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Happy Birthday Kiyana!

Today we celebrate my daughter’s birthday. 3 years ago on July 27, 2007 – my beautiful wife gave birth to the love of my life, Kiyana. Amazing how 3 years has gone by so fast. It only felt like yesterday when I first held her in my arms. She is growing up so fast! Words...

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Nicole - August 18, 2010 - 7:13 am

such a sweet little girl and a gorgeous family, happy belated to Kiyana and all the best with the new little one!

Dianna Shitanishi - July 29, 2010 - 3:08 pm

what a great post, enjoy each and every moment……they DO grow up very fast!

ed pingol - July 28, 2010 - 10:33 pm

awwww… A BIG HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Kiyana!!! Tell her that the PINGOL FAMILY loves her too! =)

best,
//ed

Alisa Greig - July 28, 2010 - 9:10 pm

happy birthday to your cutie kiyana!

Jaymie Batoon - July 28, 2010 - 11:06 am

You guys are such a gorgeous family! God bless you guys and a big happy birthday hug to Kiyana from Addi. =)

Rajina - July 28, 2010 - 10:26 am

an amazing family with a beautiful princess kiyana!

Valerie Kobayashi - July 28, 2010 - 7:10 am

Soooo precious!! Happy, happy birthday sweet Kiyana . . .
We love you,
Grandpa & Grandma Val

hannah - July 28, 2010 - 2:46 am

adorable! i love the one of her on the turntables :)

Nikki - July 28, 2010 - 1:30 am

Beautiful post Frank! Happy Birthday Kiyana!

sarah - July 28, 2010 - 1:22 am

Oh how I love the last one and her sweet little face!!

kim: four more months and waiting…

My wife and I can’t wait for baby to arrive. Kiyana is so ready to be a big sister. Just four more months. Daddy can’t wait to meet you and hold you in his arms.

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Chris Duong - August 27, 2010 - 9:04 pm

Kim looks amazingly radiant!! You captured her inner beauty in a way every woman hopes to be photographed. Congratulations to you both!!! You are lucky Frank!

Atanjeo - June 29, 2010 - 2:18 am

Wow wow Wow, absolut astonishing Pictures. Love your Work; Greetings from Germany

Pinky - June 28, 2010 - 3:38 am

beautiful! if i get pregnant again you’re doing my maternity pics =)

kim’s birthday surprise: may 8, 2010

My wife had no clue what the day would lead to. It all started on May 6. Normally, she would get flowers delivered to her work. She waited and waited, but no flowers. On May 7th (birthday eve), I surprised her with 2 dozen roses. She acted happy but I knew she was a bit...

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Ivy Sahagun - May 27, 2010 - 6:47 am

Looks like she had an awesome day! Loved the video.

mauriceramirez - May 12, 2010 - 5:42 am

this is awesome! (takes notes…)

ellie+monica+ed – happy 5th anniversary!

I had the honor of photographing this amazing family – Ed (legendary amazingly talented), Monica (cheeky smiley beautiful) & Baby Ellie (adorably make my cheeks ache) Pingol. During their vacation in Hawaii, my family and I were able to get out of our little cave to spend some quality time with the Pingols. Good eats,...

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Bruce - May 19, 2010 - 8:56 pm

Dude, these are all gorgeous but I’m in love with that last shot. Hey there’s a spot there with a bunker thing, it looks a lot like Chrissy Field in SF.

mauriceramirez - April 1, 2010 - 6:40 am

Dude, these are all gorgeous but I’m in love with that last shot. Hey there’s a spot there with a bunker thing, it looks a lot like Chrissy Field in SF.

jessie - April 1, 2010 - 5:37 am

I love his destination shoots in Hawaii…

monica pingol - April 1, 2010 - 12:09 am

frank, i absolutely LOVE the photos. thanks so much for capturing our family for our very first photo session on our very favorite island for ellie’s very first trip to oahu. and to have these done on our 5-year anniversary means so much. you are the BEST! =) i can’t stop smiling and wanna share this with EVERYONE!!!!!!! kisses to kim, kiyana, and her baby sis/bro. =) we miss you tremendously and can’t wait to see you all again! MAHALO! SALAMAT!!

Robyn Iaea - March 31, 2010 - 11:22 pm

you are one talented guy, mr. frank! love the lighting and the creativity!

