Mountain View Engagement Session

Val and Greg had their engagement session in September. We decided to keep the theme local and explored a few different locations around Mountain View. After spending sometime at a near by park we walked around downtown and found a cool pink wall with a one way sign. They get married in November at the Saratoga country Club.

Preservation Park Wedding - Oakland, CA

Susan and Sung had a September wedding at Preservation Park in Oakland. The tree lined streets with historical houses are a perfect setting to take you back to simpler times. Sung and Susan met while attending the acupuncture school in San Francisco.

Susan wore a simple and elegant white gown by Jim Hjelm for the ceremony but for part of the reception she changed into a beautiful Hanbok (traditional Korean dress).

This was truly a celebration for everyone young and old. They invited their friends and family to bring their children to the wedding (not always custom these days). This was fun for me because all the children were so adorable and some of them instantly warmed up to the camera.

After dinner and toasts DJ Matteo kept the crowd grooving on the dance floor for hours.

Thanks to Lydia for assisting and second shooting.





Flowers: bloomer
Catering: La Bocca Fina
Cake: Masse’s
Makeup: Christine Craven

Hotel Valencia Wedding San Jose, CA

I have already posted the brief video that we taped at their wedding. Now we have some of their images ready to view.

What a fun couple! Austin has all the dance moves down and Diem is just plane adorable. They were married on August 18, 2007 at The Hotel Valencia in San Jose, CA.

Hotel Valencia is in the middle of Santana Row, a high end shopping area. There are tons of fabulous locations all around the hotel.

Everyone knows I love cake (ok and cookies and anything baked)! But wow their cake was the most unique that I've encountered. Kelly at Glass Slipper Gourmet did a great job with all the details they requested. It was sort of sad to see her art work cut up into pieces.

Thanks to Jen Low for assisting/2nd shooting and video expertize.





Vendor credits:
Event Coordinators Lea and Natalie at Simply Sparkling Events
Makeup by Nam Vo and Tammy Son
Flowers by Atalanta Jackson

Pictage Partner Con LA - September 2007

This was the first time I have attended a Pictage Partner Con, but not the last! It was smaller and shorter than WPPI. I went with Jill Johnson a fellow photog who knows everyone. So I had the opportunity to meet several new faces.

I must say that the highlight was definitely the party on Wednesday night hosted by Show It, Kiss Books and Shoot Dot Edit. They had a cool photo booth there and free drinks. So what do you get when you put a bunch of photographers together with some booze, dancing and a photo booth. Lots of fun pictures!

I picked up a few new points from the speakers too.

La Playa Hotel Wedding - Carmel, CA

Ryan and Monica tied the knot in Carmel at the historical La Playa Hotel on August 25, 2007.

The hotel has a decorative metal gazebo in the garden were they had the ceremony. After the ceremony we photographed Ryan, Monica and their family in several of the hotels great locations.

After the pictures we moved to one of the hotels banquet halls for the reception dinner where they served some really good food. La Playa also made them a pretty pink cake that reminded me of something from a Jetson's cartoon. Check it out below, its cool!

I have been so happy this season to get so many great brides. Monica has perfect milky skin and was so easy to photograph. Every look from her was photographable!




Flowers by Swenson & Silacci
Makeup by Debbie Celeste

Hotel Valencia Wedding - San Jose, CA

Austin and Diem were married on August 18, 2007 at the fabulous Hotel Valencia in San Jose, CA.

Check out this short video Jen made that will give you a little insight to my goofy personality and the way we start our day out.

Some highlight images from the wedding will follow in a few days.

Palm Event Center Wedding - Pleasanton, CA

The day started at The Rose Hotel in Pleasanton where Sabrina and her girls were getting ready. The Rose is a charming boutique style hotel and the room theme happened to match her accent colors.

After the girls were done making themselves look beautiful we met up with Daniel and his guys at Palm Event Center in Livermore. What a gorgeous estate!

Palm's event manager Clay kept everything running seamless. Palm does their own catering and the round pasta dish is to die for.

DJ Brad from Brad Kinney Productions kept the music flowing and the guests grooving well into the evening. They did the Hora dance (traditional Jewish chair lift) and a dance where the bride leads the party around with a parasol in hand while guests wave napkins in the air. This made for some fun pictures!





Thanks to Laena for 2nd shooting/assisting
Cake by Cake Delights
Flowers by Le Bouquetier
Dress by House of Fashion