Alright, as promised in the previous post here is the e-Session of Kim & Tony, their wedding is on October 27, 2007, I was already booked for that date before they came in so we settled on the next best thing, an e-Session! For the, we went all out and did it in 2 different locations: Laguna Beach and also Disney Concert Hall. It was the very first time for me to shoot there so I was looking forward to this session very much! Oh, and these guys also came back into the studio to do some bridal shots as well…enjoy:
Starting it off with a kiss…
weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Kim insisted that she could pick up Tony…..
but Tony showed her the correct way. Check out that wave behind them!
nice…..me like this one
this couple was the 1st one that automatically assumed the position without any prompting….nice!
1st jump
Disney Concert Hall….such beauty
Jenny hard at work!
love it!
Kim showing us how it’s done!
lovely
ooooooooooh
2nd jump
bridal stuff @ the Mission
the hot couple
congrats Tony & Kim!
Wedding of David & Sherry was one of the millions (ok, maybe thousands) of weddings that were held on this super lucky/popular/sought after/earliest booking/rare day! I believe these guys had me booked around 18 months in advance (maybe more). And what a kick ass day it turned out to be. They had a wonderful outdoor ceremony and reception at the Newport Beach Marriott Hotel and Spa, then after that we took the fun down to the beach and got our feet wet at the coast of Laguna Beach (we had to go, it was only 15 min drive away!).
Newport Beach Marriot Hotel & Spa
900 Newport Center Drive
Newport Beach, CA 92660-6206
(949) 640-4000
On with the pictures:
love it!
The building is so cool…
stunning bride!
not too shabby groom.
You look good David!
Ceremony…
yes, we had a bit of a mixup on which hand the ring should go…but we got it all sorted out!
Mr. & Mrs. Pio
Mom giving blessings
some details
love it!
not bad…
1st dance
crazy people dance
Getting ready for shoot on the beach
The Honeymoon Suite!
Happy that it was getting towards the end!
sweet!
The wedding of Toby & Elissa was a referral from my previous bride Iwei (and David). And I had a blast shooting these guys! They had their ceremony and reception at the Tivoli Terrace in Laguna Beach. This location is actually a place that I drive by every time I shoot engagement sessions down at Laguna Beach, but always thought it was only a play house or something…
Tivoli Terrace
650 Laguna Canyon Road
Laguna Beach, CA 92651-1837
(949) 494-9650
Ayres Hotel Laguna Woods
24341 El Toro Road
Laguna Woods, CA 92637
(949) 588-0131
Anyways, I’ll let the pictures do the talking
getting ready at the Ayres Hotel
nice!
details details….
invitations…
yay….cute kids!
shoes
bride getting prettied up!
Toby!
don’t care what you guys think, but I still think Elissa looks better than Toby :p
yup!
almost time…!
Beautiful colors at the Tivoli Terrace!
beautiful moment. The older brother of the bride handing Elissa off to Toby!
daytime…
night time…
so sweet!
everyone getting down!
The happy couple didn’t stay out of the action either!
okay, I didn’t plan this, but I’m posting 2 E-Sessions back to back. Good thing I don’t shoot the same thing for everyone!
This couple is probably the easiest to shoot so far, because Virginia is my high school friend, Stella’s sister. So I’ve know these guys for so long that It’s like shooting my sister
Anyway, for them, I had planned to shoot a little bit more to experiment different locations, but just my luck that when we got out to the beach at around 10am that it’s SUPER foggy! You can probably tell from some of the shots. It was so bad that I had to shoot in the opposite direction of the coast just to get some non-foggy background….
One good thing that came out of it is that just to wait out the fog, we got to eat a early lunch at Johnny Rocket!!! (me like!) But even after lunch the fog was still too overwhelming, when we were ready to call it a day, things started to burn off….and making us start our shoot at almost 2:20pm instead of 10am. which in turn means less time to shoot at the other locations that I had wanted! (sucky!) Hopefully next time I’ll get more time to shoot and get a cool new spot to show all of you!
On a more technical note, I usually shoot with 2 lenses a 17~40 4.0L and a 70~200 2.8L IS. But that day, I challenged myself to shoot everything with a fixed prime lens. I ended up shooting around 85% of the day with my 50 1.8 lens. I love the 1.8-ness!
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notice the white-ness in the background….it’s the fog….
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ring shot
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Kenny & Virginia….the cute couple
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we saw this weird spider with only 4 legs….weird….
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nice….
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YES! Johnny Rocket’s
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gimme meat!
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you can’t get this kinda service at Carl’s Jr
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Probably my favorite shot of the day….
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I take that back, I like this just as much! Especially the people in the back!
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slow walk on the beach…
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THIS is gotta be the funniest shot. reminds me of the good-feathers cartoon with animaniacs!
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The sexy Virginia hair slinging move!
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I never thought I would be able to get a shot like this. But WOW! I like. Maybe should be my new aviatar.
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Rodeo Dr.
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R-U-N Virg R-U-N! We had to rush to make sure we get a bit of the sunset!
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and we settled for the side of the road….
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and we got sunset!
