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Lisa + Jon's Wedding (July 4th, 2009)

On this 4th of July, instead of attending a BBQ with my friends like we normally do every year. My wife Amanda and I drove up to New London Connecticut to document a very special day for Lisa and Jon. With all the rain we have been getting in the last 30 days. You cannot get any more perfect then the day Lisa and Jon had. Word can not decide how beautiful the wedding was... so on that note, here are some photos of Lisa and Jon. Congratulation!!!! and thank you for sharing your special day with us!

Also, I like to thank my beautiful wife Amanda for shooting the wedding with me. You are awesome wifey. Love ya ;)

Helen & Brady's Wedding 10-11-2008

I didn't realized that I never posted any of the images from their wedding... so here they are.






















and the most important person (the Mother) who found me online.. Thank you!!! :D




Thank you Helen and Brady and Congrats to you both...

Helen & Brady's Wedding Slideshow (Teaser)

Thank You Bill for shooting with me, you did such an amazing and an awesome job as always.

Helen & Brady's Wedding - 10/11/2008

This past weekend I have the honor to photographed Helen & Brady's wedding in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, New York. Before I go into the wedding day, I need to start by telling you how they found me. Early August (or was it late July?) I received an email from this person by the name of Helen. She informed me that her daughter (who is also Helen which I found out later) will be getting married in Prospect Park and wanted to know if I was available on October 11, 2008 and what my rates were. I email her my inform and decided on the package that will best fit them. During that time, Helen and I beging talking about other things in life from myself being a Dad to her becoming first time grandma. I did asked Helen Senior how she find me, she said she googled "Brooklyn Wedding Photographer" and I was right on top of the list. The Power of Goggle and free advertizing. heheh! Anyway a month later, she email me and to inform me that they like to hire me and asked me to give her daugther a call. I got in touch with them and met them for some coffee in Park Slope to talk about their wedding day.

Helen and Brady are two of the most down the earth, most nicest couple I have ever met. They are so casual and earthy people. Such good heart and great friends to have.

I invited Bill Eng to help me with this wedding as my 2nd shooter since Amanda wanted to be home and babysit Dylan. Bill and I got to the park around 1ish and talked about the location of the ceremony. The Ceremony was very small... about 20 people and all family members. The offician for the ceremony was Brady's Uncle, David - and boy, he did a wonderful job with the ceremony.

The reception was held in DUMBO, called the Water Street Restaurant & Lounge. There were about 60 guests..... verylow key type of receptions with good friends and family having fun and celebrating a good day... and of course having open bar, it helps. ;-)

Something normally dont happen... I went into a friend at the wedding reception. Well not actually my friend, more like Amanda's friend from Grad school studying to be a teacher.

I havent finish processing all the images, hopefully will have something by the week end. But here's one photo from the park... Also I like to Thank Bill again for coming to help me out. He really did an awesome job helping me to cover cvertain angles I wasnt able to get...

In Stone Mountain/Snellville Georgia

We have a wedding to attend this weekend in Georgia. Normally we drive down here from New York (16 to 18 hrs drive). But because I won two free round trip airfare last christmas from my company, we decided to use it for this trip. Plus with the baby and Amanda being at a new school this year (only asked for one day off). We just figure it would be wise to use it.

Because we flied on the day of 9/11, the flight was very empty. We got to the airport 4 hours early, because I wanted to get a good parking spot in Long Term Parking at LGA, and because we had so much to carry going to security, we didnt want any delay and rush to catch our flight. Unlike JetBlue in JFK, there were no Free Internet access at the American Airline terminal or gate. Since we had so many hours to wait, we decided to pay for it. $9.95 a month for the 1st three month, then $24 thereafter. Note to self, need to cancel after the month is over. It was a very good flight. Dylan did fuss a little, but thats because he was sleepy, but wanted to see everything around him. hehe. We arrived in Atlanta about 9:40pm. Pickup the rental car and drove to our Hotel in Stone Mountain. ...woohoo! Free internet at the Hotel.

Friday morning we rush to Walmart to get some things for the Bridal Shower that my wife is in change of (Matron of Honor). After I dropped her off at the Country Club, I met up with my Father in Law and headed back to the hotel, so he can spent some grandpa time with Dylan. Here's something funny... We were hungry, so we headed to Wendy's for some food. When it was time to pay for the food, I told my father in law, "I got it Dad". The cashier at Wendy looked at me and said, "did you say Dad?" My replied, "yes". She said, "seriously?" I said, "yes seriously" LOL then I said, "its my father in law" LOL. I guess she didnt noticed my chinese redneck or something. HAHAHAH!!

