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May3

Ultimate Brawl X 2010 Dance Competition

Posted in: Blog, Event Photography

The Ultimate Brawl X 2010 Dance Competition was held on May 2nd, 2010.

In its 10th year of existence, Ultimate Brawl has long been considered one of the finest shows put together in our ever-expanding dance community. Focusing on the desires of the dancers and audience, 909 strives to bring in Californiaâ€™s premier competition and exhibition dance teams under one roof for a friendly, warm and social experience unlike any other.

Performers included the following:
Barkada Modern (Pomona)
Beat Jerkeez (Los Angeles)
CADC (Irvine)
Common Ground (Irvine)
GRV (Pomona)
Main Stacks (Berkeley)
NSU Modern (Los Angeles)
PAC Modern (Long Beach)
Team Millennia (Fullerton)
Wrawsome (San Jose)
909 (Riverside)
Breed (Orange County)
Mavyn (Fullerton)
OG: CG’s Alumni Team (Irvine)
Sheroes
AJ Rafael
Kris Mark
Victor Kim
Shit Kingz

Heavy Impact from America’s Best Dance Crew announced the winners of this years Ultimate Brawl X 2010 dance competition.

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May3

Featured on ChocolateBrides.com

Posted in: Blog, Engagement Photography

I’m proud to announce that my photos have been featured on

Here’s what they had to say about my work:

“Get ready to immerse yourself into the fabulousness that is Patrice & Elijah! These SUPER fun engagement pictures were taken by Jason Mark Photography of Los Angeles, California.” Read more…

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Apr24

Capcom: Super Street Fighter IV Party

Posted in: Blog, Event Photography

I got this invitation from them:
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This is your official invitation to experience Capcom Fight Club featuring Super Street Fighter IV. In anticipation of the release for Super Street Fighter IV on April 27, Capcom is hosting an action-packed Fight Club event in Los Angeles.

You know the rules. The first rule of Capcom Fight Club is that there is no Fight Club.
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Apr15

Helena’s Pre Quinceanera Photo Shoot

Posted in: Birthday Photography, Blog, Quinceanera Photography

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Apr12

Kelly and Ronnie Get Married in Laguna Beach, California

Posted in: Blog, Wedding Photography

Kelly and Ronnie got married on the beautiful pacific coast in Laguna Beach, California. It was a short, sweet and simple wedding. Ronnie had mentioned he liked country music. This is the first time I’ve ever seen a first dance with country music. Check out the video I made for them!

Vendors:
Rev Dian Garateix: Southern California Wedding Minister

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Mar22

A Day With Derrick The Stallion

Posted in: Blog, Headshot Photography

Preparing for head shots: If you’re an aspiring actor or actress, your headshot is the most important tool that you have. I just wanted to go over a few tips and tricks to prepare for your photo shoot with your photographer for your next headshot. Make sure you your beauty sleep in the night before. Write down the looks and styles you would like to accomplish during the head shot photo shoot. Prepare the outfits you will be wearing and iron your clothes beforehand. Have a lint remover handy.

Colors: If you’re still stumped on what to wear, I recommend bringing colors such as black, red, green, bright blue and pink. Any color that you have been complimented on before would be great.

Men: Men with facial hair should let their facial hair grow out for a rugged look, but also bring a shaver along for a clean look.

Women: Women should also bring along some high heels with straps. Make sure your hair is clean and groom your eyebrows.

I spent a day with Derrick to take some headshots for his acting portfolio. He’s a stunning Asian dude with style taking his acting career to the next level. When Derrick gets famous, he’ll look back and remember his photographer, hopefully. They usually tend to forget the little people like me once they get famous, *sigh*. I love photographing headshots once in a while for a change in pace compared to wedding photography.

I used all natural lighting in this headshot photo shoot and am really happy with the final results. Check it out.

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Mar14

Patrice and Elijah Engaged @ Ma’kai Lounge

Posted in: Blog, Engagement Photography

Santa Monica Pier Engagement Session

It was a perfect day for Patrice and Elijah’s engagement session at the Santa Monica Pier. They’re not from southern California so it was a treat for them to be out at the pier. The main reason they wanted to take their engagement photos here is because it Ma’kai, a restaurant right by the pier was where Elijah proposed to Patrice. Ma’kai was closed when we were there, but we were able to get some shots in front of the restaurant and underneath the signs.

Before meeting the couple, I received a phone call from Elijah saying they were walking over to the restaurant. I had him hold hands with her and stay close to her so that I could take some paparazzi style shots of them. It wasn’t until they got to the restaurant did they realize i was across the street photographing them.

Throughout the day, we just went on to explore the pier for what it had to offer. One of the highlights of the day was having a street performer serenade Patrice and Elijah. There was also another performer with parrots. We ended the session with some fun with ice cream, yummm…craving ice cream now.

