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UC Irvine Shocktoberfest – Event Photography

October 28, 2009

I recently had the opportunity to take photos at UC Irvine’s Shocktoberfest. What is a Shocktoberfest, you ask? It’s a new tradition with a Halloween theme…. and it’s a combination of several events: an outside street festival and performances (they close off Mesa Road), Bren Events Center concert (featuring Shwayze and Gym Class Heroes), the kickoff to the year’s basketball season, and an after party called Aftershock on Mesa Road.

Here are some photos of the outdoor festival.

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Inside, there were performances and activities going on to kick off the basketball season!

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Then, Shwayze took the stage!

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And of course, the headliners… Gym Class Heroes!!

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After the concert, everyone filed outside to party at Aftershock. The music was bumpin’ and everyone was having a good time.

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I attended UCI and graduated…um, not so long ago… but there was nothing like this! Full on concerts? Party on the streets? Being an anteater is not the same!! :)

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Tags: Basketball, event photography, Gym Class Heroes, Shwayze, UC Irvine, UCI
Posted in Events, Photography | 14 Comments »

Akemi and Eric – Engagement – Laguna Beach

October 21, 2009

Akemi and Eric are engaged! I’ve known Akemi for 10 years now (we even lived together at one point) and I’m so happy and excited that she’s getting married. Eric is always making her laugh (as you’ll see in the photos) and they are way cute together! :)

They decided they wanted to go to Laguna Beach to take their engagement photos and we went on a perfect day! Akemi and Eric are so much fun and they were willing to get wet and do whatever else I asked them to do. Their wedding will be in Hawaii next summer and I just can’t wait! Congratulations guys!!

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Aren’t they too cute?

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They were pretty far away from me and the waves were pretty loud, but their laughter carried all the way to where I was. :)

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Akemi and Eric brought jerseys and a football… so why not play a little catch? and wrestle!!

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Tags: akemi, Engagement, eric, laguna beach, Photography
Posted in Engagement, Photography | 23 Comments »

Marykay and Steve – Engagement – Long Beach

October 15, 2009

Marykay and Steve are engaged and will be getting married next month! I met up with them at their apartment and we were off to walk around Long Beach. Marykay is full of joy and so much fun. She has this amazingly contagious laugh and you can tell Steve adores her for it! I asked them how they met and they both giggle. Marykay says, “we met at a club”. Hehe! I love it! They’ve been together ever since they met. Love at first sight!

They’ll be getting married in Hawaii! Congratulations guys!

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On her tippie toes!

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Love this and the way she’s looking at him!

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And then, we got silly. :p

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Tags: Engagement, long beach, marykay, Photography, steve
Posted in Engagement, Photography | 42 Comments »

Beautiful backyard wedding in the Inland Empire!

October 1, 2009

Earlier this month, I had the opportunity to second shoot for one of my favorite people, Marie! I’ve second shot for her a handful of times now, and it’s always a blast with her! It’s not often that I go out to the Inland Empire, but if it’s to shoot a wedding with Marie, I’m there in a heartbeat! I also had an good time hanging out with her daughter.

We went to the couple’s beautiful home and were taken aback by the beautiful backyard. Their wedding coordinator, Susie, really did an amazing job.

Here are just a few of the photos!

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The sunset was absolutely gorgeous.

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I had so much fun! Thanks again, Marie!

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Tags: inland empire, Photography, wedding, yucaipa
Posted in Photography, Weddings | 9 Comments »

Newborn Baby Portraits… quite literally!

September 22, 2009

Just a little while ago, I had the opportunity to take photos of a newborn baby. She was born at the Little Company of Mary Hospital in Torrance and she was just born in the last 24 hours when I arrived at the hospital. I’ve seen newborn babies and infants before, but never THAT new born! She was the so precious! Her little hands and feet were so cute, but man, that little one has some lungs!! Anyway, here she is!

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Tags: baby, newborn, Photography, portraits
Posted in Babies-Kids-Families, Photography | 3 Comments »

Fun at the LA County Fair

September 13, 2009

Yesterday, I had a blast hanging out with some new photography friends at the Los Angeles County Fair. We took a bunch of photos while we walked around. The weather was excellent… not too hot, not too cold. I should have gone on the rides. My mind says, “YES! Go on them!” but my body rejects the idea. boo~!

Anyway, here are some favorites from the day!

Some shots with lots of sky!

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This was the camera that Hiro took photos with! So cute!

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This was next to a cute cupcake stand. Too bad the cupcakes were just…’meh’. :p

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We also went into this exhibition where they had flowers arrangements! Apparently, I was more interested in the fruits/food! lol

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We had to stop by the petting zoo. This adorable baby goat was born at midnight earlier that day! So CUTE! We couldn’t pet these, though.

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Then, I found this chick… with no face. I could not for the life of me find the face! All I saw was a big white poof with a beak! haha!!

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We walked by the Mexican Funnel Cake stand and this boy looked like he was eating a huge one on a little stage. Turns out, it’s one of those challenges. If he can eat the whole thing, he gets it for free. There’s a time limit of 20 minutes and when this photo was taken, he only had 5 minutes left. I don’t think he finished…

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