Survived April and no plans this weekend = a spontaneous, quick weekend getaway before tackling May and the rest of the year. Cell phone will be turned off and not bringing the laptop :). Will check e-mails and messages on Tuesday, adios for now!
Ceremony and reception locations: Terranea Resort in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
Planner and coordinator: ME Events & Design
Make-up artist and hair stylist: Echou Makeup
Cake: King’s Hawaiian
Lighting: TMMPRO
Wedding dress: Martina Liana
Shoes: Fendi
Janice + Jeff’s Wedding – You couldn’t have asked for a more perfectly complete wedding than Janice and Jeff’s this past Saturday at Terranea Resort. The whole day was filled with love and joy; from Jeff coming by Janice’s parents house to pick her up and the tea ceremony at Terranea for Jeff’s family to the beautiful vows exchanged at the ceremony site and a reception filled with heartfelt toasts…it was truly magical and inspiring to experience and document all the moments that took place before me.
You won’t find a couple that’s everything from easy-going and considerate to loving towards each other and their family + friends than Janice and Jeff. From the instant I met them to their engagement session, it’s been nothing but a joy getting to know these two. And the wedding day only exemplified how truly wonderful Janice and Jeff are. From the way they looked at each other to the beautiful words they shared with their family and friends, there’s no doubt Janice and Jeff have this special kind of love.
Of course, getting to work with awesome coordinator friends in Melissa and Elsa and team HCP members Charlene and Brian was icing on the cake! The 11+ hour day flew by for all of us, as there was something special to capture around every corner. I loved how Janice and Jeff gave me ample time for their portraits, and everyone from the bridal party to the family members were ready for photos at the scheduled time! Thanks everyone for your smiles, hugs, tears, and kind words on Saturday. It was such a humbling and beautiful experience being around individuals that loved one another and weren’t afraid to express their emotions :).
To Janice and Jeff, may your wedding be the day you love each other the least and the next chapter of your life be filled with even more amazing memories. Have a blast in Asia for your Taiwan reception and Thailand honeymoon! Hope you like the sneak peek. I also put together a slideshow, which you can view here. Congrats you two!
Ceremony and reception locations: Terranea Resort in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
Planner and coordinator: ME Events & Design
Make-up artist and hair stylist: Echou Makeup
Cake: King’s Hawaiian
Lighting: TMMPRO
Wedding dress: Martina Liana
Shoes: Fendi
Ann + Michael’s Engagement Session – Nearly a decade ago, Michael applied for a managerial position at a Best Buy in San Francisco. Little did he know that he would fall in love with one of the workers there named Ann. What started out as being colleagues quickly turned into lovers and as of September last year, an engaged couple. Michael has been a long time SF Giants fan, and shared his love for the baseball team with Ann. So it was only fitting that he proposed to her during a beautiful afternoon at home while watching a Giants game. As Michael told me, “Everything just felt right.”
It’s been nothing but a joy getting to know Ann and Michael, first through e-mail and a Skype chat late last year, and finally in person this past Friday as I headed up to the Bay area for their engagement session. Did I mention how much Ann and Michael LOVE the Giants? I think just as much if not more than how much I love the Clippers (and we know that’s A LOT :P). So doing an engagement session at AT&T Park, where the Giants play, was not only appropriate, but a MUST HAVE! Along with their good friends Dennis, Richard, and Elbert, we all first grabbed a bite at Paneras Bread and then some of the very best coffee I’ve ever had at Phil’s…and finally headed out to the stadium.
Our personal tour guide (for the life of me I forgot his name but he was super duper friendly and gave us an extra 30 mins!) escorted us around the stadium, and even suggested some awesome spots for photos. We stopped by the press conference room, the Giants and visitor dugouts, the upper levels of the stadium where the Giants showcased all their trophies and the Snoopy statues are, and even the Tony Bennett luxury suite. Safe to say the 1.5 hours I spent photographing Ann and Michael at AT&T Park was one of the most unique and fun ever!
Afterward, we headed on out to Japan Town to get some shots of the cherry blossoms (Make is part Japanese!) and then a local park in Presidio, near the Palace of Fine Arts. The 4+ hour session flew by like minutes. It was such a blast finally meeting Ann and Michael and hanging out with them, as well as all their friends that made the day even that much more enjoyable and dare I say entertaining! Thanks guys for trusting me to be your photographer (and evening writing an awesome review on Yelp!) long before we met. Can’t wait until October, hopefully the Giants will be playing in the World Series on/around your wedding day!
