Yearly Archives: 2007

Been away for too long…

Hello my blog readers, I know there are probably less and less of you guys “stalking” my BLOG since I haven’t updated anything since a little more than one month ago. But like always I will be back very shortly. As always, I like to provide some excuses for my long absence and I think this time it’ll hold it’s weight.

Since last post, I’ve:

Shot 4 weddings.

Had one of my server somewhat crap out on me (that holds ALL of the wedding day photography that I do right! But luckly, I have 2 backup servers setup so in an event like this, I just have to replace a few drives and avoid the cold sweating!).

Got a flat tire on the freeway (and it didn’t have a puncture or anything, just decided to give us problems. So after this experience when people tell me that they had a flat on the freeway and will be late, my first response won’t be Bullshit! anymore, because it’s a pain in the ass to get it changed and get back on the road).

Spending ~$800 for new set of tires (they were almost due for change. Good and Bad reviews for Costco, they had the $60 off 4 tires coupon so that was great, but the BAD part is after 6 hours of wait (i went back to work) they didn’t even took the time to properly put my spare tire back in it’s place!).

Spending $1300 more at the Acura dealer to fix the SRS light…..plus a whole slew of others (Thanks JC for taking off some of that $, but hey, when I picked up the car, the plastic thing they put on the seat was still there along with the rest of the tags and floor junk! No “great”s on the telephone survey this time).

Entered a bunch of prints into my very first 8×10 print competition (fingers crossed, I totally procrastinated on this one too, almost didn’t make it for the deadline of the competition).

Getting ready to shoot my very 1st Destination Wedding in stunning Cabo San Lucas, Mexico!!!.

And did I mention my birthday is coming up this Sunday.

But I don’t think any celebration is happening soon for the big 29 (feeling old outside, still feel super young inside!) because I have a 12 hour wedding on the 27th at the Universal Hilton, then on Sunday the 28th, I have an engagement lunch to shoot in the morning(This couple is actually a real treat to shoot because I’m doing their wedding in June or July `08, but shot the bride’s sister’s wedding around 3 or 4 years ago, then after shooting that she referred around 5 or 6 brides to me so I love her for that!) then a sorority event to shoot from 3~9 in Tarzana. So……Happy Birthday to me! But I’ll probably get some celebration in after I come back from Cabo San Lucas because Megan’s birthday is 11/6, she’s turning 1! or as some parents would put it, 12 months, or 52 weeks, or 365 days…? Okay, I’m pushing it…

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CSULB & Seal Beach | Engagement Session | Jimelle & Dante

It’s been a long week for me, I’ve just been an editing machine for the past 3 days! Good thing I get a break from shooting this weekend:)

Jimelle and Dante is getting married on October 13th at the Donald Trump place in Palos Verdes. They were one of the lucky couples that booked me for their wedding day photography during April when I was giving out free e-Sessions:)Stay tuned to my blog, I’ll most likely be having something of that sort in a few months! So back to this shoot, we shot at their very beautifully new home in Long Beach, CSULB (Go Beach!), and then finished it off at Seal Beach with a killer sunset! Check out the pictures below.


The Happy Couple!


Shrekie!


This doggy was so laid back!


Sunset!


eew! Dirty toes…


on their balcony…sweet moment


shrek……..are you THAT tired?


me like this one


nice family portrait!


don’t know why but I LOVE this one…..

Dante called this Shrekie’s P*rn Star look!


shadows are cool!


Pyramid @ CSULB where they both went but didn’t meet until after, how funny!


sunsets are cool!

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Laguna Beach & Disney Concert Hall | Engagement Session | Kim & Tony

Alright, as promised in the previous post here is the e-Session of Kim & Tony, their wedding is on October 27, 2007, I was already booked for that date before they came in so we settled on the next best thing, an e-Session! For the, we went all out and did it in 2 different locations: Laguna Beach and also Disney Concert Hall. It was the very first time for me to shoot there so I was looking forward to this session very much! Oh, and these guys also came back into the studio to do some bridal shots as well…enjoy:


Starting it off with a kiss…


weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!


Kim insisted that she could pick up Tony…..


but Tony showed her the correct way. Check out that wave behind them!


nice…..me like this one:)


this couple was the 1st one that automatically assumed the position without any prompting….nice!


1st jump


Disney Concert Hall….such beauty


Jenny hard at work!


love it!


Kim showing us how it’s done!


lovely


ooooooooooh


2nd jump


bridal stuff @ the Mission


the hot couple


congrats Tony & Kim!

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back to work! back to work!!!

I know I’ve been lagging on posting here for a while…..but oh are you guys going to be in for a treat!

I’ve just finished a 4 day back to back shooting spree….. It started on September 13th with a engagement session in Laguna Beach (again…i know) AND somewhere new in Downtown LA…stay tuned.

Then on the 14th another e-session in Long Beach at CSULB and Seal Beach and with Shrek! (or shrekie as Jimelle puts it!)

After that, I did a wedding in Woodland Hills w/ my new assistant/aspiring 2nd shooter Kalen. This wedding very special and unique to me because the bride and groom kept telling me how F*ing hard i rock! So that was nice to hear:)Also, this wedding is a referral from Juan and Claudia, Walter…aka Wally is a co-worker of Juan at Kaiser so they already felt super comfortable way I shoot!

And lastly, we had this super nice couple’s wedding down in beautiful San Diego, and besides the extra driving (which I made my super-duper brother do….while I slept!) it was so much fun because I ended up knowing a bunch of people here too. The bride is a referral from Tina and Marcus, well actually it’s Tina’s Cousin’s Cousin….don’t ask, they have sooo many cousins!

whoooooo! I guess my word of mouth isn’t half bad:)

okay, enough blabbin’ I already have the 1st e-session edited so hopefully I will have that up for all your viewing pleasure very shortly!

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Newport Beach Marriot Hotel & Spa | Wedding Photography | David & Sherry

Wedding of David & Sherry was one of the millions (ok, maybe thousands) of weddings that were held on this super lucky/popular/sought after/earliest booking/rare day! I believe these guys had me booked around 18 months in advance (maybe more). And what a kick ass day it turned out to be. They had a wonderful outdoor ceremony and reception at the Newport Beach Marriott Hotel and Spa, then after that we took the fun down to the beach and got our feet wet at the coast of Laguna Beach (we had to go, it was only 15 min drive away!).

Newport Beach Marriot Hotel & Spa
900 Newport Center Drive
Newport Beach, CA 92660-6206
(949) 640-4000

On with the pictures:


love it!


The building is so cool…


stunning bride!


not too shabby groom.


You look good David!


Ceremony…


yes, we had a bit of a mixup on which hand the ring should go…but we got it all sorted out!


Mr. & Mrs. Pio


Mom giving blessings


some details:)


love it!


not bad…


1st dance


crazy people dance:)


Getting ready for shoot on the beach


The Honeymoon Suite!


Happy that it was getting towards the end!


sweet!

Congrats David and Sherry!

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