Last month January 06, 2011 I received my two awards for 2010 Photographer of The Year and Wedding Photographer of The Year from Professional Photographers of Sacramento Valley (PPSV). These motivates me to shoot more and be creative for my clients and brides this year 2011.
Thank you so much!
Here is a teaser of Odette and Joe’s Wedding at The Reef in Long Beach California. I will post more pictures soon.
Congratulation Odette and Joe!
Joe and Odette
Congratulation Barry and Noelle !
This engagement session was an adventure for me. Barry and Noelle picked the spot in Folsom at The Old Folsom Bridge. We then walked and walked and walked in The America River parkway and found several nice spots to photograph the couple. The place was so beautiful, I didn’t realize we were walking a long distance. Barry said we walked approximately miles to get to where they wanted to be photographed. I’m like “NO WAY! Did I walk that far? With just one 8 0z. water bottle?!!!!” My body did feel it the next day but it was all worth it for the sake of art. I got the pictures I wanted, the couple got the place they wanted, we had fun, and hopefully you enjoy the pictures! The only thing I regret that day was that I forgot to put sunblock! It was 100 degrees…
Barry and Noelle
Barry and Noelle
Thanks for viewing!
It was an exciting day last July 21, 2010 . First, I was waiting for UPS to arrive for my 16×20 print and it came around 6pm. Then the deadline to submit for the Professional Photographers os Sacramento Valley (PPSV) print competition is at 6:45 pm and I still have another appointment meeting at 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm. So I asked my buddy Ruben Edgardo if he could pick up my print and bring it to the PPSV meeting to submit it at Dante Club in Sacramento. Thankfully it got there on time. Thanks to Ruben Edgardo Gongalez.
I got there at the PPSV meeting at 7:30 pm and the speaker was Tim Engle showing his style of lighting using flashlights in his portraits. Then the print competition started at 9pm. I was so nervous because I didn’t know what the judges will say about my print. However, I’m so happy it scored high for superior quality! My print “The Mansion” got the Best of Show and Speaker’s Choice Award! Thanks to the judges David Mckay, Ally Mckay, Tim Engle, Thomas Kuhl, Sandra Harris and James Hays.
I would like to thank you also for the bride and groom Mea and Lendon. Thank you for trusting me to photograph your wedding. I know we had quite a way to walk to the mansion, but it’s all worth it and the pictures we took will last a lifetime.
The Mansion
Here are some of my favorite shots of Odette and Joe’s engagement session taken at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles and at the Santa Monica Pier in Santa Monica Beach Califonia.
Hope you like it. Thanks for viewing.
Walt Disney Concert Hall
Walt Disney Concert Hall
Santa Monica Pier
