It’s always a treat to be placing some of my wedding images on the stage in the midst of all the great talents out there in the latest ISPWP.
Today, I had the honor of doing just this, placing 9th overall. Congrats also for all my photographer friends who placed!! :)


2nd place, Getting Ready (from Krystle + Ben’s wedding at Pelican Hill)

7th place, Bridal Party Portrait (from Melanie + David’s wedding at The City Club, San Francisco)

6th place, Venue / Location (from Samar + Ali’s wedding in Italy)

15th place, Venue / Location (from Melanie + David’s wedding at The City Club, San Francisco)

2nd place: Framing the subject (from Melanie + David’s wedding at The City Club, San Francisco)

10th place, Wedding Details (from Ann + Ted’s Wedding at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles)

I was lucky enough to be invited by my good friend, the talented Vinicius Matos (the genius behind the photography school in Belo Horizonte, Escola de Imagem) to do a small workshop for his students. Brazil is an amazing place, filled with really friendly people. Probably one of the nicest group of people I’ve ever met. The workshop was an intense 2-day workshop translated in Portuguese (which I think is a really beautiful language, but sooooo very difficult language to learn, phonetically).

We talked about the philosophies of wedding images, starting from photojournalism to portraits and all things photography, and we had an awesome time photographing a couple of models in a nearby indoor market.  Weather was sketchy (it was raining really hard almost everyday) but we managed to get lucky and successfully did the shoot.  Here are some of the shots from the workshop by my new friend, Henrique Ribas as well as some of mine from the photoshoot.

Who else is interested for a workshop?  We have two awesome workshops that would guarantee to get you thinking about your photos:  The intense 2ON1, or the soon scheduled Photo 102 for amateurs.  Contact us through our contact form and indicate which types of workshops you would be interested in!

Now, time for shots! (The following 4 shots by Henrique Ribas)  Model: Luh Montini

And now here are some of the results:

A new year, and a new surprise!  I am so honored to be featured in this crazy good lineup of photographers in the latest Junebug Weddings Best of the Best 2010 (The Best Wedding Photos of the Year).

This image is from Samar + Ali’s epic Italy wedding.

Amidst all the craziness of traveling and wrapping up an awesome 2010, I finally got the chance to post these images that place in the ISPWP Fall 2010 contest. Thank you for all of our clients who trusted us to do what we need to do to document their wedding and engagement!

Sami + Mike surreal ceremony at the Parker, Palm Springs

Nancy + Ed floating cake at the Pelican Hill, Newport Coast

Eddie Wakes singing at Monika + David reception at the Four Seasons, Las Vegas

Krystle + Ben engagement session in Central Park, New York

Kat getting ready before her elopement to Julian at the City Hall, San Francisco

Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas Peeps!!!

Fresh blog post from Indonesia!  Another quarter, another set of images recognized by these two fine establishments: WPJA (Wedding PhotoJournalists Association) and ISPWP (International Society of Professional Wedding Photographers).

Here are some of them that made the cut:

From Samar + Ali’s Tuscany Wedding:
This is one of my favorite images that I took this year, simply because of all the elements in it that came together at the right time.  This is the first look time, and samar is coming down to meet Ali for the first time that day.  I suddenly saw that her families and friends started popping out their heads from the windows and that’s it, captured.

From Jen + Al’s Palo Alto Wedding:
A short moment of prayer right before the ceremony started.

From Melissa + Josh’ 2nd Part Wedding in Claremont, CA:
The Filipino tradition, Veil & Cord ceremony.

From Tina + Albert’s Palo Alto Wedding:
Albert’s dad hugging Tina during the ceremony.

Tina + Albert’s portrait at a local classic theatre.  One of the toughest framing I’ve ever done for a portrait, I think.