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Good afternoon Los Angeles,

I hope everything stayed dry in the recent rain here in Los Angeles. The weather here is still moody to no end, which is quite interesting since we cannot really expect what will happen next. Although we can always check weather.com, but I still question its credibility since it is a real hit and miss on their reports.

Our next photo adventure took us to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) for Cynthia and Joel’s engagement session. Danny and I started the photo shoot early to avoid the afternoon traffic of everything hustling to catch their plane. Since Tom Bradley International has the most windows and I believe the largest of the terminals, it was more suitable for our engagement photography session. We were actually quite fortunate that foot traffic that day was rather sparse to only a handful every few minutes, which made our photo shoot extremely fast and without much interruption. After we all had our fun, we moved our engagement photo session elsewhere to a local cafe in Los Angeles where they actually first met through mutual friends. Since we already sat down at their favorite cafe, we all enjoyed a light lunch and waited until the cafe closed. The owners were gracious enough to let us snap away and capture some fun moments to add into their engagement photo session. Their outfit change fitted this cafe quite well too!

After we had our fun, we concluded their engagement photography session over at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)! We ran around North Campus from Royce Hall and wrapped up the photo shoot inside Powell Library. Since it was the weekend and finals week was over, the campus was all ours! Check out their following engagement photographs. I hope you will enjoy it as much as we did.

Los Angeles International (LAX)
Los Angeles, CA

Secret Cafe where they met
Los Angeles, CA

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Los Angeles, CA

The following picture was my favorite one out of the bunch from this engagement photo session. It is simple, but somehow stood out amoungst the rest of their beautiful engagement pictures.

Cynthia and Joel will be getting married in Calamigos Ranch in Malibu. This is going to be fun!

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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For all the residence in Los Angeles, I hope you all are staying warm and dry indoors while we experience these random showers the past few weeks. On the flip side, our cars get a really good scrub down! Today finally cleared up much better than the past few days and the sun is finally peaking out. Today in Los Angeles is just as beautiful as when Danny and I photographed Patricia and Fred’s wedding at Palm Event Winery in Pleasanton, CA. Time seemed to fly so fast that I felt like it was only recently when they engagement photography session was photographed in Santa Monica. It was a rather interesting wedding since this was our first time photographing a wedding in an actual winery. The atmosphere of the location was definitely an experience to say the least, especially with all the romantic locations we used for their wedding photography session.

Patricia and Fred started their day bright and early at their own designated hotel suites with their entourage. While the ladies prepped up, Danny and I photographed the boys “bro-ing” while Fred added his final touches to his attire and his wedding vows. One of the coolest mindset for these two for their wedding was “whatever happens, just have fun!” I believe that every wedding should be like this; of course with a few guidelines to keep everything organized. The main purpose of a wedding is to have fun and enjoy the celebration with friends and family. Just leave the worrying to your designated wedding vendors! Since Patricia and Fred wanted to mingle with their loved ones right after their wedding ceremony, we started their wedding portrait session right after their preparations were done. There were so many different scenery at the winery for amazing wedding photographs. Of course to spice things up a notch, Danny and I carried a huge couch for about half a mile into the vineyards for a select handful of wedding pictures. The work out was intense, but the final outcome of their wedding photographs at the vineyard was definitely worth the trek! Now sit back, relax, and enjoy their show!

Palm Even Winery
Pleasanton, CA

Yes, it is a bit cliche, but this photograph of their wedding rings were still cute.

Final touches ladies!

After the wedding party were ready for their wedding portrait session, we first headed to the brick wall right behind their actual wedding site indoors. I am always a sucker for brick walls and wild shrubbery around it.

After the wedding party warmed up with some fun and simple photos, we made the trip into the vineyards along with the couch we “borrowed” from one of the suites. The brown couch was a perfect contrast in color and complimented nature’s greenery quite well in the following wedding photographs of the wedding party and of just Patricia and Fred.

After we wrapped up their wedding portrait session, they took a quick break before they walked down the aisle and sealed the deal! The wedding hall at the winery was awesome with the wall of wine barrels as a nice addition to their wedding winery theme.

BAM! Sealed with a kiss.

While all the wedding guests mingled and shared the love with the newly weds, a delicious dessert and cake table was set up for the wedding guests to enjoy after their main courses. Of course, we caught a few wedding guests pick at the dessert table before salad was even served! I suppose some people like to live in the wild side and start with the sweets beforehand.

After all the wedding guests settled down and found their designated tables, Patricia and Fred made their grand entrance and kick started their reception with an amazing first dance! After the grand performance, there were multiple speeches and hilarious stories shared by their family and friends. Another memorable moment of the night was when Patricia changed to a tasteful red evening gown and had her father and daughter dance together while Fred danced with his mother. After all the formalities were done, everyone partied hard all through the night!

Congratulations again to the both of you. Your destination wedding at Palm Event Winery in Pleasanton was absolutely amazing!

Cheers,

Doug- Contact Me!

p.s. – One of our favorite couples / friends, Angie and Cheston , were there. Thank you Cheston for photographing us while we work…especially during the awkward moments.

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Good morning, Los Angeles! I love it when the seasons transits from one to another, especially winter to spring. The weather is perfect and I do not have to keep my air conditioner on to keep my computer cold…saves in so much electrical bill.

