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Vu and I had a lighting workshop for photographers a few months ago with tofurious. We had a great time and even sold out the workshop within a few hours of announcing it.
We are going to be having another workshop very soon. Here are some images that we [...]

Use Google Voice Voicemail with iPhone

I love the idea of Google Voice. I’ve been wanting to use it for a while but didn’t want to because I could not use Google Voice voicemail with my iPhone.
Here is what I mean… If you call my Google Voice number, it goes to my cell then to Google Voice if unanswered, busy [...]

Ritz Carlton Laguna Niguel Wedding Photography

Ritz Carlton Laguna Niguel Wedding Photography lighting workshop
Today we are having a lighting workshop for photographers at the Ritz Carlton Laguna Niguel. I believe the attendees are mostly wedding photographers. I’ve never stayed a the Ritz Carlton in Laguna Niguel before last night (well any Ritz Carlton either) and it was pretty nice! The workshop [...]

NBC TV show Southland Reviewed

A few things you should know before reading my review of Southland the new NBC show:
- I am not a writer
- I am not a critic
- There are no spoilers in this review
Southland Review
The show is good, I really enjoyed it and if you have not seen it you can watch the first episode embedded [...]

Another good Dead Kitty

I think this will become a series.
This time I really captured the feeling of Orange Kitty Death, her eyes were even open.

Dead Orange Kitty?

Almost every time I come home I see our Orange Kitty laying dead in the driveway. Fortunatley Orange Kitty has never really been dead.
Here is what is see almost every day:

Birthday Breakfast 2008

Today Vu, Paul Dateh and Bonny surprised me with breakfast for my birthday!!!

BFFs at In-N-Out

Vicki and Bonny have known each other for 15 years now. I’m pretty sure I don’t have any friends that I’ve know for that long, I did a lot of moving when I was growing up.
Vicki just finished school and her clinicals in Chicago. She has not had In-N-Out for 2 years!!! Today is special!!!

Blogging from the iPhone

I’m sitting here in front of a fan of money that Bonny got from selling her iPhone.
It is enough to cover buying the new iPhone 3g, a new case, and have some money left over! If you have an old iPhone, you can get some good money for it on craigalist.

Another Blurry Photograph

While finishing up going through the photographs from Cancun I came across another blurry photograph. I passed up this photograph a few times while going through the photographs and each time it really caught my eye, so I wonder what others think of it.

RVIP Lounge at LA Film Festival

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.

Blurry photograph from Cancun

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 [...]

Giant Crane Disassembly

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 [...]

Mark Brooke Photographers Promo Video

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 [...]

EPIC-FU with Revision3 – Zadi and Steve get Headshots

I had the pleasure of shooting Zadi Diaz and Steve Woolf of Smashface (which makes Epic Fu) the other day.
Just the other day Zadi and Steve announced on the Smashface blog that they would be going separate ways with Next New Networks. A mutual and friendly decision as both NNN (blog post) and Smashface are [...]

Paul Dateh Live is soon!!!

Only a few more hours!!!
Today 5pm PST / 8pm EST
http://live.pauldateh.com

Paul Dateh LIVE

Paul Dateh performing with Ken Belcher
Sunday, May 25th, 2008
5pm PST / 8pm EST
http://live.pauldateh.com
No matter what you are doing tonight, you must check out the FREE LIVE performance by Paul Dateh and Ken Belcher.
Vu and I have the pleasure of being asked to provide the LIVE streaming video services.
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MNP house party

Last night Bonny and I went to Michael Norwood’s house party! It was really fun, especially the catered sushi part!!!
I didn’t take much video, but here are some of the people that made it in this one:? Michael Norwood,? Candice Brooke, Bonny Pierzina, Brian Khang, Jasmine Star, Jessica Claire, Ryel J, Justin Lyon, Amelia Lyon, [...]

Sad Plastic Bonny

Here is another edit for the shoot with Bonny the other day.
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Julie and Luke

Over the weekend I had the chance to shoot a wedding reception with Aaron Dieppa, it was a great chance to meet a really nice new couple and to try out my new Canon 5D. You can see Aaron’s images on his blog here.
Slideshow music by Paul Dateh

Candice and Amelia Birthdays

Mark Brooke and Justin Lyon threw a birthday fiesta for Candice Brooke and Amelia Lyon.
Music by Slackstring via Podsafe Music.

Mark Brooke Housewarming Party

Yesterday Bonny and I went to Candice and Mark Brooke’s housewarming party. We had a great time playing croquet, spoons and apples to apples. A few of the photographers that showed up were Vu Bui, Aaron Dieppa, Anna Joy, Ryel J, Amy and Aaron, Victor Sizemore, Brian Khang, Jessica Claire, Michael Norwood, David Lee, Gracie, [...]

Beginning biking again

Bonny and I have started to bike again. I am so out of shape.

Lauren Hillary Photographer Meetup

Lunch with George Ruiz and a 30 Second Photo Shoot

Yesterday I had the great chance to eat lunch with George Ruiz (Head of New Media, Senior Vice-President Business Affairs at ICM, link, link, link). I met George after doing a photo shoot of Veronica Belmont, George is Veronica’s agent (as well as many other talented people).
We had some great conversations about new media, old [...]

Best Save The Date Ever!

Unfortunately I did not edit this video, but it inspires me to make a save the date in this style.

Ru Family

Today I got to shoot the Ru family finally. We have been talking about it for months and finally we got to do it. Check out these beautiful people:

Carrie and Daniel Engagement

Today was such a great day!!! I got to go with Aaron Dieppa to shoot Carrie and Daniel at Laguna Beach. I was very excited to shoot them because I remembered when we first met how fun they were. Another reason is because we will be shooting their wedding in Cancun, Mexico at the Dreams [...]

One more photograph of Veronica Belmont

Here is another great photograph of Veronica Belmont from the headshot shoot we did the other day.

Something very interesting about this park we were at was that all of the benches and picnic tables were unique. One had a big rock protruding through it; another was cut in half. The one behind Veronica in this [...]

Eddie Grey – Personal Trainer

Yesterday Vu, Keats and I went to Studio 1-on-1 in Venice, CA to photograph Eddie Grey for some promotional images he will be using soon. Here are some of my picks from the shoot:

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