I wish you could meet Dr. Brian Smoot. Whenever I ask him how his baby daughter Sophia is doing, his face can barely contain that smile. He starts to answer the question, and usually manages to complete a sentence, though I somehow feel he's grasping for the words that can fully express all that he's thinking. It's like when you're in love with someone, and someone's asked you why, or what's so special about that person. When Dr. Smoot talks about his daughter, he gets caught up -- his sentences sort of trail off, and he stares off into space, or at least that's what it looks like. I know his mind's...
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The two women passed by the booth. They were arguing.
"How about these guys?" the older woman asked.
"They're not the guys," said the young woman. She sounded frustrated and tired.
They stopped long enough for me to ask them what they were looking for. I was at the Central Coast Bridal Show manning Candor Studios' first booth on the last Sunday of February 2011, passing cards and pamphlets to passerbys. Jenette and her mother Sandra were shopping for a wedding photographer and had passed by the booth several times in their search to find a photographer...
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Professional photographer and good friend Megan Tsang invited me to second shoot a wedding up in San Francisco. It was a great opportunity to shoot in another city, work alongside another professional, and not have the pressure of getting the perfect shot -- my pictures would supplement Megan's and add another dimension to the entire package. It was a freeing experience. I worked around Megan and got to see how she set up her lights and how she carried her equipment.
For the pre-ceremony pictures, Megan and I split up. I drove over to the groom's house to take...
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On a visit to Santa Barbara, Will's roommate Gina asked me what I would charge for a wedding. Her friends Cindy and Jason already hired a professional to take pictures at their wedding but they wanted to have another photographer to give them a different perspective.
For Will and me, it was our first shoot together as a team. We took pictures at the couple's tea ceremony where Cindy and Jason served family members tea and received gifts in return. Both families wore big smiles on their faces -- they were so proud and happy for the couple.
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I got a call in the morning that woke me up. I checked the caller-ID -- it was a number I didn't recognize. I picked it up thinking it might be important; it might also be a telemarketer or wrong number.
The person on the other side identified himself as Chris and asked me what I would charge for a short wedding in Carmel. He didn't want prints, wasn't asking for a book or much in materials -- he just wanted a photographer to do some photos on the beach for the wedding and maybe some photographs beforehand. I quoted him a price, and he said it would work.
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