Wow! What a year it was in 2009! First off I want to wish all of you and your families a very Happy New Year and I hope this year brings you much love and joy! Secondly , I want to say THANK YOU to all of my great clients who allowed me to do what I love the most and being able to share this passion with you is truly an honor. I never want to take for granted the opportunity each and everyone of you have given to me. Third, I am also very fortunate to work with a great team! Thanks to Britney, Dyane, Joe, Arvind and Avinash. These are the main people behind the hard work we do to perfect what we create for each and everyone of you!

Now for 2010! We are excited this year to be featuring more new products and the latest albums around. This coming week I will be heading out to Nashville to visit one of the largest photographic trade shows around. There I will experience the latest and greatest in the world of photography! Stayed tuned as we will post some of our newer designs, albums and our hottest images.

   I wanted to make sure we posted this awesome event! Jim and Tara shared a spectacular day at the St Regis resort for their wedding ceremony and reception. It was an intimate event with 30 of their closes friends and family. The wedding was put together by the one and only Lisa Simpson adding her magical touch.

  The ceremony was held outdoors at the magnificent Botanical Lawn looking over the ocean into the sunset. The colorful flowers and bouquets matched the natural setting all designed by Amanda at Fantasy Florals.  She always does a stunning job! Not to forget the Brides hair and makeup also beautifully created by the girls at Design Visage.

  After the ceremony ended, the guests made their way to an indoor reception with lots of great things yet to come. I must also say, Tara and Jim were so nice to work with and they truly enjoyed every minute of their day.  The guests as well really enjoyed the wonderful first class treatment at the St Regis. Plenty of food, lots of drinks and the cool sounds from Jeff at Moondance entertainment.

A Beautiful Sunset

 

This is what its all about!One of my favorites

 

One of my favorites

 

Fantasy Florals

   It’s been a very busy summer and it seems like yesterday when I posted my last blog but in fact the whole summer has gone by and I finally get to breathe and continue  my “blogging” journey. I have many more to come especially for all the many great couples and weddings I have been so honored t0 be apart of! Thank you to all!

   Here’s a great engagement session I wanted to be sure to post! Payal and Raj are getting married in India this December and there reception will take place early next year here in southern California. The best part is I photographed Payal (the bride) about 10 years ago. She came to me for a beautiful studio portrait for her “Arangatrum” which is a South Indian dance performance final.

    During our engagement session we had such a great time capturing fun and romantic style photographs. We wanted to make sure we captured not only some traditional photos but also some magnificent images in there beautiful Indian attire. I look forward to there wedding day but mostly I am flattered to have met  such a great couple and to be apart of there upcoming wedding! You guys make a perfect couple!!

Having fun

 

Beautiful eyes

 

They could be models!

 

Love the ocean shots at dusk!

   I could not wait to to post this wedding because not only did I have such a great time with Marissa and Josh’s wedding but because the bride was so elegant yet colorful. Weekend after weekend I get to see beautiful brides and handsome grooms and they all look magnificent with the traditional styles of today. But this bride and groom were not only fashionably cool they were also such an awesome couple!! The wedding and ceremony was at the Ritz Carlton, Laguna Niguel over looking the sunset  terrace with a perfect ocean front affair. The best part of the ceremony was watching the groom play the piano as his lovely bride made it down the aisle. Very romantic I might say! This event could not of went as perfect with the perfect planning of  Lisa Simpson, Lisa Simpson Wedding Celebrations. Since this couple was both from San Jose, this was ultimately a destination wedding being held right here in Orange County California.

Taken minutes before the ceremony

Everyone who knows me knows that when it comes to summer weekends I am NOT available for personal outings, parties or even a day trip somewhere other than a church or perhaps a wedding venue of sort. So this I guess would be the bad news. Now the great news is, I truly enjoy what I do and I guess if hanging out at hundreds of weddings for over 2 decades must really mean  I like hanging out with couples who are about to commit there life’s together. Lucky for me I get to witness and capture one of there biggest days. Pretty fun! So I thought I would show you a couple photos of what I look like most weekends.

Frank in Action

What a beautiful memorial day weekend in sunny California! But for Renee and Mike it was a weekend they would never forget. Renee and Mike tied the knot in Dana Point California at a grand location with magnificent ocean views under clear blue sky’s. I was able to photograph there engagement session months before the big day and what a great time we had! Such an awesome couple! The event was perfectly planned by the one and only Ruth Wang from Plan2perfection.com. She always creates gorgeous events and not to mention awesome to work with! I also was in luck to be able to work with Kyle from Elysium Productions. I really enjoy there unobtrusive and professional style. The reception was the highlight of the day with spectacular views from club 19 as all the guest enjoyed cocktails and a extravagant meal. The party was powered by Jim Izzo from Honored Occasions. He definitely knows how to keep the guests on there feet.

 

I really love Black & Whites

     What a fun evening we had last night in San Juan Capistrano. Mike and Debbie are getting married in September here in the OC and wanted to get a jump on there engagement session. I ended up photographing between 500 to 600 images for a variety of backgrounds and clothing options. Many of our couples like to choose one of our many albums and collages to display at there rehearsal dinner party or the actual wedding day. They were a blast to photograph and anything I suggested they did so naturally! Thanks guys!

Just enjoying there moment together!

Here they are! Gabby and Ernesto married at the lush Dove Canyon Country Club. The ceremony took place over looking the 18th hole as you can see in the background minutes before sunset. After racing thru all the formal portraits we rushed down below to capture the final moments at dusk. Just like there engagement session they were both naturals when it came to creating a romantic feel. Once we completed a series of photographs they were then introduced to a spectacular reception created by the one and only lisasimpsonweddings.com. To get the party started was the “OC’s busiest DJ Mr. Peter Papadopoulos from Vive Entertainment.

My Favorite photos taken after Sunset!

       Maribel and Robert tied the knot at the Huntington Beach Hotel & Spa at the Lighthouse lawn with the magnificent Pacific Ocean in the background. The reception followed in the Huntington Ballroom. The beautiful event was designed by Neshelle from Andres Floral & Event Design. The couple entered there candle lit room with a live band playing there song. After dinner and a slide show they were entertained with ballroom dancers after there amazing first dance they rehearsed as if they were “The dancing with Stars” .  Great job!

 

What a photogenic couple!

Gabby and Ernesto make the perfect couple! We headed down to Laguna Beach last week during the warm weather spell we had. What a great day! We were able to get some great shots on the beach as well as some natural settings. Gabby and Ernesto will have there wedding on May 2nd at Dove Canyon Country club. The entire wedding is put together by wedding planner Lisa Simpson, www.lisasimpsonweddings.com. We always love working with her because she always does a magnificent job and keeps everything under control. Here’s a quick sample of our lovely couple. I promise to post more…..

A romantic moment