Kevin&Tracy's Teasers!


I had the chance to help out Hai of www.JHphotographyonline.com again as a video guy. I took a few snaps at this nice wedding alongside them and Costas of www.digitalremix.net. Most of the photos are behind the scenes. You can view the slideshow below.

Venues:
Church // Holy Rosary Church // http://www.holyrosaryparish.org/
Reception // Paraiso Maravilla // http://pmhouston.com/

Cyndee + Kris!


I shot this wedding alongside with Laura Sponaugle on Halloween. I haven't shot at a vietnamese wedding in awhile, but this kind of wedding seemed a bit more traditional with a hint of modern feel to it (to me at least). They were a great looking couple and the bride happened to be my moms' friends' daughter... so she was at the wedding as well. Small world indeed. Here's a short slide show of the wedding:

SoReal Cru's Dance Studio Opening!


Raniel invited Harrison and I to cover the SoReal Dance Studio Grand Opening. The Dance studio is what you'd expect it to be, hot and energetic. Well it was mainly due to the 80+ dancers ranging from 8 yrs old to 30 yrs and the limited air conditioning in the dance studio. Unfortunately I was only there for the first workshop taught by Jun Quemada. The studio opening lasted from 4p to 9p. I would say it was a successful event for a small studio opening.

Here is a slideshow I made from the event.

Photos//Danh Phan
Music//George Nozuka

Dina + Khai!


A second shooter for Michael Lyons Photography once again. Enjoy the images!

Venue//Chateau Polonez
Florists//Secret Floral Garden
Hair&Makeup//The Perfect Face
Caterer//Glorius Cuisine
Wedding Cake//Virginia's Cakes

Karla Michelle's Quince!


I had the opportunity to help out jhphotographyonline.com alongside with Costas of digitalremix.net at this Quinceneara. I was basically a photo/video guy for this event but I'm more of a photo guy than a videographer. It was my 2nd time playing around with the new Canon 7D provided for me by JHP. It's a great camera, but not worthy of an upgrade if you currently own a 30/40D. The only thing I like about it is the increased AF points and HD quality videos it captures.

We started off taking pictures at Karla's house in Pearland as she was getting ready and then headed to the venue up North Houston. Forgive me as I have forgot the venue's name. It was a nice warm catered venue enough for 50 tables, a dance floor, dj's, and a band.

Here are a few photos I took from the event... and don't mind the music. It's just something I like at this time... haha.

Alex's Alpine White E46!


It's been about 2 years since I've done a real photoshoot for Alex. His car has gone through such an amazing transformation. His small exterior mods started building up and it is what you see here today. This wasn't a real, real photoshoot but more of a trial for my new and longer rig.
We had planned to shoot at 8a, but we didn't meet up til 8 and ended up scouting for about an hour. We rolled through Katy and then somehow ended up somewhere near 290. We took another 30 minutes to set up the rig and started shooting. It was about 10am and the sun was almost high up. Even with an ND filter stacked with a CPL, at ISO50, I couldn't keep my shutter speed slower than 1 second. Looks like I may have to invest in a 9 stop ND filter. Well here are the outcome of our shots.

Alex's Alpine White E46

Alex's Alpine White E46

Hoang & Mai's Engagement!


I shot alongside JHPhotographyonline.com and Costas of www.digitalremix.net this past Sunday. Hai invited me to help him shoot his brother's engagement ceremony or, "Dam Hoi". It was a rainy day but it really wasn't too bad...

The hardest thing about making a slide show is picking the music. I hope they go well together.

My newlyborn niece!


Welcome to the world Ada Nhi Pham! It's a cruel and cynical world we live in so hopefully you won't experience that until later on in life...

Ada

Yessica + Mike's Engagement Proposal!


A friend's friend had planned out a surprise proposal at Lake Travis' The Oasis restaurant and had me document the surprise. I arrived at 5p to meet Mike's mom and the rest of the family upstairs. The couple did not get there til 6:30p. Both families were there as a surprise to Yessica.

Before they arrived, I had to find angles where I wouldn't be seen. I got high... I got low... and even hid behind what was supposed to be a tinted mirror. At one point during this paparazzi ordeal, his fiance had spotted me through the mirror but had thought nothing of it. I was noticeable because of my white Tshirt. I had to get way different angles from where I was shooting and even had to role play. I pretended to be from Southern Living, a magazine about life in the south.

The proposal did not happen until sunset or 7:30pm so by then she was starving and wondering why her food hasn't been served yet. I asked Mike if he was nervous and he told me after the proposal, "Not really man... I had about 4 drinks ." Even after the proposal she did not give him a clear answer to his question. She kept saying, "Omg... shut up... SHUT UP! OMG!"

