Ella Mizang

SCHOOL SET

2009-11-17T15:43:00.001-08:00

These were shot by Elisa Haber, a professional photographer who is also the mother of one of Ella's classmates.

FINALLY, A 2009 UPDATE!

2009-11-02T23:26:00.001-08:00

You asked, you pleaded (you threatened) and it's finally here: the Jan - Oct 2009 update (special guests: Maya, Kenji, Kenzo and others!)

WINTER 2008-9

2009-03-30T22:59:00.000-07:00

150+ images.

FLAME ON!

2008-12-03T21:55:00.001-08:00

60 images. Been a slow season!

FALL VIDEOS

2008-12-03T11:36:00.001-08:00

ELLAPALOOZA 08!

2008-08-16T09:29:00.001-07:00

300+ images. Yeah, it's been a while.

MOVE IT!

2008-05-24T20:40:00.000-07:00

WAGGING THE DOG

2008-05-18T21:00:00.001-07:00

ALL ABOUT THE SHOES

2008-05-18T15:25:00.001-07:00

ELLA-LINA!

2008-05-17T21:10:00.001-07:00

ALL CAUGHT UP

2008-04-22T21:40:00.001-07:00

(125 images) From L.A. to the NW and back again.

VIDEOS GALORE!

2008-04-22T20:15:00.001-07:00

ELLA SHOOTS! (SCORES!)

2008-04-20T23:50:00.000-07:00

17 pics (We got a new Canon point-n-shoot that Ella's gotten her hands on and here's some of her early shutterbug experiences).

EARLY '08 (PT. 2)

2008-04-20T23:11:00.001-07:00

58 pics (More of everything!)

THE HUNT IS ON!

2008-03-27T01:20:00.001-07:00

WHEN I GROW UP...

2008-03-17T18:52:00.001-07:00

EARLY '08 (PT. 1)

2008-03-16T20:37:00.001-07:00

88 pics (how auspicious). Covers X-Mas and Ella's first snow trip.

ELLA'S TURNING 1, 2, 3

2008-01-16T23:47:00.001-08:00

Ella's celebrating her third birthday on 2/4/08 and this year, in lieu of gifts, we're asking people to consider instead, donating in Ella's name. Here are a list of charities that we're suggesting:

Women For Women. Women for Women Int'l are actively working on addressing issues of violence against women internationally, with a special focus on the current crisis in the Congo.

Global Giving. There's actually four different projects listed under their registry, most of them dealing with either children's or women's issues.

LAST FOR 2007

2007-12-23T21:55:00.001-08:00

(155 images)Ok, this was long overdue but I saved the best for last.

ELLA'S FLICKR PAGE

2007-11-14T20:29:00.001-08:00

These days, I've been shooting Ella using the camera on my iPhone and since I can upload pix from there, I figured this would be a quicker way for people to get their "Ella fix."

Enjoy.

SUMMER'S END

2007-09-25T01:22:00.000-07:00

(75+ images).

I finally updated. Now quit buggin' me! :)

JUMPING FOR JULY

2007-07-24T13:38:00.000-07:00

(180+ images).

Ella! Kenji! Maya! And more!

IF THE MIZANGS LIVED IN SPRINGFIELD...

2007-07-08T21:31:00.000-07:00

Create your own.

THE SUMMER OF 07 IS ON

2007-06-26T23:31:00.001-07:00

(102 images).

It's not even July yet. Going to be a long summer.

COUSIN'S IN THE HOUSE!

2007-06-06T21:53:00.001-07:00

Born June 6, 2007.

ELLA OVERLOAD!

2007-05-22T00:35:00.001-07:00

(105 images).

Yeah, 105. We've been, um, busy. Lots of these are with Maya K., Ella's friend and classmate, plus playdates with some other folks like Maya M and Bee Bee. And summer's not even here yet!

ELLA MAKES PIZZA

2007-05-05T22:49:00.001-07:00

The following shots are from Auntie Di:

ELLA AND MAYA: SHOT BY LOREN

2007-05-04T23:07:00.001-07:00

(9 images). Uh oh, another dad armed with a digital camera...

MARCH 2007

2007-04-02T23:21:00.001-07:00

(31 images).

SPRING TIME'S COMING SOON

2007-03-12T22:13:00.000-07:00

(26 images).

ELLA TURNS TWO!

2007-02-07T22:49:00.000-08:00

(63 images).

ELLA TAKES OAHU

2007-01-13T22:28:00.000-08:00

(113 images).

MORE XMAS CLIPS

2007-01-13T22:18:00.000-08:00

ELLA'S XMAS BOOGIE

2006-12-31T17:43:00.000-08:00

XMAS TIME IS HERE

2006-12-29T23:25:00.000-08:00

(95 images).

GETTING INTO THE SOCIAL SEASON

2006-12-10T23:32:00.000-08:00

(26 images). Includes visits with Paige and Joseph as well as Rebecca's 3rd b-day party.

