Today is a landmark day in our lives as our youngest graduates from Leland High School–my alma mater. Mark leaves Leland with 4 years of elected ASB service–voted by his peers in the yearbook as “The Most Involved Student” at Leland. As ASB VP his senior year he MC’ed the School Rallies and made the…
Gina and I can’t help but feel nostalgic and sad that this will be the last of our kids proms that we get to photograph and enjoy watching. The preparation and excitement will be missed. This years prom is at the Fairmount in San Jose. Only a week of school left and goodbye Leland High School.…
I just love shooting proms. I think this one will be my 7th event if you include Homecmoming dances. Shot with a Nikon D700 and a 24-70mm FX lens. These are my Favorites. Get the flash player here: http://www.adobe.com/flashplayer
Behind the scenes, two individuals who proclaimed that they work for Abecrombie and Fitch asked Mia after the filming of that piece if she would come to SF and be evaluated for an in store modeling position. Sounded kind of fishy to me so I researched it. Seems this may be a way that…
There are no direct flights to Eugene Oregon from SF or SJ. Today, it took us 10 hours to fly from SF to Portland and then to Eugene. We probably could have driven it faster. Mainly because of the rainy weather, but its been a long time since I had such an uncomfortable trip…
With less than a dozen more games in the next month to finish off the season, Mark injured his left knee in a scrimmage with Christopher High School in Gilroy last night. He hyper-extended his left knee while playing mid fielder when he hit a patch of bad turf and collapsed. After being carried off the…
Leland Varsity Lacrosse from Meng Syn DDS on Vimeo. Can we win? Yes. Much improved since the beginning of the year. Mark scores 4 goals in Leland’s only win of the season. We are the Underdogs my friend…
< The Hook is great especial with a decent south. The waves are fast and short which is tough on beginners and its a popular place for newbies because of its easy access and parking lot. Definitely not a newbie beach though. There is a lot of talk about violence and shit talk out on…
Mia at Berkeley in her third year declared her major as Metabolism and Physiology. I always knew that she was into nutrition and health but I didn’t know how much passion she had for the field until we sat down and watched “Biggest Loser”. Honestly, I have never watched the show and the idea of…
My kids gave me a cool gift this Christmas–a GoPRO Hero II. The day after Christmas, Mark surfed the Hook and we attached the old GoPRO hero to his board to see what the footage would look like from the front of his short board. The footage was taken at 1080p and edited…
Yesterday she was a baby and today she is an adult. Logic tells me that this is an absurd concept but now my baby girl can legally get plastered, gamble all her money away and do things without my permission legally. But, she wont because somehow, someway, Gina and I have raised a hard working,…
I’m going to miss helping the kids work on their physics projects. Four years ago, Mia set out to set a distance record in the the annual AP Physics Tresbuchet contest and was beat by a modified elastic powered catapult which in my opinion clearly violated the spirit and form of the classic ‘tresbuchet” . But that…
With my daughter covering the Occupy Oakland riots for CALTV, the issues surrounding the discontent of the “99%” have been household discussion. Today in Berkeley, there were 10 people arrested and some beaten for setting up tents on campus in protest of higher tuition. The fact is that about 70 percent of Cal students get…
Mia Syn–reporter for CALTV– covers the Occupy Berkeley Protest. What is with this hatred of wealthy people? I was informed that the 1% is defined as those with an adjusted gross income of $343,927 or more. That is about 1.4 million people (of which doesn’t include me and I don’t hate them). Doesn’t that 1%…
I never imagined Mia pursuing broadcast journalism as a profession. Not that she has changed her major though. I thought the Ann Curies of the world were born into it or something. I see my daughters skills getting better and I can imagine her working for a news station. It will be interesting to see…
Mia had the opportunity to interview and do a piece on Ralph Nader at CAL (at 55 seconds). Nader was at CAL to talk about the effect of Sports Scholarships on the viability of great universities. You be the judge, but I must admit that I am a big fan of College Football and that…
Mark and his buddies start a Surfing Club at Leland. Its not science or engeneering but I approve. Surfs up at Leland High School from Meng Syn DDS on Vimeo.
The Leland High School Junior Prom was this last weekend. Mark took his friend Melissa. They are in ASB together and have been friends since Williams Elementary School. Get the flash player here: http://www.adobe.com/flashplayer ASB Election results are in and Mark Syn will be the new Student Body Vice President next year. As he pulls…
Its hard to be impartial when it comes to critiquing film and editing when you are analyzing you daughter’s work. I am usually pretty critical and even more so with Mia, but I am really proud of this piece that she wrote and edited. Mia has researched this piece for over a year and knows…