Here's the slideshow I made for them

Dee-Tay the Rapper!


So what have I been up to since my last post? I've had a couple of photoshoots and took some time to study for my upcoming board certification exam. Well, let's just say that I've done less of the latter than I should have. Is it a lack of motivation? I'd definitely say so. I'd rather spend hours researching on lighting techniques than re-learn about the different diseases that the human body goes through when RBCs, WBCs, Hgb, MCV, Hct, etc. are increased or decreased. My heart is just not into it anymore.

One of the photo shoots I had the opportunity of shooting was for Deonte Brantley. He was referred by another client of mine and had liked his photos. At 17 years of age, he has plans to be one of the rising rap stars in Houston. After weeks of scheduling, we finally shot at one of the popular graffiti locations on Crawford and Elgin. I met up with Deonte at the Kim Son restaurant in downtown Houston. You would think most kids would have their own cars to ride around but being 17, Dee-Tay brought his dad. Without his Dad, the shoot wouldn't have been that great. I guess having his dad there relaxed him a bit and encouraged him too.

Well here are three from the shoot that I really liked.

Dee-Tay the Rapper

Dee-Tay the Rapper

Dee-Tay the Rapper

Labor Day Fun!


Went out to Galveston, TX with a few friends for the day. Probably one of the best laid back trips evar! We were supposed to leave at 10AM but we didn't really leave Houston until 1p. Before we left, we ate at Les Givrales' behind Don's Cafe. Their banh mi was pretty good. Next time I'll try out the Banh Mi with pork and eggs. When we got to Galveston, we shopped around for drinks. That took us about an hour or two... haha. We didn't find any spots around the seawall so we went to East Beach instead. We took photos and played around in the sand for a couple of hours. Then we headed to The Spot for dinner. I fell into a food coma on the way back and doze on and off. We finally came back to town and called it a day. Good times...

Here's a timelapse by Ervin Llanera...

Labor Day @ The Beach from Venn L on Vimeo.



I'll post some pictures in a bit.

Cindy's Birthday @ Escalante's!


I haven't been out of the house for awhile... approximately the time since I've been back from Vegas lol... and I was invited to CindyK's bday. It was a fun evening with old friends and new friends, even though I didn't really get their names lol. We ate at Escalante's, a mexican grill in the first colony town center. I had the salmon with grilled shrimp, rice, and the side salad. Everyone else had Fajitas.
Afterwards, we wanted to go to Loggia's, but there was a $5 cover so we went to a wine bar instead. We didn't drink wine. We drank beer instead haha. It was a good night to spend with old friends. Enough of my crappy story of the evening and more pictures.

Phi's BMW E60


I had a planned photoshoot with Phi and his E60 yesterday morning at 7a. We were both running kinda late so instead of wasting more time by going to downtown to scout and shoot, I decided to use the parking garage at Town and Country Center. I haven't finished processing the pictures yet but here's a little behind the scenes of the rig shots.

Las Vegas!


It was my first time in Vegas with my brother and a few friends. It was definitely an awesome experience and there will be many more times where I'll be back there.

Here's some pictures from the trip that I took... also I'm trying out a new slideshow flash program. It's pretty simple and easy to use.

Helen Rios!


Harrison had another friend willing to try out some test shots with his studio background set up at my place. This was my first time shooting with a large background with lighting. A few days before the shoot, I had watched Zack Arias' OneLight DVD. Seeing what you can do with one light is definitely awesome and cheap. Now I've gotta learn how to use more than one light next time. Any volunteers?

Here are some of my favorites from the test shots...

Helen

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2nd Import FaceOff 2009 Houston!


Import Face Off came back to Houston again, actually Baytown, and it was hot as hell. Literally! I didn't really want to go because of the heat, but I didn't want to miss out on a local show. My last minute decision was at 10AM when Ervin texted me to see if I was still in. I didn't really have anything better to do so I headed over to Bernie's house to meet them up. Along the way, we ran into a few hurdles with law enforcement and part failures. Roll in should have been around noon or earlier but we arrived at 12:30p.
I was surprised because as we were rolling in, other people were also, and even later there were more people rolling in. Once I helped my friend cleaned his car up, I started taking a few snap shots of the cars and people around. To sum it all up, it was hot! In my opinion, the show did not have a lot of spectators. There were about 150 +/- 50 or so cars showing and about 50 being show worthy. Enough words from me, here are some pictures...

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