Happy September!!!

I grew up in the Bay Area, but I actually never set foot on the Berkeley campus until this engagement session!!!  I know, you would think coming from a Korean family my parents would’ve made me go on a campus tour when I was five, but they really didn’t care and let me find myself on my own!

I love this campus!  How fitting was it to do their session here since it is Jenny’s alma mater and Abe frequently drove over a hour several times a week to visit her.  He once said he drove there twice in a day which basically meant 4 trips back and forth!  That’s love and a lot of bridge tolls!

Jenny was an art major so we visited her old building!

So silly!

I loved this cool wall they had there!

If you know Jenny she LOVES food! She introduced me to this delicious goodness in the form of an apple cloud. So yummy!

We made it just in time to catch this one last picture at Treasure Island!

I can’t wait to photograph your wedding this Saturday!

Awhile back I did a shoot for a clothing store called Pretty In Pink, well low and behold my mom was out shopping the other day and she comes home with this!  The print advertisement for a new store location.  It was pretty awesome to see my photos printed for a real ad!

Reed + Kendrick and I had a few phone calls back and forth and I was thrilled to be hired to do their Southern California engagement session and wedding! They decided they wanted to go to the historic Mission Inn Hotel in Riverside to do their engagement session. Can I just say every corner has something cool in that hotel?! And it’s so stunningly beautiful!

I thought this was the coolest wall ever!!!!

How cute! They brought a little friend along!

Can’t wait to shoot your wedding in October!

How cool is it to have a parking lot practically to yourself?!?!  I love this pic!

I love how Dave proposed to Yuli using the iPod!

Today is my parents 29th wedding anniversary! So I just wanted to wish them a great one and many more to come!

My parents relationship is real. They laugh, they fight, they’re really silly sometimes, they go through their ups and downs and I’m so thankful that they taught me what marriage is all about.  It’s not about being perfect, but accepting and loving each other daily.

I wish I could do something spectacular for them like send them off on a trip somewhere fabulous or give them a million dollars because they deserve it, but I can’t so instead when we see the fireworks on Sunday I’ll tell them it’s not because it’s July 4th, but it’s because everyone is celebrating their anniversary =P

So I’ll leave you guys with this photo of them. It’s not a beautifully photoshopped image with amazing light, but rather a photo taken on my BlackBerry that shows how funny my parents are. I swear, this is their default pose!!!! How cheesy can they be!

Sometimes when I meet with clients I click with them right away. Ailed + Zac were one of those couples. We sat and chatted forever and I felt like they were old friends! I had a awesome time with Ailed + Zac doing this casual engagement session. We thought the weather was going to be amazing, but it quickly turned into a cold and windy afternoon. They were troopers! I can’t wait to shoot your wedding in August!

Traveling back in time again for another wedding I assisted Junshien with!  If a wedding could come out of a fairy tale this would be it!  I loved this venue!!!  I literally felt like I traveled through a storybook into this magical land!  Enjoy!

All images for Junshien Wedding + Portraits

Venue – Nestledown, Los Gatos

Junshien hard at work!  =P

Nanette + Doug started the day off with a Chinese Tea Ceremony and afterwards we went over to their brand new house to take photos.  Did I mention their house is absolutely beautiful?!?!  They themed their wedding around Nanette’s love for her turtles and they even got to make a special appearance in one of the photos!  The weather was so amazing and it really made me miss Southern California!  I’m so glad I was able to capture all these moments and a big thank you to Louis for assisting me!

Location – Alta Vista Country Club

Didn’t I say their house was amazing?

When I saw their tub I knew I HAD to get her into it!  It was inspired by a photo I saw Junshien take before!

Isn’t this apron so cute?

The turtles!

I thought this was such a cute idea for “something blue”

Nanette + Doug share a love for basketball.  It was kind of how they first met.  Isn’t this ball just the coolest?  It has their wedding date on it!

Lotto ticket favors!  I heard someone actually won several hundred dollars!

My first wedding where they served ice cream cake!  It was so delicious!

I LOVE love love animals! So how fun was it that I got to photograph a tortoise? After this I really wanted to get one of my own!

Meet Tommy!