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Westridge Wedding Photography | Thuy & Tony

September 13, 2013

Our next wedding couple, Thuy & Tony, is one hilarious pair. I remembered when I first met these two love birds, it was one laughter after another. Now when their wedding came around, they had little subtle jokes throughout the day. To kick start everyone’s smiles, normally, weddings couples have flowers or some form of decoration around their car. In this case, Thuy and Tony hung a plaque of two wooden doves that said,”Game Over” engraved on the sign. One the other sign, it said,”Ball and Chain” and so forth. Each car in the wedding entourage had a funny and playful quote that put a smile even on the most conservative aunts and uncles. Thuy and Tony woke up bright and early for the tea ceremonies in each household to honor their parents and elders. During these tea ceremonies, it can get quite lively to say the least. There was a lot of cheering, chatting, and laughter in the background during the ceremony. With each passing of the tea cups to each respected family member, they each shed a piece of advice for a good marriage. In a nutshell, just listen to whatever your wife tells you and everything will be okay!

Once all the craziness settled down after the tea ceremony, Thuy and Tony changed wardrobe for their civil wedding ceremony over at Westridge Golf Course. While Thuy and the gals retouched their makeup and helped Thuy jump into her wedding dress, Phebe and I managed a few minutes with the boys to start off their wedding photography session. Although we only had a few minutes at the hotel while the girls got ready, their wedding photos turned out really awesome! Once everyone was all ready to roll out, we met up at Laguna Lake Park for a full on wedding photography session. We hurried up and fired away since it was blazing out that summer afternoon. We did not want our wedding party to stay out more than is needed. With the incentive to be able to jump back into their cars with the air conditioner on high, everyone ran around and took all their wedding photos and retreated back into their cars while we took Thuy and Tony around the park for some wedding portraits of just the both of them.

Before the wedding ceremony commenced, mother nature gave us a bit of a break as the weather cooled down a notch and the trees shaded the rest of the wedding guests as they sat patiently for the wedding party to make their appearance. The wedding party choreographed how they walked or danced down the aisle. As they performed down the aisle, all the wedding guests cheered them on and our lovely couple sealed the dance with a quick dip and a kiss. Once their intimate wedding ceremony concluded, champagne bottles popped and horderves were served while Thuy and Tony mingled with everyone. The party continued throughout the night from cocktail hour to the end of the reception. There were fun activities, games, and the DJ threw a sick beat as everyone danced the night away. Enjoy.

Laguna Lake Park
3120 Lakeview Dr
Fullerton, CA 92832

Embassy Suites
900 East Birch Street
Brea, CA 92821

Westridge Golf Course
1400 S. La Habra Hills Dr
La Habra, CA

GAVME OVER!

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Tony gave each of his groomsmen matching engraved wallet clips. Pretty nice touch!

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Sweet moves, bro.

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During cocktail hour, I met up with one of my good friend and photographer colleague, Peter Tran of Icons Photography. I have to admit, not everyone can pull off his awesome style.

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…talking about style, check out his moves in this next photo.

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Congratulations again to the both of you. It was our pleasure to be your wedding photographers here at Westridge Golf Course in Orange County.

Cheers,

Doug – Contact Me!

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Goldfish and Diamonds | Jina & Terence

September 6, 2013

It has been quite some time since Jina and Terence’s wedding at Calamigos Ranch in Malibu, but I still remember that great event like it happened recently. Jina and Terrance both prepared in their designated hotel rooms at Hyatt Hotel nearby and relaxed with their wedding party. While all the ladies enjoyed their time getting pampered and their makeup done, the boys still sprawled out in their pajamas and shorts while they watched TV. Aside from photographing every important of their wedding from beginning the end, the perks of photographing their preparation stage is that there are always snacks around. In this case, Goldfish crackers were abundant at the Jina’s suite, so that just means the girls will have more photo coverage! Since the boys were able to suit up and groom themselves within an impressive time of 10 minutes, Danny and Wilson took the boys around Hyatt Hotel for a few wedding portraits before they made their way to Calamigos Ranch to meet up the rest of the wedding party for Jina and Terence’s “first look.”

Once everyone made it to Calamigos Ranch, we got the show on the road from an adorable “first look” when Terence amazed by how beautiful his bride was to their awesome wedding photography session before their ceremony. It is always a pleasure to photograph weddings at Calamigos Ranch in Malibu since there is so much color here and this wedding venue even has a Ferris Wheel and a merry-go-round! Once our crazy wedding group photos were all done and finished, we slowed down for some sweet photos of just Jina and Terence. With the extra time ahead of schedule, Jina and Terence took a short breather before their grand entrance for their wedding ceremony!

