Michelle + Ryan | Engaged | Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach

Michelle and Ryan booked their session at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, afterhours, an opportunity only reserved for the very few privileged special people, like Michelle! :D They’ve won the award for the most interesting location i’ve shot at yet. The entire aquarium was empty except for us. We were able to run around, play with the sea otters, touch the sharks, hang out wherever we wanted, and even bring out paint and paint on each other. Michelle and Ryan were a lot of fun and were up for anything. I’ll be posting their save the date photos AFTER they send them out, but I can’t wait to see those in print too. Thank you also to Lauretta who guided us around the aquarium after hours, we couldn’t have done any of this without her. Hope you enjoy all these photos, some of these are just way too cute. I especially love the sea otter ones where M+R are holding hands like in that youtube sea otter video. The sea otter just couldn’t get enough of it.

Thank you also to Gaby for assisting and doing the make up. Please enjoy!

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Joanne + James | Married | Fullerton

Joanne and James had THE wedding date of the year. I’ve had many inquiries for this date but Joanne and James being on top of the game came to me such a long time ago. They had their wedding at the Coyote Hills Country Club in North Fullerton which is by far the most beautiful country club backdrop i’ve seen to date. Why? BECAUSE they were married during sunset with a waterfall backdrop, seriously. Joanne looked gorgeous in her dress and her guests blew a flock of bubbles sealing their kiss. Everything came out so well that it was reallly hard to pick out which pictures to post. Even after narrowing it down I still have a whopping 75 + shots to post tonight, which might be the most i’ve ever blogged, but even with that I was able to finish these a week early :D Hope you guys enjoy that J&J! Thanks for the amazing time, your friends and family really made us feel welcomed. Enjoy!

Some more of my favorites and more details can be seen on my gallery here which is still uploading and will be done by the end of tonight.

Venue: Coyote Hills Country Club
Deejay: Legends – DJ Norbert
Florist: Emma’s Garden
Hair: Linda Kim
Makeup: Gaby Manalo
Candy Bar: The Sweet Hostess
Photobooth: Shutterbooth
2nd Shooter: James Macasaet

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Rovy + Rosanne | Proposal | Yojie Restaurant

I met Rosanne a few years ago at CSULB through some friends at the CBA and I met Rovy soon afterwards when his brother told me he was thinking about joining my fraternity. Since then I’ve seen these two literally grow and become two of the most respected and inspired leaders in their communities and make some of greatest friends a person can ever have. Last week when Rovy called me to tell me his plans and asked me to shoot his proposal, I couldn’t be happier for him. Rovy gathered his closest friends at the Yojie Shabu Shabu Restaurant for his birthday late Saturday night and set his plan into motion. Little did Rosanne know it was really all for her. After hours, Rovy was able to close the restaurant, move tables, and play a birthday video that revealed his true intentions. I won’t be able to do it justice by just writing about it, so here’s where pictures literally do mean a thousand words. I wish you two a wonderful time planning, I can honestly say this is the best time in your life, enjoy the planning and all the wishful blessings. Rovy + Rosanne – Congratulations!

You can see the entire gallery of the proposal here.

And here’s a video of it actually going down :) Courtesy of Gaby’s awesome vidoegraphy skills.

Rovy’s Proposal from Justin Element on Vimeo.

I love this shot just because she has NO idea he’s proposing tonight and she found the diamond on the wall and started putting her finger next to it… Everyones mouths dropped when she did it haha

Rovy’s Birthday toast

And the video

And here we go!

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