July 7, 2011

Boulder Ridge Golf Club Wedding Photography

Nguyen and Nina were married at Boulder Ridge Golf Club Pavilion in San Jose on May 21, 2011. The reception followed at Joy Luck Palace in Cupertino.
The hanger for Nina's dress was just too cute! And the dress was just as fantastic!
Nguyen and his groomsmen did a great job working with Jen (the second shooter) on some fun images before the ceremony. Meanwhile, I photographed Nina making herself look fabulous with her girls.

Sun is inevitable with outdoor weddings. The question is "who will be squinting, the bride or the groom?" Sorry guys but I prefer a squinting groom over a bride with half opened, watering eyes. You see, we don't want to eye makeup to run. ;o)

Picture Time! We took tons of family and bridal party pictures at Boulder Ridge immediately following the ceremony. By the end of formal pictures it was just Nina, Nguyen and two photographers following them (me and Jennifer). This is when we grabbed a golf cart and took a little adventure around the golf course. Fun!

Then off we all went to Joy Luck Palace for the reception. In addition to having a Chinese banquet there was plenty of Hennessy to go around and a fully stocked candy bar! I must admit I had a pretty good sugar high going by the end of the night! Almond Roca, yum! Really though the funniest part of the evening was... well lets save a thousand words - the next to last image tells the entire story.

Thanks to Jennifer Low for second shooting!

March 9, 2011

Los Gatos Baby Photo Session

What a cutie pie! Baby sessions are almost always a challenge since they don't follow direction very well and get fussy easy.  But the rewards of an image like this first one makes all the work worth it!  For privacy I'm leaving out family/child details.  :o)

February 9, 2011

Santa Clara / San Jose Engagement Session

In my endeavors to keep things exciting I'm always looking for a new location to photograph.  After photographing at Santa Clara University I followed Nguyen and Nina to downtown San Jose for our second location.  While looking for parking we found the awesome brick building you see in some of these images.  I love a good brick wall!



December 28, 2010

San Jose Wedding

Brian and Karen had a small quaint wedding on Thanksgiving day at Santa Teresa Park. Twenty of their family members gathered for the ceremony before they all headed over to Brian and Karen's house for dinner.   It was simple and sweet.  We were all very thankful for the perfect weather!

December 22, 2010

Road Trip Blog


Three weeks, no definite plan and lots of phone pics. Follow us at www.darner-road-trip.blogspot.com
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