Category Archives: Lifestyle

Ben Ripani Music Co. | House of Blues

Occasionally, I’ll get a day/night off from weddings and get to hit up shows and events that I also enjoy shooting.   Check out some samples from my buddies Ben Ripani Music Co. show at the House of Blues.    

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Ben Ripani Music Company

I met these guys through my friend Patrick Bensen who’s a drummer for this talented band Ben Ripani Music Co. It was cool to be asked to shoot their new CD cover and it was something I’ve never done before so I thought I’d give it a try.  After showing up and setting up some lighting,...

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Children Portrait Photography | Emma and Cody

Emma and Cody are two of the nation’s top Karate stars in their age and class.  They both train right here in Naperville, IL at the world famous Sharkey’s Karate.  Here are a few sneak peaks from their photoshoot. Remember these faces when they become famous!

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Chicago Wedding Photography | Cecilia & Tat

Cecilia’s a dear cousin of mine. I’m so happy for her and Tat. Check out their fun, quirky, beautiful wedding day. Congrats guys! dress: vera wang photographer: albert yau

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San Francisco Post-Wedding Session | Mary & Nick

Mary & Nick are two really special people to us.  We shot their beautiful wedding in Sycamore, IL about 3 months ago. They moved back into the Oakland area for Nick’s job.  They showed us where they lived and we got a chance to hang out in Oakland.   We ended off with an awesome...

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Mary Johnson - June 5, 2010 - 10:35 pm

<3 !!!!!!!

Fabulous day! We had so much fun with you guys! Very glad neither of you feel off a cliff and that Mike did not get run over in the name of AWESOME photos.

These are beautiful. We are so very happy!!

Connie Johnson - June 14, 2010 - 9:18 am

Mary, Nick, Albert, Mike,
These are awesome!!!! I’m Mary’s mom and I couldn’t be happier seeing these pictures! What a fun day. I’m so proud of my two kids!
And of course, Albert….you are AMAZING at your craft!
Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

cindy at jtlt - June 28, 2010 - 11:47 am

These are great Albert!

secondprint - June 28, 2010 - 11:18 pm

thanks guys!!

D-Network Chicago & Latin Webzine Collaboration Project | Teasers

A big thanks to Mike Fan and Jimmy Tan for their help in a collaboration with Secondprint Productions, D Network Chicago and Latin Webzine for this top secret photoshoot.  Details of the photoshoot will be disclosed at a later time.  Here are some rough, unedited teasers to wet your appetite.  Things got pretty steamy from this shoot. Let’s...

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Otto Rascon - May 10, 2010 - 10:45 am

Very cool work! I love your lighting and the environment is way slick. Great work. Rock on!

Jason Muelver - May 10, 2010 - 11:15 am

Yep… Otto said it. Lighting is awesome… setting exudes coolness.

Alex Roy - May 13, 2010 - 4:19 pm

awesome off camera lighting! i can’t wait to see the whole set! keep up the great work man!

Leo Lee - May 16, 2010 - 11:08 pm

Second to the last one is sexy!

The Crown and Two Chairmen @ Subterranean

I had the honor of shooting video for my friend’s band, The Crown and Two Chairmen last night at Subterranean.  The show just ROCKED.  Check out a sample from my 5dmk2 with the new firmware shooting at 24p.  Video quality sucked because it was mad dark inside and I had to compress a 4gb video...

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