San Francisco Bay Area Wedding Photography, Arnold komala: Blog

Neysa + Alex - Maternity Session - May-02-2021

Sun, 02 May 2021 20:15:00 GMT

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Ghena + Stephen - Engagement - April.03.2021

Sat, 03 Apr 2021 20:15:00 GMT

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Jan + Valen / Maternity Session / 04.27.19

Thu, 02 May 2019 18:15:01 GMT

Jan & Valen maternity session in Pleasanton and San Ramon.

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Fri, 06 Jul 2018 21:45:38 GMT

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Cindy + Raymond - Wedding - Alameda - 06.09.18

Fri, 06 Jul 2018 04:20:06 GMT

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Lauren + Matt - Wedding - Napa - 10.28.16

Sat, 29 Oct 2016 04:15:00 GMT

Baby Mason First Birthday - Milpitas - 01.23.16

Sun, 24 Jan 2016 05:15:00 GMT

Nimish + Sejal - Wedding - San Francisco, Cupertino - 11.07.15

Sat, 02 Jan 2016 18:45:19 GMT

Here are a few pictures from Nimish and Sejal wedding in San Francisco City Hall and Picchetti Winery in Cupertino.

Yang + Mark - Wedding - 07.18.15 - Sacramento

Wed, 12 Aug 2015 06:15:00 GMT

Check out a few pictures from Yang & Mark's wedding in Sacramento. The wedding was held on July 18 2015.

Irene + Joey - Wedding - Hotel Valencia - Santana Row, San Jose - 09.27.14

Wed, 15 Oct 2014 05:30:44 GMT

Here's a small subset of pictures from Irene and Joey's awesome wedding. They had their ceremony and reception at Hotel Valencia, Santana Row, San Jose.

Liny + Bliss - Wedding - San Francisco, 08.30.14

Fri, 26 Sep 2014 02:14:31 GMT

Liny and Bliss had their wedding in San Francisco, CA on Saturday, August 30, 2014. The ceremony was held at Lakeside Presbyterian Church and the reception was at Scottish Rite Masonic Center. Here are a few pictures that highlight their awesome day. This was a big wedding as 300+ friends and family members attended the festivities.

Liny + Bliss - Cliff House - San Francisco - 08.16.14

Wed, 20 Aug 2014 06:45:00 GMT

Liny and Bliss had their engagement session taken at Cliff House, San Francisco this past week. They are getting married later this month in San Francisco. Fantastic couple to work with and here are a few pictures from that cold, cloudy morning:

Emily + Phil - Wedding - Westin Bonaventure Los Angeles, June 28 2014

Sat, 12 Jul 2014 18:23:20 GMT

The day was Saturday, June 28 2014 when Emily and Phil got married in Los Angeles, CA. The day started at Emily's relative's house with a traditional tea ceremony and in the afternoon, the festivities continued at Westin Bonaventure, downtown Los Angeles where they had both the ceremony and the reception. Below are the pictures that highlight their story for the fantastic day, from early in the morning, until late in the evening.

Baby Emma First Birthday - Milpitas, CA - 051014

Fri, 23 May 2014 07:09:01 GMT

Baby Emma's first birthday celebration. This is a traditional Korean birthday party held in Milpitas, CA. Here are a few pictures ...

Kess, Ken, Baby Emma Family Session - San Mateo - 05.03.14

Sun, 04 May 2014 06:20:58 GMT

A beautiful family photo session with Kess, Ken, and Baby Emma. Emma is about to turn one and her mom wants to have some pictures printed for the birthday celebration. We went to Central Park in San Mateo and spent a couple hours walking around the Japanese Garden. Here are some pictures.

Emily + Phil - Treasure Island, SF - 04.28.14

Tue, 29 Apr 2014 04:15:00 GMT

Here are a few pictures from engagement session with Emily and Phil. Awesome, wonderful couple and they are very easy to work with. All pictures were taken in the Treasure Island / Yerba Buena Island. They are getting married later in June in Southern California.

Baby Daughter Second Birthday - 04.05.14

Sun, 27 Apr 2014 00:45:00 GMT

A personal blog entry on my baby daughter's birthday party. Hello Kitty is the theme and pink is the color. Here are a few pics of the celebration.

Irene + Joey - San Jose, CA - 03.22.14

Tue, 25 Mar 2014 03:02:28 GMT

Awesome engagement session with Irene, Joey, and kids at Japanese Friendship Garden, San Jose. Super fun family and super cute kids! Here are some pics that highlight the afternoon.

My Daughter Is Turning Two

Tue, 18 Mar 2014 05:30:00 GMT

My baby daughter is turning two!

It's been really a blessing to be able to raise such a wonderful, awesome daughter. Both my wife and I are really humbled and grateful to have this fabulous person to share our lives with. Here are some pictures from our last two vacations at Lake Tahoe, CA and Kauai, HI.

