Category Archives: ENGAGEMENTS

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BRIAN & ANNIE ENGAGED

12.17.08 – 1:00 pm

Yes I know, I’ve been such a bad blogger lately. But I hope I can make it up with this post. Annie & Brian, I can’t even begin to describe how cool and fun these two are, so I won’t. I’m sure the people that know them will sure agree with me though. This past weekend we shot their engagement session at not 1 or 2, but 3 locations! I think it’s always a great idea to switch it up and shoot at different places, especially if they have special meaning. We started the day at Angels Stadium with a special private tour. Unfortunately there was a game on the field and we couldn’t get on the field, but we still had fun. We then headed back to their old high school, where again we were denied access to where they wanted to shoot. I sure didn’t feel like hoping a fence and getting arrested since the police station was across the street, so we just stayed in front. We finished the day at Old Towne Orange, which kinda felt like my old home town.  Here are just a few of my favorites from their session and I can’t wait to shoot their wedding next year!  Thanks again guys for the wine!

 
Something just told me it was going to be a great day!


They were actually allowed to sit on the promotional Corona chairs!

Brian was warming up a bit before the shoot.

There’s something so special about two people in an empty stadium.

This was pretty much as close as we could get to the field and almost got hit by a ball!

Annie’s hair and makeup was so excellent that day and it was done by the talented JAC Beauty.

These were taken at their old high school in some beautiful light!


Annie workin’ it! and Brian trying to be the center of attention.


I found this cool little spot while walking in Old Towne Orange. That place has so much character!

This photo reminds me of walks in NY.




There was some serious fun, laughs and modeling that day!

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SHOOTING FOR FUN

11.09.08 – 11:00 am

Now that the wedding season is winding down, I look for any opportunity to shoot for fun. It’s even better when you get to shoot a fun happy couple. This past Friday I was invited by Matt to shoot one of his couples, for their engagement session. We headed down to a small beach in Laguna for their session. I really wanted to take more risks this shoot and shoot as wide open as I can and at ISO’s I couldn’t shoot normally. The whole idea is to really push the limits of the camera and myself at the same time. Thanks again Matt for inviting me out.

 


It’s all fun and games until you take a tumble head first to the sand.




This is where I wanted to see the difference. We completely lost the light at this point. There was a faint sunset light remaining. Here are the specs on these shots.
(left) 50mm, F/1.4, ISO 1600, 1/40 (right) 50mm, F/1.4, ISO 3200, 1/50
You be the judge on how much more grain there is.

I tried a semi-long exposure shot. This was shot at 28mm, F/4, ISO 400, 4 second shutter. I placed the camera on a brick wall and did a timer shot. Again it was pretty much dark at this point.

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BACK TO CONNECTICUT & A SPECIAL HOLIDAY PROMO

11.03.08 – 7:00 pm

Well it’s official, Helen and I have booked our flight back to Connecticut for the Thanksgiving Holiday.  We’re really looking forward to meeting up with some friends and family, feeling cold and drinking hot cocoa. We will be back from November 19th till December 3rd and I was thinking that since our holiday promo on family, engagement and maternity sessions here in California was such a hit, we’re going to be offering it to our Connecticut, Boston and New York clients as well since we’ll be traveling there.  

 

Since we’ll only be there for 2 weeks, we’re offering this with limit spots available. So, if you’re interested in taking some fun photos and hanging out with me, please send me an email to: brian@briankhang.com or click on the connect tab up top to send me an email. Our promo sessions start at only $195 and all sessions include, prints, your photos on a private online gallery, digital negatives on DVD and much more. Please contact me for more information.

 

And for my California clients, I haven’t forgotten about you either. When we return, we’ll be extending our promo sessions for the remaining days in December. So please contact me as soon as possible to reserve your day. Happy travels to me and I’ll see my Happy Nutmegger’s soon!

 

 

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JANET & VINH ENGAGED

09.09.08 – 10:00 am

This past Sunday I had so much fun shooting Janet & Vinh’s engagement session down at The Grove in LA and Venice Beach. They are getting married in just a few weeks and I’m so excited to be shooting their wedding too. The Grove was so packed that day well because it was a Sunday, but we still shot there anyways and shooting with primes with a narrow depth of field really helped out. Ok I’m getting technical. For my clients that are reading this, in other words I blurred the heck out of the backgrounds as much as I could. We had a crazy fun time that day. There were so many great places to shoot and the lighting there is always amazing. Just as we were getting close to finishing, of course we were finally stopped by security and were asked if we were shooting professionally here. I said no of course and well we shot there for a good two hours before they said anything, so I’m happy for that. We shot some video that day too which hopefully I’ll be sharing that with you all later on, but for now here are some of my favorites from the day.

 

Meet Janet & Vinh.

Running through the Farmers Market.

Vinh decided that Janet needed a foot rub. What a nice guy.

Originally we wanted to have Janet stand in the cart and have Vinh push her around, but we weren’t sure if it was built for that. We opted for this moment here instead. You carts are safe, this time.

It got a little hot and heavy between the caution signs and the mini animal statues.

We had so much great light that day.

As you can see there were tons of people walking by, but it’s all good.

One of my favorite portraits.

And one of my favorite moments.

Yup we got a little silly. They had the funniest baby gear there and I think Vinh and Janet were being to honest?

Enjoying some live music.

I love the way they look at each other.

We ended the day with some more fun in Venice.

And we even had time to build this sand castle.

Another one of my favorite moments that day.

Crazy kids.

I told them to give me a funny face and this is what I got. I love surprises.

 

To see more photos from their engagement session, CLICK HERE for the slideshow!

 

 

 

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SARAH & MATT ENGAGED

09.06.08 – 1:00 pm

Meet Sarah & Matt. This engagement session was an extra special one, because Sarah is Helen’s best friend. They both met back in high school in Connecticut and have been best of friends ever since. Sarah now lives in Boston and that’s where she met Matt. They came out to California for a mini vacation and an engagement shoot of course. Sarah & Matt are getting married next May in St. Thomas and I can’t wait to shoot their wedding. It’s going to be so beautiful! They’re a super fun couple and we had a lot of fun and injuries at the engagement session in Laguna Beach. I’ll talk about the injury part below.

They like to tease each other.

I warned them that stuff like this goes on the blog. But it’s all in good fun!

I think the last photo led to this.

One of my favorites.

Taking a minute to listen to the sounds of the ocean.

Here is the injury part. We thought it would be the coolest thing to run out and stand on the rock you see here, but Matt didn’t see there was a smaller rock in front of it, tripped and cut his hand. Don’t worry though, he’s fine. We thought it was worth it for this shot.

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