A day late, but never the less, I have a fun clip to share! I had a revelation that I should organize my iPhone photos in a separate library from all of our other family photos. I tried bunching them together with our other family pics, but it got too cluttered and the quality was different, looking at them was giving me a headache. So, I created a new library for iPhone pics only.

While iPhoto, was importing thousands of these photos from my phone, they were all flashing in front of me in a lightning fast manner. And the light bulb above my head lit up. Let’s do a super fast slideshow of all these crazy little pictures. I pretty much take a photo with my phone everyday, no matter what I’m doing. Most of it is of the kiddos, but never the less, it’s pretty cool to look back at all of them. This two and half minute slideshow is what I saw through my phone in 2008. This year should be fun, too! Check it out:

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Another first for me. First time shooting at the Long Beach Aquarium. Della and Richard wanted to shoot their engagement session there and I was super excited! I knew there would be cool shots to find everywhere. And there was. I also got to explore some pretty amazing parts of Long Beach Harbor. It really is a great place to shoot. It was a terrific session and they did such a fantastic job. Their wedding is coming up this January and it should be a blast. Here are a few highlights:

Diane and Frank’s wedding took place at the Huntington Beach Hyatt and it was a gorgeous day by the beach. They had such a wonderful event with great personalities, great details and great vendors! All combined made it such a treat for us to be there. They also had the yummiest late night snack for everyone…fries and chicken nuggets! Yum :) Thanks to Eva and her crew at Red Velvet Occasions. Loved working with them…so on the ball, professional and sooo nice. Can’t wait to work with them again. Also, thanks to the crew at the Hyatt Regency, who is always fantastic.

Florals: Flower Mart
Make up: Joyce Luck
Music: Eric Menzies
Officiant: Sabastian Huynh
Coordination: Red Velvet Occasions
Venue: Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach
Photography: Jan Garcia Photography

So many things to say and show about Mona and Joe’s wedding…where to begin. From the very first time I met with Mona and Joe and they informed be about what they had planned for their ceremony, I’ve been excited. It was gonna be a “hybrid” wedding in the truest sense. They had many Indian wedding traditions mixed in with our more familiar western practices. Their big day was set at the Newport Beach Marriott, and it was just a beautiful event to witness. Mona and Joe are just amazingly fun people to be around and they are totally in love. That made their night filled with so much emotions, tears were flowing and belly laughs were heard. Such a great night! Thanks to Candace and her crew at the Marriott who always makes the day great for all!

Video: Thomas Hughes Films
Florals: Funny Flowers
Music: American Mobile Music (Bob Sansom: amazing singer…sounded like Sinatra. Wow!)
Officiant: Dr. Shukavak N. Dasa
Venue: Newport Beach Marriott
Photography: Jan Garcia Photography