Paper Ban Photography

Ashley and Dylan’s Santa Monica Pier Engagement Portraits

SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA

On a busy weekend, I met up with Ashley and Dylan on the Santa Monica Pier to photograph their engagement portraits.As far as beaches go, there’s none more iconic than the Santa Monica pier. The colors, the carnival games, the street entertainers, and of course, the ferris wheel.

Dylan actually works in Sacramento and comes down to Los Angeles as often as he can to reunite with his fiance Ashley. How romantic! After swooning enough with these images, I can’t wait to photograph their wedding!

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Kathryn and Taylor’s Disneyland Engagement Portraits

ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA

It’s not everyday that I get requested an engagement portrait session in Disneyland, so when Kathryn and Taylor wanted to do theirs in the happiest place on Earth, I immediately fell in love with them as a client. Dreams really do come true! 😉

I don’t get the chance to go to Disneyland very much so I’m totally jealous that since Kathryn is a park ride engineer, she and Taylor get to go anytime as they want! They led me around the park for some of their favorite spots, and any nooks and crannies that weren’t filled with crowds. Surprisingly, there were a lot of them!

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The Heart Series 2017

Culver City, California

Just after Valentine’s Day, I had the pleasure of once again being one of the many amazing sponsors of The Heart Series – a conference on business x bettering the world (view last year’s blog feature). Once again, it was an amazing conference to be a part of, and I had such a great time documenting all the keynote speakers from companies such as UpWorthy, EveryTable, Dizzy Feet Foundation, Yoobi, and Global Citizen, as well as the attendees and their fervor to listen, learn, and give back to the community. Thanks for having me as your Los Angeles business conference photographer!

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Linda and Vince’s Vietnamese Wedding in Vegas

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA

It’s exciting to think that last year, I photographed wedding throughout three different state – California (of course), Texas, and for this wedding, Nevada! What’s even more special is that the bride is my long-time friend from ELEMENTARY! How crazy is that?! Excitements were definitely high when we photographed their engagement session at Huntington Beach, and I couldn’t believe that it was finally time for their big day!

In a sunny day in Las Vegas, Linda and Vince started the day with a Vietnamese tea ceremony at their house, then the lovely ceremony at Our Lady of Lavang, and the reception at the Rio Hotel. Linda and Vince, thanks so much for having me as your Las Vegas Vietnamese Wedding Photographer!

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Avani and Anuj’s Festive Indian Wedding

ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA

One Sunday morning, I entered one of the hotel rooms of DoubleTree Inn in Anaheim and saw that our bride Avani, with her red robe and hands covered in artful Henna tattoo, was getting her makeup done in the corner of the room. Soon, it was time to put her stunning wedding outfit on, and even with the help of her friend, this task was quite the ordeal!

But when all was said and done, and Avani met her groom Anuj for the first time that day, everything fell into place and the celebration started in an uproar. Anuj pulled into the hotel parking lot in an Ashton Martin while guests from his side of the family paraded around, dancing and playing music. Ah, the festivities! So much happening before the ceremony even started!

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Kellie and Michael’s Wedding at the Torrance Woman’s Club

TORRANCE, CALIFORNIA

Arriving to Torrance Woman’s Club wedding, all of the ladies were in a frenzy getting ready. Except, that is, Kellie, the bride herself. She was as cool as a cucumber and had a go-with-the-flow attitude towards everything unplanned. The same was with Michael, her groom, and it made perfect sense how they can love each other so much.

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