Bayphoto Net Wedding Photography Blog

This is one of the weddings that were booked about a year before the ceremony. Early booking allows plenty of time to prepare and iron out the details on the wedding photography. I communicated with Whitney throughout the whole year and had some great ideas on wedding party photos.

The wedding preparation is at Whitney’s grandma’s house in NAPA, CA. I visited the preparation site, ceremony location and wedding venue two weeks before the ceremony. The ceremony site is the beautiful St. John The Baptist Catholic Church, NAPA. Kris and Whitney grew up in this church since they were five and attended kindergarden through the eighth grade together. They have spent many long years together in the halls of the parish school located next to the church.  Their plan was not to leave the grounds, but to take photos of them in the school after the ceremony. The wedding venue is right beside the church, which was decorated gorgeously.

I will try to update the page ASAP since there are many photos to process. Now here is sneak preview of the photos.

The two flower girls are so so so cute!

The following pose is from Dragon Ball Z. Can you guess what characters are they?

The following are some creative and fun group photos that we did after the wedding ceremony. It was so hilarious!

Congratulations to you, Whitney & Kris!

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!

Bayphoto Net photography just received Bride’s Choice Awards 2010 from WeddingWire!

The annual Bride’s Choice Awards recognizes and celebrates excellence in quality and service within the wedding industry, as determined by recent reviews and extensive surveys from over 500,000 newlyweds.

Bayphoto Net Photography is among the top five percent of all vendors in the WeddingWire community, which includes over 100,000 wedding professionals across the US and Canada. Awards were given to winners across 19 different service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers.

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.