Level Up in Pasadena from Charles Lauren Films on Vimeo. (Thanks Kelsey & David for your great work!).
Our grand opening night at our new Pasadena Office on Feb 2, turned out close to 300 people! WOW. Seven wedding industry professionals hosted this occasion at the Workshops in Pasadena. I want to personally thank my colleagues who made this event a HUGE success. They are:
Ngoc Nguyen of Skybox Event Productions
Theresa Huang of TH Makeup & Hair Design
Kendra Ackerman and Euri Wong of Fleuretica
Tuan Nguyen of Two 1 Studio
Margaret Wang of Muse Makeup Artistry
Caroline Tran of Caroline Tran
Other vendors who made the night alive: Lights provided by The Music Man Production (thanks Jack), music by Zuno Productions, catering by Huntington Catering Company, Lotus Culinary Creations, Cakes by the Pound – Thanks for the delicious Sweets!
Special thanks to Annette Hatch of Sweet Addictions for bringing in the wonderful cake (it was delicious!!!). Also to Selene Lum from Joie Patisserie, who introduced her magnificent French macarons. “C’est magnifique.”
And to all who attended, THANK YOU for coming.
Yes it’s an honor. Yes it’s a big deal. And yes, I’m as giddy as a little school boy to receive such an award and to be among many great photographers around the world. Thank you Junebug Weddings! Also thanks to Leslie & Brian for being such great clients and a wonderful experience in a wonderful venue. And finally thanks to Sergio and Larisa at Cabo Azul Resort for their welcoming hospitality.
It was a trip down to memory lane at Angeli and Franz’s wedding. I truly appreciate their love for photographs. As Angeli was getting ready for her big day, I observed their family portraits, and hung in the hallway was a picture of Angeli when she was a child and an old photo of her with all her cousins which was taken a decade ago. We helped Angeli recreated this photograph during the reception around a “photo sofa” Angeli had ingeniously put together. Angeli and Franz love to travel and they shared their fond memories by using the pictures as part of the center pieces. And I can’t forget the life size cutout of Angeli and Franz from the engagement shoot we took not too long ago. It made for some very funny photo ops. And…believe it or not, I look forward to toasts at weddings… you get to know the couple through the stories their family and friends share. Angeli’s father humorously mentioned that in-spite of a very high profile game that evening, they wouldn’t have missed their son and their daughter’s wedding for the world. And the news of Pacquiao winning over Cotto was a cause for added celebration.
Many thanks to the following great teams of people who helped put this beautiful wedding together:
Celebration at Hilton Pasadena
Event Planning by Skybox Event
Lighting and DJ by Platinum Peaks
Videography by Mon Villacorta
Flowers by The Flower Tray
