This is the 4th wedding I've shot with John. You can see John's blog post on his brillantly titled coolestblogever.com. You'll see he notes how the wedding was unusual because of the photo booth thing.

Felicia and Warren got married at the Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden at Cal State Long Beach.

Their ceremony incorporated elements of traditional Vietnamese (Felicia) and Chinese (Warren) culture, with some Western stuff for good measure :)

Warren's groomsman Apurva put the wedding bands on a caribiner key ring so he wouldn't lose them before handing them over to best man Arnold.

Felicia was radiant, as you can see. This was just before she saw Warren.

There was bit of trouble during the unity sand ceremony: their sand got bottlenecked at the top and a breeze came in right on cue to blow some sand around, too.

Felicia (after another dress change), was serenaded by all of the guys.

The garter toss--uhm, well, it didn't really launch....... it just kinda sputtered a few feet. The ladies were equally amuzed :)

Dancing!! (Note: this has NOT been altered by photoshop--this is how the image was shot.)

I shot Kesha and James' wedding with Meghan Aileen in Manhattan Beach at Verandas. You can read Meghan's blog post about here. There were two series of pictures that I really liked from their wedding, so I put them together a bit differently......

People sometimes ask me why I post pictures on my blog of weddings that I have shot with other people. There are several reasons :)

• Although I work with all kinds of photographers, some photogs hire me because I am a "specialist" at what I do. Wedding Photojournalism is NOT a style; it is a craft unto itself. As such, another photographer (or perhaps their client) may want this incorporated into their wedding. The addition of my work complements the strengths and talents of other photographers :)
• I get to shoot with some cool photographers.
• I always learn things when I shoot with other people.
• It offers different creative opportunities that I might otherwise not get.
• I'm a photographer ;)

Anyway, here are some pics from the wedding! Enjoy, and thanks to Meghan for being so cool and easy to work with! :)

The decor and favors on the tables were in black and white, and I liked the graphic quality of the image better in black and white... so, uhm... I made it B + W. :)

I shot it while leaning over a staircase leading from the cocktail/reception area to the dining room. 

I'm not sure what is on the little LCD screen all the ladies were looking at, but it was obviously very entertaining!

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A lot of stuff is still being set-up, so please bear with me while I work with Cody to get things running smoothly! Thanks for stopping by.

Michael