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I hope everyone’s holiday went well and you all were able to spend time with family and friends! Aside from receiving an awesome coffee maker from my Secret Santa, I spent the bulk of my holiday with friends, family, and cooking. =)

Kristina and Grant’s wedding brought Danny and me back to San Diego where they hosted their grand wedding at US Grant Hotel located in the heard of San Diego. Since these two love birds are both naval officers, their itinerary were in military time and they were on time for everything! Grant and his boys started their morning early at Vince’s barber shop for a nice straight razor shave. Fortunately, the Farmer’s Market was less than a block away, so Grant and his wedding party got some fresh orange juice and breakfast burritos! These spur of the moments in between the wedding events make the greatest photos!

Vince’s Barber Shop
San Diego, CA

While the Grant and his boys prepped up for the wedding, Kristina and her ladies were at a local salon getting their groove on. Kristina chose blue as her eye shadow to represent the Navy. I thought it was a really nice little detail in their wedding and definitely in their wedding photos.

I stole one of their cupcakes that was meant for their wedding cake table for this wedding ring photo. I am sure they did not mind. =P

Since Kristina was ready a bit ahead of schedule, we photographed a couple solos of Kristina during her wedding portrait session at US Grant Hotel.

US Grant Hotel
San Diego, CA

Grant and the boys took a quick drive to the nearby church right next to US Grant Hotel for their wedding ceremony. It was a beautiful church filled with all their family and friends. Best of all, they got the military salute with all the sabers after they concluded the wedding ceremony! It made such an awesome wedding photo!

Instead of driving back to US Grant for the reception, the fresh San Diego air was nice enough for the entire wedding party to stroll down a few blocks to the venue. We took so many fun wedding pictures along the way from the church to US Grant Hotel.

After we finished the wedding party’s photography session, I concentrated on just Kristina and Grant at a local Museum that offered beautiful architecture for their wedding pictures.

Once Kristina and Grant made their grand entrance at US Grant Hotel, the party just rocked on all night long! An awesome side note was they used their saber to cut their wedding cake. Who needs a cake knife when you walk around w/ a sword, right? =D

It was time to conclude the night, so all the guests lined up to see these two love birds off on their grand exit from the venue.

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

Cheers,

Doug – Contact Me!

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Good evening all!

With the year almost drawing to an end, I hope everyone has fulfilled their New Years resolutions. I admit that I am one of many that did not due to unexpected circumstances and laziness. Fortunately, there is always next year! One the brighter note, at least one of my resolutions have been successful: photograph a bunch of weddings and become great friends with my wedding couples. One of the many wedding couples that became great friends are Kelly and Dean. Their wedding was at beautiful La Venta Inn that sits on the hilltop of Palos Verdes Estates. It was a lovely weekend when the sun shined beautifully and their wedding photographs shined even more.

Danny and I started our day when we photographed Kelly and her gals in her private suite located on the far end of La Venta Inn while Dean and his boys hung out at the main hall. After we took enough wedding photos of Kelly and her ladies, we wrapped up the photo shoot with Dean and his boys on the streets! With enough spirits in their system, the boys were willing to stop traffic for some amazing wedding pictures! Check it out!

La Venta Inn
Palos Verdes Estates, CA

A sweet touch with the wedding rings (get it?) =D

While the ladies continued their makeup session, we took Kelly’s wedding dress and took some fun pictures.

Dean and his cute son! This was a priceless moment with father and son…and Dean’s attempt to put his son’s tuxedo on right before the wedding.

Group effort!

After the wedding ceremony, we had time to take Kelly and Dean around LA Venta Inn’s property for their wedding photography session.

Instead of the traditional wedding cake, they had cupcakes for everyone and they were delicious!

Kelly and Dean shared a kiss to kick start their reception and partied the rest of the night!

Congratulations again to the both of you, Kelly and Dean. It was a pleasure to be your wedding photographer. It is always a grand experience to photograph here at La Venta Inn again.

Cheers,

Doug – Contact Me!

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Good evening everyone,

The forecast showed that Santa Ana winds will be blowing into Los Angeles for the next couple days and the first night already caused quite a stir in the city. Aside from trees getting blown down by 80 mph winds, multiple power outages happened in difference sectors of Los Angeles and Pasadena. I hope everyone is safe and comfortable in their homes.

