A couple months ago, we decided to go on a little road trip down to Southern California, visiting San Gabriel Valley, Joshua Tree, and Venice. Of course the theme of the trip for SGV was eating. We tried various forms of mostly Asian food takeout and we found parks to walk around. See some of…
I was thrilled to visit Los Angeles when Suleen brought me down for her beautiful elopement. I had been feeling like I was overdue for a trip to LA anyway, and I loved that this all lined up. Since it was the middle of wedding season I had fun turning the trip into a workation,…
This is such a special book that will join Kevin and Jenny’s collection as the fifth volume in their collection of heirloom photo books. We started with their wedding in 2010 and created albums for each anniversary: 2011, 2012, and 2013, before falling out of the habit until this past year, 2018. While I was down at…
There’s so much I could say about the Yaus. I basically feel like I’m an extended part of their family. There was one point when I visited Jenny and Kevin down in LA eleven times in one year. It really felt like my second home. I’ve known Kevin since high school or college, but my…
Dream Job. It was so much fun to be hired by Dots Cupcakes in Pasadena to photograph their beautiful, delicious cupcakes for their new website. See just a glimpse of the goodies below. Such a great shoot. If you’re in the Los Angeles area, be sure to go grab some Dots Cupcakes for yourself….
My first wedding shoot of 2014 was a fake wedding! I joined my friends on set for their movie Love Arcadia, and I documented some of the awesome behind the scenes moments you can see in this blog post. But since we were filming a fake wedding, I also grabbed the “bride” and “groom” for…
Picture is up! Camera? Speed. Sound? Speed. Mark it. A Marker. ACTION! On the last day of January, we got up before the sun and headed to the gorgeous Langham Huntington in Pasadena. Call time was 7:30am, and this was day 15 of shooting for Love Arcadia. My friend Theresa had been working on this…
This post is very much overdue! Back in March, I attended Caroline Tran’s very first Propel photography workshop in Pasadena, California. I have long admired Caroline’s sweet, elegant style and had been her blogstalker for quite some time, so I jumped at the chance to connect with her face to face and learn from her….
I visit the Los Angeles area almost once a month, sometimes for work but most often for no reason at all. I treat it like my second home. Kevin is not only my friend and business partner, but he and his wife Jenny and our other friends in LA are like family to me. So…