Andrew and Angela are good friends of mine and are incredibly passionate about their lives, their hobbies, and most importantly their shared love of food. Angela especially loves Fantasia milk tea, requesting it after nearly every meal I’ve ever had with them
I love their energy and their incredibly stylish wardrobes!
We ended up buying too many milk teas and Angela had a hard time deciding which one she wanted first…
I can’t believe it’s almost been a full year since I captured Katrina and Darren’s engagement party! They’re getting married later this month and we went out to San Francisco to capture some of the city’s iconic landmarks for them to show Katrina’s relatives in the Philippines. Can’t wait to see you guys again in a few weeks!
thanks so much Jeff!!! you are awesome!! 
see you again soon!!!
We’re back from Hawaii! Denise and Alex wanted their engagement session in Honolulu, because Alex had been living there for quite some time. While we were there shooting, I got a nice tour of all his favorite local spots! I love traveling with locals since I get to see things you wouldn’t see as a tourist. Here are a few teaser shots from our time together in Hawaii!
We went to Sherwood Forest by the beach and saw these tiny spikey pine cones (I’m not entirely sure they’re pine cones since they look different from the ones at home but a Google image search of “Hawaii mini pine cone” does turn up with pictures of these things). These have a significance to Alex and his dad since they used to go here quite often before moving to California. Alex’s dad even stepped on these barefoot before! OUCH.
[...] in Hawaii! I had such an amazing time with Denise and Alex in Oahu. If you recall from their teaser, Alex lived in Honolulu when growing up so he took us to all his favorite spots. We visited places [...]
Dang. Those pics are crazy good…
Thanks a ton Jeff, these look awesome so far!
Anxiously waiting…:D Thank you again!
It’s been so busy lately that I haven’t had time to reflect on my experience this year at WPPI! For those of you who haven’t heard of it, WPPI stands for “Wedding and Portrait Photographers International”, and is an annual conference that over 10,000 photographers attend. On the second day there, I attended the annual Thirst Relief charity workshop to support an organization dedicated to supplying clean water to those who can’t obtain it and to learn from some of the most famous photographers in the industry. We took a bus from the Vegas Strip to Ghost Town, an abandoned town in the middle of the desert with an old mine where vintage rusty cars lay.
The four instructors we got to learn from were CM Leung, Luke Edmonson, Rocco Ancora, and Mike Colón. Each of them brought something different to the workshop so we could learn different styles throughout the day. After the hands-on workshop, we all headed to dinner and got to hear Roberto Valenzuela give a very personal and touching story of how we all need to work harder to perfect our craft as professional photographers. Roberto practices his photography daily and takes notes in a notebook to record all the experience he provides himself. He even goes so far as to practice with a teddy bear if he can’t find a subject to practice with!
Here are some of the photos taken from the workshop, enjoy!
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This proposal was amazing in so many ways! Mike had contacted me asking if I’d be able to help capture his proposal to Virginia at San Francisco Airport on the day that I would be heading to Vegas for a week at WPPI. Coincidentally, Virginia would be arriving in Terminal 2, the terminal for Virgin America flights, which was also the terminal I happened to be flying out of. My flight was at noon and Virginia was set to arrive at 10am. The timing couldn’t get any better! Better yet, Virginia actually arrived early so we got to spend more time around the SFO terminal.
We had arrived early with Virginia’s sister Vicki (who’s going to be her maid of honor), and our mutual friends Kevin and Heather (her matron of honor to be), whose wedding is where I had briefly met Mike and Virginia over a year ago. Mike had everything prepared, from the gorgeous Tiffany bag and box to beautiful flowers. This guy even told Virginia that they were going to a nice belated Valentine’s Day lunch to make sure she’d be ready for some photos right after the proposal. Virginia’s sister actually visited Virginia in Los Angeles and drove to San Francisco but tricked her into thinking she had to leave to help a friend of hers with some wedding planning. I don’t know if you can tell but I love how well planned and sneaky these guys are!
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Update:
Since we didn’t get to chat prior to the proposal, I asked Virginia about the significance of Mike’s proposal at the airport. It was so beautifully written, I asked her if I could share it!
I have always been a hopeless romantic and so it couldn’t have been more perfect that Mike proposed to me on our Valentine’s day weekend! I headed up to SF for the long holiday weekend, and even though we had a packed schedule, I had a hunch Mike might propose. Afterall, we had done the ring shopping, Mike had met the parents and had “the talk,” and we had already begun planning our dream wedding for the fall of 2013…
Mike and I met in SF but we spent less than a year together before I moved to LA. Mike works in finance and works ungodly hours at a bank in San Francisco. I put braces on cute kids and straighten teeth at my orthodontic residency program in LA. Somehow over the past 2 years we’ve worked out our hectic schedules and try to see each other at least once a month. Long distance is definitely hard.. but even with the crazy commute times and the always too short weekends… it’s been worth every minute. So it was very fitting that Mike decided to propose at SFO. A place we both love and hate.. but will now always have a special place in our hearts.
[...] Mike and Virginia’s original post can be enjoyed here. [...]
Hi, I wandered over here from FB after another photog (Shang) shared this event! You captured this so well and I love this proposal!!
Love this! Awesome work! & I can’t believe she flies looking that amazing!
[...] I’m so excited for my first feature on Poptastic Bride! I can’t think of a better site to feature such a fun and colorful engagement session. If you haven’t seen the images, check them out here. [...]
I love the yellow dress she’s wearing.
And of course, as always, beautiful photos!