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Sara was the maid of honor when I took photos for Calli & TJ’s wedding last year. Sara & Calli are best friends. Since I did an excellent job at Calli’s wedding in Santa Cruz, Sara booked me last year. And this time, Calli is the maid of honor. Sara & Ryan got married again in Santa Cruz, CA. They got ready at Best Western All Suites, Santa Cruz. The wedding ceremony location is Holy Cross Church in Santa Cruz. The reception is in Hollions House, Santa Cruz. Many thanks to my fellow photographer Sophia who helped me on the photo shooting!

Holy Cross Church is a Catholic church, where no flash is allowed. That is not a problem for me since my Nikon pro gears can take care of the low light conditions easily. After the wedding ceremony, we rushed to Lighthouse beach in Santa Cruz and took a few quick photos. Because it was a hot Saturday, I had to use emergency parking for the photos.

Sara and I communicated frequently about what photos she want. Sara even prepared some umbrellas for the wedding party group photo. The results turned out great.  Here are the comments directly copied from Sara’s mom after she saw the photos:

“Oh Sara, Wow!!!! Loved the slide show. You guys rock in those pictures. What a gorgeous, fantastic couple you are!!! I want that photographer for our 50th anniversary celebration in 9 1/2 years.
these are the most beautiful wedding photos I’ve ever seen. He really did a great job!!!”

Here is a sneak preview of one wedding photo.

Rich & Linda got married in the beautiful and cozy Sainte Claire hotel, San Jose, Ca. The hotel is located in the center of downtown San Jose. Marriott, Hilton, San Jose Convention center are just one or two blocks away. This is one of my favorite places to go and I have done lots of model photo shoot there.

This is a small intimate wedding with less than 50 guests. We started from the wedding preparation, which is in the hotel suites. Then the ceremony is in the hotel also, which is very convenient. After the ceremony, I worked with Rich and Linda alone inside the hotel. There is a big mirror in the first floor and I nailed a very classic shot using the mirror reflection. During the reception, I had chance took a few more photos with Rich & Linda outside the hotel. It was lots of fun working with Rich & Linda and I was totally relaxed during the process.

The following is the last photo taken in the end of the ceremony. Rich and Linda took the elevator down the sainte claire hotel and I snapped this photo by asking them kissing before stepping out.

Congratulations to you and wish you the best, Rich & Linda!

I had great pleasure working with Ruixiao and Wei for their wedding portrait session. My assistant Vicky helped the photo shooting during the whole session and she was simply wonderful! The makeup artisit Thucell also did a wonderful job on the bride’s makeup. We first went to Ruixiao and Wei’s home for the wedding preparation photos. Then we went down to Santana Row at San Jose taking some photos in some special spots such as Hotel Valencia. Then drove up to San Francisco for more wedding photos. We went to the City Hall, Palace of Fine Arts, Bakers Beach, etc. It took a whole day to finish the whole shooting and it was well worth the effort. I had some of the best shots of all time and here are some of my favorites.

Congratulations to you, Ruixiao and Wei!

I had pleasure working with Crystal and Daniel and shot their engagement session at Vasona Park, Los Gatos,  CA. Vasona park is very large and there is a beautiful lake (Vasona Lake) in the center of the park. The park is very special for Crystal and Daniel since they grew up in this area. They came to the park many times. A red bridge is crossing the lake and we got some very nice shots over the bridge. Then we headed down to the playground and the meadow area for more pictures. Crystal and Daniel are really fun and easy to work with. I finally had some time to update the photos in this thread.

Best wishes to you, Crystal and Daniel!

Elsa and J got married in a beautiful garden at Holiday Inn, San Jose, CA on 9/19/09.  The wedding site is a gazebo inside the garden of the hotel.

It was a lot of fun working with Elsa and J. They took my advice and left enough time for me to take pictures for them alone. The result? For sure we got quite some nice

lovely shots The garden is small, however, it is well decorated with beautiful tress and flowers. There is a small pond in the garden too.

The shooting angle is endless given such a small area.