Adrian Ong

The Pasadena City Hall architecture is one of the iconic places in Los Angeles. Nonetheless, a photo that would highlight the couple and the location is one that I include in all the sessions I do as this makes it more memorable for the couple.

We didn't have time to do a romantic shot with the couple prior to reception so we did sneak them out during dinner to do a portrait of them together by the parking lot of the venue.

The couple chose this location because of the beautiful architecture and thus, I need to make sure that we show the place when we photographed them.

A beautiful day at the beach, I was inspired by how the sky looked and this shot was handheld as I didn't bring my tripod that time.

When I saw this log on the beach, I totally needed to make an editorial piece of a shot and I am glad that the birds behind them came through as well.

Here is an engagement session shoot that I shot in Downtown Los Angeles; many photographers take their photos with their clients at this location, but I wanted an image that would look extraordinary. As I saw in my peripheral vision, a car was passing through, I just pressed the shutter, and I was able to capture this beautiful engagement photo.

The couple was supposed to get married outdoors, but the rain dampened their plans, so we did not have any photos of the outdoors. When they opened the dancefloor, I said to myself that I could not leave the wedding without any outdoor shot of the couple as they paid for this venue because of the scenery. It was around 55 degrees outside, and it was foggy. I had asked my assistant to ask the couple to pose about 60 meters away from me. Because they already did an engagement session with me, they already knew my verbal cues without explaining how I wanted them to pose. I placed a Speedlight behind them, and this magical photo came out straight out of the camera, and the couple ended up printing this for their wall-art.