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about the artist

I've always loved telling stories, but never enjoyed writing. When I
found photography, it was the perfect medium for me to express myself. With each shoot, I unveil the unique stories of
my subjects, and tell them with beautiful imagery. People often tell me
that they feel like they know my clients just from reading my blog.

They say photographs are the only tangible memories after a wedding,
which means that my perspective is how you will remember your big day.  With that in mind, I have to capture the details (big and
small) in the most beautiful light. I want you to laugh and cry (tears
of joy, of course) when you look at your photos. Whether it's your wedding day or your babies growing up, time goes
by so fast, so it's
my job to document your story... beautifully.

I am based in Los Angeles, but love to travel.

Destination weddings are most certainly welcomed!

In order to give each client my full creative energy, I only take a limited number of weddings a year. (aka I book up fast and don't offer discounts.)


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Monthly Archives: October 2009

disneyland engagement photography | jiesi + tim

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I often feel that I live in/for the future and not enough in the moment.  Throughout high school, I did whatever it would take to get into college.  Throughout college, it was for grad school.  Throughout grad school, it was to plan my wedding.  (haha!)  There’s always something ahead that I’m planning for and I always wished (and making a goal) to stop and soak up the moment more often.

The morning of this engagement session was one of those days when it hit me that I’m really doing what I love as my job.  This day, I get to do my work at Disneyland!  How cool is that?  I literally had to pinch myself that morning because I felt so fortunate and in slight disbelief that I’m really doing this!  Since I quit my teaching job, so much has happened.  Everything just came so fast that I just kept paddling without looking back.  Anyway, it was a very cool day for me.

Tim is Regina‘s brother.  Their family has the record for most run-in’s at weddings.  I’ve randomly ran into his family twice already at other weddings I shot…  I think it was just two.  It’s always so cool to run into people.  When Jiesi showed me these cute t-shirts for their engagement session, I knew what I wanted them to come with…

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matching signs!

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I love how cute her signs were!  And I love how comfy she looks snuggling with him below.  Oh yeah, her awesome makeup was done by Teresa Huang.

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They got these very fitting mickey lollipops!

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We then jumped on the marry-go-round.  It was so cute because when the ride started, I told them to go for a kiss and all the up-and-down motion ended up making it a super challenge!  But I love the laughter that came from it.

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I love motion.

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At the end of the night, we went for ice cream.  They’re so sweet… and the sundae that they shared also looked super sweet!  I was so tempted to get one for myself but was good and got just a cone… with a double scoop of ice cream!

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I love the two birds in this last shot!  It’s like two love birds flying home!

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padua hills wedding photography | michelle + vinh

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Michelle and Vinh got married at the historic & newly renovated Padua Hills Theatre in Claremont.  Michelle booked the theatre before they even began construction!  I did a site visit with her last year and knew it would look gorgeous.  The big trees, the spanish style architecture… we didn’t get to see the theatre itself, but trusted it would look good, and we were totally right!  This was actually my first wedding shooting without Jonathan (who had to go to his brother’s bachelor party). I must’ve been really anxious about it because the night before the wedding, all I could dream about was things going wrong.  I dreamt that everything ran off schedule, and when the ceremony started, I didn’t have my 70-200 on me!  I ran to get it from my luggage, which happened to be in the center of the crowd.  As I rummaged through my luggage, I look down and noticed that I forgot to put on pants that morning!  In reality, I had the very awesome Shannon Renee shoot with me.  Everything ran so smoothly and it was so much fun shooting with her.  Every time she asked me what I needed, I would jokingly reply, “make sure I have pants!”

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Makeup & hair was done by the fabulous Joyce Luck.  It was so great working with Joyce!  She’s such a sweetheart, and so calming!  I loved watching how well she took care of Michelle.

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I love that shot Shannon got top right of the dress & bridal suite.

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they had the sweetest first look!

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they are so sweet together.  you can just feel how happy they make each other.

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gorgeous trees, right?

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padua hills added this gorgeous gazebo to their courtyard.

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michelle is Japanese-American, so they incorporated some traditional Japanese traditions to their ceremony, including a tea ceremony.

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Jill from Jordan Events did a fabulous job on the whole event!  I love all the designs she did!

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I forget the meaning, but they had to drink tea 3 times each 3 times… so 9 sips total.  Correct me if I’m wrong please!

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such a gorgeous setting to exchange vows, isn’t it?

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Padua Hills did a great job with the renovations.  They preserved the old theatre charm.

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again, I love the design work Jill did!

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their cake was so beautiful too.  everything fit so well together.

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after the first dance, vinh’s guys all rushed in and lifted him!  what a fun surprise for him!

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congrats to michelle & vinh on a gorgeous wedding.  everything was perfect!

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