Heres a fun wedding at the Hotel Maya to celebrate the big day for Marjoriemay and John. We started off at the hotel for the getting ready, then headed to St. Anthony’s for the ceremony, then with a major break before portrait time, Joe (of Joe+Kathrina weddings) and I decided to partake in a little sangria action. Haha, that set the mood of right! We then went off and partied with May and John all night. A big thanks to the team from Bellz & Whistlez for coordinating such a gorgeous wedding day, enjoy!
A few months ago 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 photographs along with great wine. But first we had to do a “first look” and since Chi-Na and Jesse were wearing both the traditional Korean hanbok as well as the formal dress and suit, we got two. So enjoy the photographs and always thankful for my great friend Megan Welker for shooting with me.
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They look like a really fun couple. Nice location. Love the picture of them in the stairwell, just a really cool vibe.
It’s been almost two months since my last blog post, I made the move to Brooklyn from San Diego the week before Thanksgiving, so life has been insane! 2012 is going to be a crazy year, I’ll be splitting time between New York and Southern California, so make sure to check my schedule to see where I’ll be! With the holidays and flying back and forth between coasts, its been hard for me to get to the blog. but now that I’m settled in, its time showcase the latter half of 2011’s engagements and weddings.
So in honor of my move to New York, heres a gorgeous wedding that I did at Oheka Castle in Long Island with Laura and Tommy. The venue was gorgeous, the couple was classic, it was hard to stop snapping photos. A big thanks to Tim Ryan Smith who second shot for me.
Awesome photo by Tim, who conquered his fear of heights for the shot!
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Wow you are incredibly talented, I love your work!!!!
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Wow, New York looks good on you!
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seriously? SERIOUSLY?! This is drop dead gorgeous! Love every single shot! What a gorgeous wedding captured brilliantly. Kudos Chaz.
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I loved the ceremony shots! Wonderful capture! Great job!
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this has got to be one of my favorites from you! miss you!
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Castles now? What’s next? Beautiful location. Tree lined fierceness, awesome. Look forward to more NY weddings Chaz.
Oh man, one of my favorite couples of the year to go along with one of my favorite weddings. You might remember Leigh and Steve from their engagement session, well now I bring you their awesome wedding. It was all located in downtown San Diego, starting off at the Hotel Solamar for their getting ready shots and first look. We then headed to East Village in downtown to the Ultimate Skybox for the wedding. A big thanks to Asha Maura of Digs Studio for flying over and shooting with me.
Steve wrote his vows on this giant heart, which was a nice suprise for Leigh.
My assistant Kim always rocks the long exposures.
Coordination / Creative Affairs Inc.
Venue / The Ultimate Skybox
Florist / Jennifer J Designs
DJ / La Jolla DJ
Catering / Festivities Catering
A few months ago I had the opportunity to photograph a wedding in San Juan, Puerto Rico with the awesome Michelle and Armand. They hail from New Jersey and wanted to have a destination wedding in Puerto Rico and I was more than happy to help capture their memories. The sun, the sand and the food are definitely reasons for me to add Puerto Rico to my vacation destinations. We rocked the La Concha Resort and went around Old San Juan for some day after portraits as well. A big thanks to Uyen Vo for 2nd shooting and also check out the feature on Perfect Bound Blog from this wedding. Also, feel free to watch the slideshow of the wedding day at the end of the post.
Coordination / Karishna Khelani
Venue / La Concha Resort
Hair & Makeup / Leslie Ayala
DJ / DJ Rockhand
Florist / EOS Events
Videographer / REB6Studios
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i love love LOVE this wedding! great job, as usual! ugh. next time you have a wedding in PR can i PA-LEESE go with you?! great. kthanksbye.
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Oh just a wedding in Puerto Rico. That’s all.
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Beautiful, Chaz! I hope to see Puerto Rico one day. I always love catching up with your blog.
This was a gorgeous wedding with Kelly and Matt at the Del Sur Ranch House in San Diego, one of the worlds greenest buildings! A big thanks to Keli of Monarch Weddings and to Marissa Rodriguez for shooting with me.
Matt’s best friend Jeremy was the officiant for the wedding, here he is practicing for the moment.
Coordination / Keli Christenson of Monarch Weddings
Venue / Del Sur Ranch House
Rentals / Abbey Party Rentals
Makeup / Kristi Regina
DJ / OccasionMan Productions
Bartender / Kevin’s Bartending Services
Caterer / Perfect Everytime Catering
Florist / Ali Eli Florist
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Tilt shift is blowing my mind!
Ah the lovely Aileen and Elson, I have so much fun everytime I see them and their amazing group of friends. The day was gorgeous and we couldn’t have asked for anything more, I even got parking in La Jolla right away for their first look! We did the first look where Elson proposed to Aileen and the sneaky guy even had a hidden camera setup for the proposal for a special surprise video that played at the reception.
Love, its what we live for.
The ceremony was held at the Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcala and the reception at the Scripps Seaside Forum in La Jolla. A big thanks Kathrina of Joe+Kathrina for 2nd shooting and seeing how crazy I roll, haha and to Brandi of Skybox Event Productions for having the wedding run without a hitch. A full vendor list at the bottom of the post, so now enjoy my favorite photographs from the day.
Coordinator / Skybox Event Productions
Ceremony / Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcala
Reception / Scripps Seaside Forum
Makeup / Rita Nguyen
Hair / Model Call Salon (Lizbeth Hathorn)
Cake / Sumi’s Oven
Florist / Fancy That! Designs
Caterer / Peartrees Catering
Linens + Drapings / Fusion Linens
DJ + Lighting / Playtime Attractions
Transportation / Top Dog Limo
Invitations / Kalea Inviatations
Videography / NR3 Video Productions
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That parking spot was legit! And so is your photography! Seriously you’re awesome and it was great working alongside you–even if you’re crazy
Congrats to Elson+Aileen!!
Jelynna, AJ and I had been planning this underwater bridal session when we first booked their wedding, I was actually more excited for this shoot then going off to Hawaii for their wedding, haha. I loved that Jelynna used two dresses for the bridal session, so we can get some different pops of color, it definitely added a different dimension. A big big thanks to Marissa Rodriguez, who helped out as well as took shots 5 and 6 from way down in the pool, she is a way better swimmer than I am. Also to July Chanthamart for the hair and makeup.
Our bridal session also get a few spreads in Issue 16 of Utterly Engaged, check out a few more images as well as the awesome magazine by clicking on the photo below.
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Cool concepts Chaz! Never seen an underwater shoot like this before
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Hey Chaz!! LOVE LOVE LOVE the underwater bridals! Very kick @ss!
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I love love love this shoot! I’ve NEVER seen an underwater shoot before – what camera did you use to capture such great shots?
Killed it man. Thanks for being a continual inspiration to us.
I love your work! Your series always do a great job of telling the unique story of each wedding and each couple. My buddy and I are going to be doing our first wedding shoot at the beginning of March, and we are using your blog as inspiration.