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Saturday, April 7, 2012

RL | The Palace of Fine Arts Engagement

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Rebecca & Leo are getting married in East bay area in May this year. Leo’s sister enjoys taking photos and found me on the internet.
She booked me for Rebecca & Leo’s wedding without meeting in person. Thanks so much for her trust! We had the engagement session in
Palace of Fine Arts and the Cliff House, San Francisco. Rebecca and Leo likes biking a lot so that they brought a bicycle with them
for the photo shoot. It turned out great with the bicycle. It was so much fun working with them. I can’t wait to photograph their wedding soon!

The following are some of my favorite photos for this engagement session.






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Hua - April 22, 2012 - 3:48 am

Very inspiring work

kate - April 15, 2012 - 2:56 am

Fantastic photos. I love the colors, so vibrant!

CJ - April 12, 2012 - 5:56 am

Wonderful work. I like your post-processing and use of light.

Selina - April 8, 2012 - 8:41 am

Simply beautiful, beautiful!

Friday, March 30, 2012

S&S | The Mountain Winery Engagement

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Sarah & Sean are getting married in Sunnyvale in August. They are both young and adorable. They wanted to have the “save the date” photos ready ASAP, so that we had this engagement session 5 months before the wedding date.
Since it had been raining in the past two weeks and we had to adjust the engagemetn photo shoot based on the weather report. Luckily, we found our perfect day when the weather report showed that it was going to stop raining in the afternoon. There was only 4-hour window but it was perfect for us to get the beautiful engagement photos.

Since both Sarah and Sean enjoy outdoor activities a lot, We started from Sevens Creek County Park in Cupertino. There is a lake in the county park and we hiked a little bit to warm up. I had to admit that I enjoy hiking a lot myself:)Then we headed to my favorite spot for engagement and wedding photos: The Mountain Winery in Saratoga. The winery is a popular wedding venue in south bay area, which is only ten minutes away from my San Jose studio. The leaves looked very fresh after the rain. There was even some little rain drops in the middle, which gave some special feeling to the photos.

The following are some of my favorite photos.



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Betty - May 8, 2012 - 6:54 pm

Amazing! Amazing! Amazing! I can’t say enough of it!

Hua - April 22, 2012 - 3:49 am

Wonderful! This set looks like a magazine and the couple look like models

CJ - April 12, 2012 - 6:01 am

Easily one of the best engagement sessions ever done!

John W - April 8, 2012 - 1:56 pm

You totally killed this session! Just too good man.

Selina - April 8, 2012 - 8:41 am

This is a bomb! Fantastic photos!

Ying - April 7, 2012 - 11:26 pm

I love your work! The color is so beautiful!

Vivia - April 7, 2012 - 10:15 am

Stunning work! You have artistic eyes.

Susan - April 6, 2012 - 8:34 pm

The couple are hot! The photos are so wonderful too!

Paul - April 6, 2012 - 9:55 am

Man, you nailed it!

Annie - March 31, 2012 - 9:53 pm

This is freaking hot! The best engagement photos ever!

Sunday, March 18, 2012

H & R | Villa Montalvo Arts Center at Saratoga Engagement

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Heather and Randy are getting married in East Bay soon! So we had the engagement session at the scenic Villa Montalvo Arts Center in Saratoga, CA. Montalvo Arts Center is a beautiful wedding venue in south bay area, CA. It has various scenes such as meadow, bridge, building, small waterfalls.

Both Heather and Randy are baseball fans, so they brought some baseballs and use them to mark their wedding date. What a fantastic idea! They also have a 2-year old son, whose name is also Randy. I had pleasure taking some family photos first and followed by more romantic photos for two of them.

The following are some of my favorites photos from this engagement session.




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John W - April 8, 2012 - 1:55 pm

These photos are bombs! You rock!

Julia - March 30, 2012 - 4:50 pm

Such a wonderful set of photos! You are so talented!

Jessica - March 26, 2012 - 3:14 pm

So so beautiful!

Linda - March 22, 2012 - 4:33 pm

Brilliant photos! Are you still available on 8/4 this year?

Erica Farm - March 21, 2012 - 11:58 am

Such a wonderful set! The best photos that I have ever seen!

Belle - March 19, 2012 - 5:24 pm

The baseball photo for wedding date is so sweet and creative!

Friday, March 9, 2012

A & B | Santana Row San Jose Engagement

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Ashley & Brian are getting married soon! Ashley & Brian first met each other at the V bar inside Hotel Valencia, Santana Row, San Jose. So we took their engagement photos at Santana Row to bring back their memories. I photographed Cindy & Tom’s wedding at Hotel Valencia last October and I loved the venue so much. The wedding coordinator Karen helped a lot during their wedding. It is nice to come back and work with another getting-married couple.

Santana Row is a upper-scale fashion shopping center in south bay area. So I approached this engagement session in a more fashionable way. Ashley had a great figure and she brought some nice dresses. We walked around and had lots of fun.

The following are some of my favorite photos during this engagement session.

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David Zhang - March 19, 2012 - 4:36 pm

Thanks everyone!

@ Ashely,

I am also very excited to work with you for your wedding! :)

Emma G - March 14, 2012 - 12:26 pm

Fantastic photos! So creative!

Ashley - March 12, 2012 - 1:47 pm

David!! These look awesome so far!!! We absolutely loved working with you!! And I’m super excited for you to shoot our wedding!!! Loving the sneak peak!!!!

Katie - March 11, 2012 - 11:00 am

Amazing!

Sara Lee - March 10, 2012 - 6:54 pm

Absolutely stunning photos! Great job David!

Sunday, March 4, 2012

A & A | Saratoga Mountain Winery Engagement

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Alyssa & Adam are getting married in San Jose. I had pleasure working with them for their engagement session in The Mountain Winery, Saratoga. The winery is located on top of mountain with beautiful view. An amphitheater was built in the winery in 1958. World-class music and breathtaking scenery have consistently proved to be a crowd-pleasing combination in this nice south bay area wedding venue. It is truly a hidden treasure in the mountains. The winery is less than 20 minutes drive from my San Jose studio and this is one of my favorite spots for a quick wine tasting. We first started from the parking lot area in late afternoon. There are some nice backdrops of green grass, wild flowers and trees. It worked great with their causal outfits. The sunlight already turned very soft and gentle, which made the photos pop up. After that, Alyssa changed into a red dress and we did more romantic photo shoot.

The following are some of my favoriate photos from the engagemenet session at the scenic Mountain Windery, Saratoga, CA.


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Trish Thibodeau - April 25, 2012 - 3:30 am

Beautiful photos, of course beautiful subjects.

Mountain Winery - March 16, 2012 - 2:20 pm

We are thrilled to see Adam and Alyssa had such an amazing engagement photo shoot at The Mountain Winery! Thank you for sharing these pictures!

K nguyen - March 11, 2012 - 1:30 pm

Great job David!

Kevin X - March 10, 2012 - 6:55 pm

A master of light!

Zoey Princess - March 9, 2012 - 10:10 pm

Splendid photos! I want to have you as my photographer when I get married!

Vinna - March 5, 2012 - 5:31 pm

So so beautiful. You captured the love perfectly.

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