Han x Sam || Engagement Session || San Francisco, Ca

After nine years of being together, Han and Sam are finally tying the knot. These two definitely complement each other.  When Sam says peanut, Han says butter.  When Sam wears blue, Han wears baby blue.   That's why they're so perfect for each other.   I can't wait for the wedding!

We spent the day having fun exploring San Francisco.  I love S.F.  It was the very first place my family and I landed and lived when we came to the U.S.  (Go Niners!!!)

Here are some teasers from their engagement session:

After our shoot they took me to a Korean BBQ place. I have to say, SF needs to step up their Korean BBQ game. The the all you can eat Korea BBQ in L.A is so much better. Sam/Han, I can't wait to take you guys to the food joints here in L.A.

Some behind the scenes:

Bombing birds!!!

Tags: engagement session in San francisco, e-session in San Francisco, Wedding photography in San Francisco, Embarcadero in S.F

TIFFANY x MATT || Wedding - Colfax, CA

In case you're wondering, Colfax is located in California's Sierra Foothills, just off of I-80 between Sacramento and Reno, Nevada.  Yeah, I had to Google that one too.   :-)  

You may remember Tiff & Matt from their engagement session in downtown L.A. After getting to know them more after their e-session, this is how I would describe them: UFC lovin, motorcycle drivin, fun lovin, awesome couple! I'm always diggin it when I get clients who are so down to earth and fun like Tiff and Matt.  

Tiffany and Matt's beautiful intimate wedding took place in their parent's backyard in Colfax.  I love doing outdoor weddings--there are so many nice backdrops to use. Their parents' house was pretty awesome. You can tell that they put a lot of work into it.   Luckily the weather that day was just beautiuful.  Everything seemed to just fall nicely in place for the couple.  

DJ: Greg Joens - Www.aspecialrequest.net

The pastor's last name was Fox, so he had a yellow tie with little foxes to match his name and the wedding's theme.  Nice.

Both moms were crying. awwwe. :-)

Father/Daughter dance.

Mother/Son dance.

We also gave Tiff & Matt a surprise gift.  I had my 2nd shooter, Sam, set up a "crazy booth".  This was our first apperance with the photobooh and it was a hit.  Everyone loved it!  Check it out:

Tiffany Matt Wedding Crazybooth

Bianca x Bronson ||Wedding

You know you're a hardcore USC Football fan when you delay your wedding ceremony time just so you can watch the game. The wedding ceremony started at around 7pm. This gave us plenty of time to photograph Bianca and Bronson before the wedding. We headed for the Browers Museum to do the first glance. The architecture and scenery at Browers gave us plenty of nice locations to do our thing. I think doing the first glance is great because I have more time and freedom to do nice portraits of the bride and groom. Bianca looked stunning and Bronson was one cool dude.

2nd for: Miguel Pola

1st glace location: Browers Museum

Reception: The Hacienda Restaurant in Santa Ana

~Ari

When I walked into the room, I knew I would have a good time with these dudes because everyone was cheering for the USC football team. (USC whiped Ohio State 18-15 that day!) Wooot WoOOot!

Fight On. >V<

The first glance. Bronson was crazy nervious!

The Bowers Museum is a great place to get photographed.

It's not over until the fat lady puts her clothes back on! Don't quote me on this, but I think this statue is by Fernando Botero.

The toast.

Cake!

This is my fav.

Tags: Wedding photography at The Bowers Museum, The Hacienda in Santa Ana, Anaheim weddings, Double tree Hotel in Anaheim, Wedding in Rancho Capistrano, Orange County Wedding Photographer, USC Football Wedding