Julie and James!

Our good friends Julie and James tied the knot on April 25th, 2009. I was only a guest at their wedding, so I got the best shots I could without getting into the main photographer’s way. I didn’t run around like I normally would :-P It was a beautiful wedding held at Kindred Community Church in Anaheim, California.

In some ways, shooting as a guest (namely, bridal party) is actually better than being the main photographer. For instance, you are on the inside, grabbing the real emotions as things happen rather than running around trying to find the best angle. You also have the capability to shoot wide and up close at certain moments. As the main photog, you have to try to be invisible at times, forcing you to use a telephoto – and that can be sometimes limiting.

Anyway, without further ado, here are the pictures from the bridal party guest gone wild!

Be patient, lots of pictures below!











































  1. Anonymous posted the following on April 29, 2009 at 1:01 am.

    aww! Julie looked so beautiful and serene :) What a beautiful wedding!

  2. Munted kowhai posted the following on April 29, 2009 at 9:44 am.

    haha i love the last photo, that is so awesome!

  3. Jason V posted the following on May 8, 2009 at 10:44 am.

    Wow, these came out really nice. I hope that you didn’t make the ‘real wedding photographyer’ look bad… :)

  4. Eric Chan posted the following on May 11, 2009 at 2:13 am.

    Thanks! These were only candid, I’m sure the artistically posed shots by Steven Nguyen (recently featured on strobist) were awesome as well!

  5. The Bride and Groom posted the following on May 26, 2009 at 11:32 pm.

    Thanks for the BEAUTIFUL pictures, Steven. We’ve been sharing them with everybody!


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