It was such a touching wedding ceremony with all eyes on Jina while she walked down the aisle. The wedding was short and sweet with a few vows in between. After they made everything official and sealed it off with a kiss, everyone made their way to the reception hall and partied all night long! One really awesome event during reception was before dinner was served, everyone yelled out “BANZAI” a few times to get all the wedding guests pumped up! I actually joined in for the last shout. Enjoy the show!

Hyatt Hotel
880 S Westlake Blvd
Westlake Village, CA 91361

Calamigos Ranch
327 Latigo Canyon Rd
Malibu, California 90265

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Congratulations again to the both of you, Jina and Terence. It was a pleasure to be your wedding photographers at Calamigos Ranch, Malibu. Until next time!

Cheers,

Doug – Contact Me!

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Hello Yamashiro!

July 13, 2013

Good afternoon everyone!

I hope everyone here in Los Angeles and Orange County found shelter and have a nice cold drink to compliment this extreme heat in the valley.

This next wedding entry took be back to Yamashiro back in Hollywood! It has definitely been a while since my last wedding at Yamashiro with Danny. Nonetheless, it is always a real treat to come back up here for any joyous occasion! Aside from photographing weddings and events here, the perks about working here is the grand view of Hollywood and the Los Angeles at night. For this wedding at Yamashiro, we not only photographed the wedding, but the images were also used for Yamashiro to showcase their venue to future wedding clients. Check it out.

YAMASHIRO
1999 N. Sycamore Ave.
Hollywood, CA 90068

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For those who are touring Hollywood or are actual locals in Los Angeles County and have not visited Yamashiro, I would definitely encourage everyone to swing on by for some good Japanese cuisines. After dinner, you can walk off your food in their gardens and enjoy the night lights from the top of the hill!

Cheers,

Doug – Contact Me!

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JUMP! | Melody & Marvin

June 25, 2013

Good afternoon everyone,

I hope everyone’s summer is going along swimmingly and hopefully lots of swimming! Time to stow away your jackets and throw on something “California casual” for the summer. Los Angeles is definitely turning up the heat and sun will be blazing from here on out. The cool thing about summer weddings is that there will be more day light for photos! For our next wedding photography entry, it takes place in the heart of Downtown Los Angeles at Cathedral of our Lady of Angels and Walt Disney Concert Hall. These two iconic buildings here in Los Angeles definitely made their wedding photos extra special and amazing. To start off their wedding story, everyone prepped up and dressed at beautiful Kyoto Hotel in Little Tokyo right outside of Downtown LA. Since both sides of the wedding party started off at Kyoto Hotel, Melody and Marvin had to dodge each other when they walked about the hotel. The challenging part of the wedding was when Melody’s beautiful wedding dress was hung in the middle of the lobby since we had to avoid Marvin from seeing it at all costs! There were a few close encounters, but I suppose these daring steps are part of the whole excitement in any wedding. Once the entire wedding party suited and dressed up, we made our way to Walt Disney Concert Hall for their wedding photography session. Enjoy!

Double Tree – Kyoto Hotel – Little Tokyo
120 South Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA 90012

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Walt Disney Concert Hall
111 S Grand Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90012

With the extra time before the wedding ceremony at Cathedral of our Lady of Angels, we made our way to Disney Concert Hall for some sweet wedding portraits!

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Cathedral of our Lady of Angels
555 W Temple St
Los Angeles, CA 90012

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After the touching wedding ceremony, everyone from the wedding paraded out the ceremony hall and congratulated the newly weds outside the courtyard while their reception finalized the final touches. The rest of their wedding after the grand entrance followed with lots of speeches, hugs, and insane dance moves throughout the night!

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Congratulations to the both of you, Melody and Marvin! We had such a great time and was an honor to be your wedding photographers here in Los Angeles.

Cheers,

Doug – Contact Me!

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Dance and Games | Tulsi & Mihir – Indian Wedding Day 2

June 21, 2012

Good afternoon Los Angeles,

This next post will be a continuation of Tulsi and Mihir’s 3 day wedding celebration! After day with with the families getting blessed, it was time for both families to gather together and perform another wedding ritual. Aside from traditions, there were many fun games that were played to get the entire crowd of wedding guests to be involved. There was plenty of food for all and after everyone had their fill, they proceeded toward the dance floor and partied the night away.

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Get ready for the wedding photos Day 3 of Tulsi and Mihir’s wedding at Fairmont Plaza, San Jose very soon!!!

Tulsi and Mihir Engagement Photos | Tulsi and Mihir Wedding Day 1 | Tulsi and Mihir Wedding Day 2 | Tulsi and Mihir Wedding Day 3

Cheers,

Doug – Contact Me!

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