Now back to my next wedding entry! My childhood friends, Catalina and Wilson, hosted their destination wedding at Caty’s hometown of Modesto! Since this was the first of our friends to walk down the aisle, everyone traveled up north to enjoy the festivities! Even though Danny was part of the wedding party, he still wanted to be a wedding photographer! It was an interesting act to follow, but the wedding photos that Danny and I pulled out was well worth the juggle. While I followed Caty in the morning during her makeup session, Danny and the boys horsed around at their hotels and photographed everything along the way. There were a few interesting side notes from this wedding that made it so memorable. There were a few hiccups throughout the wedding, but we all laughed it off. The most memorable event was when we all were in a rush to the reception hall, Wilson’s best man locked the keys in the car and had to call AAA to jimmy the car open. Fortunately, our wedding couple and the rest of the party made it to the grand entrance just in time!

The wedding party had matching colors all the way down to their socks. Black chucks was a nice touch too.

No gang signs please

After the wedding was over, our entire group jumped in for a fun picture! I was tempted to photoshop myself into this wedding photo for fun later on. =D

With the spare time, we made a pit stop to a local park for their wedding photography session.

Of course, boys will be boys.

After this wedding picture in the fields, this was when Wilson’s bestman (Phi) locked the keys in the car!

As a nice wedding gift, Wilson’s family invited dragon dancers to kick start the wedding reception after their grand entrance.

Little kid is going to hate me in the future, but this picture was too good to pass up.

Danny and the boys’ own impression to poke fun of that poor kid.

As a tradition in our group, for every wedding we took a picture with our ties looped around our heads. Since I was behind the camera the entire day, I just had to jump in this photo!

One last photo of the crew before the wedding concluded.

Congratulations again, Caty and Wilson! You two set the new chapter in our group…I suppose this means we are all getting older, but we can always be children at heart!

Cheers,

Doug – Contact Me!

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Good evening,

The cold breeze is rolling into Los Angeles, so I hope everyone is bundled up nice and warm. Weather like this reminded me of when Danny and I photographed Tracy and Danny’s wedding in Pasadena. We kick started their wedding at 6 in the morning during winter season in Los Angeles and we were a bit under dressed. Fortunately, there were so many fun events to photograph during their wedding that we did not really think much about the temperature. Although everyone was a bit chilled in the morning, the bridesmaids had plenty of “warm up routines” for the groom and his boys before Danny can receive his bride!

One of the more interesting games that Danny had to play was he had to eat a whole bitter melon to signify that even after their wedding, they can rough out the bitter and sweet times. Either way, it made an AWESOME wedding photo!

The Art of War. I thought it was a neat shot for wedding rings. What do you thing? =P

Now that is a cool photo to laugh about later…nothing but curling irons.

After Tracy’s traditional Chinese wedding tea ceremony, we headed to Danny’s place for the Thai water ceremony.

With spare time, we drove around Pasadena and found a nice patch of grass for our wedding photography session.

This group of people are crazy Rock Band fanatics!

I hope you all enjoyed their wedding photos because we definitely enjoyed taking them! Congratulations again to the both of you. It was a pleasure to be your wedding photographers.

Cheers,

Doug- Contact Me!

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Good afternoon everyone!

I hope everyone’s Thanksgiving went swimmingly and everyone put in some holiday pounds for the winter! First off, I apologize for the long delays on my wedding posts, but I will finally get back on track. To kick start the first wedding blog post, Ezina and Dax finally tied the knot at beautiful Beverly Hills Hotel. While Dax hung out with the boys and watched football, Ezina and her ladies dolled themselves up and enjoyed the morning. Ezina had a particularly interesting custom made wedding dress, which suited the wedding just right. While our love birds prepped up for the big day, Danny and I took some awesome photos of their wedding ceremony site. The wedding site had SO MANY white roses and a cute gate to match.

This wedding was a blend of Jewish and Persian cultures, which complimented quite nicely. There was also a rare instrument that was used during the wedding ceremony that used only the vibration of glass to create music! Without anymore delay, enjoy Ezina and Dax’s fairy tale wedding photographs!

Beverly Hills Hotel
9641 Sunset Boulevard
Beverly Hills, CA 90210

Congratulations again to the both of you. It was a pleasure being your wedding photographer at Beverly Hilton Hotel.

Cheers,

Doug – Contact Me!

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