So here’s a funny story. I photograph Adrielle and Anthony in Hawaii, and then we all get back on Friday morning. Friday night Anthony breaks his foot. Their wedding in LA is on Sunday. It’s kind of tragic and funny at the same time. But they still had a beautiful, fun, wedding and luau style reception. I told Anthony that the crutches were a good look for him!

Congratulations you two, and thank you two SO MUCH for everything!

I love that Stacey and her bridesmaids love to jam to old school R&B! It brings me back to elementary school and middle school, and it makes me smile. If names like Babyface, Kci & Jojo, Boyz II men, or Tony Rich Project make you smile, then you know what I’m talking about.  Stacey is probably one of the most relaxed brides I’ve ever seen, no anxiety, no anything. Just excitement It turns out one of her bridesmaids was an old childhood friend of mine, I haven’t seen her (basically) since elementary school, so I didn’t recognize her and felt kinda bad afterward, but when I realized who she was it was awesome! After seeing her I was really reminiscent and brought back to my childhood.

Old school R&B isn’t the only thing that I haven’t exposed to for a while, I haven’t photographed a backyard reception for quite some time. Stacey and Raymond had quite a cozy little reception topped with Chinese lanterns and catered by a taco truck! The tacos were delicious!

And finally, this is my first wedding where two of the groomsmen had mohawks. I used to have a mohawk by the way

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Hi readership, intern Emilie here. Just helping out with the blog.

Firstly, thanks Erich, for picking me as your new intern! : )

Secondly, he asked me to blog a little about myself.  Well, I am sort of an art-loving, music-craving, Yoga-doing, vegetarian environmentalist wanna-be.  When I’m at UCI, I host a weekly radio show on which I spin obscure goth rock and punk tracks.  Maybe I sound like an artsy-fartsy cliché, but everything I do and believe, I am really passionate about!

I most enjoy wildlife and animal photography, but occasionally I will take pictures of people.

So to wrap up, I’ll be helping Erich out around and behind the scenes. He’s already taught me a lot of what I know about cameras and Photoshop, so I’m excited for more insight from a new perspective.

And even though this is a blog and not radio, I’m gonna say: stay tuned for more exciting news from Erich!

I have so much to blog about, and not enough time! But right now I want to focus on a very special person! I am very proud to present my very first intern! This is Emilie!

She’s also my sister! She applied to my internship position that didn’t really exist, and after comparing her with her (nonexistent) competition I had made my choice. After much debate, I have decided that she would make an excellent intern so Emilie is now part of my team. She’ll be helping me out with all sorts of tasks such as blogging, shoots, and editing, etc. etc. Emilie is currently a student at UCI where she is majoring in everything. She’s an owner of a Canon 50d, and she is also an award-winning photographer.

Congratulations to her!

And…congratulations to the Lakers for winning the Championship! I don’t quite understand why Laker fans have to riot and go crazy when we win.

And to sum up my week, I just got back from San Francisco today to meet with an extremely hilarious couple Polly and Kwong photograph an incredibly fun engagement session with Cynthia and Reggie, and photographed a beautiful wedding of Chona and Michael. Tomorrow I head out to San Diego to help out with a wedding for my friend Nathan Nowack to showcase for photosodes!