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My folks have been in town visiting for the last two weeks, here to celebrate Austin's big 3-0 and so I thought I'd update the ole blog with an oldie but goodie... Stay young at heart, boys and girls!


 


]]> http://jeantsai.com/blog/2010/07/faded.html http://jeantsai.com/blog/2010/07/faded.html Personal Fri, 09 Jul 2010 15:25:48 -0800 Style Unveiled on how she planned such a gorgeous occasion! You can find a complete listing of her vendors there!

Venue: San Diego Botanic Gardens
Coordinator: Lindye Galloway
Makeup: Jordan Nemer
Hair: Tiffanie Cross
Florist: Mandy Haak and Liv McMillan
Cupcakes: Cupcake Love



Kelsey + Jake had a cute candy station for their guests! The vintage knobs were so gorgeous for holding the pretty napkins down! She also made those charming plate cakestands which were later covered in delicious cupcakes!






]]> http://jeantsai.com/blog/2010/06/-kelsey-jake-married-part-two.html http://jeantsai.com/blog/2010/06/-kelsey-jake-married-part-two.html Wedding Mon, 28 Jun 2010 18:56:21 -0800 San Diego Botanic Gardens back in May. And with my new found joy for gardening, I couldn't have been more excited to be photographing their antique garden themed soiree. Their wedding was just charming in every detail, as you'll see from my inability to narrow it down to just a few photos.

Their wedding has already been featured on LA Style Unveiled. Thanks to Heather at Style Unveiled for putting together that lovely feature!

I simply loved how comfortable these two were on their wedding day. They didn't seem nervous at all! They were in their own. They were in the moment. And it just reminded me of what weddings are really all about.

Look at all the lovely people who contributed to making this day absolutely amazing! I love these ladies so much! They are all so very talented!

Coordinator: Lindye Galloway
Makeup: Jordan Nemer
Hair: Tiffanie Cross
Florist: Mandy Haak and Liv McMillan







Her ring is an absolute stunner with a gold band and champagne-colored diamond!!! I'm so in love with the combination!







Austin saw this sign somewhere and photographed it. "In the wood, we return to reason and faith." I just thought it was so fitting for their day!


























]]> http://jeantsai.com/blog/2010/06/-kelsey-jake-married.html http://jeantsai.com/blog/2010/06/-kelsey-jake-married.html Wedding Mon, 28 Jun 2010 18:50:03 -0800
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!


































]]> http://jeantsai.com/blog/2010/06/-esther-kevin-engaged.html http://jeantsai.com/blog/2010/06/-esther-kevin-engaged.html Engagement Engagement Photos Jean Tsai Los Angeles Wedding Photographer Nicole Deanne Nicole Deanne Bridal Hair and Makeup nicoledeanne.com nicoledeanne.net Orange County Wedding Photographer Fri, 11 Jun 2010 15:50:26 -0800
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!

]]> http://jeantsai.com/blog/2010/06/love-fidelity.html http://jeantsai.com/blog/2010/06/love-fidelity.html Engagement Tue, 08 Jun 2010 22:24:33 -0800 San Diego Botanic Gardens.  Fortunately, we were able to snap a couple of images in film during the day.  This one is our favorite!  Can't wait to share the rest of the images!

]]> http://jeantsai.com/blog/2010/06/-kelsey-jake-married-preview-in-film.html http://jeantsai.com/blog/2010/06/-kelsey-jake-married-preview-in-film.html Tue, 01 Jun 2010 13:27:11 -0800
So far, we have a tomato plant and a lemon tree that Austin's mom gave us. We also have some lilac mums, white callas, white roses, and fragrant lavender.

The other day, I saw this wooden sign and felt it calling out to me. I love it!



]]> http://jeantsai.com/blog/2010/05/-garden-therapy.html http://jeantsai.com/blog/2010/05/-garden-therapy.html Personal Thu, 27 May 2010 15:19:33 -0800













]]> http://jeantsai.com/blog/2010/05/-vikram-ekta-engaged.html http://jeantsai.com/blog/2010/05/-vikram-ekta-engaged.html Engagement Thu, 27 May 2010 13:45:59 -0800
When Priscilla and Eric got married in Hawaii some years ago, I played around with their friend's camera. I didn't know what I was doing but who knew that that would be just the beginning!

