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Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific

August 22, 2010 – 10:27 pm

Today was our 2nd attempt at going to the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach. The Chan-Clan were all  in bed together early Saturday morning and Sophia refused to give her daddy a kiss. So I did what did I do? I bribed her. I told her that we’ll go to the Aquarium and she more than happy to give daddy little kisses. Why was it our 2nd attempt? There were 3 conventions happening in Long Beach, in addition to the Red Bull Flugtag event yesterday. We sat in traffic and managed to go 2 blocks in one hour. Needless to say, Sophia and everyone else was restless so we headed back home.

Sophia was so excited to pet the rays.

Sophia kept saying “wow”.

My favorite photograph of the day.

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Seal Beach: Diana & John Engagement

July 24, 2010 – 3:52 pm

“My sister (Diana) and John are real hams,” says Michelle.  Michelle is a previous Bride of mine from last year and it was at her wedding that I met these two crazy cats, Diana and John. Click  here to view Michelle’s wedding.

Well, they got engaged this year and will wed next month. We shot their engagement session at Seal Beach and along Main St. early this week. The week must have been real exciting, and I bet hectic, since they were leaving for a family trip to Hawaii the very next day after our session together.

Below are a few of my favorites from the session.

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Union Station & Olvera St: Katherine & Alex Engagement

July 7, 2010 – 9:56 pm

Katherine and Alex flew in from Boston this past Independence weekend for an engagement session at the Union Station and Olvera St.  Although we started the session early in the morning , Alex was all ready to go. He even suggested some Fred Astaire poses. We originally planned on having some coffee with our first in-person meeting ever before starting the engagement session. However, Katherine booked my services all the way from Boston based on a referral and our phone and email correspondences.  I like to meet my couples first to build rapport and get a general sense of their personalities, but the Union Station was quiet in the early morning and we received clearance to enter the restricted grand room below.

How adorable is the photograph below? Before setting up for this photograph, Alex recalled how he met Katherine at Berkeley, Ca a few years back at a conference. Fast forward a few years and while walking in Boston, he serendipitously encounters Katherine again. It must have been kismet, I replied, so I wanted to seal their fate by having Katherine kiss Alex on the cheek. How cute…

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