How Strong?!?

Chi Rho Omicron! This weekend my fraternity celebrated 14 years of brotherhood in the Sheraton Hotel at Pomona. It's amazing how much XPO has grown since I first crossed (4 years ago). There is no doubt in my mind that our strong brotherhood will continue to exponentially grow in the years to come. I hope that all the new brothers will continue to keep our strong brotherhood alive expanding all over California. Remember guys, you now have 339 brothers worldwide! Continue to keep our strong ties among our different chapters alive. Make sure you make the best of XPO and utilize your resources! Congratulations to all our neos and Eta Chapter for throwing this year's formal.

To view your pictures from that night please CLICK HERE.

-Ari XPO239

The Leather Album!

The wedding album really is the main attraction of what a photographer produces from a wedding. Photographs are meant to be seen in print. Nothing compares to seeing your beautiful images wrapped up and displayed in an amazing leather album. My leather albums are simply awesome. This hand made album uses 100% full-grain natural leathers. The binding for this albums lay flat and the sturdy pages are 2mm thick!



It's always exciting to receive a new wedding album in the mail. I literally opened this package as soon as the UPS guy dropped it off.This album is from Meryl's & Romels Wedding.






















These pictures & videos cannot describe the awesomeness of these albums. You have to see it to believe it.


I can't wait to deliver this to lovely the couple!

Tiffany + Matt E-session : Los Angeles, CA

You gotta love L.A. Last week was the first time I did an engagement session in downtown Los Angeles. Downtown was abundant with cool looking backdrops and scenery. Not to mention the beautiful weather. While Nor Cal was gloomy and raining, So Cal was nice and sunny. I love it. Tiffany and Tim…eeer…I mean Matt ;-P Was a blast to work with. We started at the Walt Disney concert hall. The building was art within itself. Tiffany sported her gorgeous blue eyes and a super funky cool hair due. Such a cute couple, I can’t wait to shoot their wedding in August!

























Their session turned out great. These engagements photos would be awesome if used in the guestbook or put on a large gallery wrap.
Location: Downtown Los Angeles, California. Walt Disney Concert Hall

Shooting with the Best

In everything we do, there is always that someone who you look up to. For me, Ed Pingol is one of those people. Ed's wedding work is simply breathtaking and inspiring. A couple of weeks ago, I had the honor to be a second shooter with him at one of his weddings in San Francisco. What an awesome experience to be working with one of the best photographer out there! Make sure to check him out.

This one's from Ed's blog. Yes, that's me cheez'n:






~Ari

E-session w/ Sam Hassas

A couple of weeks ago, I drove down to San Jose to to shoot an engagment session with one of my favorite photographer, Sam Hassas. This guy is awesome! He's one of the most creative and charismatic person I know. Thanks for having me Sam!

We shot this couple in Santa Cruz:




Here's a behind the scene of us at the Santa Cruz beach:

May Anne

This shoot was with the lovely May Anne who is graduating from UC Davis. It was hard to take a bad picture because May Anne was so pretty. We walked around the UC Daivs campus and I think I wore her out. :-) I had a lot of fun with this shoot. Here's some of my favorites from the day:



















Congratulations on your graduation May Ann! Good luck with grad school!

~Ari the Wizard

Model Status: Belle

I've been in Nor Cal for the past two weeks where I have no access to the Internet. Here's a quick one to satisfy those who visit my blog often.

This was a senior session for Belle shot in Davis, California.






Many awesome things have been happening with me, but I'll tell you more about it on my next blog when I get back to L.A.

- Ari the Wizard