Here we are with their first baby! Sweet Alyssa Jordan. She is such a little model, the way she looks into the camera! Tyra would be proud! She was totally working it, and by the end of the shoot, she was totally tired! She completely passed out in Auntie Steph's arms. I love the last shot of her little heart-shaped lips!

Thank you for having me photograph Alyssa!























]]> http://jeantsai.com/blog/2010/05/introducing-alyssa-jordan.html http://jeantsai.com/blog/2010/05/introducing-alyssa-jordan.html Baby Portraits Thu, 06 May 2010 20:05:23 -0800 Serena Grace invited a few of us to shoot an after session with { Jennifer + Edgar }. I always have fun working with Serena and this was no exception! During the shoot, I finally got to meet Connie and Alice! It was great fun meeting everyone but of course Happy Hour after a shoot is the happiest hour of the day!!!

Jen and Edgar were so kind and sweet to work with. I was pleasantly surprised to hear that she was wearing a Jim Hjelm dress. Their dresses always have stunning detail work!!! I'm such a sucker for pretty dresses and I sure love photographing them!

Thanks to Genie of Petit Plume for the gorgeous headpieces featured below, and also to Euri of Fleuretica who also did the flowers for my wedding!!
















]]> http://jeantsai.com/blog/2010/04/-jen-edgar-bridal.html http://jeantsai.com/blog/2010/04/-jen-edgar-bridal.html Portraits Wedding Wed, 28 Apr 2010 20:00:00 -0800  
]]> http://jeantsai.com/blog/2010/04/-amys-ring.html http://jeantsai.com/blog/2010/04/-amys-ring.html Engagement Wed, 28 Apr 2010 14:12:32 -0800 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!















]]> http://jeantsai.com/blog/2010/04/-kelsey-jake-with-coolhaus.html http://jeantsai.com/blog/2010/04/-kelsey-jake-with-coolhaus.html Engagement Coolhaus CoolHaus Ice Cream Engagement Photos Ice Cream Sandwiches Jake Goodrich Jean Tsai Photography Kelsey Mitchell Los Angeles Wedding Photographer Mon, 26 Apr 2010 22:00:03 -0800
Janice mentioned that she's always been a strong girl. She could tell by Reagan's kicks from inside her tummy. I hope she continues to grow up beautiful and strong. And I have to say, seeing Andy become a big ball of mush for his daughter during the shoot made me so emotional. She's going to be such a daddy's little girl!










]]> http://jeantsai.com/blog/2010/04/introducing-reagan-sienna-yang.html http://jeantsai.com/blog/2010/04/introducing-reagan-sienna-yang.html Baby Portraits andy yang baby photography infant janice yang jean tsai los angeles baby photographer reagan yang wedding photography Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:25:48 -0800
Anyways, I was super-psyched to photograph them because I knew they'd come in style. And check out Kelsey's killer green eyes. Love!!! We got lucky that their e-shoot was scheduled when cherry blossoms were in full bloom. All in all, we had great fun shooting and hanging out. We can't wait for their vintage inspired wedding!

As long as this post is, there's a part deux coming up next so stay tuned!



















]]> http://jeantsai.com/blog/2010/04/-kelsey-jake-engaged.html http://jeantsai.com/blog/2010/04/-kelsey-jake-engaged.html Engagement engagement session Fashion and Wedding Photographer jake goodrich jean tsai kelsey mitchell wedding photography Mon, 19 Apr 2010 12:15:00 -0800 Mrs. Beagle for all of 15 minutes before we shot these photos of her, but we quickly fell in love with her sweet southern charm.  That would have been enough for us to enjoy spending the afternoon taking pictures of her.  She mentioned that she had never really had her makeup/hair done professionally, nor "modeled" for photos.  But boy was she a natural in front of the camera! She's seriously so stunning with those captivating brown eyes.. Lucky you, Mr. Beagle!

Also, check out those fierce red heels. FIERCE!














]]> http://jeantsai.com/blog/2010/04/-weddingbee-mrs-beagle-1.html http://jeantsai.com/blog/2010/04/-weddingbee-mrs-beagle-1.html Portraits Wedding Fashion and Wedding Photographer jean tsai las vegas mrs. beagle wedding photography weddingbee WPPI Sun, 04 Apr 2010 21:51:00 -0800