Jaymie Batoon - March 31, 2010 - 10:09 pm

Yay! Happy anniversary Ed and Monica!

Barbara Lewis - March 31, 2010 - 9:01 pm

I love the flying baby shot :)

[...] official family photo session done by the world famous photographer Frank Amodo (check out his blog and be inspired). It was also awesome to shoot side by side with him on a wedding (more about that [...]

uh oh, email down again!

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Pure Randomness

What supposed to be a day out with the family became an exploratory photo shoot. Here are just some random images that were shot throughout the day. Hope you enjoy my pure randomness.

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wifey - February 21, 2010 - 6:59 am

My BABY girl!

Happy Valentine’s Day & Kung Hee Fat Choy

This little collage is dedicated to my wife on this Valentine’s Day. These are just some precious random moments of our daughter from within the last 6 months. She is definitely growing up really quick and becoming the little lady of the house.

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Frank - March 26, 2010 - 3:31 am

Thank you Joanna, you can never have enough photos of your family. :) It doesn’t have to be a dslr too..a point and shoot will do! Have a great day!

Joanna - March 23, 2010 - 8:30 am

What a PRECIOUS Family! I was looking at all these photos thinking to myself – I need to take more photos of my little guy – they grow so so fast!

Christie Echeverri - February 25, 2010 - 10:56 am

Hey Frank! Everything is great, thanks! We had a baby boy last year, so you know what that means… family session!

Frank - February 18, 2010 - 8:40 pm

Christie! Hey you…howzit going? How’s everything with you! Hope and you Joe or doing well! :)

Frank - February 18, 2010 - 8:39 pm

Thank you Wifey! I love you!

Christie Echeverri - February 15, 2010 - 3:18 am

What a beautiful kid and lovely family!

wifey - February 14, 2010 - 6:14 pm

I love you honey! Thank you Daddy! This is the bestest V-Day present ever!!! Yes, better than the 2 dozen roses!!!

July….

What a month this has been for us.
1) I was on an emotional roller coaster. Grandma’s funeral was a hard one to come by. But the good thing about it is that I’ve seen so many relatives I haven’t seen in ages. It was almost like a small reunion.
2) Kiyana just turned 2. I am...

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Elaine Landicho - August 1, 2009 - 12:10 pm

Wow, Frank, it has been a really rough month for you, and to be sick on top of that. I hope you’ll get yourself back to 100% and take some time to hit the water with your board. It will be good for the soul :) Take care.

restoration complete!

First, my wife’s laptop hard drive failed. I had to replace the hard drive and reinstall everything. That took about 2 days. And then as I would least expect it, one of my workstations got completely wiped out. And it took a long grueling 6 days to restore everything. Fortunately, all my files were...

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wifey - July 8, 2009 - 11:00 pm

sorry babes, made more work for yah! Have a great shoot today!!! Miss you!!!

email down again

Not sure how long this was happening but my email was down. So if you had email me within the last week or two and haven’t gotten a reply, please forward me your email. Thank you!

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rest in peace grandma.

I can’t believe you’re gone. At least there’s no more pain, no more suffering. And the best part of it is that you’ll be able to spend eternity with Grandpa, my Dad and with God. I know you have been waiting for this day. It’s only been a day since you’ve been gone but I’m...

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Dianna - July 2, 2009 - 4:11 am

Aloha Frank, I’m sorry to hear about your Grandmother’s passing. May you have peace in knowing she lived a good life, was very loved and she is comfortable now.

kiyana: 20 months

My baby is growing up so fast. Seems like only yesterday when my little sweetheart was born. Anything I can do to slow life down? Life is just passing by so quickly! Thank you God for these cameras that I may preserve these sweet little moments forever.

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Jaymie Batoon - May 5, 2009 - 11:52 am

Wow! Where does the time go? She’s gorgeous my friend… =)

claudia - May 2, 2009 - 2:57 pm

Kiyana is adorable. Her eyes are sooooo beautiful.

jennifer f. - April 29, 2009 - 4:35 pm

Looking at these photos it occured to me – one day she’ll be on this site as a bride? ! We want to keep her this young forever! Beautiful little one.

janelle deck - April 7, 2009 - 3:44 pm

wow your daughter is sooo beautiful!! what lens did you use? breath taking photos…

Barbara - Pacific WEDDINGS Magazine - April 1, 2009 - 7:22 pm

Precious angel! I want to steal her away!

