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Ahoy everyone,

I hope everyone’s Mother’s Day went swimmingly and there were plenty of joy and laughter throughout the day. In my case, I grabbed my mom and a a couple others out for an early breakfast before the insane rush of people poured into every restaurant! I suppose the early bird does get the worm.

Finally after playing catch up on writing my wedding and engagement blog entries, I can finally post up one of my favorite destination weddings that happened at Fairmont Hotel in San Jose! To recap on this lovely couple, we took a day trip over to San Francisco to photograph Sarina & Chirag’s engagement photo session. We ran around all over the city of San Francisco for their engagement pictures which included Ritz Carlton at Half Moon Bay, danced in the rain at San Francisco Palace of Fine Arts, and concluded at Embarcadero. As exciting as their engagement photo session in San Francisco was for us, their Indian style wedding at Fairmont Hotel in San Jose was absolutely unbelievable. From the start to finish, there was not a minute when we wanted to put our cameras down since there was always something amazing going on. From parading down the main streets at Fairmont Hotel, the colorful wedding attire, acrobatic shows, to all the adrenaline pumping dances, Sarina and Chirag really know how to throw down a party!

To warm up for Sarina and Chirag’s wedding, each spent their quiet morning preparing in their designated suites at Fairmont Hotel. Danny, Geoff and I jumped from one room to another to capture some sweet “behind the scenes” wedding photos before these two met each other for the first time in their full wedding attire. Once their wedding preparations were all finished, Sarina and Chirag had their “first glance” over in back of Fairmont Hotel in a small secluded street to have a moment to themselves. After their brief moment to catch their breath, the rest of the wedding went on full throttle to the next series of sweet wedding photos of just them two and their wedding entourage. After the wedding portrait session concluded, Chirag and practically everyone paraded down the streets while Sarina waited patiently back at Fairmont Hotel before the Indian wedding ceremony started. Get comfortable because there will be a lot of wedding pictures. Every wedding photograph was too good to not showcase!

Fairmont Hotel
170 S Market St
San Jose, CA 95113

Dig the shoes

What wedding do you know where the groom makes an entrance with a white stallion with an entire parade behind him? Not to mention a whole lot of dancing and music!

One of my favorite wedding detail was during their Indian wedding ceremony. The custom made alter was filled with overflowing flowers and tastefully matching colored petals.

After the Indian wedding ceremony concluded, we managed to take a couple wedding detail photos of the reception hall before the doors opened out to their guests. Now that is one impressive wedding centerpiece!

Once doors opened and all the guests were seated, there were a whole lot of events to keep everyone entertained. There were many skits, songs, choreographed dances, and even an acrobatic performance where the performers swung across the ceilings! After all the formalities and the wedding program ended, literally everyone jumped onto the huge dance floor and showed of their best moves for the rest of the night.

While all the guests were entertained, we pulled Sarina and Chirag out for one last quick wedding photography session since they are in a different outfit. We thought these last wedding photos was a good way to wrap up a successful night.

Congratulations to the both of you, Sarina and Chirag. It was a real pleasure to take part as your wedding photographers! Special thanks to Mili for an amazing job coordinating this wedding and made sure everything went accordingly.

Cheers,

Doug – Contact Me!

p.s. – It was great to see you again, Tulsi & Mihir!

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Good morning!

Mother’s Day arrived and I hope everyone has something special planned! If nothing, I bet your mum will love just a great big hug from her kids.

It has been a while since May and Adam’s beautiful wedding at Shade Hotel and Wayfarers Chapel and I still remember it like it was yesterday. If you two are reading this wedding blog, Mary and Adam, I am so sorry for the delay! I am still playing catch up on all my wedding and engagement blogs. To kick start the story about these love birds, Mary and all her girls laughed away when they got ready while Adam and his boys already popped opened the champagne and made themselves a few rounds of mimosas. While the boys waited for all the ladies to get ready, we started the wedding photo session with Adam and his entourage around Shade Hotel. The coolest part about taking these boys’ wedding photos were that Adam gave each of his boys matching Gucci shades and tie bars to look uniformed. Check out the wedding pictures below for some of their sweet shots!

