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Pratts

2011-11-19T16:15:00.000-08:00

We hung out with the Pratts at their place in Manhattan Beach...

Charles Kim + Family, Part 3

2011-11-19T10:30:00.000-08:00

This year, we went to Getty Center... we always seem to get amazing skies with this family! How fast time flies... and even faster do kids grow!!

Wilsons'2011

2011-10-29T16:30:00.000-07:00

We met up with the Wilsons at my newest favorite spot in Downtown. The kids are getting older, bigger and cuter... and Matt + Janet seem to be getting younger and younger... and cuter...

Staff

2011-03-23T13:00:00.000-07:00

So I started taking pictures again. I just haven't had the time to even think about photography for a few months except for a few projects here and there. But, I picked up my camera again and even cleaned the sensor... that's right, I cleaned the sensor. Here are some that I like from a staff shoot.

CHARLES KIM + FAMILY, PART II

2010-12-05T16:00:00.000-08:00

We did a follow up to a session we had back in July of 2009 at their home. This time, we went outside to take advantage of the stormy clouds (we literally had to run for covers right as we're wrapping up!!), and recruited another subject...

Matt + Janet Wilson

2010-11-20T19:24:00.000-08:00

I have known these kids for just about 6 years.. they've been married for 5 of those years... and they spent the last 4 years having kids.. 3 of them. We hung out over in Santa Monica for breakfast one Saturday morning...

Lucy. Lucy. Lucy.

2010-04-25T16:30:00.000-07:00

OGANESYAN: PART II

2010-04-18T17:00:00.000-07:00

This is a 2-year follow-up to the first session I had with these guys. They have an addition now...

AUBREY + ROBERT: PART II

2010-03-06T11:00:00.000-08:00

Hung out with Aubrey + Robert at Robert's bachelor pad in El Segundo on a Saturday morning... just doing Saturday morning things...

AUBREY + ROBERT: PART I

2010-01-24T14:00:00.000-08:00

40 YEARS OF FAITHFULNESS

2009-11-21T16:00:00.000-08:00

The Masoners are celebrating 40 years of marriage. They celebrate not only their faithfulness to each other, but also God's faithfulness to them...

URBAN SHOOTING

2009-11-07T16:00:00.000-08:00

I shot the Urbans in their own home! And I had a great time not only shooting them, but also getting to know them... The little ones are twins and are almost one.

URM Volunteer Department

2009-10-27T11:45:00.000-07:00

These guys annually coordinate tens of thousands of volunteers that make Union Rescue Mission what it is today. We've seen Alex up here before. We took some shots after the URM Annual Report Cover Shoot...

PETER + VICKI KIM

2009-08-12T18:00:00.000-07:00

I have known Peter for over 10 years - since he had just graduated high school back in Baltimore. He is now married and lives in Brentwood with his wife, Vicki, and Vernon. We made some photographs...

BING + CHRISTY WEDDING

2009-07-25T18:00:00.000-07:00

Bing and Christy actually got married already, but decided to have a wedding so that the rest of us can celebrate their marriage with them. Quite a few people made it out to Santa Barbara to be a part of it.

BING + CHRISTY II

2009-07-22T18:30:00.000-07:00

We went to the artist district of downtown Los Angeles to make some photographs of Bing and Christy in their wedding get-up.

WU

2009-07-19T13:00:00.000-07:00

Dan + Lydia Wu go to our church. We went over to their house after church one Sunday. Lydia made Chris' favorite pasta dish - bolognese. We hung out for a couple of hours taking pictures of the family - mostly of their crazy cute kid...

CHARLES KIM + FAMILY

2009-07-11T15:00:00.000-07:00

I have known Charles since we were in college. He's now an elder at our church. We went to his house in Calabasas and spent the afternoon hanging out with his family and took some pictures.

STROBIST BOOT CAMP II - ASSIGNMENT 2

2009-07-10T23:45:00.000-07:00

Strobist.com is a great blog for those that like to light stuff to make pictures... the website is having a series of contests. This assignment was food. I took the following three. Guess which I chose...

JENNY CHAN

2009-06-17T17:30:00.000-07:00

We went around Virginia Avenue Park and took some headshots for this aspiring actress. She's from Conejo Valley, which encompasses Simi Valley, which is where I grew up...

BING + CHRISTY

2009-06-04T18:30:00.000-07:00

Went to my new favorite downtown location to take some pictures with Bing and Christy. They got married a couple of months ago.