Lindsey Potter - March 26, 2009 - 1:52 am

What an angel! She definitely looks like a “Daddy’s Girl!” :-)

Dee - March 25, 2009 - 12:49 am

She’s beautiful. She is definitely growing up fast.

hannah - March 25, 2009 - 12:31 am

aww your little girl is so adorable :) you take the best photos of her..it’s a great way to “freeze” time.. she’s precious!

Dianna - March 23, 2009 - 11:01 am

Kiyana is so precious! I wish I had pictures like this of my little girl who will be turning 21 next month (yikes!)

Teri - March 22, 2009 - 11:34 pm

Kiyana is precious! Beautiful pictures!

aunty g & uncle stephen - March 22, 2009 - 8:37 pm

oh my gosh! kiyana is growing up to be a pretty lil lady :O) cant wait for our kids to play together!!! although i think she’ll be the one leading him around and he’ll just follow along. hehe. i can “picture” it now :O)

Kayleen T. - March 22, 2009 - 5:08 pm

She is beautiful!! Love her little bangs.

Heather - March 22, 2009 - 3:08 pm

Your daughter’s eyes are just amazing…windows to the soul as they say. I absolutely love how you captured the light and life through her eyes!

We Finally Closed

YAY, we finally closed on our house! It was the LONGEST 40 days of my life. It had to be the most stressful, exciting, overwhelming and happiest experience ever.
We finally got the keys! Stay tuned, pictures and details to come!

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Dianna - January 2, 2009 - 2:30 am

Congratulations Frank! Wishing you continued success and look forward to working with you on many more events next year!

Won-kay - December 22, 2008 - 6:31 pm

Awesome!! Congrats Frank!!! Now it’s time for the fun stuff…decorating! :)

Sandra - December 17, 2008 - 7:27 am

Congratulations Frank, Kim and Kiyana! I look forward to running into you more often at our neighborhood Home Depot :) Can’t wait to see the house!

Patricia - December 16, 2008 - 6:42 pm

CONGRATS!! Best wishes to you & your family!! =)

Chris Siangco - December 16, 2008 - 3:43 am

Congrats on the new house cuz! God has truly blessed you an your family.

Maritel & Jay Mariano - December 16, 2008 - 3:24 am

congrats!! What a great Christmas gift!

Jaymie Batoon - December 15, 2008 - 10:00 pm

That’s awesome Frank! Congrats!

//ed & monica pingol - December 15, 2008 - 8:39 pm

congratulations, frank!!! that’s awesome news, especially during the holidays! =)

//ed & monica

Cliff & Jaime - December 14, 2008 - 2:51 am

Congratulations to the three of you!!!! We wish you the very best!

JennP - December 13, 2008 - 7:58 pm

Congratulations to your family; this is exciting news. Happy furniture shopping!

Lisa in Oz - December 13, 2008 - 5:24 am

Yaaaay congratulations! Buying a house is one of the scariest and yet most exciting things ever!

Ericka - December 12, 2008 - 8:36 pm

How awesome! COngrats and welcome to the joys of being a homeowner :-) . Looking forward to seeing pictures!

louise+kyle: maternity shoot

This was actually  my first attempt doing a maternity shoot (except for the one I did for my wife). I didn’t know what to expect and was quite nervous about doing it. The overall session was a breeze and nothing different from when I shot Louise & Kyle’s wedding back in April.
This was taken when...

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Joyce van Dijk - May 6, 2010 - 1:59 am

Your photos are a true inspiration!
Greets From Alice Springs, central Australia

lani lee - December 19, 2008 - 10:15 pm

hey frank!
i’m looking forward to our jan shoot and guess what?! i’m pregnant now … when we see you next month, i’ll be a whopping 8 months. these images are lovely. can’t wait to have our anniversity-turned-maternity session with you =)

Logan, The Sky Angel Cowboy

Just found this link. I actually wiped a tear from my cheek watching this. Whoah, this 12 year old boy knows more than I do. Now I understand. Thanks Logan.

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ed pingol - January 7, 2009 - 6:00 pm

dude, i hate you. i’m tearing up in starbucks trying to hide my tears from strangers.

//ed

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