Vu and I hung out and shot a few photos at for the RVIP Lounge at the LA Film Festival.
See all of the photographs on flickr.
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Archive for June, 2008
I’ve now been back for a week and have not posted more photographs from the wedding… I am getting through them slowly and came across this one. I feel that it really represents a lot about wedding photography.
The first thought that came to my mind is that every wedding day goes by so fast it is a blur.
How do you feel this photograph represents wedding photography?
The $548 million, seven-floor, 460,000-square-foot building (that will be the new hospital building at Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles) used a giant crane to help build it. Vu and I were asked to photograph and video the disassembly of the crane. (see a write up on the time lapse video on Vu’s blog)
It was an amazing sight from our vantage point. Almost every piece that came off needed it’s own truck to haul it off. It is also a very dangerous job if the proper safety procedures are not used. Fortunately everything went smooth and safe.
This is the removal of the counter weights. If one of these were to drop while being moved it would break through 3 floors of a building.
The counter weights are very heavy.
Here is the last piece that was removed before we left for the day. There was a very nice view of Los Angeles proper from the helicopter pad we were taking photographs and video from.
Here are The Bui Brothers atop the helicopter pad where we had a great view of the Hollywood sign.
Slideshow music by Paul Dateh
Today was a pretty busy day, even though we only intended to go to one place.
We started the day out lazily by sleeping in until 11:00am. Got up and asked our tour sales guy, Victor, if he could get us to Chitzen Itza; unfortunately the tour left at 7:00am. We ended up renting a car and thinking it would be a great idea to drive there. We mapped out a really great day trip from Cancun to Chitzen Itza then to Tulum. We had plenty of time to make it a good long road trip across a lot of the Yucatan Peninsula.
We started out great, our rental car guy gave us a map and told us the fastest and most cost effective way of going. Basically there is a toll road that has two toll plazas, one $20 one and the next one is $16. There is no avoiding the $20 unless you go on rural roads which will make your trip about 4 hours. So we were off on our way. All would have been well if there was not construction… we were delayed an hour and a half going through what should have been our 20 minute $16 savings route 
Once we made it to Chitzen Itza all was great, we walked around and took photographs and some video.
When it was time to leave were were hungry so we went to find a Taco place… after a week here it seems like taco’s are a Pacific thing… it took us about 30 minutes to find a place that served taco’s. The taco’s we ate had a local flavor to them, the ingredients were all fresh and delicious.
Well, by that time we were pretty late and so we debated canceling the Tulum trip. It was just getting too late in the day, we had already driven 200km to Chitzen Itza and it was another 200km to Tulum and then another 130km back to our hotel so we decided to take the scenic rural route back to our hotel (you know, the one with no toll). It was an amazing adventure back. With a mega thunder storm, dogs, chickens, a cat, a church in ruins, and about a thousand speed bumps we made it back in just under 5 hours.
Since Bonny shot the day with our HD camera, I just captured some random pieces of footage from the tape to post, once I get back home I’ll capture the footage and post something else, too.
The day can only be summed up by calling it an adventure Charlie.
Today Bonny and I had a very awesome time at Xcaret, Mexico. Think Disneyland in Mexico with a Mayan, jungle and Caribbean theme. It was way one of the best experiences we have had.
The best part for me was when we went swimming in underground rivers and swimming in the jungle. This is just a small portion of the day, I’ll post a full review of Xcaret once I’m back home.
Today we shot the wedding!!!
The day could not have been more perfect.
I am so tired after transferring and backing up all of the photographs I am just going to post this one photograph. I’ll post more soon, for now check out Aaron’s blog (he should be posting some images soon).
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Above is another bit of video from our day 2 in Cancun, Mexico. We got to go kayaking, meet a monkey, and go on a pirate cruise!
I’d also like to write (type) about what made it possible for me to be here. I am here for work…
The whole reason I'm here is because of this happy person.
Well, not just her, but also her cool fiance. Carrie and Daniel are getting married this Sunday, that is one thing I was hired to shoot.
Another reason I'm here, and it is an important one, Is because of this guy; Aaron Dieppa, wedding photographer. He asked me if he could hire me to come and shoot the wedding with him and make some promo videos, I said YES.
Finally, what made it possible for me to be here is my support team. My support team here is Bonny! She it taking care of shooting video for the promos we will make as well as doing a ton of other things.
And here is photograph of the sunset last night.
Without Bonny, I don’t think I’d be able to properly photograph the wedding and make promos for Aaron. So, thank you Bonny!!!
Without Aaron hiring me to shoot the wedding with him and make promo videos I would not be able to be here. Thank you Aaron!!!
And Thanks to Carrie and Daniel for getting engaged and planning your wedding here in beautiful Cancun, Mexico.
Slideshow Music by Paul Dateh
Wow! Cancun is so awesome!
Here is a quick video (30 seconds) recap of our day. We got to see the beautiful beach and water, walk around a bit of Mayan ruins, see some wildlife and go swimming.
We still have not gotten in touch with Aaron (I’m shooting the wedding on Sunday with him) so hopefully we talk to him today. The wedding is going to be at the Dreams Resort here is Cancun. I can’t wait!!!
Vu and I were hired to make a promo video for Candice and Mark of Mark Brooke Photographers. It is a great honor to be able to work with them. If you don’t know who they are, you are missing out! Check out their blog.
After a few days of planning, we had a vision of shooting in the hills with dead grass and bringing their couples there for the testimonials. I think we nailed our vision.
Something that Mark and Candice talked to Vu and I about was how important video promotion is to a photographer. Vu and I believe it is essential to any business to have video so that prospective clients can get to know the business instantly when they go to the website. This benefits both the prospective client and the business by saving time; if your client loves your video and they love your personality that they see in it… they will contact you and will already feel they kind of know you. If the potential client doesn’t like it, then they don’t have to waste time setting up a meeting; they can move on and find their perfect match. I think in short, a video makes a business more transparent when done right, it shows who you will actually meet and what they are like.
After watching the video I’m sure you will really know Mark and Candice much better.
Check this post on Vu’s blog for the photographs that he took for the video.
