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These two lovebirds are tying the knot next month, so in the meantime, let's check out their engagement photos! Aus and I had so much fun with these two. They came prepared with yummy korean snacks and iced red bulls!!!

Esther is a girl after my own heart with these gorgeous dresses! I took one look at her outfits and I said, Ok! we're doing all of them!!! I cannot wait to see this girl in her wedding dress.

Esther + Kevin looked so amazing that I had such a hard time narrowing down all my favorites!  So I'll be posting more of these exclusively on my Facebook fanpage very soon!

Thanks again to the amazing Hair + Makeup by Nicole DeAnne!


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connieMchung:

GIIRRRLLLLL! i LOVE this session! colors are uh-mazing! esther & kevin look so damn hot! congrats esther! i also can't wait to see her in her wedding dress!

(06.11.10)
Jane (Olive Hue Paper Goods):

gaaah! esther looks amazing! great job capturing a beautiful couple!!

(06.11.10)
kim le:

what a stylish couple! i have the same blue dress as her...hahah.. great job Jean!

(06.11.10)
Connie Chou:

LOVE LOVE LOVE all the images!!!
GREAT job jean!!!
do you know where you got her 'LOVE' ring?!?

(06.13.10)
esther:

jean, thank you so much for these pictures!!! they look amazing!!!

(06.13.10)
joyce:

such gorgeous use of light -- keep it up jean :)

(06.14.10)
Nicole DeAnne:

Seriously girl! you are incredible! I love your work & I thought you captured their love so beautifully! Thanks for the shout out.

(06.15.10)
nancy {so happi together}:

Jean!! These images are SO amazing! Esther is my friend and bride but I just have to say she is HAWT!!! and Kevin isn't too shabby either. :) Can't wait to see the images you capture of their happi day!!

(06.18.10)
KRISTINA:

AHHHHH! Love, love, love her white dress! Their style is Ah-mah-zing! && you captured it beautifully! Do you know where she got her white dress from?

(06.24.10)
Adrienne Gunde:

Omg, I love every.single.one of her dresses and that gorgeous pearl necklace too! Such a stylish & cute couple! Really adoring the ones with the flash!

(06.24.10)
jeantsai:

@Kristina - I believe Esther got it from H&M. :)

(06.25.10)
esther :

yes, the white dress is from h&m and the necklace is from forever 21! :D

(06.25.10)
christeena:

too gorgeous!! you are so good at what you do!

(06.25.10)
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06.08.10
Sorry for being such a tease lately. I'm just waiting for the powers that be to let me blog the rest of Kelsey + Jake's fabulous wedding. Until then, here's another lo-fi preview in film.

One thing I love about film is that you never know what you'll get. I LOVE this happy accident of light leaking across the frame. I know what you guys are thinking - Esther + Kevin look pretty great in lo-fi. Wait until you see them in hi-fi!

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Christian Cruz:

I LOVE IT! The light leak came out looking awesome Jean! Wonderful photo, as always. I love your posts with film! Keep them coming please!

(06.09.10)
nancy {so happi together}:

Ack! Jean!! I have been dying to see these pics and yes. You are such a tease!! Esther and Kevin look amazing in lo-fi. I am so excited to see all the great images you and Austin captured and seriously cannot wait to work together for their wedding day. You are the best!! Lunch again, soon? xoxo!!

(06.09.10)
Connie Chou:

beautiful.

(06.09.10)
esther park:

sometimes "accidents" end up being just the right thing! can't wait to see the rest, jean. kevin & i had a blast working with you!

(06.09.10)
Dinah:

love the pics!!! the pics are amazing!!!!! :) my sis is too pretty

(06.13.10)
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We were so thrilled when Ekta had asked us about doing an engagement photo session a while back. A couple of scheduling conflicts got in the way of us spending some time with this fantastic couple from the Bay Area, but we finally caught them down in Los Angeles on a last minute road trip for a family celebration. It was a whirlwind of a shoot, but we think we got some great images of these lovebirds.  Congratulations Vikram and Ekta!


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Ekta:

Jean, you are awesome! We had such an adventure that day! Thank you so much for spending time with us for this. We love your work and will cherish these photos for years to come. :) Thank you!

(05.27.10)
Yonnie:

Ekta/Vikram - you guys look absolutely gorgeous and lovely in these photos! :) Jean did a stunning job!!! Can't wait for the wedding~

(05.27.10)
Christina:

Wow!! These are beautiful!!!

(05.27.10)
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This is probably the tiniest engagement diamond I've ever seen and it's probably one of my favoritests. The photo doesn't do justice to the daintiness of this ring. It's a beautiful custom design and I love the texture of the brushed gold. It's so gorgeous that I wanted to photograph it! Happy 3rd Anniversary Amy Bean and Tae!!!
 
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amy:

O oo oooO! thank you thank you again! photo 'tis so lovely my darling Jean Bean! And yes, my ring looks HUGE here, hehehe ;)

(04.28.10)
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For those brides getting married this summer, here's an idea to bring an element of "cool" to your weddings! We are SO in love with the Coolhaus ice cream trucks, and guess what!?! They do weddings and events!

As you can see below, they serve artisan ice cream sandwiches on edible wrappers that can be printed with a customized pattern or logo to match your wedding or event. And yes, you can eat the whole thing even the wrapper! Which by the way helps when you're devouring this delicious treat.

Our favorite was the mint chocolate with REAL mint leaves in the icecream (pictured below). I've never had real mint leaves in mint chocolate ice cream before but I don't know if I could ever go back. It's perfection. The green tea ice cream with ginger cookies (pictured below) is another amazing combination!  They're always coming up with new gourmet flavors that we're dying to try.

They'll cost your guests nothing so it's a sweet and memorable way to cool down and treat your guests in the hot summer months.   Last time we checked, Coolhaus will do unlimited ice cream sandwiches by the hour for your event!  How awesome is that?!?  Austin managed to eat about 4 while we were shooting. Let's just say we enjoyed this shoot a little too much, and I'm still trying to clean the ice cream off our cameras!

Their first truck which is an awesome shade of pink was at Reese Witherspoon's house for a birthday party while we were shooting. Luckily, Brian + Natasha brought out their newest truck for us!!! Check out the rims!  Brian and Natasha were so rad to let us do a "cool" little photoshoot with one of our "coolest" couples Kelsey and Jake.

Big thanks to Coolhaus!  We're huge fans!

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jason huang:

yum! i want an ice cream sandwich NOW. ship one to texas plz.

(04.26.10)
serena:

a shoot with coolhaus?! i'm jealous!!

(04.26.10)
amy:

i need i need to eat oneee! two! three! drool...love this shoot Jean!!!

(04.27.10)
Dean Michael Hata:

wow. looks amazingly delish! great photos Jean!

(04.27.10)
-josh:

These look insane. Great job.

(04.29.10)
Mariana Maya :

WHOA! awesome images and awesome introduction to the cool ice cream truck!!

(04.30.10)
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