December 26, 2009: Tracy and Kevin Wedding.



A beautiful December day to get married in Houston, Tx. Tracy and Kevin had their wedding at Holy Rosary Catholic Church which was followed by a portrait session down in the Wortham Center. After that the reception was held at pmhouston.com (now called http://lasvelashouston.com/home.php ) a beautiful venue located near the Richmond/Chimney Rock area.














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December 20, 2009: May and Tommy's Engagement Ceremony.



Ahh, the spirit of Christmas lingers on and this can be noted from these cheery photos. Everytime I see sparkling Christmas lights it reminds me of cold weather (my favorite), hot cocoa, and PRESENTS! This is why I chose this photo from May and Tommy's engagement ceremony. These are always really tight and sometimes difficult to work with due to the people to room capacity ratio. No doubt, that if there was a fire marshall nearby, there would definitely be citations being handed out. However, this definitely beats summer engagement ceremonies where the heat is simply unescapable.







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December 13, 2009: Tracy and Kevin's Engagement Portraits.



After the Tran's Family shoot, everyone went home except for Kevin and Tracy. I've known these two for a while now and I can't even remember how. A previous life perhaps? In anycase, it's always great working with friends. Making them smile is just as rewarding as making anyone else smile but there's just something else about a friend's smile that makes it a little more truth behind it. Anyways... I chose this photo because this is one of their favorites!







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December 13, 2009: Tran Family Portraits.



So I guess it's just that time of year for family portraits! One of our Brides had an interesting request for one of her portrait sessions and that was to have a family portrait session instead of a bridal session! This was a really fun experience since everyone was older. I was told they haven't been able to get everyone together for a while. So this was definitely significant in more ways than one. I chose to display this shot because it seems to show off Houston in a different kind of light. That this city can hold a moment of tranquility in the midst of winter (yet it looks like fall)!








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November 20, 2009: Posoli Family Portraits.



The word spread and we got another call for some family portraits soon after the last shoot. The shoot was intended for Christmas Cards as well although I'm sure some of these shots were used for more than just that. Again, the kids feel right at home in the comfort of their own place as Josephine talked to them to make them feel comfortable in front of the camera. She's just amazing when it comes to that. Many thanks to Joy for calling us up to set up this portrait session! Click the photo to check out the rest of the pix!








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November 11, 2009: Shellist Family Portraits.



We had such a great opportunity to photograph such a beautiful family. Jennifer had gotten in contact with us sometime in late October to try to schedule a shoot with the entire family (but mainly just the kids) for Christmas card photos. We felt it would be best that Jonathan and Andy would feel more comfortable at their very own home. We were able to get the two young gentlemen to relax and they fell right in love with the camera! We were able to catch some really cute shots as well as this one of the entire family. Click the photo to check out the rest of the pix!








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October 31, 2009: April and Vinh Wedding.



April and Vinh began the rest of their lives together on October 31, 2009 at a gorgeos venue in Conroe, Tx. Everyone was extremely nice to us here. Many congratulations to these two love birds!

Venue: http://www.heathersglen.com/













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October 17, 2009: Karla's Quinceanera.



Every Quinceanera’s dream is to look beautiful on her special day. Karla is such a sweet girl with amazing parents. This quinceanera was extremely well planned and executed.








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October 17, 2009: Lina and Ahmed's Engagement Portraits.



Ahmed was a man with a plan. This was just supposed to be a normal morning out in the park. Until his right knee dropped to the ground and a tiny little red box changed their lives. We were so fortunate to cover this Surprise engagement. She said yes and he said wow.











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October 11, 2009: Mai + Hoang's Engagement Ceremony.



Mai Mai Mai... what can I say? Congratulations to these two love birds! May you have 100 years of happiness together










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October 03, 2009: Mai + Hoang's Engagement Portraits.



The weather wasn't cooperating at all but we were able to get in a few shots this day. I guess it's just one of those things where you have to work outdoors in this crazy Houston weather!














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October 03, 2009: Power's Family Portraits.



Thank you so much to this beautiful family for being so amazing to work with! Josephine and I really had a great time working with them even though we didn't get a ton of weather cooperation, we were still able to get a few good ones in. Check the rest of them out in their album.










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September 26, 2009: Jessica + Blayne's Wedding.


This was such a nice and beautiful wedding! Jessica and Blayne are such an amazing couple to work with and their wedding in Houston, Tx was just as incredible.