While the boys horsed around Shade Hotel, we spent a little more time with Mary and her gals. Danny, Wilson, and I tried to be extra creative with Mary’s wedding details and revolve it around apples since they are not only from the Big Apple, but also associates at good ol’ Apple corporation. Luckily, a wedding guest dropped off a whole fruit basket and it was filled with apples for us to use for our next wedding photos below. To top things off after we photographed Mary’s beautiful Louboutin’s on a basket-full of apples, we hung Mary’s amazing wedding dress over the ledge for one of our wedding detail photos. It was risky business, but so worth it!

After all the preparations were done from both wedding parties, we all caravan over to Wayfarers Chapel in Palos Verdes to get these two love birds married! With the extra time while Wayfarers Chapel prepared for the wedding, Mary and Adam had their “first glance” on top of the hill in one of the gardens. Adam’s reaction to his beautiful bride was priceless! We managed to crank out a handful of sweet wedding photographs of just Mary and Adam before Wayfarers Chapel announced the wedding commencement. Enjoy the show.

Shade Hotel
1221 N Valley Dr
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266

Boys looking rather dashing, yes?

Check out Mary and her bridesmaids’ beautiful wedding bouquets!

Pre-game

Wayfarers Chapel
5755 Palos Verdes Dr S,
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275

After the wedding ceremony concluded at Wayfarers Chapel and all the hugs and kiss from the family members finished, the wedding party sped over to Abalone Cove for a quick wedding photography session before we all headed back to Shade Hotel for their wedding reception.

The parasols definitely added a nice touch to the follow wedding picture…and also provided shade for the extreme summer heat!

During cocktail hour and before Shade Hotel opened up the courtyard for Mary and Adam’s wedding guests, we hurried and took some sweet detail photos! The dessert bar was definitely a very nice added bonus for anyone who had a sweet tooth at the wedding. The wedding cake had a nice touch with the intricate details and a huge Apple Corp. logo on top!

Mary and Adam made one heck of a grand entrance, danced, and worked up a sweat with all their wedding guests before they were all seated. I suppose this was a good way to work up an appetite before dinner!

During dinner, each of Mary and Adam’s loved ones made a very touching speech.

A few more quick photos with Adam and the boys to conclude the wedding before they jumped back in Shade Hotel and dance the night away!

…just had to add the team in. =D

Thank you!

Congratulations again to the both of you. It was a pleasure to be your wedding photographers here at Shade Hotel (Manhattan Beach). As promised, I will make my way to New York and hang out with you two party animals!

Special thanks to to Lindsay Longrace for always delivering nothing short of the best for coordinating this memorable wedding.

Cheers,

Doug – Contact Me!

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Good afternoon everyone,

Today is a beautiful day here in Los Angeles, especially after the heavy rain that showed up randomly last night. With such a nice day, Danny and I will be making the most of it in Santa Monica today for a sweet engagement photo session. On the bad side, it is traffic every day here in Los Angeles! Either way, being out in the sun taking engagement photos will be all worth while.

On another note, it is finally time to post up Julianne and Joseph’s wedding from Pasadena Langham and London Hotel in West Hollywood! It was a wonderful morning for Julianne and Joesph’s wedding while the boys suited up and grubbed down at Pasadena Langham while the ladies got their hair and makeup done at Julianne’s brother’s pad nearby. Both Pasadena Langham and the house were filled with so many family members early in the morning not only to be the first to arrive, but also to avoid massive traffic during the dreaded “carmageddon” that happened a while back in Los Angeles and Santa Monica. For the locals here in Los Angeles, Pasadena, and Santa Monica, you know what I meant about “carmageddon” when the city closed down all lanes on 405 freeway for road construction. Fortunately, the wedding managed off without many glitches since everyone either showed up early or in a timely fashion.

For the first event for Julianne and Josephs wedding, they had a traditional Chinese Tea Ceremony for the parents and elders. Check out the wedding photos below to see all the challenges Joseph had to face before he was even welcomed through the door! All the laughter and hugs from the wedding guests during this tea ceremony made one happy home and there were so many amazing wedding photos taken just in the morning! Once all the Chinese wedding traditions were done and over with, everyone made the trek over to London Hotel in West Hollywood to continue on with the Catholic wedding festivities. Once Julianne jumped into her beautiful white wedding dress, we ran around all over London Hotel and the streets of Hollywood during their wedding photography session. With such a beautiful day similar to today, we just had to make use of the vibrant blue sky for majority of their wedding photos. Everyone’s crazy and energetic personalities made each wedding photo look so amazing!

