Caroline Tran Photographer – Los Angeles Wedding Photography

I’m blogging a little out of order.  I’m leaving for NY tomorrow and still have to pack!  Johanna & Charles wedding will have to wait until next week.  For now, I leave you with this sweet engagement session!

Jackie and Eugene are both ER doctors who bought their first (huge) home together.  I drove 60 miles one-way just to check out their new place.  And so worth the drive to see their mansion (to me).  I got to document them doing one of their favorite past times, cooking.  Well, baking to be exact.

I can’t resist cute colorful things.  Especially round shapes.  They’re just so cute to me!

For those interested in the technical, all the indoor was shot digitally.

It was really cool to watch them bake together.  Makes me want a big kitchen!

And I love how much fun they had together doing it.  You gotta get some dough on the nose!

And into the oven!

We got to hang out and chat while it baked.  I loved hearing their ER stories… but the one thing that kept crossing my mind was, “Wow, hot doctor!”  Hot & smart!  Isn’t she just so gorgeous?

Then the fun decorating part!  I loved seeing what he created and what she created.

Cupcake that Eugene made:

We then went to a park next door and enjoyed the cupcakes!

This was all in film and I just love the colors.  Pink and green really go so well together!

Love her pink dress & blue belt!

I really had a hard time narrowing down the photos from this picnic scene.  The colors, the moments… it all makes me so happy.

These are Jackie’s real journals.  They are so cute!

I love her laugh & how they laugh together:

Pink & baby blue also go so cute together:

And I love the anticipation:

Can’t wait for their wedding at Seven Degrees!  I feel so lucky to meet such great couples and be part of such a major time in their lives!

This is totally long overdue.  Johanna & Charles had an amazing destination wedding in Palm Springs last year.  40-50 of their closest friends and family drove/flew out and spent an entire weekend with them.  They rented out an entire resort! (more on that in the next post)  Jonathan and I had the luxury of staying there too and what an awesome experience it was to have the entire resort to your party.  We drove in on a Friday for their rehearsal dinner at Mister Parker, at The Parker Hotel.

We started off with some portraits before guests arrived.  One of their favorite things to do is to lounge at the bar with a martini, so what a better way to kick off the day.

I just love the decor at The Parker.

And I love her glasses.

There’s pretty much eye candy every direction you look.

Johanna is just so adorable.  I love how playful they are, but also how hot she can be too.

We also ran into the desert for a few shots.  Can’t be in Palm Springs and not soak in the hot desert, right?  Actually, the weather was nice.  It was fall after all.  And if I remember correctly, it was chilly at night.

I don’t know why I like this next photo.  Something about her carefree spirit wandering and him, though with reservations, still trusting and following.  That’s the same for the opening image too.

And the very iconic front doors of The Parker:

Then we headed back for their rehearsal dinner at Mister Parker.  It’s a little restaurant where the only thing you can see of it from outside is this flashy door.  Black curtains cover the entrance itself and there are no windows inside.   From what the manager told us, lots of celebrities frequent this place because it is so discrete and private.

I love how quirky this place is:

The cocktail area:

The room started to fill up…

The food at Mister Parker was phenomenal, i.e. escargot:

The party ended with an impromptu bachelor/bachelorette party at a somewhat local strip club, but no photos from there. 

Stay tuned for their rustic Moroccan wedding!