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Good evening,

This will be my last wedding entry for the night, so I will make it a good one. I will pick up from where I left off tomorrow…with the rest of the 100+ wedding and engagement posts to do. To end tonight with something sweet, Angie and Irwanto’ws wedding at Universal Hilton in Studio City should do the trick. It felt like only recently when Danny and I photographed Angie and Irwanto’s engagement photo session over at Laguna Beach and Los Angeles where we photographed on epic picture at LACMA (Los Angeles Contemporary Museum of Art)! Now that it was time for Angie and Irwanto to get married at Universal Hilton, Angie toned down the red and jumped into her beautiful white wedding dress. With Irwanto always being the funny guy with his subtle jokes, he showed off his t-shirt before suiting up. His t-shirt stated, “HERE I AM now what are were your other 2 wishes?” which put a smile on everyone’s faces that morning!

With all jokes aside, Angie and Irwanto had quite a touching wedding here at Universal Hilton. Before the grand wedding down at the courtyard, Geoff and I photographed a more intimate wedding tea ceremony in their suite with both their immediate families when both parents offered their blessings the newly weds. After all was said and done, the entire wedding party left together and walked down the aisle where all their wedding guests eagerly waited for them. Aside from the vows and formalities, Irwanto and the officiant tossed so many subtle jokes around that made photographing this wedding so much more memorable. If only I recorded some of their wedding ceremony in video to remember them all! Either way, the wedding photographs were enough to express the joy and happiness in everyone’s faces!

Universal Hilton
Studio City, Ca
Los Angeles County

Dig the shirt, Irwanto!

I am a sucker for bubbles ever since I was a kid, so this wedding photo wins for the day by default!

To conclude this wedding photo gallery, I thought this was rather unique to watch Angie’s mother and grandmother share a dance while the rest of the wedding guests mingled about their tables and groups. Since no one was at the dance floor yet, the two thought they should break in the party first. Since everyone was too shy to join in the beginning, all photographs were concentrated on them for quite some time and I had a feeling these two loved every moment of the attention.

Congratulations again to the both of you, Angie and Irwanto! It was our pleasure to be your wedding photographers here at Universal Hilton in Studio City!

Cheers,

Doug – Contact Me!

p.s. – I promise to drop by your sushi restaurant soon, Irwanto!!!

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Hello everyone!

The weather here in Los Angeles is still rather temperamental. We are transitioning from Spring to Summer and Los Angeles still gets a few random moments of rain out of nowhere! Unfortunately, the rain does not last long enough to fully clean my car!

Darlene and Justin’s wedding in Orange County last year fortunately had a more pleasant weather with the sun and beautiful blue skies. To refresh everyone’s memories, Darlene and Justin had their engagement photo session done at good ol’ Pasadena City Hall and Old Town Pasadena. It was a rather fun day thinking back on their engagement photo session in Pasadena. The most memorable for me about that engagement session were their smiles. Their smiles can light up anyone’s mood and they lit up the crowd during their wedding. Darlene and Justin started their wedding bright and early at Hyatt Regency in Orange County where they each hung out with their designated wedding parties. Of course, Darlene and her wedding party took the suite while Justin and his boys had to take a smaller room. During their preparations, Darlene emphasized on having a nice photograph of her proud Christian Louboutin wedding shoes (Check out that photo below)! Once the entire wedding party was dressed to their best, we all made our way to St. Denis Church to get these two love birds married!

After the wedding ceremony and all the formalities out of the way, everyone enjoyed the night away over at Summit House located in Fullerton (Orange County). The details from the centerpieces to the little wedding party favors were absolutely perfect. One of the more hilarious memories of the night was that Darlene’s father has a reputation of talking forever. The time allocated for her father’s speech was only 5 minutes, which was used up quite quickly without any signs of her father concluding his blessings to the newly weds. Although this pushed back the wedding itinerary but a few stops, but every moment was well worth it. The smiles and laughter that Darlene’s father gave from his speech were so “perfect picture” quality! After everything that was needed to be said, the dance floor opened up and the rest of the wedding went down in history. I must admit, some of these people’s dance moves at the wedding were too much for my conservative eyes, but made amazing wedding photos to laugh over in the future!

Hyatt Regency
Orange County, CA

St. Denis Church
Orange County, CA

Summit House
Fullerton, CA

…yes, as you can tell from the wedding billboard on the following picture, I am over a year behind on my wedding blogs. One of my New Years Resolution is to take some more time to get updated on my wedding blog. There are so many amazing wedding and engagement photos yet to be revealed so keep stalking!

All I can saw for the following wedding picture was “HOLY COW!” Apparently, she has done this before and flipped around with ease and struck a pose for the camera afterward.

Congratulations again to the both of you. It was Danny and my pleasure to be your wedding photographers and capture such an important milestone. We wish you two the best and good fortune.

Cheers,

Doug – - Contact Me!

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Good afternoon!

Today’s wedding blog entry is going to be a really long one filled with lots of wedding photos! This was a rather special wedding in Mission Viejo (Orange County), especially since these two were good friends of my previous wedding couple Stephanie and George who hosted their wedding at Langham in Pasadena. Danny and I started our day bright and early at Fairmont Hotel in Newport Beach where we captured Olivia and her girls getting ready before their traditional tea ceremony to respect their elders and to have her parents’ blessing. While Olivia finished her final touches on her traditional Chinese wedding dress, we hung outside with Tim and photographed the the obstacles he had to do before entering Olivia’s room where her parents waited patiently. After all the fun and games were over, Olivia and her parents shared a touching moment as she bid farewell after their tea ceremony.

