Balboa Beach Engagement Session

This was booked through Don Le Studios. He's a good friend of mine and did a groupon and has been overwhelmed with customers so I've been helping him out with a few shoots here and there.

This couple was just beautiful! They were so fun to shoot and you just couldn't take a bad picture of them! They flew in from Salt Lake City for vacation and decided to do their engagement session in Orange County. I bet their wedding will be just stunning! Best wishes to you two and may your happily ever after come true.

Photography/editing: Anha Nguyen

we first started under the pier



Then we made our way onto the pier and found this awesome "prop"
More shots of them on the pier, man it was so easy to take pictures of them!
The decided to goof off a little and he gave her a piggy back ride.. then she decided to give him one haha.
The we made our way over the the fun zone. We found this awesome yellow wall
They decided to share some ice cream, way too cute
And when there are rides, why not right?
Right outside the arcade, the yellow on the curb got my attention
and lastly this was by a pizza place on our way to the car!

Sooo many great places to shoot at the Balboa Peninsula in Newport Beach, California!

Perez/Nguyen Wedding

This couple was such a great couple to work with! It was great seeing two cultures collide in this wedding. You saw a lot of the Vietnamese influences and the Mexican influences. Their wedding was beautiful and simple. The ceremony was a small catholic ceremony in Westminster, California and the Reception was done at Royal restaurant in Westminster also. Royal is a nicer banquet/restaurant venue I've seen in the Westminster area.

Ken was my second shooter. These shots are a mixture of both our shots. He is usually my right hand man when shooting weddings.

Hair: Gwen Tran
Makeup: Anha Nguyen
Second Shooter: Ken Pfeifer

Lets start with the smaller details.. Here is the beautiful dress which, i thought, matched her flowers and personality perfectly! Ken shot the details since I was busy doing her makeup. Thank goodness for second shooters huh?

* Shots taken by Ken

Her earrings and her oh so comfortable shoes!

*Shots taken by Ken

Isn't this hair amazing? The talented Gwen Tran created this. Too bad she is leaving to Hawaii soon :(

*shots taken by me

A shot of the bride hurrying down the stairs and putting he shoes on. I love the feeling of these shots!

*right image shot by Ken

The bride hiding out in the car before her grand entrance. Can you believe they made these bouquets themselves?

*shots taken by Ken

*shots taken by me

The grooms lapel and boutonniere and a shot of him holding up the ring.

*shots taken by me

Her dad walking her down the aisle

*shots taken by me

Exchanging of rings. Look how much joy they have for each other!

*shots taken by me

This was a rope ceremony that is traditionally done as a Mexican tradition.

*Shots taken by me

This is when they paid homage to the Virgin Mary.

*shots taken by Ken

The beautiful bride and groom

*shots taken by me

Here was the ring shot and the details that were in the reception. Simple and elegant :)

*shots taken by me

First Dance

*shots taken by me

This usually always gets me all teary eyed.. The father daughter dance..

*shots taken by me

Here is where you see a little bit of the Vietnamese influences in the wedding. The Bride and groom walk around and greet each table wearing the traditional wear called an Ao Dai. At the reception most usuallt wear the western outfits (wedding dress and suit) and then change into the Vietnamese outfits.

*shots taken by Ken

The Brides uncles played the guitar and saxophone while they did the cake cutting. I love her uncles pose while playing!

*shots taken by Ken

Cake cutting

*Shots taken by me

Right after they cut the cake I was surprised when they didn't smash the cake in each others faces but when seeing him try to put a little cake on her nose and seeing her face, I no understood why they didn't haha.

*shots taken by me

Maternity Photoshoot

Boy have I been neglecting my blog. I've been sooo busy shooting weddings and various family shoots etc. My good friend Don Le was out of town and needed help with his shoots so I did a few shoots for him. This one was through him.

This was my first maternity shoot! Monique was great, she was such a trooper and was so easy to work with! She was about 7.5 months pregnant and was told she was going to have a girl. Best of luck to her new family! I really enjoyed shooting this!