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Hello!

It has been a while since I photographed with my buddy - Gavin - and he recently graced me with another opportunity. The previous time I photographed with him was at the Hollywood Yamashiro Restaurant in Hollywood.

Since we are currently at the peak of our wedding photography season, I have been doing nothing but post-production work during the weekdays. I wanted a respite from behind the monitor and to go shoot a few rounds at a wedding with a crony. I was so fortunate that Dru and George warmly welcomed me to their wedding of which was very beautiful.

Dru and George hosted their wedding at Faulkner Winery in Temecula, CA. The winery provided many great opportunities to take gorgeous pictures! I took advantage of every chance - green vines, rustic oak barrels, colorful walls and the works! Check out some of the pictures

Energy!

That is Faulkner Winery from afar.

They had a full Mariachi band playing during their ceremony and part of the reception

Twice the bouquet power! I absolutely dig the feathers.

This is one of my favorite shots. It took me a few minutes to setup, but it was well worth it. This was a two-point lighting - one in the back at 1/8 power and one in the front at 1/64 power. Dru looks angelic!

This is my other favorite one! Gavin and I photographed this in between the Cabernet vines around sunset. The warm yellow glow coupled with the vines made the perfect backdrop.

This is Gavin and his three cameras! A-Okay ;D

With the help of Gavin’s awesome Alienbee setup in the back of the reception, I used it as a powerful back light. BAM! That strobe poured light into the entire winery.

We did a quick shot before we left Faulkner Winery where they make their wines in oak barrels.

Anyway, it is time for me to go to Disneyland, so see you all later. We have like $%^(*& more weddings to post so just hang in there ;D We dedicate a lot of time on every image.

Cheers,

Lawrence
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Howdy,

After many attempts, our busy schedules finally allowed for all of us to meet for an engagement photography session. Since Alina and Lester like trains a lot, they found the Travel Town Museum to as a befitting place to take their engagement pictures.

Travel Town Museum
5200 Zoo Dr.
Los Angeles, CA 90027

Lester! What are you doing?!

Since Doug and I have photographed here before, we knew of this interesting place that says “Do Not Hump.” I am guessing it is some train jargon. Nevertheless, we had to take advantage!

I like how the soft light poured through the window. This is my favorite!

Their wedding is in less than two weeks! Ah how fun! It will be in Los Angeles Chinatown.

Sweetness,

Lawrence
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Hello,

We were privileged to have had the opportunity to photograph AIG’s corporate event upon the FantaSea Yachts in Marina Del Rey.

FantaSea Yachts
4215 Admiralty Way
Marina Del Rey, CA 90292

AIG annually hosts a wonderful picnic for all of their employees for the Los Angeles and Costa Mesa branches. As a previous AIG employee, I had the privilege to attend many of their elaborate corporate events! I especially enjoy the Christmas Party at the Jonathan’s Club in Downtown LA.

In any event, this year’s corporate gathering was hosted on the FantaSea Yachts. The event had a pirate theme to it. It included lots of fun games (Pirate’s Booty), bingo, limbo and loads of prizes. Who would have thought these corporate people were such party animals?

This picture is my favorite! Poor bird

Fun times,

Lawrence
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Hello,

Who would have known that one could party so hard at a penthouse suite rather than a conventional wedding reception hall. Just the other day, Tang, Doug and I photographed a trendy wedding reception [because the wedding couple got married the day before] at the Pacific Electric Lofts in Downtown Los Angeles. Marilou and Jed hosted an absolutely hot [literally with the fire dancers] and sexy party.

Pacific Electric Lofts
610 S Main Street
Los Angeles, CA 90014

Since we had a significant amount of time in the morning, we did a short private session around the streets of Los Angeles. We started at the Disney Concert Hall.

Afterwards, we moved to that cool location that we used for our wedding photography workshop!

While we were taking pictures, a number of motorcycles [I think Choppers] rolled up along with some classic domestic vehicles. George (the owner of the green vehicle) was so kind to let us use it for some pictures!

We tried to do something like a pin-up picture here.

The following image has George and his sons.

Check out the nice details at their wedding reception. This was all at the Penthouse Suites II at the Pacific Electric Lofts in Downtown Los Angeles. Cool looking cake huh?

This wedding reception was an all-white party. Everyone donned their best white attire.

The following is Alyson Montez - traditionally disoriented violinist. She, along with two other electric violinists, played a number of songs that were simply entrancing. My favorite tune from them was the theme song for James Bond 007!

