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Hafa Adai! My name is Myong and I am a wedding photographer in Guam and San Diego, California. I specialize in capturing true moments, creative portraits and fun photos for all my brides, grooms, friends and family, especially my little son, Tumtum. I am very honored that you guys have taken your time to stop by to check out some of my photography stuff. This blog is a photo journal of my weddings, portraits, personal shoots and my little son's life as he grows up so fast. This is where you can get to know a bit more about me and if there's anything that you like, leave a comment. We all love comments:O)
I had the priviledge of photographing a local talent and friend, Natalia Faculo. She came back from California for a Christmas break and I had to grab her for a photo session. She’s a local musician (guitar player and an amazing singer) who can be seen playing at Casa monday nights. Natalia is also an aspiring photographer herself. Natalia and I go way back. She used to be in our Tang Soo Do class back in 1997 or so. I didn’t recognize her after being away from Guam for so long and seeing her grow up to be a head strong and kind woman. Here are some photos.
Aurora, my dear friend, flew me out to San Diego from Guam to photograph her wedding. I felt so flattered and honored that she wanted only me to photograph her wedding. It was a great opportunity for me to see my good friends and photograph a beautiful wedding. I especially love the first photo below which I made it look like it was snowing in San Diego. Jose and Aurora are such beautiful couples and I can feel it everytime I was around them and when I see their eyes in the photos. Love is what we live for isn’t it? Enjoy the photos and play the slideshow below to see more and to hear an awesome song!
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!
We had a blast shooting for November issue of MDM, Marine Drive Magazine. The team was great with their high energy and drive and the style that Rayjai picked out was just cool. Add MDM in your facebook by searching MDM Guam. Check out their youtube video with some hot models at http://www.youtube.com/user/mdm180gu.
Eva asked me to take photos of her girlfriends since Sheryl will be leaving to San Diego in a week. We got together at Tarague Beach and did a quick 30 minute session. The sunset was amazing and I had fun, especially since Kai was being so silly and funny throughout our session. Here are a few photos.
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.
The local magazine, MDM and I got together to do a more edgy photography session for the november issue. We have albert and Reanna as our model and they were such a good sport changing 4 times through the heat while spending around 4 hours finishing off the shoot. The result was worth the effort. Enjoy the photos.
Brad, my supervisor when I was a life guard back in 1998, found me from a friend to take photos of his family! His family just got back from California and decided to come back home to the beautiful island of Guam. Like how many of us are doing such as myself:) He needed a more edgy style and unique look for his family photos not only for personal use, especially now since his son Brandon is leaving to California to study art, but also for his church that him and his wife is going to have. The Dunagans were even brave enough to take photos in the rain which got me excited since I always wanted a rain photo. Brad is an amazing guy and I know he will be very successful in both life and family. I will post up the link to his church when possible.
I was blessed to have Marine Drive Magazine, MDM, ask me to be their regular photographer in their pictorial section of their magazine. They actually never had a section in the magazine with just photos without any text and they wanted to try a new approach to give their magazine a new upgrade. I was very honored that they asked me to be part of that. So our first shoot was in American Music store and we had 4 models in full makeup and played arond with instruments, giving them a semi nude/sexy look. My parents were so excited that they even got copies of the magazine to show off to their friends. Ai adai
I was lucky to have been flown out to Olympia, Washington to photograph one of my closest friend Jamison’s wedding. We grew up together in Guam then he left the island to join the Air Force. Yes, he’s chamorro with a blond hair and he was lucky enough to find a beautiful chamorrita while stationed in the far east! Now they have a big happy family and I am in love with them! I stayed with them the whole week I was there and I got to bond with the kids and man, I miss those little rascals already:) The wedding site was so beautiful the photos came out vibrant! I also got to kick it with my little brother Joon and his wife Carrie which was great! I’m gonna have to visit them on their 1st year anniversary.
January 4th, 2010 by 
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