CHRISTOPHER TSANG

2009-05-19T11:30:00.000-07:00

Chris just graduated from USC with a master's degree in Electrical Engineering... oh yeah, and he also competed with the USC Triathlon Team this past year while getting that ho-hum, piece-of-cake degree...

CHRISTOPHER STRODES

2009-05-18T11:00:00.000-07:00

RONALD HAYNES

2009-05-12T10:30:00.000-07:00

Ronald was rescued out of life of drugs and homelessness. Now he directs and oversees those very programs that helped him. He loves God and he loves his wife... he said so... many times.

JEREMIAH JOHNSON

2009-05-06T11:30:00.000-07:00

Jeremiah is a mid-level development officer in charge of church relations. He was the first of those that went through the programs at URM to get a job in the administrative offices, of which he is very proud as he should be. He's even more proud, however, that with the help of URM, he's found his kids, his grandkids and his life with God.

ALEX CORNEJO

2009-04-15T14:00:00.000-07:00

Alex is the Manager of Volunteers at Union Rescue Mission. He was on the other side of the Mission only 8 years ago when he entered URM as a participant in their Christian Life Discipleship Program. URM programs really work...

BOB EASTERBROOK

2009-04-09T13:00:00.000-07:00

EASTERBROOK

2009-04-09T12:30:00.000-07:00

I really like these, but didn't really flow with the rest of the pictures. So I'm putting them in a separate post.

JINAH KIM

2009-04-07T10:30:00.000-07:00

myspace.com/jinahmusic

DAN & JISUN

2009-03-20T18:00:00.000-07:00

Dan & Jisun are getting married this May. We went around Los Angeles Historic State Park for a couple of hours. We want to think that we almost got locked in the parking lot. And, of course, we got the best pho this country has to offer afterwards.

PORTRAITS OF INDUSTRIAL DOWNTOWN

2009-03-16T17:00:00.000-07:00

People that work in downtown and their environment.

YMCHA'S BABY SHOWER

2009-03-07T12:00:00.000-08:00

Here's the rest:

STEPHEN & ELMA

2009-01-24T18:00:00.000-08:00

These two are from the ATL. They are part of our downtown community group. They're getting married in a month!! We went around the artist district taking some pictures. We had a great time...

PORTRAIT

2009-01-23T20:00:00.000-08:00

RICH & AL

2009-01-05T15:41:00.000-08:00

Rich was my "+1" until Christine moved to Los Angeles. His sister Alina is in Hawaii studying fashion and making drinks. They came over last night and we took some pictures...

MLK | PART II

2008-12-22T18:00:00.000-08:00

With his aunt Christine...

BRUCE & LINDA

2008-12-16T18:00:00.000-08:00

They have been dating since high school and they are finally getting married on February 28, 2009, after 10+ years!!! We hung out in downtown Los Angeles for a bit after work a couple weeks ago.

LKL | PART II

2008-12-14T17:00:00.000-08:00

Jeffery Lee, MD, is a dear friend, who, with the help of his wife, Janet, had a beautiful daughter a couple of months back... he does NOT endorse ADT.

THE SAUGUS KIMS

2008-12-13T15:00:00.000-08:00

DOWNTOWN PART II

2008-12-02T12:30:00.000-08:00

Went to the Santee Alley to practice shooting from the holster. I'm not sure that all these were shot that way, but almost all were...

DOWNTOWN PART I

2008-12-01T14:08:00.000-08:00

Paul Kim was visiting LA for a few days so we took some time to shoot around LA. The first day, we mostly shot at and around the Walt Disney Concert Hall.

We ran into some kids that took the bus from Westwood to Downtown to film their "sponsor video"

UNION RESCUE MISSION

2008-11-02T15:00:00.000-08:00

These 26 men have gone through a 12-month program to go from the streets to life. We had the privilege of serving them and celebrating God's grace in their success.

Leanna Kim Lee

2008-10-25T20:00:00.000-07:00

This is Jeff and Janet's kid.

Dan and Christina

2008-10-12T20:00:00.000-07:00

Santa Monica Pier.

Samantha Nicole Cho

2008-10-01T20:00:00.000-07:00

This is Eugene and Joann's eldest daughter.

MLK

2008-09-02T16:00:00.000-07:00

Chol & Ellen's son.

Madeleine Kim

2008-07-19T14:00:00.001-07:00

This is Stephen and Gloria's kid.

Allen O

2008-06-08T17:00:00.000-07:00

This is Desiree Ramos' son.

studio aj9

2008-06-01T08:00:00.000-07:00

Here begins the cataloging of some of the photographs I like.