TWO CUTE

2006-12-06T22:56:00.000-08:00

(25 images) Many of these were taken during a playdate Ella had with her classmate Maya.

ONE MONTH LEFT

2006-11-27T08:01:00.000-08:00

(32 images)

KEEP BOUNCIN'

2006-10-31T21:23:00.000-08:00

(29 images)
These are all taken from a party to welcome a new member of the Endo (S's cousin) family, Matthew. Ella really had fun. Really.

FUN WITH PHOTO BOOTH

2006-10-25T23:08:00.000-07:00

(Sharon likes the "floating head Ella" a lot)

FALL FORWARD

2006-10-13T10:26:00.000-07:00

(60 images)
Included here are some photos of some of Ella's new LA playmates, including Madeline, Maya and Rebecca (BeeBee).

WELCOME TO LA

2006-09-03T17:40:00.000-07:00

(29 images)

BYE BYE TO THE BAY

2006-09-03T17:38:00.000-07:00

(40 images)
The first part of these were from our friends Ed and Lisa's wedding in Kensington. The rest are from our farewell picnic in Golden Gate Park.

LAST DAYS IN THE BAY

2006-07-17T01:33:00.000-07:00

(29 images)
(Half of these were taken at Crissy Field in S.F., the other at Maceo's 1st b-day party in San Jose).

SHORT BUT SWEET

2006-07-04T21:50:00.000-07:00

(15 images)
(Most of these were taken on a recent trip to our soon-to-be-new home of Los Angeles).

JUNE BUG

2006-06-06T22:15:00.000-07:00

(38 images)
Most of these were taken on the Yamamoto Reunion weekend in Monterey.

OVERLOAD!

2006-05-29T00:43:00.000-07:00

(46 images)
Ella in L.A.! At a BBQ! At the beach!

PICS FROM THE MIZOTA CLAN

2006-05-28T10:54:00.000-07:00

(14 images)
The first four were taken back in April by Grandma Mizota. The rest were taken in May by Auntie Di.

THE STAIRMASTER

2006-05-28T10:16:00.000-07:00

Auntie Di was the featured director of photography on this.

LUCKY SEVEN

2006-05-25T23:58:00.000-07:00

(7 images)

CELLY ELLA

2006-05-25T23:33:00.000-07:00

A girl on the go.

ELLA GETS HER GROOVE ON

2006-05-18T21:01:00.000-07:00

15 months and already displaying a natural sense of rhythm (or so we'd like to think).

MAY FLOWERS

2006-05-01T23:30:00.000-07:00

(44 images)
Finally, some good weather here in S.F. Many of these photos were taken in Golden Gate Park on one of the nicest days in recent memory. Oh yeah, and by the way, Ella is like...totally walking now. Totally.

APRIL SHOWERS

2006-04-08T08:53:00.000-07:00

(30 images)
(My friends Kathryn and her two kids cameo in this set.)

SPRING'S HERE

2006-03-22T02:08:00.000-08:00

(15 images)
The first half of these are actually from early February (oops, forgot I had 'em). The latter half are from this past weekend when we went to our friend Maceo's 3rd b-day.

13 MONTHS

2006-03-15T22:40:00.000-08:00

(15 images)
Plus, a couple bonus Polaroids.

ONE YEAR OLD

2006-02-05T00:55:00.000-08:00

(37 images)
Holy #*@!, Ella's already 1? Where did the year go? Our baby's all growns up!

This album has a mix of different pix: some older (Nov) shots of her with her friend Nell; a few from Chinese New Year with our friend CC's son Max; and a bunch from Ella's recent birthday (including her friend Maceo).

WELCOME TO THE NEW YEAR (2006)

2006-01-13T20:23:00.000-08:00

(43 images)
It's been a while...these are collected from the last three months; some November pictures, Christmas as you'll see, and a few more recent shots. Extra kids included are Max (my friend Colleen's newborn), Maceo (my friend Todd's son) and one of Ella's gazillion second cousins.

SEP, OCT, NOV WRAP-UP

2005-11-28T00:49:00.000-08:00

(27 images)
These are a combination of pictures taken during out October trip to NYC, plus some recent shots from home.

OMG - ELLA'S FIRST CRAWL!

2005-11-06T08:48:00.000-08:00

(We thought this day would never come). Filmed by Uncle Ken and Aunt Aya in NYC, Sunday, 11/6.

HAWAII BONUS - IKUKO'S SHOTS

2005-10-17T23:34:00.000-07:00

(13 images)
These were all taken by our friend Ikuko who came on vacation with us. She shoots with a Canon ELPH and on this particular trip, she was armed with a cool underwater casing that allowed her to take photos of fish, sea urchins and lots of turtles. Check out her Kauai photos.

THE HAWAII TRIP

2005-10-17T23:19:00.000-07:00

(84 images)
Wow, a bonafide Mizang family vacation.