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September 26, 2009: Annie + Jimmy's Wedding.


Annie and Jimmy joined hands in holy matrimony and began the rest of their lives together on September 26, 2009 in Houston, Tx. The heat was rather tame this day and the bride and groom looked amazing as they were both dressed in all white. We were so grateful to work with the two of them!









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September 19, 2009: Audrey + Nym's Engagement Ceremony.


Audrey and Nym celebrate their engagement with a traditional ceremony at the bride's parent's house in Houston, Tx.

JHPhotography - Audrey + Nym's Engagement Closing. from JH Photography on Vimeo.





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September 12, 2009: April and Vinh's Engagement Shoot.

It was a fair and partly cloudy day in downtown Houston during April and Vinh's Engagement shoot. We met up near the Wortham Center and we just went for a stroll around downtown taking some shots. We also hit up the typical scenery places. The cloud covered the sun for most of the day, which helped even out the shadows a bit. Overall, it was a fun shoot, April challenged Vinh to an arm wrestling match. We will leave the winner of that match undisclosed for now! Afterwards, we went to grub... and it was delicious.

Special thanks, as always, to Josephine, Joseph and Mike for all their help during the shoot! Also special thanks to Liza who was our special guest that came out also. I appreciate all the help!











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September 11, 2009: Annie and Jimmy's Engagement Shoot.



Annie and Jimmy are the nicest people we have ever met! When we initially met with them, Josephine and I instantly made new friends. This is always a good thing so that they can both be very relaxed and casual during the engagement shoot. We basically told them to just ignore us and be themselves! We were all pretty excited about the results.

Special thanks, as always, to Josephine, Joseph and Mike for all their help during the shoot!














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September 5, 2009: Anna and Fan's Wedding.

Congratulations to Anna and Fan! This was such an eventful and FUN wedding. The entire crew had a lot to do and we were always doing something the whole day. The crew met up at Vietnamese Martyrs Church for a traditional Catholic Wedding. Following the wedding we cruised up I-45 to Downtown Houston for the portraits. The weather didn't seem like it was going to cooperate at first, but it pulled through for us in the end.

Once we wrapped that up, we made our way to Hotel Granduca for the bridal party to relax before the reception. This was also an opportune time for some fun, casual shots. Once it was time, we ventured to Kim Son off of Bellaire for a night of games, dinner and a whole lot of liquor!

Special thanks to Joseph, Chester, Mike and Josephine for all their help during the wedding. It wouldn't be possible without you guys!

Highlights Trailer Coming Soon!!!











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September 03, 2009: Anna and Fan's BParties.

Quite often, we are asked to cover events such as birthday parties and quinceaneras. However, this was the first time we were asked to cover Bachelor and Bachelorette hybrid party! But of course, this request doesn't come as a surprise from our ever so ambitious Groom. Fan met his boys up at Trulucks for some fine formal dining while Anna and her girls rendezvous'd at McCormick & Schmick's for some casual time with girls over dinner. Afterwards both parties merged into one at Blue Label.












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September 3, 2009: Nationwide Headshots.

One of our previous brides needed some headshots for everyone at her office. Since she remembered us from her wedding in 2008, she decided to use us again for the headshots. We had fun hanging out with the entire staff and getting to know each of them a little bit during our shoot. There aren't a whole lot of highlights, but here's one for the road:








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August 30, 2009: Brandon's Shoot.

I get a call from a good friend of mine in San Antonio about some work. Her friend needs some shots for his modeling portfolio and wanted something creative and unique. She lost me at "his". A male model... I had never shot one before so I figured this might be a good time to see what my mind would come up with. So a few days later, I get in contact with Brandon and he's got some really great ideas. He wants to do an athletic type shoot which got me kind of excited since my personal absolute passion is sports photography. So we schedule a shoot and Brandon has reserved two different locations... all I have to do is be creative and make them look good. Josephine wasn't able to help out due to school and work and the shoot is in San Antonio, so I got me another poor soul to help... THANKS LEE! So the two of us hopped into my car and head out west... yet again. We meet up Brandon and his friend Adel. Apparently, she is the mastermind behind the shoot... so many thanks to her for all the great ideas she had. Brandon is a really cool and chill guy and will basically do anything it takes to get the shot right. He's definitely a team player and a pleasure to work with.

