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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!

Tamme & Michael got married in May. The wedding location is in Fresno area. It is in a beautiful farm in Sanger, central California. There is a nice corn field and lots of greens surrounding the area. It is a small and intimate wedding with about 50 guests. After the ceremony, I had some time working with Tamme and Michael alone in the surrounding area of Sanger. I enjoyed it a lot since the shooting environment was different from what I used to do before. The following are some of my favorite photos during the photography session.

Congratulations to you, Tamme and Michael!

Libby was maid of honor at Elsa’s wedding. She was getting married in April this year. After watching the online album of Elsa’s wedding, she decided to book me to take pictures for her big day. The preparation site is in Hilton, Santa Clara. The wedding ceremony and reception site is in Santa Clara Tennis and Golf Club. There is a restaurant named David’s that can hold more than 200 guests. I had lots of fun shooting this wedding since I met old friends again in the happy, happy day. Libby and Gabriel are easy and fun to work with. There is a large wedding party of 16 including the bride and the groom. So it was time to organize the group shots again

Here are some of the pictures. I will update this again once I have chance.

The groom is waiting for the bride to enter

Congratulations to you, Libby and Gabriel!

Sara and Juan got married at LDS temple, Oakland on 4/17/10. Thanks for the trust from Sara. She booked me just by looking through my website without meeting in person since she was out of state at time of booking. We communicated via emails and it was all planned well.

It rained heavily just five days ago.  It was cold until Thursday. Then all became perfect on Saturday. It was perfect 72 Degree F with white clouds and blue sky. The air was refreshing after the rain and the flowers were blooming. The color of the bridesmaids’ dresses is cranberry, which is one of my favorite colors.  We took some wedding portraits shots around the LDS temple. There was a small river in front of the temple and flowers surrond it.  I got some of wonderful group shots also.

The wedding reception venue is at Sharon heights country club,  Menlo Park, CA. The venue is more beautiful than I thought! The high ceiling and the orange light bulbs are just like stars when it is dark outside. The receptionists are very professional and efficient. A ring ceremony was held in a separate room where the bride and groom exchanged rings. After that, there was the standard procedure of cake cutting, bouquet toss, garter toss, first dance …. People danced happily until late night.

Finally, here are the pictures!

What a beautiful lighting at Sharon Heights Golf & Country Club, Menlo Park, CA.

When Sara danced with her father, I was deeply touched …

Congratulations and best wishes to you, Sara & Juan!