Patrice Covington is a singer/actress from Chesapeake, VA with a long list of musical theater credits. In 2008 she joined Ruben Studdard on a national tour in the cast of Ain’t Misbehavin’, which received a Grammy nomination for Best Musical Show Album in 2009. She is currently playing the famous role of Effie in the Broadway touring production of Dreamgirls.

www.patricecovington.com
www.twitter.com/sangtrice

Elijah Bland is a multitalented artist from Hackensack, NJ. As a singer/songwriter/musician he has released two albums independently and was featured as a “B-Side Artist” on the nationally-syndicated Michael Baisden [Radio] Show in 2009. He is also a graphic designer and voiceover artist.

www.elijahbland.com
www.twitter.com/elijahbland

Update (April 13th, 2010):
So Elijah is also a graphic designer and created a lovely wedding website. So it’s official, they will be getting married on March 25th, 2011. Their special day will happen at the Liberty House in New Jersey, 5000 miles away from Santa Monica, CA. Learn about their love story, have a look at the rest of the photos I took for them, about their wedding party, and the fine details that they have provided their family and guests far before their wedding date. This is seriously love! It’s fun and fresh! Here’s a quick glimpse at his creation. http://www.elijahandpatrice.com/

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Mar7

WPPI 2010 – 4 Days of Photography Paradise

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I’ll be attending the WPPI 2010 from March 7th – March 10th at The MGM Grant in Las Vegas. I’m excited to see some of the most prominent wedding photographers from around the world speak. I’ll be updating this post each day as I wander through the minds of different photographers. So excited!!

Day 1 (Sunday, March 7th, 2009): I’ve arrived safely and attended a Children’s photography seminar. Andrew Jenkins and Jackie Palmer were the speakers for this workshop. It’s amazing how much patience is required to take a few good photos of children. The child psychology and tricks taught are going to be handy for my future wedding photos with children.

Day 2 (Monday, March 8th, 2009): Jerry Ghionis is one of my favorite photographers of all time. He took us back in time to his work 11 years ago and showed us his Photoshop skills. It was inspiring to see that everyone, even as good as he is started somewhere. His albums were full of collages and montages and an awkward mix of desaturated patches. Now, he has bloomed to become one of the best wedding photographers in the world with his timeless albums which I admire so much.

Jasmine Star, a newly bloomed photographer shared her story of becoming a photographer and how she got to where she is in less than a half of a decade. Her seminar was so popular that she had to hold a makeup class for those who could not attend and filled the room both times. Her story begins with struggling through personal hardships to becoming celebrity in the wedding photography industry, she motivated all of us who are on the same boat.

Day 3 (Tuesday, March 9th, 2009): Andy and Angie Woods from Colorado went over several ways to create an online presence and as much as I already knew, there were a few great things that I could apply right away to brand my photography brand.

Day 4 (Wednesday, March 10th, 2009): I was so burned out from the previous days that I woke up late (8:30am) I had set my alarm to 6:30am but I guess I didn’t hear it. I attended a Dawn Shields’ seminar about building a presence locally through bridal shows and magazines. Dawn is the owner of “Metropolitan Brides” magazine and educated us on promoting ourselves the right way and took us through the minds of a magazine editor.

I’ve made some wonderful friendships that I am very grateful for this week and look forward to maintaining those relationships. This has been the greatest Las Vegas trip ever!

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Feb22

Old Town Pasadena Portrait Photography Session

Posted in: Blog, Headshot Photography

I had the opportunity to photograph Jessica’s headshots for her new website coming soon. BTW, I also photographed her wedding day. So when she asked me to do her headshots for her, I had to do it.

About ÃœberGeekGirl, a Santa Monica based IT company:
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Just like her wedding day, gorgeous.

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Feb18

Jill and George Get Married!

Posted in: Blog, Wedding Photography

Jill and George are such a lovely couple that I just can’t post enough of their photos online. She’s beautiful, he’s handsome they’re playful and it’s obvious that they are truly in love. The images you are about to see seriously look like they came right out of a movie. They were lucky enough to be able to use the backyard of a house with an amazing garden. It was a mexican themed wedding event with mexican musicians (guitarists and accordion players in uniform) and mexican food (super chicken and beef tacos, enchiladas, rice and beans).

Check out this piece of Mexican art! You can’t get any more authentic Mexican than this. I love how there’s a mini donkey pinata.

Learning the accordion would been a lot more fun, but I got stuck with learning the piano. It’s obviously not nearly as portable as an accordion.

It’s those moments before the bride and groom are about to kiss that give me butterflies in my stomach, but I have to stay focused and make sure can still take a clear photo. My hands were probably sweating profusely as I clenched onto my camera as hard as I could to keep my camera steady.

After scrounging through his pocket for a minute to find the ring, he finally found it, phew!

I absolutely love this shot of Jill and George as they gaze into each others’ eyes a second before they enjoy their first kiss as husband and wife.

He’s taken ladies!

Here comes mom running towards the newly weds for a big family hug.

Weddings reunite family and friends. There was never a dull moment at this wedding!

Ayyyyyyee!!!!!!!!

I caught this photo of George looking at Mom and Jill making her speech while the sun was setting. I believe they call this the Magic Hour in photography.

Another amazing shot of Jill and George. You can truly see how happy they are, they’ll be able to relive this moment forever.

I forget how many poems George wrote for Jill, but WOW, it was such a sweet poem. Everyone was literally watery eyed at this moment. George is also a phenomenal speaker, which made this poem even more touching.

Family hugs cant get better than this. The gentleman on the lower right side is actually in a wheelchair, so I had them give each other a great big hug for this shot. You can almost hear the laughter, feel the warmth and the happiness they must be feeling at this moment.

Ring shot!

I’d say this was a perfect evening for Jill and George as they joined together as husband and wife. They wanted a simple backyard wedding and invited their closest family and friends to join them on their special day. I had a fabulous time photographing them and wish the best for their future.

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