Neysa + Alex, Napa CA, 01.25.14

Wed, 05 Feb 2014 06:46:35 GMT

They serve in a church band together. Neysa plays the piano and Alex plays the bass. She is more outgoing, life of the party, whereas he is more like a quiet, cool guy who does his own things. The two hit it off and they are having their wedding in March 2014. Beautiful, fun, and amazing couple. They have the passion and the heart of God. Here are a few pictures from the engagement session we took at Napa, CA:

Kitchie + Vladi - Half Moon Bay, CA - 07.27.13

Wed, 16 Oct 2013 06:12:46 GMT

Kitchie emailed me while back saying she was looking for a photographer for her wedding in July 2014. She wanted to have the engagement session at Half Moon Bay, CA because that's where her fiance proposed to her. We hiked for about 15 minutes to get to this exact location and it was on the top of cliff overlooking the ocean. Half Moon Bay was really crowded that day and the weather was very warm. We then went to a local bar before we spent the rest of the day on the beach, waiting for the sunset. Beautiful and fun couple! Here are some highlights:

Jacob - Korean Dol Birthday Party - 090713

Thu, 19 Sep 2013 06:36:11 GMT

Eunice first contacted me in July to ask if I was available to cover her son's (Jacob) first birthday party. The party was held in San Francisco's Mystic Hotel on September 7 2013. This was my first time covering Korean traditional birthday party ('Dol') and here are some highlights from the party. Beautiful family and awesome party!

Febi & Hendro - Wedding - San Francisco - 081013

Fri, 16 Aug 2013 18:40:50 GMT

Febi 'Christin' and Hendro's wedding was held at Lakeside Presbyterian Church, San Francisco. The reception, which was also held at the same location, was crafted by her church friends and family. Here's a few from their wedding day!

Laura's Baby Shower - Los Gatos - 062213

Tue, 25 Jun 2013 06:58:25 GMT

Laura contacted me in May to cover her baby shower event this past weekend on Saturday, June 22. She was born and raised in Santa Clara, but currently is living in San Diego with her husband. Her husband is serving in the NAVY and he is stationed in San Diego.

Laura's mom decided to host the baby shower in Los Gatos since most of the family and friends are still in the Bay Area. The venue she chose was California Cafe, located in Los Gatos old downtown area. She did all the table decorations and she did this amazing job to turn this plain looking room into a lively room scented by the color pink. (This is Laura's first baby and it's a girl).

There were about 50 guests and all of them were very close to each other. They told stories, they had a nice 3-course brunch, and they shared baby gifts. The event lasted about 3 hours and there was no down time at all. The room was filled with memories, stories, and laughter.

All in all it was an fabulous event and it was both an exciting and humbled experience for me to be able to capture the event's story.

Cliff Mautner Lighting And Skillset Bootcamp

Mon, 13 May 2013 22:16:57 GMT

Last week I had a chance to attend Cliff Mautner's Lighting and Skillset Bootcamp. This 3-day workshop was held in his studio at Haddonfield, New Jersey.

A little info on Cliff.

Cliff has about 30 years of experience as professional photographer - 17 of those in photojournalism. He has about 850 weddings under his belt. American PHOTO magazine calls Cliff as "one of the top ten wedding photographers in the world". He's also a WPPI grand award winner for photojournalism. If you need more info on him, Google his name and you will find no trouble getting his information.

The 3-day workshop covers shooting indoor and outdoor locations, business information, wedding workflow (from client interaction until album delivery), and on the last day we had a session with Noelle (Cliff's studio manager) to discuss post processing, and album design. Cliff also shows us a lot of his favorite pictures and he explains to us how he sets up some of the shots and stresses again how important it is to know your camera thoroughly so you can react at a moments notice and not miss these crucial shots.

Overall, this bootcamp definitely supersedes my initial expectation. I'm getting so much knowledge, not only on the technical part, and the business side, but also on his train of thoughts when he approaches a scene and shoots a wedding from top to bottom. That information is really beneficial when it's coming from someone who has a massive experience in the industry like he is.

During this bootcamp, Cliff is really an open book. He shares all of his 'secrets' and there's no question goes unanswered.

Below are some samples of the pictures I took during the bootcamp.

Here's Cliff with the models:

Alana's First Birthday Party - Dublin - 040613

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 18:17:45 GMT

My baby just turned one this past week! It had a been a very busy week. All the preparations, the birthday dinner, and finally, the culmination point, the big party last Saturday.

We held the party at Dublin Community Hall. My wife did all the decorations herself and she turned a plain looking hall into this colorful and vibrant room. Check out the pictures below. The first three pictures were taken at our house.

Surekha & Krishna Baby Shower - San Jose - 02.24.12

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 19:22:28 GMT

This past Sunday, I had the honor to cover a baby shower event for a coworker of mine. I've known her for a couple years now. The couple, Surekha and Krishna are expecting their first baby anytime soon.

The event was held at this clubhouse. The room was not that exciting, it was rather plain and dark. But Krishna and his friends were able to transform the room into this colorful hall. It was filled with balloons and some wall decorations. But of course, one thing that really fused the colors was the traditional and gorgeous Indian sari. The sari was so vividly colorful and it boosted the mood of this party into a joyous moment.

Enjoy some of the highlights below.