Christina & Jason Wedding @ Santa Clara Mission

Christina & Jason's wedding was definitely not a traditional one... When you see the groom in his military uniform you know it's going to be an awesome wedding. The ceremony was at the beautiful Santa Clara Mission Church and they had this fun priest that made everyone laugh! Then we went to a classy reception at the Hilton San Jose. It was an amazing day and I loved every minute of it.

Here are few of my favorite photos from that day ... Let me know your thoughts.

Lacie Biggest S2S Drive not working on Lion OSX

Hi all,

Last night something really amazing happened, I upgraded my operating system to Lion OSX!
I was really happy about it, but then I tried to access my Lacie Biggest S2S External drive, that is connected to my laptop via an express card and e-SATA (I know a bunch of mumbo jumbo techie stuff...) But here goes, ---BOOM--- Nothing happened... my drive didn't show up on my desktop (the way it normally does...

OMG! You can imaging my frustration and shock - what can I do? All my photos are on that drive, years of work, all backup twice, how can I work like that???

I could not sleep, looking for solution at 2AM in the morning.. finding NOTHING! So I decided to ask Lacie Support, after all I paid $2000 for this drive, I think I deserve some support... right? So I create a support ticket, and here is the transcript of it...

Can't access my drive after installing Lion OSX - NEED IT ASAP!!!
Tsafrir M.
Posted: October 13, 2011 @ 1:06 AM
I've upgraded my MAC BOOK PRO to Lion OSX just now, and I can't access my drive! I have all my photos on it, and I'm a pro photographer! I have to have access to them! I'm attaching the system profile. Thanks! PLEASE HELP!!!!!! ASAP
I can't attach the file since it's 4.8MB
Jon L.
If I can give 0 I would
Posted: October 13, 2011 @ 9:30 AM
Hello Tsafrir,
My name is Jon, and I’ll be answering your questions today.

Since this model has been discontinued for many years, it is not supported for use with Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion).

I can only recommend sticking with using the device in supported Mac OS environments.

Please let me know if you have any other questions regarding this. Thank you very much for your patience.

Regards,
Jon
Tsafrir M.
Posted: October 13, 2011 @ 9:34 AM
no WAY!!!!!!!!! How am I suppose to work like that????? Are you serious? You are telling me there is "Nothing you can do???" I paid $2000 only 3 years ago for this!!!!! I have almost 5TB of data on that drive!!!
Jon L.
If I can give 0 stars I would
Posted: October 13, 2011 @ 9:50 AM
Hello Tsafrir,
The data should still be accessible on the unit from a computer that is running an earlier version of Mac OS X.
I apologize that we didn't have a better resolution for you on this. If you have any other questions, feel free to ask, otherwise you can close the ticket if you feel we are finished.

I appreciate your patience.
Regards,
Jon


*** End of transcript.

So now I'm really pissed off, I paid so much money for this drive, and now what?
So I continue my search online, and I find that I simply need to install a new driver for my express card. I find the good driver, and I - FIRST - uninstall the old driver by going to the //Library/stratup --> and removing the old driver, and then after reboot, install the new driver that can be found here:
http://www.siliconimage.com/support/searchresults.aspx?pid=32&cat=3

And - YES!!!! Everything is working again!!! Woohoo!!! :)

Now I can go back to sleep :) LOL

Just wanted to share... Maybe this will help someone with the same problem.

Marina & Olivier Wedding @ San Francisco City Hall 9-12-2011

Marina & Olivier were an awesome couple! They were so happy on their special day and you can see it in all the photos!
I loved working with them at San Francisco City Hall! They had a small wedding ceremony that was followed by a private dinner.
We had a blast!!! Thank you guys for such a great time!

Tsafrir (Mike) Melamed

Thuy + Nathan Wedding @ Mission Santa Clara

Thuy & Nathan Wedding was a beautiful one!
I enjoyed every moment of it.
Here are my favorites:

My RAW processing workflow on Aperture for weddings

Are you a photographer? Do you shoot RAW? Do you want to know what is a good way to process your images fast and efficient?
Check out this video I made, I'm showing you how I'm sorting over 900 photos from a wedding in a fast and easy way.
This is the first tutorial video I made, and I'll post many more in the future, so stay tuned on my youtube channel: and here on my BLOG.

Feel free to send me any questions you might have!

I hope you will like it.

Saratoga Wedding - Niki & Scott July, 10 2010.

Niki & Scott had a family style wedding at Hakone Gardens.
I had great time meeting previous clients that recommended me!

You can see all my favorites on my facebook fan page:

Here are few of my favorite photos.
Enjoy!

First iPhone4 video blog

Hi all,

This is the first of many of my new iPhone Blog videos... I'll keep updating with many cool videos about photography subjects, about life, and about apple products.

iPhone with AT&T plans... man I wish they would open it to more providers!

I'm so mad at AT&T !!! They want me to downgrade my unlimited data plan to a 2GB plan in order to have Tethering! That is SO BAD!!! Basically they are using the fact that they are the only provider with iPhone, and they charge us ridicules fees for any feature!!!

I have an unlimited plan for data! Unlimited! why would I want a 2GB plan????

I think Apple should open iPhone use to all providers! Let's have some healthy competition in the market!!!

I hope someone will read this and DO SOMETHING about this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Models Networking event and Saratoga

Last Friday I went to a modeling event organized by Carlos Cruz. It was a great event, and I met lot's of great people.
I posted my favorite photos on my facebook fan page: please check it out: Click here to see more photos!

Here is a small sample:

Brenda & Jimmy's Wedding at Los Gatos, CA

Brenda & Jimmy got married on 5/15/2010.
The wedding was at Brenda's parents house in Los Gatos with amazing views.
It was a great party and I enjoyed it very much!

Here are few photos from the day:
You can see much more on my facebook fan page: Click here to see more photos