Check out below on play-by-play scenes from Julianne and Joseph’s amazing wedding from their photos. From their preparation, both wedding ceremonies, and speeches, everything was absolutely memorable. Enjoy the show.

Langham Hotel – Pasadena
1401 S Oak Knoll Ave,
Pasadena, CA 91106

London Hotel – West Hollywood
1020 N San Vicente Blvd
West Hollywood, CA 90069

While the ladies were upstairs helping Julianne jump in her wedding dress, we photographed a couple snap shots of the boys in their natural habitat.

Joseph’s first glance at Julianne in her beautiful white wedding dress. The reactions from these wedding photographs were priceless.

Seal the deal!

After the wedding ceremony was over, each pair in the wedding party had their own unique style during their grand entrance to their rooftop reception.

I am always a sucker for sweets and creative wedding ring photos, so why not just combine them together?

Special thanks goes out to Roselyne our wedding coordinator for taking care of everything at the wedding!

Congratulations to the both of you, Julianne and Joseph! It was definitely a real pleasure to be your wedding photographers here at London Hotel – West Hollywood and Langham – Pasadena.

Cheers,

Doug – Contact Me!

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Good afternoon everyone,

Another sunny day here in Los Angeles and the temperature is only going to rise from this point and on. Summer is rolling in, so better break out the sunblock! After being out in the sun for the past few weddings, I have already developed a fairly proud looking watch tan! Our next crazy adventure took us to Marina City Club in Marina Del Rey for Marci and Faustino’s wedding! To bring new readers up to date, Faustino was one of my super cool classmates during my UCLA days. It is always great to see good friends tie the knot and be a part of their beautiful wedding.

To start off their story, Marci had her makeup done and dressed to her best at Marina City Club while Faustino and his boys wrapped up the final touches at the church. Once everything was prepared, the wedding went off without a hitch and it was smooth sailing from there. Check out the wedding photos below and enjoy the show!

Marina City Club
4333 Admiralty Way
Marina del Rey, CA 90292

Congratulations again to the both of you. It was a real pleasure to be your wedding photographers!

Doug – Contact Me!

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Good afternoon everyone!

The weather has been rather moody lately here in Los Angeles with the heat rolling in and odd showers. On the brighter note, I do not have to wash my car for this weekend’s wedding! With this wedding season starting to shift gears to full throttle, I will try to update my wedding blog as much as possible before be backed up again. For this next entry, Danny and I took a trip to San Francisco for the day to photograph our lovely couple’s engagement photo session. There was a list of fun locations that they wanted to go to, so our schedule was tight, but so worthwhile! Out first location for our engagement photo session started at Ritz Carlton, Half Moon Bay and we kicked off strong! Ritz Carlton (Half Moon Bay) was such a beautiful location for engagement photos and had plenty of places for Sarina and Chirag to run around and strut their stuff as we photographed every step of the way. Check it out!

The Ritz Carlton
One Miramontes Point Rd
Half Moon Bay, CA 94019

Once our visit to Ritz Carlton (Half Moon Bay) came to an end, we continued our engagement photography session over to the San Francisco! Even in the pouring rain, we did not let nature stop us from taking some sweet engagement pictures. When it rains, we just get artistic with our engagement and wedding photos. It was definitely great to have such a fun loving couple throughout this engagement photo session since they dance in the rain with us. Fortunately, no one got sick from this!

Got a bit artistic for the next following picture. Although this next engagement photo was only of Sarina, I think it made “photo of the day” in this blog entry. What do you think?

Once the skies cleared up and a hint of blue skies peaked through the clouds, we wrapped up our engagement photo session over at San Francisco Embaracadero. The golden sun rays reflected off the wet cobblestones at Embarcadero gave us such a perfect scene for our next engagement photo session location. Aside from the cobblestones, we always have to take at least one engagement photo with their colorful electric trolleys.

Here is one last kiss to wrap up the night and our engagement photo session here at San Francisco.

I hope you all enjoyed our quick day trip to San Francisco for our engagement session. Be sure to stay tuned when we post Sarina and Chirag’s AMAZING Indian wedding at Fairmont Hotel in San Jose!

Cheers,

Doug – Contact Me!

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