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Victoria Beach Engagement Photography in Laguna Beach – Shervin and Fariba

June 26th, 2009

Hey everyone this is Pye,

Yesterday I had the privilege of hanging out with my friends and gorgeous clients Fariba and Shervin. Our couple was loving the idea of a secluded public beach for their location, so the first location that came to mind was Victoria Beach in the city of Laguna Beach. Victoria Beach is a wonderful cliffy beach with tide pools that provides a lot more interesting shots than just a standard beach.

Shervin and Fariba, I had a blast and I must say that both of you were quite stunning. Congratulations and I am looking forward to the wedding! Enjoy the pics guys.

Even though I was carrying quite a bit, I can’t resist snapping a few on-the-way-candids when we are having so much fun. Here we are just heading down the pathway to Victoria Beach to start our engagement photography session.

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We started our Victoria Beach engagement session with our usual Lin and Jirsa style portrait session. So, we found a nice shaded area and started goofing around.

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Gorgeous eyes, gorgeous eyes, gorgeous eyes… What else can I say?

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Here we are heading around to the back side of Victoria Beach to the tide pool area to continue our shoot. Shervin and Fariba are having a bit of fun with their special Donald Ducky.

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We started the second part of our engagement photography session in the Victoria Beach tide pool just as the sun was setting. I love using the sun to create halos.

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Why not take advantage of the gorgeous Victoria Beach tide pools and shoot some reflection shots while we are at it.

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There were just enough clouds in the sky to create this gorgeous and dramatic scene. We had been walking around Victoria Beach so long that I thought it was only appropriate that our couple took a seat.

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Jumping shots are cool, but why not do some unique ones. Had to get really low for this, but I think it turned out quite well. I loved the tree to the side, so I made sure it stayed in the photo so I could turn it to a silhouette.

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We began winding up our Victoria Beach engagement photo shoot by just taking it easy and relaxing to watch the sunset.

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The lighting at Victoria Beach was so interesting. The sun had already set at this time, but if you shoot towards the West, you would get these super nice warm antique tones while if you shoot towards the East we would get nice colder blue tones. Made for awesome variety.

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I have a new technique I have been developing which produces an amazingly tiny depth of field on a wide angle shot. While they are extremely difficult to pull off since the shots are composed of over 40-50 individual shots each. Here is one of them below. This was taken just in front of the Victoria Beach tide pools on our way out.

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In case anyone would like to know exactly where our Victoria Beach engagement photography session took place, here is the information below:

Victoria Beach
Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Here is a link to see it on a map
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liz OMG!! the second to last was my fav and the one sitting down... wld love to get ur info?

Justin Beautiful shots on the waterfront. Incredible lighting.

Hussey Photography These pix are gorgeous!!! WOW!! I love the colors!!!! So awesome!!! :) This one is so FUN!! (http://www.linandjirsablog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/sf-laguna-victoria-beach-engagement-photography-0095.jpg) Great job! -Tim

laura im gorgeous! love how you put the loc addy, so nice! :-)

Trudy Great blog. I like how you incorporated so much of nature into the photographs. The second to last one is adorable.

admin Aww, thanks guys! Just wait till you see the rest of the photos on your DVD =)

Fariba Neumann WOW! Pye, we are sooooo lucky to have you and your amazing talent! We enjoyed every moment and felt so comfortable with you. You caught all those special moments when we didn't know you were looking! (The one with Donald, for one) hee hee... You have a great personality, are extremely professional, and are looking forward to sharing our special day with you. - Sincerely, your clients and friends for life!

Century Plaza Hotel – Jewish Wedding Photography – Century City

June 23rd, 2009

Hey everyone,

Before I wrap up this crazy blogging catch up session, I wanted to post one more of my favorite Jewish Wedding Shoots we did with John Solano. We shot this Jewish wedding at the Century Plaza Hotel and it was one of the craziest parties I think I have ever witnessed.

While I don’t necessarily want to name drop… ok, nevermind, I do… One of the Katherine McPhee and Baby Face performed along with one of the best cover bands in LA, though I forgot their names dang it! Anyway, there were celebs galore and the party didn’t quit until around 5AM.

While I want to post hundreds of the shots we got, we don’t want to give you too much eye candy, haha!

Why not start it off with a lovely reflection shot of the Century Plaza Hotel.

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This was our gorgeous bride for the day. Her dress was simply amazing.

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I must say our bride and groom both looked like they were cut out of a magazine ad. Here they are during their first dance in the Century Plaza Hotel ballroom. This scene was so timeless, I thought it would look great with a nice vintage look.

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Ok, I whipped around to get another angle of the first dance, this time with a hair light. But, what I want you to look at is the dress. All I can say is WOW!

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BabyFace took the stage and kept the party going, we are already at around 12:00AM here.

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Here is a nice close up of the man doing his thing.

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After BabyFace finished, one of the coolest 70s cover bands took the stage. I wish I remembered their name, they were amazing!

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Yeah, even Tom Arnold was there congratulating the bride and groom as well as getting his groove on.

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Why dance off stage when you can dance on the stage?

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One of the bridesmaids and her groomsman husband getting down to the YMCA… Just in case you can’t tell, that is the “Y”.

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In case anyone would like the venue information, here it is below:

Century Plaza Hotel
2025 Avenue of the Stars
Los Angeles, CA‎
310.277.2000‎
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Pye Was definitely the longest single day wedding we have done, but it was also a blast. So much great music.

The Knoxville Wedding Photographer Party until 5 am, talk about a long day! It looks like everyone was having a blast.