My next wedding entry took place in Ventura Pier and Downtown Los Angeles. Heidi and William got married shortly after this “day after” wedding photography session. Since they got married off in Ventura Pier, it is only suitable to start our photo session there. It was a cool, sunny day when Danny and I started this photo shoot. Heidi and William both dressed in their best and looked rather stylish for their photo shoot. Heidi showed up in her stylish wedding gown and William looked rather sharp in his suit. After we wrapped up our photo shoot on the pier, we cruised down the beach for a different scenery. What was different about photographing this wedding shoot on the beach was that there was a neat little refreshment stand right in the middle of the beach! It was a small yellow trailer that sold lemonade and various other refreshments…rather ironic with a big yellow stand selling lemonade! Either way, the owner let us run around her shop to take some fun photos.

Once our beach photo session was over, we all headed to Downtown Los Angeles to Disney Concert Hall and Grand St to wrap up some photos at night. Since we were in LA after sunset, Danny and I popped specific strobes to concentrate on Heidi and William more to isolate them from the back for a more dramatic effect. Check it out!

Ventura Pier
Ventura, CA

Anyone care for lemonade? This was such a smart idea to have a refreshment stand in the middle of the beach. There were countless times were I get thirsty after playing in the sun and not having a drink.

Disney Concert Hall
Downtown Los Angeles, CA

With a few key lighting, we pulled this next photograph off! It took three lights to get this picture calibrated properly. Overall, this wedding picture was worth the effort!

Congratulations to the both of you. Thank you for the fun filled day in the sun.

Cheers,

Doug- Contact Me!

p.s. – Since it was a beach day, Danny and I had to show off our guns.

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Good evening again everyone! I was going to wait a while before I post Jen and Sam’s wedding photos and go in order for my wedding blog entries, but I shall make this an exception! It was a beautiful morning when Jen and her ladies prepped up at one of W Hotel’s amazing suites, while Sam and the boys suited up at his nearby pad in Los Angeles. Since Jen and Sam’s wedding was officially the second wedding ever hosted here at Los Angeles W Hotel, Wilson, Geoff , and I had to put on our super A game! Anyway, it was not too hard since the W Hotel was a really nice wedding venue and everyone just had a ball of a time. Fortunately, Sophia and her wedding coordinating team performed an outstanding job keeping the entire wedding together while we photographed the event. Throughout the wedding, Sophia always had one of her ladies follow us during the wedding photography session to keep us on the same page with the rest of the wedding vendors, which was so awesome! Overall, outstanding wedding on both front and back end. Everyone get comfortable because there will be A LOT of wedding pictures from Jen and Sam’s wedding here at W Hotel Hollywood.

W Hotel Hollywood
Los Angeles, CA

To set the bar here at W Hotel Hollywood, we climbed up a building to hang Jen’s stunning wedding dress on these decorations. Yes, this area is totally restricted to the general public, but the risk was worth the following epic wedding photograph. What is the fun with out a bit of trouble, right?

Since Jen and Sam were not able to match shoes, they matched the brands. Their wedding shoes were purchased at Salvador Ferragamo. Not bad of a choice if you ask me.

While the ladies hung out and enjoyed their morning, Wilson and Geoff headed to Sam’s pad to photograph a few behind the scenes pictures of Sam and his boys.

Check out those robes! As a wedding present for all the ladies from Jen, she purchased different colored robes for the ladies to wear before jumping into their designated bridesmaids dresses.

I am a sucker for simple, clean, memorable business cards. W Hotel Hollywood passed each of those requirements with flying colors.

This was an interesting little event when the ladies tried to tie Jen into her wedding dress. We managed to capture a few of Jen’s reactions in our photos when the ladies pulled as hard as they can to make everything fit! Take a deep breath and pull!!!

After Jen successfully jumped into her wedding dress, we took a few photos outside in their patio suite before we all moseyed on down to W Hotel Hollywood’s colorful lobby. After the entire wedding party met up, we started our crazy wedding photography session with a WHOLE bunch of remote strobes to capture all the colors and flares that W Hotel Hollywood had to offer.

I think this had to be our favorite wedding photograph of the day! What do you think?

After we had our fill at W Hotel Hollywood, we took the wedding party to the streets to wrap up our photo session. We even managed to persuade a really cool cop to take a picture with our lovely bride.

We took a few last minute wedding portraits before we rushed our couple to their wedding ceremony right on time!

Sealed with a kiss! Congratulations to the both of you!

Yes, that is a Trojan luge. It was a surprise wedding gift from Sophia and her girls, since Jen and Sam were from USC. As a Bruin, I must pass…but I did admit it was pretty cool.

Check out their wedding reception hall untouched before the guests arrived! With wedding decorations this amaing, we took our time to photograph every little detail since so much hard work was put into this one special day.

That wedding cake was SO delicious.

Jen and Sam’s grand entrance and the crowd of wedding guests roared while they strutted down the walkway for their first dance to kick start the night. After a few rounds of photos with all their guests, they cut their wedding cake and danced the night away.

Congratulations again, Jen and Sam! Your wedding here at W Hotel Hollywood was absolutely spectacular. It was such an honor to be your wedding photographers.

Until our next adventure or adventures…keep on the edge of your seat. We will be posting up more wedding and engagement photos soon.

Cheers,

Doug – Contact Me!

p.s. – I admit it, I took a bite of the wedding cake from Jen’s plate. She gave me the green light though. =D

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