow that photo available for purchase. If you have any questions, please feel free to email me or contact me through any other means of communication. 

*****PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD TO ANYBODY YOU KNOW. REFER THEM TO THIS BLOG POST OR GIVE THEM MY EMAIL OR  SOMEHOW REFER THEM TO ME. THIS IS ONLY A SMALL WAY THAT BOTH YOU AND I CAN HELP THOSE SUFFERING FROM HUNGER. SO PLEASE, SPREAD TO WORD TO ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS.*****

This is what your email should roughly look like.
 This is where you can find the photo number.

Saturday, March 6, 2010

CCHS Sports and Bear Rock Live Take V

So Friday, March 5, 2010, was a pretty miserable day for me. The previous night, I only got 3 hours of sleep and woke up with just a complete feeling of weakness and sickness. As soon as I reached school, the headache kicked in, fever, uncontrollable coughing, and shivering all hit me at once and by the end of the day, I had been feeling this way for the WHOLE day. Only to make it worse, I had to take pictures at our school talent show which we called "Bear Rock Live Take V." In between the time school ended (2:11 PM) and the time Bear Rock Live began (7:00 PM), I stayed at school and hung out with some friends and took some pictures of the school sports going on. Hope you enjoy the pictures!

P.S
For those of you who really really like the pictures, please please please! do not copy the pictures from my blog and put them on your facebook, myspace, etc. It is an extreme violation of copyrights. If you would like the picture(s), please email me and we can work something out. But please, for the respect of my photography and future reference/respect for anybody else's artwork, do not copy these photos from my blog. Thank You! I don't mean to sound like a grinch but it's only right to me and to others. And so, without further or due, here they are!

 
Sophomore tennis player, Karolina Vanegas


Ha-ha! This picture made me smile. This is Vicky Lorenzana A.K.A the coolest person in the world. We met in photo class and became really close friends. She's absolutely amazing. This here ladies and gentlemen, is the next Woman's Wimbledon Champion,

 

  
 She's already practicing her victory move. hehe.

  
Senior tennis player Mariana Alvarez

Three of the girl's varsity lacrosse team at CCHS.
Murphy Donohue (left), Amanda Tan (center), and Lauren Zuromski (right)

 
JV Lacrosse player Haewon Lee (#71;left) and Apopka player #8......



  
Faceoff. Apopka player #11 (left) and JV Lacrosse player Sarah Horne (right)

Bear Rock Live is a school-wide talent show and has been for the past five years. This year was the 5th year and I can definitely say that we have some talented youth here at CCHS. 


One of the best talents and friend to me, Karla Guevara

 
Also some very talented dancers/friend of mine, Alex Koo (left) and Nisha Desei (right)



 
Band Name: Eagle Sent


 

 

 

So besides my miserable condition, the day was fun. I got a project out of the way, got to spend some time watching my friends do what they do best through their sports/music, and I got to see a variety of music. Hope everyone enjoyed the pictures!

Monday, March 1, 2010

Congratulations Kayla Chung

Born on October 1, 2009 to Sean and Jinny Chung, on February 28, 2010, Kayla was baptized. The Sean (Myung), Jinny and Kayla is moving to Korea in a couple weeks and Sean and Jinny wanted to have Kayla baptized at Harvest.

 


The baptism was indeed a blessing and it was wonderful to see Harvest welcome yet another baby into the church. May she continue to grow loving Christ as He first loved us.

Harvest Olympics 2010

On the last Saturday of every month, we have what we call "Game Night" at our Saturday Night Fellowship. This past Saturday, February 27, 2010, we had our first Winter Olympics. Enjoy the pictures.

Our version of luging

Bobsledding

 
Taken by Pastor Albert Young A.K.A the person who got me into photography!


Biathlon (also taken by Pastor Albert Young)

 
Relay race


Duck walk

 
Tie breaker

Overall, it was a fun night for fellowship and relaxation. Props to Pastor Goose and Julee Noona (judges/game makers).