I had the privilege to photograph Vilma and Ray’s 25th wedding anniversary celebration. This adorable couple never had an actual wedding ceremony 25 years ago, so this makes the celebration even more special. It was really on honor to have photographer their very special event, and to celebrate their silver anniversary.
On May 2nd, one of my closest friend, Jay, will celebrate 2nd year anniversary with his marriage with his lovely wife, Joyce. Although his wedding was small, it was still very special and heart warming.
As an inspiring photographer, I decided to bring my camera to take a few shots of the beautiful couple.
Here are some of them.
On July 17th, I had the pleasure of attending the Miss Philippines USA 2016 pageant. This year, the event was help at the historical Alex Theater, in downtown Glendale, CA.
This year’s contestants came from all over California, most from the Los Angeles area, with a few from our neighboring states. Below are a few shots I took while enjoying the pageant.
But what made this pageant even more enjoyable was the fact that my very own niece, Miss Kalea Pitel, was a contestant. Here’s the kicker, she was crowned Miss Philippines USA 2016! Keep an eye on #17 on the photos below.
I can’t be more proud of her and her accomplishments!
Congrats to all pageant winners and especially to my niece!
A good friend of mine and my business partner, Delbert, is finally tying the knot. I’m happy for him and his fiance, Raquel , as they will soon begin on this journey called marriage.
Knowing that I’m starting to get serious with this whole photography thing, he personally asked me to take their engagement photos as they get closer and closer to their October wedding date.
Congrats to both! Here is the outcome of our photo shoot.
We celebrated my good buddy’s 33rd birthday recently. This guy is my brother from another mother, we grew up together and been tight for over 20 years now.
We celebrated his birthday at Barleymash located in the Gaslamp Quarters in Downtown San Diego.
I’ve always been interested in taking photos at local bars and nightclubs to try and imitate the black and white photos I see in marketing ads like Levi’s or T-Mobile. This is my attempt and I like how some of them turned out.
I’ll definitely try this again when the opportunity comes.
Cloudy sunset taken from California’s Interstate 5 near Camp Pendleton coming from San Diego to Los Angeles.
My wife and I were invited to Angeli and Adel’s wedding. Just so happens that the couple had their wedding at the same venue we had ours, Green Gables Estate in San Marcos, CA. I’ve been wanting to shoot a wedding before but haven’t had any experience whatsoever. I thought this might be a good opportunity for me to take a few practice shots. Here are some of those shots.
Here’s a quick photoshoot with Stephanie and her family as she celebrates her 1 year commencement anniversary from Devry University. She didn’t have the opportunity to have a photoshoot at the time of her actual graduation, which is why I felt so honored to have done this with her. Made me feel like she was waiting for me to come around with my camera.
Here are some of the highlights of the shoot and some shots taken of her wondering family.
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