New Website, New Blog, New Brand!

I am thrilled to announce the launch of my new website, blog and brand! Please visit the new blog and subscribe!

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Featured on Green Wedding Shoes

Noriko + John's lovely BR Cohn wedding was featured on Green Wedding Shoes this week. Nancy Liu Chin created the gorgeous florals.

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Featured in Brides Magazine

{Planner: Jubilee Lau Events}
{Event Design: Kathleen Deery}

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Featured in Wedding Style Guide!

Amanda + Buck's intimate Napa wedding is featured in this month's Wedding Style Guide from Australia! This magazine is so fabulous -- I know it will catch on really quickly with U.S. brides who can get their hands on it. It has amazing layouts and an elegant feel. There's also an article about one of my favorite photographers, Elizabeth Messina, in this issue. You can find it at select Borders or Barnes & Nobles.

Planner: Alison Events
Florist: Branch Floral Design
Location: Meadowood
Invitations: Soiree San Francisco
Music: Ever Music Group
Cake: Perfect Endings
Hair/Makeup: Neja Cosmetics & Betten Chasten
Lighting Design: Twilight Design

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Featured on Martha Stewart's The Bride's Guide

Suzanne + Adam's sweet Portola Valley wedding is featured on The Bride's Guide, with more photos on MarthaStewart.com

{ Planner: Alison Events }

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Jackson's Smile - Give the Gift of a Smile: Buy a Photograph

When my friend Jose Villa asked me to be a part of this charity website, benefiting baby Jackson, I had to say yes. Here is a little bit about this project:

Jackson's Smile is where photography and compassion meet.

Jackson's smile wasn't free like most little boys. He was born with a rare syndrome called “Simpson Golabi Behmel” as well as a cleft lip and palate. His smile has cost hundreds of thousands of dollars thus far. Jackson has already had two major surgeries in just his first year of life. He is destined for a childhood of plastic surgeries, not to mention other surgeries to address the various anomalies associated with his extremely rare syndrome.

His parents, Daniel and Halle, are doing all they can to provide Jackson with a healthy life. Without insurance and financial gifts from others, Jackson's medical expenses would total close to one million dollars by now, just so he can eat, drink, and smile. Simple gifts that most of us take too much for granted.

Jackson's Smile is a coalition of photographic artists dedicated to giving baby Jackson and others like him some of our most precious resources; our time, our money, and our talent.

Photography has been making people smile for over a hundred years. This is our opportunity to give Jackson the gift of his smile, and to receive a piece of photographic art so we too can remember just how much of a gift our smile is every time we look at it.

*A portion of the proceeds will go directly to support more kids like Jackson at the Craniofacial Center at the {Children’s Medical Center Foundation of Central Texas}.

At Jackson's Smile you can purchase Fine Art prints from some amazing photographers. If you click on Featured Artists, you can see the images I have for sale, posted here as a sneak peek! These were all taken on b&w film with my beloved Holga camera on my travels through the U.S., England, Australia, Mexico and The Philippines.

I encourage you all to have a look, buy a print (or two or three!) and support this family in need.

~ Lisa

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Best of Project Wedding

I was thrilled to get a letter in the mail today, informing me that I've been selected as one of San Francisco's Best of Project Wedding 2008! PW says, "As one of the top 5% of wedding professionals in your area, your talent and professionalism has left a lasting impression on your clients, and we are excited to award you this distinction."

Thanks to Project Wedding and all of my clients for this honor!

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Featured on Style Me Pretty

Kim + Alex's Napa wedding is featured on Style Me Pretty today!

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Fashion Shoot with Thi Cosmetics

Makeup/Hair: Taylor Pham, Thi Cosmetics
Model: Lija
Stylist: Peggi Jeung
Gowns: Colleen Quen
Flowers: Nicole Ha

Films: Fuji NPH 400, NPZ 800, Neopan 400
Cameras: Contax 645, Holga

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