A quick update on Wedding 64 and other aspects of our business. Some of you may know that Art Suwansang, the founder of Wedding 64, is a well known teacher and educator.  Art writes for numerous professional publications such as Rangefinder and AfterCapture to name a few.  He also teaches at multiple colleges and universities where he has been involved in designing and piloting specialized digital curriculums.

Here is a quick glimpse into one of his articles, which is a product review that lead to a video interview.
X-Rite Color Munki Display and i1Display Pro
The video is embedded below.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18BGpBXdeys[/youtube]

Here are some images that Art shot while he was teaching a Wedding Photography Seminar in the United Kingdom, click here to view the post.

We got some great feedback from one of our attendees and a review as well. We are thrilled and wanted to share the link so please check it out by clicking here.

Last year Wedding 64 started a partnership that changes the way we work with videographers for the better. We partnered up with Ethan J Studio based in Los Angeles, California. Mostly what impressed us about Ethan was the quality of his work and his creative background in music video film production. The videos that he has been producing at weddings are just absolutely amazing, and trust us, they are better than most of the video work that we’ve seen on the market. Check out his work at www.ethanjstudios.com

We are currently working exclusively with Ethan J Studios to provide behind the scene videos to our couples.  Please check out the following link:
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/38886290[/vimeo]

Thomas and Desire are having their wedding in Italy later this summer but they thought it would be fun to have their engagement session here in downtown Los Angeles.  The backdrop we used for this enthusiastic couple were the sights of downtown Los Angeles such as Union Station, Walt Disney Concert Hall and other interesting downtown Los Angeles locations.  This was a really fun and upbeat couple.  We started the session later in the afternoon and photographed into the early evening. Union Station provided us with an Art Deco timeless look while the Disney Concert Hall provided us with a modern contemporary look full of energy and geometric skylines. Congratulations to Thomas + Desire!

Here are some images from our engagement session with Sandy + Richard which were taken at the Montage in Laguna Beach, CA. We were especially lucky to photograph Sandy + Richard in their wedding outfits which gave us the opportunity to get some great shots of Sandy’s beautiful dress. Many of the images that you see here were photographed long after sunset when it was pitch dark, however, we were able to produce amazing images for this really fun and sophisticated couple. Congratulations and best wishes to Sandy + Richard in their new life together!

I have the privilege of traveling the world to capture “Insanely Great Images™,” of couples and  to work with amazing people from all over. This year I had the opportunity to start my new year in London at the Society of Wedding & Portraits Professional Convention at the Novotel London West in London, UK. This is one of the photo shoots that I did with a real couple as I was leading a workshop of about 10 photographers.  I really enjoyed working with people who were eager to learn more about my style and how I capture these Insanely Great Images. Take a browse below, I would love to hear what you think!

For now, Cheers!

Art

Sandy & Richard’s Wedding was an extremely fun wedding for us, I mean look at the images, need I say more.  We really loved this couple and got so many great opportunities to flex our creative muscles. Their ceremony took place at the Hyatt Regency in Newport Beach which is a very modern and spacious venue.   The reception was held at the Black Gold Golf Course in Yorba Linda, CA which is a private and very secluded golf course with an amazing view of the Orange County Skyline and an extremely friendly staff. The images from this wedding cover a wide variety of photographic approaches ranging from photo journalism to just plain fun and memorable shots. It was also at this event that we met an awesome videographer, Ethan of Ethan J Studios, his website is www.ethanjstudios.com and boy do we love his style of videography, needless to say we’ll be collaborating with Ethan on more projects in the future.

For now enjoy these wonderful images below and see the rest of this fun couple’s images at www.facebook.com/wedding64

Cheers,

Art

We had so much fun with Siri & Kunal on our day long excursion through Bronxville, NY. There are so many places in Bronxville that offer a nostalgic and warm feeling which match well with the obvious emotional connection between Siri and Kunal.  This is a brief story of how these two met and how their story together began.

Stuti (common friend & match maker) set up an informal date at a Bollywood movie serendipitously called New York, New York! The ironic thing was that Siri actually dated one of the actors in the film they were watching (also introduced by Stuti) and poor Kunal had to sit through the entire movie wondering why the two girls were giggling. To make a long story short, Siri just wanted to be friends with Kunal but at the end she was was touched by Kunal’s sincerity and charming ways! Kunal was a true gentlemen and courted Siri until her heart just gave in and after many attempts and just being friends he took a chance and courageously held her hand for the first time at the movie “500 Days of Summer”, she responded by not letting him go and the rest is history.

Now it is time to enjoy the images from this love story. What a romantic meet up  :)

To view additional images from this engagement session please go to our facebook page at

Cheers ~ Wedding 64 Team

Fluffy clouds and light breezes set the tone for this wedding at a private estate called Levyland in Carlsbad, California (20 minutes north San Diego). The wedding took place on the beach very close to the house. It was a clear sunny day with waves breaking on the beach as the background symphony for the wedding ceremony. It was an intimate wedding with family members sitting, standing and gathering around the couple to wish them well.  What a beautiful backdrop for photographing Ani + Rick, the bridal party, family members and all of their friends.  Amazing blue skies, clouds and pastel colors surrounded the couple and their guests.  Congratulations to Rick + Ani!  What an amazing day!  Thank you for having us there to capture your happiness!

Cheers,

Wedding 64

To view more images from this wedding please go to www.facebook.com/wedding64

It was a bright and windy day in downtown Los Angeles. The engagement session started out with a chai tea latte and a green tea blended drink, and they were good drinks. Then we drove off with Gaby and Alex to their engagement session, which was a very fun one to say the least.  We started out in the LA Arts District where we used the buildings and local color as a backdrop.  We walked over to the Disney Concert Hall which is a magnificent building and a perfect backdrop for almost any event. We continued our walk through the upper part of downtown LA where Gaby and Alex took a ride on the Angels Flight Trolley.  We then experimented with the lighting in the downtown tunnels where we got pictures of our couple highlighted by the cascading telescoping effect of the cars as they drove by us. Our final location for our day was on the 4th street bridge with the historic street lights on and the sunset illuminating the sky.  We concluded the photo session with this amazing couple as the sunset faded, everyone was in great spirits and we look forward to being there for Gaby and Alex for the August wedding☺.

To see the rest of the images please go to http://www.facebook.com/wedding64

We had a fun and amazing engagement photo session with Ariel & Jamie. Since they lived by the beach, they decided to have their session at the Newport Beach Pier and then by the rocky cliffs of Laguna Beach. Their Wedding is coming up later on this year and we are looking forward to that as well. Thank you both of you for a very fun session.

Michelle & William’s Wedding was really fun at the Four Season Biltmore in Santa Barbara. The venue is awesome and right down by the beach so the breeze was nice. The event coordination for this event was done by Imagine… Weddings & Special Events, LLC Santa Barbara. Rebecca is the person who runs Imagine and let me tell you she is the best wedding coordinator that you will ever have! Take a look at what she has orchestrated  from the images below. And remember that this could be your day too!

Cheers,

Art