I was flown out to San Diego again to shoot a friends wedding.  My music producer also wanted to make a music video so my homie hooked me up with a video.  The song is Island Woman and has been popular around Guam and has played in Hawaii  a few times.  You can see the video below and add my music myspace page at www.myspace.com/myong. San Diego wedding photos will soon be up, til then enjoy the music video!

So I have a music album coming out this late November with 5 original island style songs I wrote!  Roland at RdubRecordings signed me a week before I came to Guam so we spend the whole week, 12 hours a day getting it finished!  He basically made my average songs into somethingI never could have imagined sounding.  I love them:)  My first single ‘Island Woman’ has been a hit arund the island being played local radios stations, i94, power 98 and hit radio 100.  Special thanks to the radio dj’s, Andy Wheeler, Chris, Oz, Kai, Ambrosia and JB for always saying good things about me when playing my song! MDM magazine got excited that I also sing besides shooting so they hooked me up with a 2 page spread of my music in their magazine!  If you have myspace, you can add my music mypsace page at www.myspace.com/myong and there you can also listen to the final version of Island Woman.  I also have some youtube videos at www.youtube.com/myonghong.

I feel very blessed to be able to express myself in such artforms and have others enjoy them whether, it’s my photography, music and art and to do it as a living makes life that much more amazing.  I just wanted to take my time to all you guys who’s been showering me with friendship and compliments, thank you from the bottom of my soul:) I better put the pages from the magazine here and stop talking before I get all mooshy and stuff.

Prodigy Studios

My little monster, Tumtum, is 4 years old and man how time flys.  I took this while he was lying arond watching ‘Toy Story”.  He is so damn handsome I just want to pinch his cheeks til he cries:)  They grow up so fast I need to find a way to slow the time down a little.

Prodigy Studios Portrait Photography

I’ve been busy lately adjusting to Guam living so I haven’t updated my blog in a while, my bad:)  This is a recent photograph of Valena Cruz who is my friend and also one of my host for a TV show we’re coming up with in Guam.  It’s called Guam Xperience and it’s a show that in one episode it can show the viewer a place to cruise, place to eat, local sports, night life and a local original music video.  You can view our first trailer below.  I also have Lindsey, a Sandcastle dancer which is like a Vegas show, below.

Prodigy Studios Guam Portrait Photography

Last month, I got signed to an independent recording studio, Rdub Recordings to make a 5 song Album.  We spent a whole week and stayed even as late to 5 am to finish.  I’m so stoked!  My songs are all island style music since I’m from Guam and have been heavily influenced by the island music.  The music engineer who edited some of Blink 182 and POD will be mastering my songs!  Life is cool like that:)  Check my songs out at www.myspace.com/myong and if you have a myspace, add me as your friend.  If you add one of my ‘unedited’ songs on your playlist, I’ll be your friend for life:)  Here is the cover of the album.

www.weddingphotographydirectory.com selected my photo of Sara and Daniel as their photo of the month. You can click on the url to check it out. They really like me over there:) They went through my blog and found this photo and just asked if they can use it. Awesome or what. Thanks Aaron from weddingphotography.com and to Sara and Daniel for allowing me to photograph your wonderful wedding . Thanks to all you guys who also voted for my photos. It is 25% public votes and 75% professional votes but that 25% was very important. You guys rock and thank you for your support!

San Diego Wedding Photography

We are doing fine here in San Diego.  Luckily our place in Oceanside and hasn’t been touched by the fires and only experiencing ashy air and red sky.  Last night, Marine Base Camp Pendleton caught on fire.  We’re right below them so I will have the TV on all day to check the status.  Over 500,000 people have been evacuated and 200,000 acres burned.  There are over 6,000 firefighters fighting this fires including the national guard, army and the local volunteers.  San Diego rocks!  There were so many volunteers and donations, Qualcomm Stadium was turning down donations last night because they had so much!  Pizza Hut got turned down for donations as well!  That is so amazing to hear.

I am so excited that my photo had taken 1st place in wedding photography contest. This years theme was ‘creative’ and I submited 3 images. 2 of them made it to top 100 and 1 of them took first place. I took $1000 in cash and some coffee table books which I’ll turn around and give it to my brides (the coffee table, not the grand:) . Thank you all for the support. Click Here to go the website that posted the photo on the contest. Here is the image.

I entered a photo contest on the website www.weddingphotographydirectory.com and 2 of my photos out of 3 got selected to be in the top 100. I’m sure this will end up being a popularity vote instead of actual judge votes. So that I can win the $1000 reward, click WeddingPhotographyDirectory then give me all 10’s in the vote meter:0) You guys are the best! Here are the two photos to vote for.

San Diego Wedding Photography

I had the opportunity to photograph Melissa. A very bright and beautiful young lady who is currently going for her last year for Criminal Justice degree and pursuing her master’s degree but on the side using her looks to do modeling, runways and even the upcoming Comic Con. I warned her about the thousands of nerds that’ll be wanting to take photos with her all day but I remembered that I too am a comic nerd as well. If you know comic books then you should know Jim Lee. The best damn comic book artist in the world. I even asked Jim Lee (my inspiration artist next to my dad) if I can come over to his Comic Studio in LaJolla to meet him and hook him up with a portrait. He said to come on by:0) Ahh, the power of myspace. I learned how to draw by reading Jim Lee’s comic book. You can see some of my artwork at www.myonghong.com. Anyways, enjoy Melissa’s photos. I think they came out nicely.

Southern California Photography