That evening, we had the rehearsal at the Methodist Church in Snellvile, GA. Everyone were saying how cute & handsome Dylan is, and that the combination between Amanda and myself really did an awesome job with him. hehehe! I did went up to introduce myself to Mandy & Justin's wedding photographer, Jared Baker, just so he know who I am. Very nice guy. The Church doesnt allow Flash Photography at all. heheh! I hate that. I guess it is my 1st test to see how I can do without a flash in a church. I didnt bring any of my fast lense. Only have my 24-105 with me on this trip. Guess the ISO will have to be increase to 800 or 1600... and must shoot in RAW. we will see what happen. Its gonna be hard to do much when Dylan will be with me. After the rehearsal, we headed to the Bride's mother place for dinner - Mexican food. YUM YUM!!!!! Later I did give my business card to Jared, just so he has my information, and maybe we can network together and expand our business and industry even wider. Jared is actually a personal friend of the Groom (Justin).

Well today is the wedding day and my wife is about to head over to the Bride's place so they all can get ready to do their girlie thing. The Bride (Mandy) is my wife best friend. They go way back to their college's year at University of Georgia (Bulldogs). Actually Mandy was the Maid of Honor on our wedding. hehehe! well time to get myself ready so I can drive her over. Hopefully I will get some awesome pictures today..

Katie & Kenneth’s Wedding - September 29, 2007

Since we had to go photograph Katie & Kenneth’s wedding in Aruba. We decided to spend an extra day or two as our mini vacation. Most likely it was our last vacation before the birth of our child.

Katie & Kenneth’s wedding were very beautiful. Watching the sunset go down as they both enter a new beginning together as one. It was an honor to photograph them as well as able to witness such an important event. I’ve known the both of them for many years now. I still remember when Kenneth was a little kid. It was beautiful and very special to be part of. Thank you.

Etsuko & Edwin's Wedding - September 22, 2007

Before finding out Amanda was pregnant, I did booked two weddings for this month. For sure it wasn’t easy to have her help me. I do thank her very much for it. She did a great job as usual.

This wedding was referred to me by my good friend Billy. Check out some of his work on his website at http://engphotography.blogspot.com, he’s pretty good working with his camera too. Anyway, the wedding was very nice and we had a great time. The Filipino do know how to dance and party.

San Francisco Trip

Adding Amanda into the Lo family just wasn’t enough, so my brother Kam decided to add his girlfriend Ellen into the Lo Family on July 7, 2007. We didn’t get to go to their wedding, because we were on our honeymoon. They flew to Hawaii by themselves and got married there. He wanted us to go to take pictures for them. He was even gonna pay for us too, but our tripped were already paid. It would cost us too much to cancel at this point in time. We did join those two newlywed 7 days later in San Francisco with her side of the family for a small celebration. It was very nice to see him so happy.

At the same time, shortly after we returned from Mexico, we found out that the Lo’s will have another addition into the family. :-D That’s right… Amanda is pregnant. WOOHOO!!! We didn’t tell anyone until a week after returning from SF. We didn’t want to take the happy moment away from my brother and my new sister in law.

Being a Tourist in Niagara Fall

One of the reasons why we wanted to get married here is because this was the place we had our first vacation together. We also wanted to pick a place where friends and families can also enjoy the town and not just be here for our wedding. Amanda and I were very happy and excited to see so many of our friends who made it up there, especially our good friends, Mandy and Justin who drove all the way from Atlanta Georgia. You guys Rock! Oh and of course I can’t forget the three lovely ladies, Nitza, Sibel and Sabrina who also drove from New York City. Thank you for helping us with the setups and everything else. You ladies also ROCK as well.

Our Wedding - 4/7/2007

Mr. & Mrs. John & Amanda Lo

at Niagara Falls, Canada

Shing & May's Wedding - 1/6/2007

Amanda and I had the honor to photographed one of my best friend Shing & May's wedding. It was a very long day for the both of us. But the end result were totally awesome. Beginning of January, we got 70 degree weather in New York City. How crazy is that?!. Amanda did an amazing job photographing the Bride while she was getting herself ready. It was Amanda first time witnessing a traditional Chinese wedding ceremony. Here's a few photos for you to check out.