Archive for July, 2012

You can never get tired of taking pictures in San Francisco.

palace of fine arts san francisco

palace of fine arts san francisco night evening

palace of fine arts san francisco ceiling

This is a long exposure of highway 101 overlooking the downtown San Francisco landscape

highway freeway long exposure san francisco night evening

It was my first time in Seattle and I think we got lucky because the weather was gorgeous when we were there! Our main purpose was basically to eat, and we definitely fulfilled that task as much as we could.

landscape seattle

seagull Highlights from Seattle and Vancouver

Of course no visit to Seattle is complete without going to Pike’s Place, the Fisherman’s Wharf of Seattle.

pike place market seattle

pike place market seattle

pike place market seattle

space needle seattle

space needle seattle

space needle seattle chihuly

The brand new Chihuly Museum just opened up next to the Space Needle and it was actually quite an interesting place. The glass exhibits are truly amazing and quite impressive.

space needle seattle chihuly glass museum

space needle seattle chihuly glass museum

seattle chihuly glass museum

seattle chihuly glass museum

In addition to Seattle, we took a trip to Vancouver for two days. Here is a view outside our hotel of downtown Vancouver shot at 20,000 ISO with my Canon 5D Mark III.

vancouver Highlights from Seattle and Vancouver

vancouver granville market canada

vancouver granville market canada

I love the Berkeley Brazilian Room as a wedding reception venue. It’s not too far away nestled in Tilden Park in Berkeley making it somewhat easy to get to. Best of all, there are great spots in the trees and garden area for portraits. As the morning fog cleared up, the sunny blue skies opened up just in time for the ceremony.

It makes my job much more enjoyable when I can see that the bride and groom are easy going and relaxed and can truly enjoy the special day. This was obvious from the start as the bride and groom started getting ready in the same hotel room! It’s also great to see when the guests are having a blast during the dancing as well as during… wait for it… flipcup, yes flipcup. This was the first wedding that I have photographed where flipcup was played and it was awesome.

berkeley brazilian room wedding

woods trees wedding portraits bride groom

berkeley brazilian room wedding first look glance

berkeley brazilian room wedding tilden park

trees wedding portraits bride groom

berkeley wedding reception bouquet

berkeley wedding reception

berkeley brazilian room wedding reception

berkeley brazilian room wedding groom

wedding reception anticipation

berkeley brazilian room wedding ceremony

berkeley brazilian room wedding ceremony

berkeley brazilian room wedding reception

wedding reception flipcup brazilian room berkeley

wedding reception flipcup

berkeley brazilian room wedding reception flipcup cheers

wedding reception flipcup bride groom

wedding reception flipcup

wedding reception flipcup flip cup

wedding reception flip cup beer game