Venice & Yoshi | DeYoung Museum | Golden Gate Park | San Francisco | Engagement Session

My time with Venice and Yoshi was so chill.  We met in front of the DeYoung Museum inside Golden Gate Park on a sunny afternoon.  The DeYoung and the park always makes for a fun canvas.  I actually woke up that morning with racing thoughts of inspiration for this shoot.  In an effort to constantly keep things fresh, I'm always looking for things to inspire me.  This time it was the thought of freedom.  The freedom to shoot whatever comes to mind and just go for it. Freedom from any rules about how to shoot an engagement session.  Within, some boundaries of course.  It wouldn't be very useful if I just did macro shots of their third fingernails. 

Hanging out with you guys was so relaxing and informative!  I can't wait to see you guys for your wedding on Sunday. 

Holding hands is out.  Pinky holds are in.  They've actually been doing this for many years now. 

 Her smile is gorgeous.

Crazy times! 

I have no idea what this was, but it was huge.  And kinda scary jumping up and down on it with them. 

 Venice's favorite watch version 2.  She lost the first one, so Yoshi bought her another one.  Ingrid has a boy's watch too, so we related on that level.

 Infinity couple.

Shooting in harsh mid-day light can make for some interesting images. 

For some reason I can't stop looking at this one.

Connie & Kenneth | Shin Bu Bridal | Wilshire United Methodist | Wilshire Plaza Hotel | Los Angeles | Wedding

Style.  Kenneth and Connie, has gotten that word down pat.  Their wedding had a grand and classy feel to it all over.  Her dress was pretty amazing, with an extra long veil for cool flying in the wind type shots.  Made for catching some dramatic shots pretty easy.   We got tons of time to shoot with Connie at Shin Bu Bridal in Koreatown, so we had a blast trying tons of shots. 

Thanks Kenneth and Connie, for letting us be a part of your day, can't wait to see how your album comes out! 

The Medusa shoe shot.

Feels like a Cinderella moment.

Water fountain + rings = cool. 

Guys always have tons of fun on the wedding day.  Most of them probably aren't expecting to have a good time, but guys seem to really enjoy changing together in a big room and acting silly. 

Palm trees in the chapel?!  Crazy times!  

I don't know what they were talking about, but it was cute.

We did their couple portraits in a record 15 minutes!

 

There was a very cool hula hoop competition during the reception.  They must have cleaned out Toys R Us the day before.

Kenneth showed off his muscles for everyone in this never before seen (by us) game where you squat the bride and scream into the microphone.  The next day, Jerry and I tried to see if he could squat me.  It wasn't pretty.

 They did the Dirty Dancing routine!  I don't know how brides are able to walk in their dresses, much less do THAT dance!