ONE FOR MORE SEPTEMBER

2005-09-25T15:10:00.000-07:00

(28 images)
Yeah, I know, three posts in one month. October promises to be even worse considering we'll be on vacation for part of it. LB swimsuit special, forthcoming!

A BUSY SEPTEMBER

2005-09-13T23:42:00.000-07:00

(28 images)
Most of these were taken in Golden Gate Park when our friends Loren and Mika, and their daughter Maya, came to visit. Maya's parents are both hapa (Japanese/white) which means Maya, like Ella, is half-Japanese herself (and Maya's a cuuuuuutie, isn't she? As is our El Boogie in her Red Sox cap. Go Sox!)

SEVEN MONTHS ALREADY?

2005-09-08T14:11:00.000-07:00

(9 images)

ELLA + HER NEW FRIEND NELL

2005-09-05T21:54:00.000-07:00

(7 images)
Ella has a new playmate, Nell, who is the 7 mo. daughter of her twice-a-week nanny Katherine who took the seven photos in the album (hosted over at Kodiakgallery.com).

SHORT STACK

2005-08-16T21:15:00.000-07:00

(11 images)

Just a few shots for all the Ella junkies.

SIX MONTH SPECIAL: ELLA'S GREATEST HITS

2005-08-05T05:54:00.000-07:00

(31 images)
Just to be totally gratuitous (yes, even more than I have been), I decided to go through and compile my favorite photos of Ella taken over the last half-year since she was born.

LYDIA DANILLER PHOTO SHOOT

2005-08-04T01:17:00.000-07:00

(31 images)
My dear friend Colleen (herself almost seven months pregnant with her first child) and husband Dirk were sweet enough to buy Sharon, Ella and I a photo shoot with her friend Lydia Daniller, an up-and-coming portrait, event and editorial photographer in San Francisco. (Bad enough that I'm such a photo junkie but now we have professionals involved, ha!)

A few weeks back, we all took a walk to Golden Gate Park and snapped off a ton of different shots which not only provided us with some really great family portraits (by far, some of the best we have) but we now actually have physical prints. Yeah, I'm rather embarrassed to admit it but up until now (today is Ella's 6 month b-day, by the way), we hadn't really printed out any of the gazillion photos I've taken. It's nice to have some actual prints in hand.

Anyways, loved Lydia - I'd very much recommend her to anyone in the Bay Area who needs portrait, family, etc. work done.

ALMOST AT THE HALF-YEAR MARK

2005-07-23T23:22:00.000-07:00

July pix/picks (29 images)
The first eight were taken as part of a project I've been putting together for Staple Design. I was asked to create (among other things) a sticker and I wanted to use an image of Ella, surrounded by records, with a tagline that wrote, "Give Your Child a Sound Education." We took a lot of photos - the included here were the eight best.

SLIPPING INTO SUMMER

2005-06-26T20:48:00.000-07:00

June pix/picks (18 images)

MAY MADNESS

2005-06-18T00:37:00.000-07:00

The Mizang Wedding, Part Deux (72 images)

Most of these are from the wedding banquet down in Los Angeles, though there are a few random shots from the last two months also strewn in.

THE "ELLA GETS LEGIT" SPECIAL EDITION

2005-05-14T19:33:00.000-07:00

The Mizang Wedding (87 images)

That's right, Mommy and Daddy actually got married today! If you never saw it, here's the original invitation I sent out.

THE LONG AWAITED

2005-04-28T09:38:00.000-07:00

Month 3 - 46 images

I know it's been a while but hey - we got a baby to raise here; not much free time to be editing and uploading photos, you know? Anyways, these were all taken over the course of the last month or so.

Ella's joined by my friend's Shiree and Dennis' two young sons, Rumi and Maceo, in a series of photos in this album. They're 5 and 2 respectively and craaaaaazy cute (they're half Chinese, a quarter Japanese and a quarter African American).

SEVEN UP

2005-03-27T16:17:00.000-08:00

Week Seven - 30 images

WHO'S WHO

2005-03-17T23:16:00.000-08:00

SIX WEEKS DEEP

2005-03-16T13:55:00.000-08:00

Week Six - 13 images

ELLA @ ONE MONTH

2005-03-06T16:48:00.000-08:00

Month 1 - 19 images

These were all taken right around when Ella turned a month old. The other baby who appears in some of these photos is Dean Hwei Mendoza, who was born about six days before Ella, to Cathy and Joe - two of Sharon's good friends.

ELLA'S THIRD ALBUM

2005-02-28T17:13:00.000-08:00

Month 1 - 23 images

ELLA'S SECOND ALBUM

2005-02-17T13:13:00.000-08:00

Month 1 - 14 images

ELLA'S FIRST PHOTO ALBUM

2005-02-10T12:42:00.000-08:00

Month 1 - 11 images

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

2005-02-04T22:28:00.000-08:00

Ella Sakiyo Jian-Yi Mizota-Wang
February 4, 2005
10:29pm
7 pounds, 8.6 oz
20 inches