Special thanks to Lee for coming out with me to San Antonio and helping out with the shoot! To Adel for holding a lightstand, the spray bottle, and all her patience and ideas. To Brandon for all his determination for the right shot. He went through a little pain for these shots!










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August 28, 2009: Anna + Fan.

Anna and I grew up going to the same church. When we went to the same college, she introduced me to a lively and hysterical guy named Fan. I felt that they were a perfect fit! Now here they are getting engaged and as of September 5th, they will join lives in holy matrimony for the rest of their lives. We were cutting this shoot a little close to the wedding day, so we decided to have the shoot indoors at www.thegallery-houston.com as they are always so kind to lend us their facilities for a shoot. It was also good to shoot indoors since it was a scorcher outside!

Special thanks to Josephine for helping out with the shoot!










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August 18, 2009: Women Of Couture

This morning, we woke up before the sun. The coolness in the air had been lingering about all night and you could smell the dawn approaching. The stars, though few, still shimmer in our dark blue sky as we pack our bags and head west. Today, JHPhotography is heading to San Antonio to meet A'ja of www.womenofcouture.com to shoot their commercial for their line of shoes and HER energy drink. The entire production was written and produced by A'ja herself. The video production crew and I were just there to add our cinematographic ideas and to put it all on film. Josephine, Mike of www.teamshiftpoint.com, Costas of www.digitalremix.net, Lee and I cram ourselves and all our gear into Josephine's car and head west.

This was quite an interesting experience for all of us. We had never done anything quite like this before. I just knew to concentrate on the shoes! We devised some low laying rigs and set them to different locations and angles. I don't know, we tried a number of different elements with our new gear. The video was to be aired just a few days later at the Women of Couture Fashion Show. This gave us a really limited amount of time to put everything together. It was a fun, yet tiring experience. I'm just glad we all got to be a part of it. The final copy is slightly different than the vimeo video that I have at the bottom, but pretty much the same angles and direction.

Special thanks to Josephine, Mike, Costas, and Lee for dealing with me the entire day with my 6 hours of driving and 8 times listening to the same Taylor Swift song on the radio! I love it!

This is the production video that was aired at the Women of Couture Fashion Show.




Here is a little video/slideshow of the actual Fashion Show that day that Costas, Lee and I put together real fast. Just turn up the volume and hit play!










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August 15, 2009: Sarah + Justin.

The sun is beginning to set on this warm mid August day. The temperatures are cooling yet the hair still feels hot. Ahh, yes... it's still summer here in our fair city. It was definitely... hot. Yet Sarah and Justin are such troopers. They had a LONG day filled with an engagement ceremony in the morning, and an engagement shoot at night amongst other things in between. We took these shots at a number of different locations and traveling to them were pretty fun. We had a great time like always! I can't wait for their wedding in April, it's going to be a lot of fun!

Special thanks to Josephine and Joseph for setting up the shoot, and all their hard work. Thanks to Sarah and Justin for being troopers out there even though they were pretty tired from a full day!

Here is a video feature of their shoot as well as highlight photos. Just turn up the volume and hit play!













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August 07, 2009: Trevor.

Today, my cousin Pdang and I headed out towards and past Sugarland, TX to a golf course called Sienna Plantation. I was heading out here to meet his buddy Trevor. Trevor wanted some simple shots done for his golfing portfolio. The weather was nice and the wind was nice and breezy, however the sun was coming down on us like a load of bricks. There were times where our partly cloudy skies were able to cast a nice shade for us out in the open green of Sienna's driving range and those times would feel nice and cool. For the most part, though it was a scorcher! Trevor's a nice guy and is really passionate about the game of golf as he should be. He is astounding at it. This is the kind of shoots that I enjoy: just going out on location and getting some sweet action shots.

Special thanks to PDang for setting up the shoot, driving and setting up equipment and to Trevor for all his practice swings and cooperation!











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August 1, 2009: Mimi + Victor's Wedding.

Mimi and Victor's big day is finally hear. After months and months of planning, it's finally here. Everyone converges on a plan to make an event happen for a special couple. It was another hot summer day in Houston, Tx. However, this day was not your typical Saturday. Today, Mimi and Victor celebrate the beginning of the rest of their lives together. We had such a great time at their wedding. The entire crew really enjoyed themselves even when the day presents its challenges.

