Happy Birthday Ryan once again. You are such a wonderful kid, I am very grateful to be part of your 1st BIG party at the Montage.
Category Archives: Events
In celebration of GE Energy completes acquisition of Lineage Power, the executives from Lineage Power hosted a private party in Coto de Caza with Hawaii theme. As all parties, it filled with lots of booze, cigars, fun, and even karaoke. I enjoyed the night and I sure they all did had loads of fun.
This past weekend, I was very privileged to shoot a very large company event in Pacific Palms Conference Resort for CAIFPA, California Asian Insurance and Financial Professional Association. The gala was quite a ride, the event had over 500 attendees, the day started off in the afternoon with workshops for professionals in the insurance and financial industry. There are also booths from different companies in the industry to present their latest and greatest offerings. Later in the afternoon, we got a photo booth setup, and the guest were so happy to get the prints right away.
The gala was activities packed, as the night goes by, we had lion dance, dance competition, slide show, speeches and lucky draw.
Special thanks to Grace for inviting me to the event and Mak for manning the photo booth.
Jacques Israelievitch, violin
Kanae Matsumoto, piano
Last Saturday night, I got to shoot the rehearsal of another great event, French Dressing by Gateway Performance Series. Internationally renowned violinist Jacques Israelievitch is one of the most distinguished performing artists in North America and abroad, giving concerts, teaching, and conducting regularly throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia. Born in Cannes, France and currently residing in Toronto, Canada, Mr. Israelievitch is made his solo debut on French National Radio at the age of eleven, graduated from the Paris Conservatory with three first prizes at just sixteen and was subsequently a prizewinner at the International Paganini Competition.
He is joined by pianist Kanae Matsumoto, whose performance was described as “unfailingly crisp, warm and sensitive” by Showtime Magazine. The program contains pieces influenced by French Impressionism and American jazz: full of colors, rhythm, and fun!
Last Sunday I was very fortunate to be part of an awesome studio lighting workshop organized by Nancy Ramos. I heard about this workshop a few weeks back, but it was not until the last minute that I decided I must not miss this great opportunity and kick myself out of bed to attend this. It was a tough morning at first, I was so burnt out after a 12 hours wedding the day before, but as soon as I got to Photo Studio Six, a stream of Red Bull like energy was suddenly injected to me from no where, I know I made the right choice.
Efren Beltran, is an experienced High Fashion Photographer based in Southern California. His work is unique, yet edge. It is truly a great learning experience to shoot hands-on with Efren to see how he combines the use of shadow and light to create dynamic images that pops. You definitely want to take sometime to check out his website, I guarantee it will WOW you.
Special thanks to:
The two awesome models
Makeup Artist: Dalia Garcia
Photographer: Mark Rosales for bring extra Pocket Wizards for me and saving me a front row seat. Without the PW, I would not have got the shots here.
Ricardo Barrera for lending me his lens for awhile, I should have brought mines instead of just a 50mm.
