Archive for May, 2010

LeAnne and Blake are an extremely laid-back couple and are getting married on 10.10.10! They are actually my first clients who booked me to shoot their wedding, so I was super excited to hang out with them during the engagement session. They like their wedding venue so much that they wanted to have their engagement pictures taken there too! I have never been to these gardens before, so I was really surprised to see such a big garden hidden in the middle of downtown Arlington. Best of all, there were only one or two people there, so it was a relief not to have to fight the crowds like in downtown Boston! I don’t know why but I was in a very vertical picture taking mood for this session. Enjoy!

couple standing in front of ivy

couple embracing

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couple embracing at a park taken by boston engagement photographer

couple being playful

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couple hugging

Gayle and Brian are getting married next month in Florida, so they asked me to take their engagement pictures. We started in the North End and ended up downtown, and they brought their adorable dog Reese with us. Gayle and Brian were super fun during this shoot and so great to work with.

engagement photos with pet dog

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We found an abandoned CVS cart and Gayle climbed right in!
couple in a shopping cart

Gayle is wearing the cutest dress and shoes! She told me she looked everywhere to find the perfect shoes to match her dress but they didn’t have her size so she is actually wearing shoes that are a half size too small. And she walked everywhere during the session with them on! Wow! I love it when couples care about the small details like a killer pair of heels!
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Reese was extremely well behaved and cooperative. Somehow we managed to get her to sit right in front of Gayle and Brian!
pet dog at engagement photos

couple looking out into the ocean

Gayle and Brian like playing bocce ball, even though they are probably the youngest players in the neighborhood by a few decades. They had a quick bocce ball game, and a couple of the regulars came over to watch us play.
couple playing bocce ball

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couple hanging out in the city

Baby session

May 21, 2010

Nancy and Vic have the cutest, most adorable daughter! I had the pleasure of photographing their new family, and I could have totally photographed their baby all day! She is such a good baby and didn’t make a fuss. It’s very hard to plan baby shoots because you never know when they are going to take a nap. I was hoping that she would nap and be all refreshed when I came over to their place, but that didn’t happen. I like to think that she was too excited for her shoot hehe! Right after the session, she immediately conked out! It was so cute!

We shot this is March when we had beautiful weather, so this was one of the first times she was actually outside for an extended period of time. I don’t think she liked the wind!
vic and baby getting ready for baby session

This is one of my favorite pics from the session.
shy baby

There are actually very dark pine trees in the background that makes it look black.
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baby intrigued with stuffed toy

mom and baby

family session at a park

baby acting surprised for family portraits

I love all her little expressions!
baby expressions

I wasn’t able to take many pictures in her crib before she fell asleep on me. She’s so cute even when she’s sleeping!
baby sleeping

More pics on my facebook fan page.

A few weeks ago, I helped out at a very intimate wedding at the Boston Public Garden (please see the official pictures by Shang Chen photography here). Being an assistant is fun because you don’t have to pressure to deliver any images, so it’s a chance to get out of the box. I decided to only shoot with my 70-200 lens, and I had a lot of fun because this is my favorite lens now!

The bride and groom and the guests walking to the spot that they picked out for the ceremony.

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Love this image!

outdoor wedding at Boston Public Garden

In case you’re planning a wedding at the Boston Public Garden in the winter, FYI – they drain the pond. There were a few puddles of water, and a few ducks were trying to wade in it, desperate for the city to fill the pond again.

Wedding party at the Boston Public Garden by Boston wedding photographer

Exchanging vows by the lake

Aren’t they a beautiful couple!

Wedding portraits at the Boston Public Garden

Bride and groom portraits on the bridge at Boston Public Garden

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A night out in Boston

May 10, 2010

My aunt gave me some Red Sox tickets for the second game of the season. They played the Yankees that night, so it was a full house and a very fun game to attend! Unfortunately Frank was actually out of town that day, so I brought my friend Sandy. Our seats were pretty good, but with her awesome connections, we were able to sit somewhere even better–in the first row of the Green Monster! It’s a great view of the field, and there was no one in front of me, so I could get a clear view from the field (the picture on the top left was taken from my original seat).

collage of Fenway park

View of the stands from the Green Monster.

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I am not one of those die hard Sox fans, so maybe one of my readers can tell me if this guy is the coach. It was a very close game (tied until the 9th inning), so perhaps is he praying for a win.

Red Sox dugout

Okay, I actually took these pictures on a different night, but I wanted to put all my Boston photos together. I went on night photowalk with some friends. It was really fun! I’ve always wanted to take pictures of night, but just never felt comfortable. We had a big group of people, so I wasn’t scared to lug around all my equipment in pitch darkness!

I took this somewhere in Cambridge, near Kendall Square.

Boston at night

The sky was a strange purplish color, and I bumped my ISO pretty high to capture the color. The streak of light on the right side is the subway car.

Subway speeding over a bridge in Boston

I really like the Leonard Zakim-Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge. It’s hard to tell in this picture, but there are purple skylights illuminating it at night.

Bunker Hill memorial bridge

I was practicing my handheld skills and managed to take this without a tripod.

cars speeding down a highway at night

boats along the Charles River

The Citgo sign at night. I like the reflections the sign makes on the Charles River.

Citgo sign at night

San Francisco

May 3, 2010

I recently traveled to San Francisco for work, and I was really excited to go back to visit the area where I called home for 3 years. I wanted to take lots of pictures during my free time on this trip, but as luck would have it, it rained nonstop during my trip. So most of the pictures I have are from my hotel, which had very interesting architecture. The hotel has an open floor plan with an atrium that is 16 stories tall, so it’s a little scary riding the glass elevator up if you’re afraid of heights (I freaked out my first time because my room was on the 14th floor!).

I felt my heart beat faster when I leaned over the railing to take this picture. Scary but worth it!
lobby of hotel
Ahh don’t look down!
hotel rooms

But staying on the 14th floor was worth it because I was greeted by this!
Bay Bridge at night

The Bay Bridge during the day.
bay bridge during the day

View from one of the hotel windows. The Ferry Building has lots of yummy food!
SF ferry building and pier

There was also free ziplining next to my hotel. I didn’t have time to do it but it looked fun! This guy decided to zipline upside down!
zip lining on the Embarcardero

And the sun decides to finally peek out right before my workday started! Yay!
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