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Snapshots of a Photographer's Life in The Bay Area

Shame On You A.I.

Fuck American Idol.

WHAT. EV. ERRRR.    

And what's up with the pants J. Lo? Channeling MC Hammer and shit. Those pants ain't ever goin' to make a comeback.







EVER.


Save those for the long and skinny ones. Us pear shaped mommas can never pull it off. Stick to flaunting your abs and let's not go overboard trying to set trends and shit from the waist down.    

Don't worry Jessica, you'll win the crowd in a few years when you grow a personality and stop covering your mouth whenever you giggle and learn a few more variations of a response aside from an overly polite “Thank you.” Now go get those Invisaligns. You will be the shit, watch.    

Don't get me wrong. I like Phillip Phillips (all the creativity seemed to have skipped his parents and went straight to the kids. I'm just sayin'.). I'm just being overly dramatic that a kababayan almost made it but didn't.    

I've been browsing for monokinis online. They're the sexiest swimsuits around for those of us who almost made it, weight wise, but fell a few pounds short (of losing). And when I say a few I'm thinking along the lines of twenty.
Fuck you.


I was kidding.


God.    

I wonder when I'll be back down to a size 4 when wearing a real skimpy ass bikini is actually FUN and not terrifyingly embarrassing as fuck.    

Online window shopping (how stupid is that), Pinterest, Zombies, eBay, Temple Run, mahjong, browsing for DIY home projects (and not starting any – yet). This is what I waste my time on when I'm not working.    

I had an awesome shoot though yesterday, but as anal as I am, in the most wholesome sense of the word, I won't be writing about that til I go through all the couples I've done, in the most wholesome concept, in ORDER.
























(Ohhh-kay, psycho.)

So meet Mark and Iliana.


(Liking the new fonts and shit? Yeah. That's what's up.)

A couple from New York who flew to our gorgeous part of the world to get hitched.    

I don't know why but whenever I'm with a couple I find myself seeing a resemblance between my female subject and a particular actress. Not a hundred percent of the time but very often. Rarely happens with the dudes.    

So going back to Iliana, Salma Hayek came to mind but with more ooomph.    

She was consistently graceful. The way she walked. The way she threw her hair back. The way she worked it on her solos.    

Me lavvved it.   

After they exchanged their


































Note to Mark:  Thank you for the 5 star review on Yelp! Ditto on the walk from the Conservatory to the Japanese Tea Garden. LOL! That was quite a trek. Fuck that.
To Mark & Iliana, it was awesome meeting you guys! You were definitely a breeze to work with! Hit me up if you're spending your first anniversary in the bay!    

Here they are:










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Guns A'Blazin

Ok so here I am writing over a month after the last one. Whatever right? I've a crapload of excuses I can pull off my ass but thing is, I've been lazy, I mean busy.

Mother's Day has come and gone. Do you have any idea how much it costs to send a decent bouquet all the way to the Philippines? Fifty freakin dollars! Sorry ma, you know I'd spend more on you but dang! And I'm not even talking about an elaborate arrangement of exotic flowers. Got my mom-in-law a bouquet of white tulips, stargazers and hot pink stock (real nice and expensive looking) at the last minute at Safeway for a little over twenty bucks.

Top 10 Cool Wedding Photo Spots at the San Francisco City Hall

Johnny was playing his new game Resident Evil Operation Raccoon City when I noticed his character running around a place that looked dead on like the SF City Hall. It was a trip seeing it on a video game! From the lobby, the floor design, the second floor down to the railing design. It looked as grand as the real one.

If you haven't been to this City Hall, go check it out. It's pretty awesome. I've heard the gold trimmings on the dome are the real deal. If it is, that istight!

Back in September 2010, I was quite unprepared on the first wedding I shot here.

Alex + Boo: A Fun St. Paddy's Wedding Photo Booth

Here are some of my favorites from Alex and Boo's St. Paddy's Wedding Photo Booth. A custom designed photo booth definitely makes any party kick ass! To book the Fun Photo Booth, click here.












Ashley + Willie: A Civil Wedding At The Oakland County Clerk's Office

February kinda sucked, I thought, as Iexcitedly made my way to Ashley & Willie's civil ceremony in Oakland. I've never been to the Oakland County Clerk's Office in Madison except for the time we got our marriage license. I never saw the ceremony room and nothing stood out from my memory.

I'm used to covering civil weddings in San Francisco. I know the SF City Hall by heart and looking for a perfect spot comes easy.

Coming here, I knew this was going to pose as a challenge, and I was psyched to charge into it.