Ling and Walt's Wedding

I did this wedding a few months ago. I finally delivered the album to them.

Ling is a writer for Times Asia and Walt works for Cisco Systems in Hong Kong. They both grew up in the bay area.

They had a beautiful wedding and reception at the Los Altos Community Center. They were a pleasure to work with. Being that Ling is a journalist, she really wanted a natural timeless journalistic approach in the photography. Something I can do so naturally.

It looks like I got the sequence reversed here. I am still trying to figure out eblogger here. I guess to load photos in sequence, you start with the last photos first.

green street mortuary band

Green Street Mortuary Band
The Green Street Mortuary Band is a band that does regular gigs almost every weekend at the Green Street Mortuary. Led by Lisa Pollard, aka Sax Lady, leads the band through the streets of Chinatown for many years. What a group of dedicated artists! She and band members John Coppola have played with jazz luminaries like Duke Ellington, Red Holloway, Charles Barnet, Dizzy Gillespie, etc. As an artist I can really appreciate their commitment to their art. They have not sold out and became a playground director like someone I know. Their dedication to the craft really shows when the play for these funerals when they really get into it.

Here's a couple of images I did a few weeks ago. I'll try go back a couple of more times to get more in depth pictures. Maybe do a photo documentary of this band.

I wonder if they do dixieland style music...that's the way I want mine to be. Hope to photograph more of this band.

Clement Street Merchant

Clement Street Merchant, originally uploaded by Eric Mar for Supervisor.

one of my pictures I took of Eric Mar.

iu mien pan wang festival

Hi...it's me!

I forget every once in a while that I got this blog. I oughta just post a photo if nothing else.

Why does it take so long???

I guess after the wedding, there are other things to worry about.

Having to think about their wedding album design just puts them back into the wedding planning mode. There are other things more pressing than to deal with the wedding album order.

There's the new house, color of the curtains, visiting the in-laws, the baby, etc. It would be great if they just let me design their album for them...after all, why did they hire me for?

So...please...please, let me do what I do best. So many times I see the couples get into arguments about the photos. I have to step in and referee for them.

MKY_7310

MKY_7310, originally uploaded by Center for Asian American Media.