The ceremony was held at the beautiful St. Anne's Catholic Church. The church is very particular about where everyone can be during the ceremony, so we were all limited to our locations while covering the ceremony. The reception was held at La Fontaine Reception Hall. They have wonderful amenities there and keep their place so nicely. They really helped us out a lot during the reception to keep things running smoothly. Also further thanks to Josephine for helping out, Joseph and Mike for their video work, and Chester for his photos and technical support!

Here is a little preview of the video from their wedding. Just turn up the volume and hit play!











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July 25, 2009: MSRH Track Day.

This was completely experimental for us. We recently picked up some new video gear and decided to try it out at my buddy's track day event. The day was a scorcher as are most sunny afternoons in the midst of summer. My friend Costas called me up and asked me if I wanted to come check it out since it has always been something on my to do list. I took this opportunity to take out the recently acquired video gear out for a spin in the real world. I was fairly pleased with the footage, which made editing and putting together the little video quite easy.

Personally, I had a great time. The heat was a little too much for Josephine, but she was understanding about it. Special thanks to Josephine for her patience, and to Costas from www.digitalremix.netfor all the footage on his bike as well as Allen's bike.

Just turn up the volume and hit play!









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July 22, 2009: Mimi's Bridal Portraits.

It was a typical hot and humid mid summer day in our fair city. The sun was beating down and cooking everything in its path. It was the middle of the day in the middle of summer. We had to take refuge indoors and it had to be during this time slot due to everyone's schedule. So we paid a visit to the wonderful people at The Gallery ( www.thegallery-houston.com ). This is a wonderful Mediterranean-Style Special Events Venue. The owner there was so kind to offer us shelter from the sweltering heat of the Houston weather. They quite literally saved the photoshoot!

Mimi was an absolute NATURAL at posing and simply at being a model. It was as if she knew exactly what to do and what kind of shot I was going for! She was so incredibly easy to photograph and made the entire experience pleasant. Special thanks to Josephine, Joseph and Mike for all their hard work and help. Even though we were hiding in the midst of modern day air conditioning, we still broke a lot of sweat!

Here are the shots from the session and a short little music video we made for her! Just turn up the volume and hit play!
















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July 20, 2009: Mimi + Victor's Engagement Shoot.

I've known Mimi and Victor since undergrad and they're such a fun and awesome couple. I just feel like they click so well with Josephine and me. When we get together, we just have none stop laughs! Victor and I go off in our little world hanging and chilling, while the girls talk about us behind our backs and just laugh! This engagement shoot was one of our longest shoots that spanned quite a few locations and we all had a blast shooting it! Special thanks to Josephine for coming out and helping take photos and Michael for his video and support. Also thanks to Mimi and Victor for giving us this opportunity to film and shoot the engagement session!

Here are the shots from the session and a short little music video we made for them. Just turn up the volume and hit play!






























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July 18, 2009: John's Interview.

This was definitely a request that I'm not used to doing. So we finally stepped into the world of "Cinematic Videography". I'm chatting to my good friend Costas of www.digitalremix.net and he suddenly asks me if I could do some video for a buddy of his. Well, since we're fairly new at it, we decided to make it a full blown production! It's supposed to just be of his buddy John (www.s2kmugen.com) in front of a camera talking about his car. It's a video application for the Discovery Channel on different types of Racers around America. This is what we came up with. Just hit play and turn up the volume.


Special thanks to everyone who helped out including Josephine for her angles and assistance, Mike and Costas for their lighting help and to Mike again for donating his 5Dmkii for this shoot. And SPECIAL thanks to John for starring in the video!





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July 3, 2009: Amanda's Portraits.

Josephine gets a phone call from a good friend of hers. It's Amanda and she would like to get some headshots done for an audition. We figured since we were going to get all the gear out and have some fun, we might as well do a little more than just a simple headshot. We went out to the far east end of downtown Houston by a remote parking lot. You could get a decent view of the sunset just beyond some of the highway which is responsible for that orange background glow. We were tight on time as you can see the sun fading away as the photos progress. After it got too dark, we ventured back to base to get some indoor snaps. Now onto the shots!




















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June 28, 2009: Emelie + Jeff's Sunday Brunch.

The thing with Jeff is that he can be very resourceful! He wasn't going to waste our trip one bit. So we covered the Sunday Brunch also!


A little video trailer from the entire weekend:








Here are a few quick snaps from Sunday.




































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