After all the fond moments shared at their Fairmont suite, they paraded to Tim’s house where his parents also patiently waited to offer their blessings to both Olivia and their son. There was so much love that filled the room and each shot was picture perfect! With one event after another, Olivia and Tim had a short break to relax in their room away from all the hustle and bustle. While Tim relaxed and organized with his wedding party the final touches to their schedule, Olivia jumped into her amazing wedding dress with the help of her bridesmaids. Once Olivia’s wedding dress was tied, laced, and fitted to perfection, we all headed towards Arroyo Trabuco Golf Course in Mission Viejo (Orange County) for their grand wedding ceremony! Enjoy their wedding photos.

Fairmont Hotel
Newport Beach, CA

Dig the wedding shoes!

Arroyo Trabuco Golf Course
Mission Viejo, CA (Orange County)

With a bit of time to spare before the wedding ceremony, we took the wedding part out around the golf course for their wedding photography session. After we wrapped up the wedding party, we finished up Olivia and Tim’s wedding portrait session on the outskirts of the property.

After the wedding ceremony was over, the wedding guests were all served with wine, cheese, and live music to set the mood before the reception. Once all the wedding guests were situated in their designated seats, Oliva and Tim set the night with an amazing dance routine and followed by dancing with their parents.

After all the speeches and toasts, Olivia and Tim had a fun game for all the wedding guests to participate in. They had a handful of corks they saved up in the past, but one had their name on it. Whoever caught the lucky cork won a prize! With the crowd that fought for that lucky cork, the wedding photograph taken was definitely worthy of concluding the story of their wedding here at Arroyo Trabuco Golf Course.

Congratulations again to the both of you, Olivia and Tim. It was definitely a real pleasure to be your wedding photographers.

Cheers,

Doug – Contact Me!

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Good afternoon everyone!

From my last post about Cynthia and Joel’s engagement photo session in Los Angeles, I am proud to post up their “day after” wedding photos at Calamigos Ranch in Malibu! Danny had the opportunity to photograph their wonderful wedding the day before this “day after” wedding photo session. Either way, it was a real treat to come back here to take some wonderful pictures of Cynthia and Joel in their wedding attire. There were so many great locations here at Calamigos Ranch for photo opportunities such as the red barn, merry-go-round, and a sweet Ferris wheel! Everything here at Calamigos Ranch is painted to so many vibrant colors, which you will see in the following wedding pictures below. Check it out!

Calamigos Ranch
Malibu, CA

Yes, I like to get involved in the photo shoot too.

Congratulations again to the both of you, Cynthia and Joel! It was a pleasure to photograph these fun wedding photos of you two at Calamigos Ranch. After all the photos were done and over with, we all cruised down PCH and grubbed down at an awesome breakfast place with a beautiful view of the beach…unfortunately, I forgot the name of the restaurant.

Cheers,

Doug – Contact Me!

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Hello everyone!

There comes a time when more and more friends you know are getting married, which means more weddings to attend and more wedding cakes to eat. My friends and I are at this chapter of our lives where we find out someone else we know got engaged or is getting married. In this case, Tammy and Thomas finally tied the knot locally at Diamond Bar Golf Course. To refresh everyone’s memories, Danny and I photographed Tammy and Thomas’ engagement photo session over at UCLA and Art District in Downtown Los Angeles. We started our day over at a neighborhood hair salon, which was conveniently located three houses down from Tammy’s house. While we got some fun prep photos done with the girls, Thomas and the boys hung out at their hotel rooms and watched the UCLA vs Kansas State football game with a few rounds of ice cold beers to cool them from the LA’s summer heat. An interesting side note about this wedding was one of the bridesmaids, Charlene (Sharkey), never wore makeup in her life, but she made this an exception. The outcome was rather interesting since we have never seen her like that before! After all the ladies were prepped up, Tammy literally dove into her wedding dress and was ready to rock for her wedding photography session. Since we were in Diamond Bar (LA County) area, we cruised down Grand Ave. to start off some photos and ended up at a local park in Chino Hills.

After our wedding photography session was all wrapped up in Diamond Bar, we all raced to Diamond Bar Golf Course to get these two married! Since Tammy was loved by most of our high school peers, almost everyone from our year showed up all dressed to impress. The best addition to Tammy and Thomas’ wedding party was their beloved dog, Mr. Beefy, who was the ring bearer. Tammy and Thomas’ officiant had so much soul and put a smile on every wedding guests’ faces. After a quick and swift wedding ceremony, Tammy and Thomas cruised around Diamond Bar Golf Course to conclude their wedding photography session before they partied the night away with speeches, dancing, and just horsing around with all our friends and guests at the wedding.

Diamond Bar Golf Course
Diamond Bar (Los Angeles), CA

We have a parasol on the loose!!!

Oh, Bob and Mike, you two still know how to be the life of the party…

…but I think this guys can party more than you two.

King of the Ring! Tammy and Charlene still know how to battle and take over everyone at the dance floor!

To end the night, I wanted to take one quick photograph of the friends I graduated with back in high school. Even though it has been about 10 years since that day, we are still young at heart!

Congratulations again to the both of you, Tammy and Thomas; your wedding really rocked! It was great to see you all again and it was a real treat to be your wedding photographer.

Cheers,

Doug – Contact Me!

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