Monthly Archives: October 2009

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Sophia’s 1st Halloween party

The youngest member of the Chan-clan will be going to her first Halloween party later this afternoon. Momma-chan recently joined a “mother’s group” in the neighborhood and one of the members is throwing a little party for all the kids.

Sophia is so excited to be wearing her costume. It’s a surprise costume and not the Fairy or the Pink Monster. Thanks to everyone that voted. Momma-chan decided to return both and purchase the one Sophia will wear for Halloween.
Stay tuned for images of my poo-bear in her costume.

Update:

Here is Sophia happily anticipating wearing her costume.

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The pre-Halloween party was hosted by a set of parents from the MODern Moms of LA. I just love all the Halloween details Jerrica put into her home.

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Jenny & Chris: Chart House Wedding

Venue:  Chart House

Hair & Makeup:  EChou, Elaine

DJ/MC:

Jenny and Chris were married this past Sunday afternoon at the beautiful Chart House restaurant in Redondo Beach.  Jenny previously worked under Chris a few years ago and the two remained friends after Jenny left the company. The two started dating shortly.

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Jenny is a natural at posing.  I only had to give her a general idea of my vision and the rest was totally hers to own.

Some images, like the candid  capture below, was totally spontaneous. The pose is just the way Jenny choose to balance herself after putting on her ear rings.

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I wasn’t sure if the pipes below were sturdy enough to support all those diamonds! :)

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I was so lucky to discover the speech below written by Jenny’s niece. It was precariously hanging off the table. It wasn’t there very long because it quickly disappeared a few moments after the photograph was captured.

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The Chart House is a beautiful venue with plenty of light coming through all the windows. I had to trust that my exposure was correct, because all that light does a number  on the camera’s histogram. With all the glare, you can forget about visually inspecting the the back LCD screen too. The photographs come out awesome if you can correctly nail the exposure.

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Michelle & Phong: The Villa wedding

Venue: The Villa

Hair: Beauty-to-be, Sois

Floral: 3 Petals, Fayth

Band: Mike Hudson

Who here considers taking a drive from San Diego to LA to sell some snakes makes for a good first date? Well, I didn’t think so until hearing about how Phong took Michelle to sell some baby snakes on their first date. I guess you’ve found a keeper if snakes won’t even drive the girl away!

The two married this past Saturday at The Villa in Westminster.  To think that Phong had almost given up on love only to find that a few weeks later he meets Michelle at a friend’s party.

Although it was a long day for me, I had an awesome time covering their event. The entire Bridal party were a riot, especially the Bridesmaids.  You can see the younger one, Diana, acting up in one of the photographs below.

Wow, I was even surprised with how well this photograph of the wedding gown came out. I already knew that I loved the composition when I took the photograph, but I think the slight-olive tint processing is just the perfect addition for this image.

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Hah.. it was surprisingly difficult trying to focus on Phong’s  image through the eye-hole. I had to switch to manual since the auto-focusing would not lock. Phong was attempting to bribe his way into the Bride’s home.

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Okay, this is my absolute favorite image from the bunch so far. We just finished posing for an image and just as quickly as I lowered my camera that I discovered the image captured below.

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One of the guests brought his guitar and dedicated a few songs to the couple.

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