What a privilege it was to photograph the wedding of Ki Yong Kim and Carolyn Wallace! Ki Yong is such an amazing man, a leader, and a friend. Carolyn made a stunning bride, and is a wonderful woman for Ki Yong. To be able to share in this day with them is something I will never forget.

I have a lot of work to do in organizing and editing their photos, but I wanted to share just a few quick images that stood out to me. Enjoy, and check back later in the week for a more detailed look at the images from Ki Yong and Carolyn's wedding. Ki Yong and Carolyn, thank you so much again for being such a pleasure to work with and being such good friends!

The bride, looking quite beautiful with her colorful flowers, and the groom, as happy as can be for this day to finally come



Sharing a laugh during the ceremony

Dressed up for the Paebaek ceremony!

Taking off after the reception with friends and family seeing them off.

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Remember Kristin and Mikey from an earlier post about headshots? Well, we also teamed up and did some stock photography, and I just got word from Kristin that one of the pictures is being used by drugstore.com. I love getting these notices!
Here's the original:

In use:

Thanks again for sharing, Kristin!

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Here is the second set of images from Diana and Ryan's wedding day. As I said before, this was a fun and beautiful day to be a part of. Thanks Diana and Ryan!

Romance after being wed

The flames made for a fun background element. Ryan and Diana had such a great chemistry



Beautiful lighting on a beautiful bride!

A sunset kiss over the lake

Bride in transit, then stealing a kiss during a busy reception

The dip, displayed as elegantly as ever

With the fisheye lens, almost surreal looking

The venue was fantastic

Sweethearts relaxing after a crazy day

Hope you enjoyed some of these images! Some more great weddings to come during the summer, can't wait!

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Working with John to capture moments from Diana and Ryan's wedding day was spectacular. The wedding took place in Temecula, and it was absolutely beautiful. This will be a two-part blog post as there are many images to share!

Diana excitedly waving to a friend on her special day, and her groom, Ryan.

Father of the groom getting ready for the day

The groom and his men, far, far in the background

Bride and groom enjoying the day

Here's the scene for the wedding

A kiss... then riding off together for some alone time

An intimate moment in the wine field




These two were so great to work with, so happy the whole day

Beautiful scene, yes?

Relaxing!

Beautiful smiles

The mother-son and father-daughter dances.

And the bouquet and garter toss.


What a fun day it was. I really enjoyed getting to know Diana and Ryan. They were both calm, excited, and ready. Check back soon for some bride and groom images, perhaps some of my favorite that I have been privileged to take.

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HDR is the acronym for high dynamic range. In digital photography, this refers to combining multiple exposures of the exact same image. For example's sake, one image would be underexposed, one would be properly exposed, and one would be overexposed. This allows for scenes with areas that contrast each other to be seen in a single image without blown out highlights or black shadows. In the below image- a properly exposed image would show the sky as blown out, or the foreground area to be too dark.

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Last night was the nursing pinning ceremony for 2 friends of mine, Katelyn Carey and Kate Jordan. I went to get images of them being pinned, turns out I shot just about the whole night! I knew way more people graduating than I thought I would, which made it a truly fun night.

Danielle Gomes waiting to get things started


The Jordan Family!

Cute kid

Flowers set up for a beautiful ceremony
Kate "walking down the aisle"

Katelyn "walking down the aisle"
A bunch more people "walking down the aisle"
Proud Mom and Dad


Heads bowed in prayer

Detail on the shoulder

Presenting Faculty Awards

A lot of people turned out for the ceremony


Documenting the night

So excited!


More parental love

I've created a web gallery for the rest of the images, which can be seen here. Congratulations to all the grads!

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