JewishWeddings Wow. Wow. Wow. Thank for sharing this Jewish wedding eye candy! I'm dying to know who else was at the wedding too ;)

Costa Mesa St Joachim Church Wedding Photography – Venue Shoot

June 23rd, 2009

About a month ago,

One of our clients made a special request for us to go out and shoot her wedding chapel, St Joachim Church, while they still had their Easter decorations up. Here at Lin and Jirsa Photography, we try to do anything and everything possible to please our clients/friends, so of course we went and shot it! Here are a couple pics of the St Joachim Church, I am really looking forward to the wedding!

I think it was the time of day and the stain glass windows that gave the St Joachim Church this lovely pinkish/red glow. It was quite gorgeous.

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While mixed lighting is generally not that desirable, it can make some gorgeous venue shots.

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Here is the venue information for anyone that wants to hold a wedding/event at this chapel:

St Joachim Church
1964 Orange Ave
Costa Mesa, CA
949.574.7400

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Universal City Hilton – Jewish Wedding Photography

June 23rd, 2009

Hey guys,

I got another blast from the past for you all. These shots below were taken from a wedding that we were shooting with John Solano up in Universal City at the Hilton several months ago. We have tons of great shots from this shoot, but we wanted just to give you all a little taste! So enjoy.

Below is a nice shot of the Rabbis preparing the Ketubah (a traditional Jewish Marriage Contract). While traditionally, this document lays out rights of the wife, any required dowry, and obligations of the husband; today it is generally more of a symbolic gesture.

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Below is a shot of the Rabbis entering into prayer with the groom. Quite a handsome groom if we may add.

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Prior to the ceremony, the groom and his father and mother shared a wonderful embrace. For some reason, I feel like all of these shots work so well in black and white. Jewish weddings are so timeless and traditional, I love them .

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Father and mother sharing a proud moment of their son, preparing for the ceremony.

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Below is a shot of our bride sharing a warm embrace with her brother, who just finished a crazy accurate reperformance of a JabbaWockeez dance.

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In case anyone would like the venue information, here it is below:

Universal City Hilton
555 Universal Hollywood Dr
Universal City, CA
818.506.2500
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kabbalistic Thanks for the valuable information. I have used it.

Santa Barbara Bowl Event Photography – MVKA Productions Part II

June 23rd, 2009

Hey everyone,

Here is Part II of that last entry. This was the evening concert we shot for MVKA Productions at the Santa Barbara Bowl, a dope outdoor concert venue. Kenny Logins performed that night, and in usual fashion, we can’t show those pics, but we can show the rest! So, here you are.

Let’s start with a nice wide shot of the Santa Barbara Bowl. MVKA did a great job that night creating a cosy atmosphere with the lighting and setup.

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Yeah, you only get two shots with this entry, cause the rest have Kenny Logins in them! Haha, anyway, here is a lovely shot from Kenny Login’s point of view, if he were standing there that is.

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Again, if anyone would like more information, here is the info for MVKA Productions and the Santa Barbara Bowl:

MVKA Productions
3A-138 West 6th Avenue
Vancouver, BC V5Y-1K6
604.708.0085

Santa Barbara Bowl
122 N Milpas St
Santa Barbara, CA‎
805.962.7411‎

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Entry written by:

Pye Jirsa

Lead Photographer | Partner

Lin and Jirsa Photography

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Santa Barbara Bacara Resort & Spa Event Photography – MVKA Productions Part I

June 22nd, 2009

Hey everyone,

This is Pye again. I am on a blogging role tonight, so I might as well catch up a bit more and post some of our other MVKA Production shoots. This was a shoot that we did with MVKA Productions at the Bacara Resort and Spa in Santa Barbara about half a year or so ago. Once again, I must give credit to the amazing work that MVKA Productions did on putting this entire thing together. We took before and after shots for the crew, and you wouldn’t believe how these locations were completely transformed.

Anyway, without further adieu, here are the shots from part I of our shoot.

Here was the completed banquet room at the Bacara Resort after MVKA worked their magic.

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The Bacara Resort staff were nice enough to let us hop up onto the balcony of the banquet room to grab this birds-eye view of the room.

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While this was actually the second day of the shoot, I thought I would group it into this post since it is a new setup of the same Bacara Resort banquet room. I love MVKA’s lighting crew, their setups are so much fun to shoot!

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Day 2 of our shoot, the new setup takes place in the Santa Barbara Bacara Resort courtyard. Oh, and yes, that massive centerpiece was brought in, and those are real flowers.

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Of course we had to hang around until it got dark, how else would we snag shots of MVKA Productions lighting setups?

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We love finding unique shots, this is a shot of the Bacara Resort courtyard through one of the valet entrances.

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Below is a nice timelapse shot of the entire scene in the Bacara courtyard. Richard Marx performed a great accoustic show that night. But, again sorry folks, for legal reasons we can’t post those pics =(.

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In case anyone would like more information on the Bacara Resort and MVKA Productions, here is there info below:

MVKA Productions
3A-138 West 6th Avenue
Vancouver, BC V5Y-1K6
604.708.0085

Bacara Resort & Spa
8301 Hollister Ave
Goleta, CA
805.968.0100

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Entry written by:

Pye Jirsa

Lead Photographer | Partner

Lin and Jirsa Photography

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Santa-Barbara-Weekend-Taylor Whooo! What a majestic place! This only shows that Santa Barbara is just the right place to be. It's very good for relaxation and enjoyment with families or friends. Great pictures! I love looking at them.

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Archive: June, 2009

Victoria Beach Engagement Photography in Laguna Beach – Shervin and Fariba

Century Plaza Hotel – Jewish Wedding Photography – Century City

Costa Mesa St Joachim Church Wedding Photography – Venue Shoot

Universal City Hilton – Jewish Wedding Photography

Santa Barbara Bowl Event Photography – MVKA Productions Part II

Santa Barbara Bacara Resort & Spa Event Photography – MVKA Productions Part I

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