The Charettes

I took some photos of the Charette Family today. We are all friends from church, and I'm sad that they are moving to Florida. I'm glad that they are probably swimming in the warm ocean out there right now though :) Emily is an awesome graphic designer, Jeff makes sweet websites, and Eleanor is cute. Here are some of the photos:

Desert?

I am going to make a menu for the coffee shop across the street from my house, Mocha 101. I took a few test shots of one of the crepes that they make. I'll post more photos of the other food/menu layouts when they happen. Mmmm :)

Jesse and Karen Diaz

I got to be a part of Jesse and Karen's special day. It was an adventure for the books, but everything always worked out. We got a lot of awesome photos too. You can see more in the SLIDESHOW, and I've posted some here too:

Right about the time that Karen was done getting her hair and makeup done, the bridesmaids went out to the car to get the dress. The only thing, was that the car was missing... It had been towed (SF parking is crazy!). This put a kink in the schedule, but luckily, Karen had planned a lot of photo time into the morning. It just cut into the photo time a little while they got the car, and the dress back. Through the whole scene, Karen was really calm :) No stress! Even I got a little worried when I heard one of the girl mention, "We could probably find another dress before the ceremony..." It all worked out, and the show still went on.

We were going to do photos at the Legion of Honor, and the Palace of Fine Arts, but we ended up just staying at the Legion of Honor. The courtyard there is an awesome spot for photos!








No stress!
Even though the photo time got shortened, we still got a lot of awesome shots, and had plenty of time to catch up with the schedule.
Jesse HAND PAINTED the sign below, and ALL of the name cards at the reception. They were beautifully done!


The ceremony was at the church I regularly go to, Dolores Park Church in the Mission District.






The reception was in China Town


Karen did a quick outfit change into a traditional Chinese dress.



Jesse got into taking photos with my other camera. It was pretty awesome because people had different reactions for him than they did for me.






It was an exciting day, from start to finish. I love all of the photos. Thanks guys!

Biker Chick

Here are a few pics of Alexis on her motorcycle :) It's a Honda CB 200. I get to sit on the back when she's driving.

Hsiao-Yun Portraits

Here are some portraits that I did for Hsiao-Yun, one of my professors at SFSU. Cheers!

Allen and Christine Frandsen

I got to photograph Allen Frandsen and Christine Cobb's wedding today. Christine is a friend from high school. Here are some photos from the day. You can see more in their SLIDESHOW too.

It was a beautiful day in Santa Barbara!
First glance :)



























One of their friends built this beautiful cake for them.







The reception site at night looked pretty cool.
Thanks so much for letting me be a part of your day. It was awesome!

Happy Birthday Vanessa!

Alexis and I went down to San Jose for the afternoon for her friend Vanessa's graduation/birthday party. We all played softball and it was really nice out. Good Times!

Local Music

I was grabbing a coffee at Mocha 101 (the coffee shop across the street from my house), and was pleasantly surprised to see some live music happening. I'm mostly gone on the weekends, but I guess they have live jazz there every weekend. It was cool to see a lot of people from the neighborhood there too. Sometimes in a big city you lose the feeling of community, so this was really nice. Thanks Mocha 101!

Matthias Photography

I helped my friend Matthias with his new photo venture by developing (all in one night) a logo, colors, a website, pricing pdf, and business cards. I think it was the craziest all-nighter that I've ever done! We started at 7PM and worked straight through till 11am. Yikes! Matthias is very passionate about photography, and its always nice to help a friend out. He recently helped shoot Grace and Peter's wedding with me, and has been doing lots of other portraits, landscapes, and anything else that he can get in front of his camera. You can see the website that I made, and his photography portfolio at www.matthiasphoto.com.

Heidi and Lucy

Heidi and Andy Fox are friends of mine from our home group Bible study, and they are the proud parents of Lucy Fox. It was cool seeing it go from "I'm pregnant!" to the big belly, and then seeing Lucy smiling. We finally got around to doing some photos, but unfortunately Andy had some stuff come up so he couldn't make it. Here are some of the photos:

Camping

Alexis and I went camping over the 4th of July weekend at Lake Amador. It was really nice to get away from the computer for a minute. That thing has been sucking the life out of me.

We burned part of one of my school projects while we were out there. It was very symbolic.



I hope that you had a nice 4th of July!