Was up in Long Beach a while back to hang out with Marjoriemay, John and their little (big) dude Hogan. We started off at downtown Long Beach then headed to the shoreline for some beautiful light. Can’t wait for their wedding in October!
Loved this engagement session I did a while back with Trisha and Jeff at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in downtown Los Angeles. They wanted to showcase their cultures for the first half, with Jeff being Filipino and Trisha half Filipino and half Indian, so Jeff wore his barong Tagalog and Trisha her sari. The second half was fun filled with a giant red balloon, I thought Trisha was going to knock Jeff out with that thing. Tomorrow is their wedding day, so come back for more.
I headed up for a foodie day trip to San Francisco to meet up with Jesse and Chi-Na. As soon as they picked me up from the airport we went on an eating binge: Tartine, Pizzeria Delfina, Dynamo, Boccalone, Cowgirl Creamery, Blue Bottle, then Hog Island Oyster Company. I spared you from posting photographs from each restaurant because if you read this post hungry, you may get upset, haha. But after all the food it was portrait time, so we headed to Golden Gate Park and the Sutro Baths to some beautiful light. I must shoot better with a food coma.
-
oh man oh man…those last two!! amazingggg!!!!!
-
the one with the reflection on window is awesome!
-
as always beautiful shots!!!
-
Love those bathhouse shots! Nice cardigan.
-
[...] I went up to Livermore, CA for the wedding of Chi-Na and Jesse. You might remember them from our awesome engagement session we did in San Francisco. Their wedding was located at Murrieta’s Well winery, great [...]
Here’s a fun engagement session for you, I met up with Courtney and Blake at Tower 23 Hotel in Pacific Beach. We went under Crystal Pier for a bit then headed down to Mission Bay to play in Belmont Park. It was a gorgeous day in San Diego and perfect for some beach weather.
-
LOVE your work Chaz!
-
[...] this one with Courtney and Blake, I had one of my favorite engagement sessions with them last year and their wedding didn’t disappoint. The getting ready and the reception [...]
Literally had a throwback engagement session with Selle and Christian, we went to their friends house in Chula Vista to go with the old school vibe since they had a sweet tree swing. Really who has a tree swing in South Bay San Diego? After, we went to the site where they first met, Bell Junior High School in Paradise Hills (also my old school) to complete the experience.
-
simply awesome, chaz.
Last year I traveled up to Santa Monica to meet up with Aileen and Elson and we decided it would be best to photograph their engagement session on the hottest day of 2010. Haha, it was literally no sweat. We had a blast photographing around the grounds of the Santa Monica Museum of Art and their favorite restaurant, BOA steakhouse.
-
We’re officially enshrined on Chaz’s blog? haha. Once upon a time, we were just viewing it and trying to imagine what our photos taken by you would look like and now, it’s about 2.5 months ’til our wedding! Here’s to May 28 being the “hottest” day in 2011. Thanks for the blog-style favorites.
A few weeks ago I went up to San Francisco for an engagement session with Mary and Eddy who both have impeccable style and taste. We started the session at their home, then went off to Blue Bottle on Mint Street and photographed around there. After our coffee fix, we darted to Golden Gate Park and beat the incoming fog to finish off our session at the De Young museum, which was a great way to end the day. We were joined by RJ of Apex Express, who was interviewing me and a few other photographers on our thoughts on love, its great to hear Mary, Eddy and myself talk about ourselves and our philosophies. Its a great program who is also in need of support to keep the great stories coming along, so feel free to make a donation on their website as you listen to us chat, we start around 23:00.
-
Thanks for the opportunity Chaz! Folks have come up to me either to put a hand on my shoulder in support for finding ‘her,’ or just because they found the piece really entertaining – which is quite the departure from our otherwise overtly political programming (think angry, but well informed Left).
Come to think of it though, choosing who you love and how you express that love is probably the most political act one could do.
Congrats Mary and Eddy, and keep documenting love in the time of now, Chaz. -
What!? TWO posts in less than a week! Good job!
These are amazing Chaz! I LOVE the black&white ones!!! -
Thanks to R.J. and Chaz for such an enlightening and and entertaining piece. Mary and I had so much fun the day of the shoot. It’s so great that we get to have such tangible pieces of our memories: Chaz’s beautiful photos, and R.J.’s commentary as an outsider looking in, sharing our many moments of laughter. You guys are the best!
Oh, and some people say bitter melon is an acquired taste…I think I might be still acquiring.
-
You’re killing me with that last one, reverse reflection…nice!
-
[...] affair at the San Jose Hilton in downtown, which I must say is a pretty swanky spot. I loved their engagement session that we did in San Francisco because of their style, so their wedding definitely didn’t disappoint. A super huge thank [...]
I headed up to Orange County to meet up with Jomie and Ricky. We ran around the OC, heading to The Camp and The Lab trying to catch the light. Then hit up the Lido Theater in Newport Beach for some good ole popcorn.
-
Beautiful job as always Chaz..each image has it’s own special touch!
Beautiful work as always Chaz!
Love your work dude, wicked compositions!!
When will the wedding ceremony pix be available for the people who only attended the reception on Sunday? Thanks.
I must say I enjoyed looking at your photos. Very well done.