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Gallery Wraps

In addition the the must have albums, gallery wraps are great if you want something that will awe your guest. Whether you plan to display it in your home or at your wedding reception, the gallery wrap is definitely an attention-getter. A gallery wrap is basically your image mounted on a canvas, ready to be hung on the wall. It’s the stuff you see in high end art galleries.

Tanya’s gallery wrap from her maternity session came in and it looks awesome! This huge 20×24 piece of art will be hanging in their living room. By the way, her baby was born on October 3rd! It’s a girl! Congratulations guys!

Ask me about getting the gallery wrap for your wedding reception.

-Ari

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Kat x Chepo || Engagement Portraits|| San Francisco, Ca

I love San Francisco! I can’t wait to move there in about two years. Last week I did an engagement there with one of my bros, Chepo and his lovely fiancé Kat. We had a blast walking the streets of SF to find places to take pictures. Chepo is an up and coming bay area rap artist and Kat is one of the founding mother of her sorority. Together, they make one RAD couple.

After 9 years of dating, Chepo proposed to Kat in New York on top of the Empire State building. To recreate that “Empire State of Mind” feeling in their engagement photos, I used the urban scenes of SF to help bring out their personalities.

Check out the cool video of this San Francisco engagement session that Sam, my videographer created.

I love this shot. We spent a while trying to find the perfect alley way. This photo is going on a gallery wrap. Niiice!

I’m glad we took the risk for this shot because it was totally worth it!

~Ari

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Ari: My Life in Action || Shooting with Apertura

I am constantly striving for ways to improve and grow with photography. I think the best way to do this is to learn from someone who is far more wise and experienced than I am. Ray Soemarsona from Apertura was chosen by PopPhoto Magazine to be one of the top ten photographers in the country for 2009. Apertura’s pure photojournalistic style and knack for capturing the perfect moment filled with emotions is what sets them apart from the rest. I had the great privilege to tag along with Ray to help him 2nd shoot a wedding in San Diego. It was a great experience as I tried to match Ray’s photographic style the whole day. I think we both rocked that wedding!

Of course I had my iPhone handy to do a little video. Sorry if you get a little dizzy- I need a stabilizer!

Oh gosh, why is the video thumbnail always catching me at my most unflattering expression?!?

Make sure you stop by Apertura’s website: http://www.aperturaphoto.com/blog/

~Ari

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SoCal Shootout: Trash The Dress

It’s amazing how much talent is out there. A bunch of very talented photographers gathered in San Clemente for a shootout through a group called SoCal Photog Shootout. I had a great time meeting some of the faces that help make up southern California’s wedding photographers. What a refreshing group of people!

In additon to networking, we all got to shoot models in wedding dresses! The theme was Trashing the Dress–my favorite! Big ups to the models for doing crazy stuff like climbing on trees and getting into the fountain! Check out my photos from the day:

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Organizers: Hanssie Trainor
Hair and makeup: Kacee Geoffrey and Kimberly Bragalone
Vendors:
www.photogshootout.com
www.jaycatering.com
www.venueconcierge.com
www.bellacollinagolf.com
www.kaceegeoffroy.com
www.bowsnberries.com
www.averyjproductions.com

~Ari

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Jason >Q< Tran | Bridal Shoot | Los Angeles, CA

There is no doubt in my mind that Jason Q Tran is one of the top wedding photographers out there right now. If not top ten in the country, then for sure top ten in Southern California. What I like about Jason is his pure skills. He doesn’t resort to marketing schemes to be sucessful, just raw talent and hard work. In addition to being such a brilliant photographer, Jason is one of the realest/down to earth dudes I know. I am proud to be able to call him a friend. This guy is going to be my photographer when I get married. Yes, he’s THAT good.

One day, he called me randomly to ask if I would like to help him out on a project he was doing for a bridal catalog. Of course, being that he IS my hero after all, I excitedly said yes. Throughout the day, I had my iPhone handy to record some video. We had two models to showcase the various wedding dresses that we had. We took up our equipment to set up shop on top of a random rooftop where we started to collect a few spectators from the streets. Pretty awesome.

Here’s the video that I quickly threw together:

Please visit Jason Q Tran’s blog for the photos taken that day.

It was great hanging out with you Jason. Thanks for having me around!

~Ari

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