Wedding Invitation Card

Rachel and Roland got married last year and they're now working hard on picking pictures for their beautiful handcrafted wedding album. However, we missed the pictures of their invitation card on the wedding day. Rachel mailed me their card and and took pictures with it. I hope they like these pictures and will use some of them in their album selection.

W Workshop | Introduction to Digital Photography

Here is my first W Workshop of Introduction to Digital Photography, I'm going to share the basic knowledge and technique of digital Photography with you to become a better photographer. This workshop will be held in my home studio in San Ramon on April 19, 2009 from 10:30am to 5:30pm. Lunch will be included and of course Live model shoot.

Here are the topics we will cover in this workshop:
- DSLR introduction
- How to operate my DSLR?
- Usage of different camera mode (P/AV/TV/M)
- Usage of ISO
- Basic lighting technique
- Basic framing technique
- On Location Live Model Shoot
- Basic of post processing (Photoshop + Lightroom)

Sign Up - Please send an email to info@wphotography.com with the following information:
Name/Phone Number/Email Address/Camera model

Hope to see you in my workshop.

Margaret & Schulmynn Wedding | Old First Presbyterian Church San Francisco

I shot Margaret & Schulmynn's engagement session couple months ago and couldn't wait to see them with wedding gown and tux in front of my camera. Margaret always put smile on her face and Schu is the one like to make people laugh, totally match couple. They decided to tied the knot at Old First Presbyterian Church San Francisco, and we had the picture session in the heart of downtown before the ceremony. We took some pictures on the cable car and the drivers were very nice to us, they watched the incoming traffic for us for our safety and also hold up the passensgers. We also found a nice texture wall as the background next to the bank, the texture standed out on the images after I incresed the contrast, I luv it! Shooting wedding pictures in downtown is always fun, cityscape with classic wedding gown made perfect contrast on the images.

Nice makeup by Chrintine's airbrush makeup

Mark Hopkins San Francisco Photo Shoot

Mark Hopkins San Francisco, located on the top of Nob Hill, one of the famous 5 stars hotels in San Francisco. Also, they are the "wedding factory" because they did about 25 weddings last year and the number is growing. Besides the grand ballroom, Mark Hopkins also has many other spaces where are perfect for smaller weddings.The purpose of this project is to capture all the transformed these rooms into elegant wedding venues and the hotel can show the images to the potential brides. Here are the rooms of this project:

The Florentine Room (Rehersal Dinner)
The California Room (Ceremony)
Six Continents (Reception)
Top of the Mark (Perfect for Proposing, Rehearsal Dinner, Ceremony, Reception)

I love Top of the Mark the most, it's located on the 15th floor of the building, 360 degree landscape of San Francisco, it was so amazing! If you've never been there, visit their Sunday brunch and I'm sure you will love it. Thanks for the hard work from all the vendors, their works are outstanding and made my images beautiful, I can't wait to work with them again!

Location: Mark Hopkins San Francisco
Wedding Coordinator: A Bride's Best Friend
Lighting: Enhanced Lighting and Sound
Flower Arrangement & Decor: Amy Burke Designs
Flower Arrangement & Decor: Floramor Studios
Chairs & Chair Covers: Especially Yours Chair Covers


The Florentine Room (Rehersal Dinner)


Chivari chairs by Especially Yours Chair Covers

The California Room (Ceremony)


Draping & Lighting by Enhanced Lighting and Sound


Chair Covers by Especially Yours Chair Covers





Six Continents (Reception)

Draping & Lighting by Enhanced Lighting and Sound


Top of the Mark (Perfect for Proposing, Rehearsal Dinner, Ceremony, Reception)

Views from Top of the Mark

Mark Hopkins San Francisco Photo Shoot Teaser

Kristi & Alex Wedding | Saint Mark's Episcopal Church | Pacific Athletic Club

Kristi and Alex tied the knot in Saint Mark's Episcopal Church, a nice elegant church sitting near downtown Menlo Park. After the ceremony, we had the picture session taken just outside of the church because the little garden was beautiful. I enjoyed the session with this newly wed because they had good facial expression and also knew how to show love in front of my cameras. Kristi and Alex met each other at their friends' wedding reception couple years ago, so they decide to hold their reception at the same place - Pacific Athletic Club in Redwood City to make it more special. I love to shoot at this venue because Sam and I got married there as well. Lovely wedding, Lovely couple, Congratulations!