Here are some overview pictures of the grand party.

Midway into the party, Kamala and her cronies came and gave everyone a firey demonstration. Their pyrotechnic skills and dance moves were hot [no pun intended haha]. Their group is called Fire Groove.

Fire Groove
Kamala
323-640-0191

WOW

We all kept some distance while photographing and still felt the heat. I cannot imagine how hot it must have been for them.

Here is an overview picture of the Pacific Electric Lofts at night. You can still see the top floors of the building lit blue because of their wedding party.

Overall, it was a blast working with Marilou and Jed. The party they hosted was definitely something out of the ordinary, which makes every wedding uniquely memorable.

Outties,

Lawrence
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Dear you,

Doug and I photographed Alisa and Andrew’s engagement session in Old Town Pasadena a while ago. Before you know it, we were photographing their wedding at the Doubletree Hotel in Claremeont!

Claremont Doubletree Hotel
555 West Foothill Blvd
Claremont, CA 91711

Oh look at the boys!

And now look at the ladies!

The trees in the background offered a great background for Alisa and her father. He had such a happy smile on his face!

Alisa and Andrew had a sizable wedding party. This was in the courtyard right outside of the reception hall at Doubletree Hotel

These three kids were the flower girl and ring bearers. They were so cute! They look good in the picture, but can you imagine the trouble I had to go through to keep them all laying down nice and still? The picture was well worth it though!

This kid was my favorite! He just stared into the camera without being intimidated at all.

We took some relaxed portraits with some nice green trees in the background. I positioned that yellow smudge (street lamp) to give it a warm touch.

Since Alisa and Andrew are fairly young, they had lots of young attendees. All of them were awesome dancers!

Coolness,

Lawrence
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Hello,

My mom’s friend - Luz Segura - is now Luz Hartman as of two weeks ago. Luz and Jeff met while teaching together at a school in Los Angeles. After much planning, the two of them finally tied the knot at a local church and hosted their reception at Wilshire Grand Hotel in Los Angeles.

Wilshire Grand Hotel - Los Angeles
930 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90017

Who called for a full service breakfast and mimosas?

Look at Jeff’s cat! Each time I photographed him, he would scramble away, but he was sure to come back for a back rub.

Ah I recognize that perplexed look all of the time. That is why as a wedding photographer, I have be be knowledgeable in various formal etiquettes in case they need a helping hand.

Luz and Jeff had a Mariachi band play during their ceremony. They were loud, yet cool.

Look at all of the ladies!

Look at this totally rad picture of the garter retrieval. I used a fisheye lens to take this.

Respectfully,

Doug
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Howdy,

I had the opportunity to photograph with Steve Hoffmann a few weeks ago at Luxe Hotel on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles.

Luxe Hotel
11461 Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90049

The couple - Elena and Mike - were the last amongst their friends to get married. It was just about time to tie the knot! I got the chance to hang around with the bride for a little bit before moving to the groom’s side where the guys were just lounging around with plenty of spirits to drink.

Here is a picture of Elena’s beautiful shoes!

Here were some gifts that the bride received from her friends HA! I totally dig the one about Valium.

While the girls were cheering with glasses of champagne, I shouted, “STOP!” I then crawled below and kindly asked them to resume Check out the cool perspective! Too bad I did not have a wider lens on at the time.

I absolutely love pictures like these! These clip-on ties are just so darn hard to put on!

This one is my favorite! Since I had a considerable amount of time to photograph the groom and groomsmen, I had time to set everyone up just the way I liked it. I also added some texture to give the image a rustic look. Awesome huh? The following image was taken at their hotel in Brentwood.

Hotel Angeleno
170 N. Church Lane
Los Angeles, CA 90049

One thing funny about this hotel is that it is in the shape of a cylinder. Therefore, all of the rooms are like pizza wedges. It is definitely an interesting design.

These heart things were hung all over the ceremony area. They look like some form of berries.

Here comes the bride!

This lady was my favorite! She had sporadic expressions throughout the wedding. It was my goal to capture all of them!

Adorable kid!

When I saw the DJ setting up the gel lights along the walls of the restaurant, I decided to wait until everything was lit before I photographed the cake.

Since this kid was so bored, I decided to play with him. See no evil. Speak no evil. Hear no evil.

And the rest of the evening was dancing!

Signing out,

Lawrence
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