Only two words are needed to describe Katherine and Ron’s engagement session: fun and daring. Not only did Katherine and Ron kill the camera with smiles, they did so with some bravery when a rogue wave gave us all a good scare. But Ron and Katherine both hung tough and in the end we came out with some great shots because of it. Thank you Katherine and Ron for the great time! You guys rock and I can’t wait till June for parts two and three!

Neang by Sophanmay
Apsara by Leslie, Alex and Reachny

Neang Neak By Julie
Neang Amari by Sabrina, Alex and Courney
Hari Hara by Neatha and Fina.

Date: January 14, 2011
Venue: St. Bonaventure Catholic Church
Ceremony Location: Huntington Beach, California
Reception Location: The Garden Room, Garden Grove, California

I also want to add that Nelsy and Jeff’s Wedding also marks the date of a new collaboration between Sojourn Foto and Orn Thang Photography as we work together to provide some new unique services and products for all of our clients. More info to come on that at a later date as that’s enough from me for now so without further adieu, here are the photos! Enjoy!

Date: January 14, 2011
Venue: St. Bonaventure Catholic Church
Ceremony Location: Huntington Beach, California
Reception Location: The Garden Room, Garden Grove, California

This trip to Destin was also special for another reason. Jessica and Jeremy’s wedding also meant that I would be reuniting with two of my best friends, Ron and Ryan, together all at once for the first time in a few years. It’s amazing to look back and think that I first met Ron back when we were freshman’s in high school and that I eventually met Ryan through Ron at the end of my senior year. We’ve gone through a lot together and have had some crazy fun times together but the one thing I realize most is that as we get older, we have (to include 3 different deployments to two different war zones) and we will always be there for one another even though we’re now separated by thousands of miles between us. Or at least me anyways as Ron has recently relocated to Southern Florida while Ryan is still in Destin, Florida.

But that’s enough sappy stuff from me. Though before you skip on down to the photos, I just want to add that I attended this wedding as a guest and I only shot a limited amount of what I could without getting in the way of the paid photographer (whom I’m going to link to as soon as I receive her contact info) while still being able to enjoy the wedding as a guest. So because of that freedom I decided to play around slightly with the look of some of my photos so don’t be surprised if you see something different from me. Enjoy!

Amazingly I’ve known Sammy and Bettie since they were probably about 6 years old. Actually it could be longer than that but I’m pretty sure I was too young to remember it if that was the case. Regardless of that, we grew up as cousins, even though technically we aren’t cousins as we’re actually god cousins, and our families have gone through a lot through the years as an extended family of sorts. But even with all that, it seemed like it was mission impossible just to find a date that worked for all of us so that we could meet up for a quick two hour lifestyle portrait session. Fortunately we were finally able to do so today and we can now finally cross that off our things to do list for the near future so here you go girls, your single day edit photos are up! Enjoy!