Engagement: Helen & Danny

Helen! Danny!  I still remember you guys told me that you needed “a lot of help” with posing, and didn’t I tell you not to worry? ;-)  You guys started off being real shy, but we ended up having so much fun that day… and they even did a little chicken dance in front of the Chicken Graffiti.   It was a hot day, but nonetheless it’s another fun e-session as usual.  We started off the engagement shoot at China Town:

 

We strolled around a little bit and  went off to Olvera Street nearby before visiting the Los Angeles Union Station.

The little skylight there made the scene look real dramatic.  :)

Danny is the man!  He got us free parking in LA just one block away from the Disney Concert Hall… *grin*
We got there just the right time for some nice directional early evening sun.  The Mickey and Miney mouse plush we brought along fitted perfectly along with the magical building. =)

  

 

I’ve shot the Disney Concert Hall several times, but I’ve always been shooting the architecture but not people there, it’s nice for a change here.

 

And here’s one of my favorite shots of the day, the Chicken Jump. =)  

Next up… Helen & Alex’s wedding – French Dip (Diep) Style~

 
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Engagement: Helen & Alex

Ahh… the weather has been very unstable lately, one day we have a heat wave and then the next day we’re hit with a cold front. I don’t even remember when’s the last time I dressed properly for the weather. Helen and I probably just picked the hottest day this year for their e-session, but nonetheless we had a great day of photographing. We originally wanted to start around 1pm, but ended up waiting a little until we started because of the heat.

We started off taking shooting in South Pasadena at a cute and quiet commercial district:

I gave them a blank canvas in the background and asked them to do their thing. Helen was presently surprised by Alex’s dance moves. =)

We headed over to these cute phone booths and let them have a little fun inside.. =P

I really like how these B/W pictures turned out. The reflection on the glass gives it a rather abstract and timeless feeling.

The shot above is the next shot right after I asked Helen to kick her fiancé… and look at her confident look and how Alex reacted to it. *grin*

We wrapped up the day at a nearby neighborhood harnessing the beautiful sunlight. I love how the bokeh in the background turned out and how natural the two of them look in their pictures after the first couple of hours of my dry humor. :P

That’s it folks, I really look forward to Helen and Alex’s wedding this week. I have a feeling this will be something special. Congrats again you two! ;-)

Herman Au is a Wedding Photographer located in Los Angeles, California
http://www.hermanau.com

Premium Album – Herman Au Photography

It’s been pretty crazy lately with several engagement shoots, consultation meetings going on in the past 10 days, and on top of all that I acquired a new iMac yesterday and began migrating all my work from my PC to the Mac.  It’s a painfully slow process, but it will be well worth it in the end.  Today the UPS man dropped off another package I’ve been longing for – the 2 sample Albums I ordered from Forbeyon.

   

I cannot be happier with the fine craftsmanship and attentiveness to details it took to create this.  The leather cover is amazingly beautiful, printing and top notch, everything down to the finest details like the rounded corners of each page and the paper and leather materials they use simply is stunning.  The best feature of all is probably the metal cameo on the front cover which really makes it stand out and look very, very classy.

The parent album sample I made is also a 10x10” which I may use as the parent album included in my packages, or a small upgrade from the current 7x7” hardcover copies I include in “The One Package”.  The studio logo stamp and the metallic press print of the names  are very attractive as well… wow, what’s not to love about these albums? I’m totally in Love!

 
Herman Au is a Wedding Photographer located in Los Angeles, California
http://www.hermanau.com

Wedding: Christina & Andrew - April, 2009

I met up with Christina and Andrew back in 2008 when they were really anxiously telling me about their wedding planning at the Marriott at Marina Del Rey. They’re such a sweet couple whom I feel they totally deserve the best. I was really fortunate to have the opportunity to work with them and meeting Vivi who’s extremely kind to us during the entire day.

Christina’s beautiful dress, and her really cute Chinese wedding dress she’s wearing later that night.

Andrew has been really nervous and sweating while he watched Christina’s father walk her down the aisle.

Their wedding ceremony was held on the helipad of the Marriott Hotel. Needless to say it’s an absolutely stunning view.

The very playful bridal party with the very handsome ring bearer and cute flower girl… :)

The maid of honor Maria made a great speech that made Christina cry… leading to a very touching moment.

Wedding is no fun without booze… ;-)

Last but not least, the first dance.

Thanks Christina, Andrew, and my very helpful assistant Joyce for some great pictures that day.

That’s it folks, next up will be Helen and Danny’s engagement pictures taken in LA, and this time I promise… I’ll be posting again very soon. *cough* Well, at least after Sunday’s engagement shoot. :-) Later!

Herman Au is a Wedding Photographer located in Los Angeles, California
http://www.hermanau.com