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And here we go… last set of photos from Mickey and Brett’s photo session (where I was second shooting and assisting George Delgado) a few weeks ago.

Below is the ceiling of the Destino, the restaurant where the reception was held. In retrospect, I should’ve taken enough photos of the ceiling to stitch together a panorama… but it didn’t really cross my mind at the time that I may want to make one image of it. Lesson learned.

The couple’s first dance. For some odd reason, I loved this shot of her cousin taking a snapshot of them dancing. After that, her first dance with her father as a married woman.

Lastly, the champagne, the laughs as those toasting tell the bride and groom incriminating secrets about each of them, and those silly family friends that know when to have a good time.

See? Weddings shouldn’t be so stressful.

Waded through a few more photos from the wedding where I second shot and assisted photographer George Delgado a few weeks ago.

Below are images from the the UN’s non-denominational chapel. Small and lovely place. Lighting was a little difficult in there, but I did like how the photos came out.

Next up: We’re Off to See the Reception!


Yes, she’s barefoot.

A few weekends ago, I assisted George Delgado on a wedding shoot. I just received my files via snail mail and was able to cut down about 600 photos to just my few favorite shots (and by “just” a few, I mean about 25).

On a totally random note, I am in the process of moving images over to Google Picasa instead of my web-host. I apologize in advance if any images load funkily in the meantime.

Anywho, here are a couple of the shots from the earlier portion of the day, where the bride is prepping.

Next up on future posts: Couple photos, the Ceremony and the Reception!

I had the pleasure of shooting for one of Nadia and Girish’s pre-wedding events last week… henna party time! The event space is part of her building, which is a beautiful place, might I add. For about the first half of the event, I was able to shoot using just the sunlight streaming through the large windows (yay for more hours of sun during warm weather).

Nadia’s henna was gorgeous! But, there’s really not much you can do if you’re the bride at one of these events. Fresh henna covering the entire hand kind of leaves you helpless… For example, not being able to fend yourself from your husband-to-be. On the bright side, you don’t have to deal with feeding yourself!

I’m not usually one to work with these sort of “open” shots, as I have a habit of filling in the frame with face/body, but I felt the compulsion to drag Nadia and my lighting gear over for the shot above.

There seems to be some taboo against photography during funerals in western culture. As far as my presence has been concerned, I’ve always seen western funerals photo-less, whereas my funerals within my family have either had the entire ceremony videotaped or photographed (or both).

Then again, in the context of my family, we have the difficulty of having half of the family in the US, while the other half is in Vietnam, so the ability to share the event is very important. So I don’t really know if it’s more of a tradition than the fact that we need documentation due to many not being able to attend the ceremony.

What was odd for me here was dealing with both being the “official” photographer for the event, as well as participating, being there as a family member. I wanted to get as much as I could, without seeming like the obnoxious family member snapping away at a coffin.