wedding | dahye + gil

This sounds like a cheesy story, but I remember seeing Dahye in one of my college classes and thinking how awesome it would be to be her friend. Then after college, we reconnected at a mutual friend’s soiree. Since then we always tried to meet up as much as we could to catch up on current events, travel plans, projects and our attempts of finding love.  It was probably early 2011 since the last time I had lunch with Dahye and then our busy schedules got in the way. Then, in August 2011, while taking a late night break from editing to see how all my good friends were doing via Facebook… yes, Facebook of all things… Dahye chanegs her status to “engaged”… a huge surprise… but more importantly, she finally found the love of her life!

Loving, caring, considerate, and funny as hell pretty much sums up Gil, and it’s apparent why Dahye fell in love with him… even if he is a tad shorter than her 😛

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It was such an honor to be there on Dahye and Gil’s special day and to celebrate an everlasting-found-love for a friend I’ll cherish for life.  I’m so excited for them and their future lives together!

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engagement | denise + huy

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Denise and Huy are such a delightful couple and we can’t wait to celebrate with them on their wedding day! Their session started in the beautiful Muir Woods and the weather could not have been more perfect. We ended back up in San Francisco to grab some chocolate, coffee and a little grocery shopping 🙂
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portrait | the princess and twins

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engagement | veronica + chris

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Veronica and Chris were an absolute delight to spend the day with for their engagement session 🙂vc4

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Congratulations to these two love birds 🙂

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It was nice to be out in New York again for an engagement session. Something about that city just feels like home and every time I take walks through the city, that feeling grows stronger. Here are just a few of my favorite personal photos from the trip 😉

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travel | kauai

The Kalalau Trail along Nā Pali Coast of Kauai is probably one of the most beautiful trail I have ever hiked. Never have I done a hike quite as strenuous nor one that runs approximately 11 miles (one way) long along the island’s north shore from Keʻe Beach to the Kalalau Valley.

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The drive to the trailhead of the trail was lush eye candy. I wish I had taken more photos while on the trail but to be honest, photos don’t compare to actually being there.
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2013 Travel

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These past few weeks have already been a whirlwind but it’s just the beginning 🙂 We’re getting excited as save-the-dates from 2013 clients start rolling in. We are definitely looking forward to another year of picture perfect smiles! Below is our current travel schedule, should anyone wish to say hello or book a session while we’re in town 😉

FEBRUARY 20-22 /// NEW YORK
APRIL 14-20 /// ARGENTINA
MAY 17-19 /// CHICAGO
JUNE 1-13 /// CROATIA
JUNE 20-24 /// CANCUN
JULY 4-9 /// QUEBEC
AUGUST 2-4 /// LOS ANGELES
SEPTEMBER 16-20 /// NEW YORK
SEPTEMBER 20-22 /// OAHU
OCTOBER 4-6, 18-20 /// HAWAII
NOVEMBER 13-27 /// ASIA

ICONS premiere

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It was great seeing Markus and Indrani at their ICONS premiere last night in LA, and even better that we got to be there alongside the bay’s finest, Mark Sebastian, Alex Bauzon, and John Agcaoili 

http://www.markusklinko-indrani.com/ — at Merry Karnowsky Gallery.

Featured | Green Wedding Shoes Top Inspiration Shoots of 2012

We were delighted to find one of our shoots from 2012 named as one of Green Weddings Shoes Top Inspiration Shoot of 2012.

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Here’s the official link to the GWS article as well 🙂

This new year is already off to a good start and we are definitely looking forward to more beautiful events and shoots this year! Cheers!