As many of you know, 2 months ago I won a contest that put my photo on the cover of the 40,000 circulated Korean American Journal.  I was very happy with this achievement and proud to have such great supporters.  With that appreciation from everyone's help and support, I also had a little magazine release party.  Thank you to all who made it and thank you to all who voted for me.  I sent a bunch of copies out to friends and family, but still have plenty more.  If you would like a copy, please contact me at nathan@weddingsbnathan.com and we can make arrangements.

There were no details on how many artists entered, but the 3 finalists were Christina Mijung Lee, Josephine Park, and myself.  Please see the below scanned pages for the pages and submissions.  All entries were excellent and I'm glad everyone got some magazine coverage.

We held the party at Joey's Smokin' BBQ in Torrance and had a great time.  My star models Natalie and Ethan were there to sign autographs and be little stars.  At one point, their 7 year old cousin Kasey told me to "back off paparazzi" as I took some more photos of them in action.  It was a great little gathering and fun to get everyone together.  Please see photos below.

Again, thank you to everyone for their support and thank you to my first Magazine Cover, but hopefully not my last.

Regards!!

I photographed Toni and Jon's Engagement Session back in April and was very excited when I got the call to photograph their wedding as well.  My only concern was it was on the same day that I had Danny's Bar Mitzvah in the morning.  I explained my situation and would normally never double book a day, but Toni was dedicated in having me capture her wedding day.  So I worked things out and made sure the timing was right, bought extra memory cards, and hired the talented Brian Fletcher from Orange County as my 2nd photographer to make sure everything was covered.  We started out at the Double Tree Hotel in Carson, right next to the wedding and reception site of the Carson Civic Center.  When I arrived, I was amazed to see a large gathering of 12 groomsmen and 12 bridesmaids.  Now this was a wedding party!!  As Jon headed down with Brian, his entourage, and a bottle of Dom Perignon, I headed into the brides room to start getting my own photos.  Beautiful dresses, flowers, and everyone in good spirits, I could see this was going to be a fun wedding.  With tears all around, they toasted to Toni with some champagne and headed over to the Civic Center to join her guests.

After a beautiful sunset ceremony, photos were taken around the area.  Toni even had a custom red carpet backdrop made for her so they could get group photos taken.  Hawaiian Hula Dance, Jon on the DJ turntables, and lots of fun dancing.  This wedding party came to celebrate and a celebration this was.  Thank you to Toni Rose and Jon for trusting me to capture their wedding day as well as Brian for helping out with all the amazing extra shots.  Best wishes and a long happy life with your new family!