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Featured On Style Me Pretty

Kevin Chin — Wed, 09 May 2012 01:29:21 +0000

It’s such an honor to see my couple’s wedding featured in Style Me Pretty. Congrats to Yuko & Paul on their “discovery” themed wedding. I love how the telescopes were incorporated into all aspects of their wedding! See the full post here.

See the full post on Style Me Pretty.

St Francis Hotel Wedding | San Francisco | Maribel + Maricio | Pt 2

Kevin Chin — Mon, 07 May 2012 07:24:02 +0000

Such a fun celebration when the bride surprised her groom and guests with Samba dancers and band. The beat of the music was so intoxicating and if felt like I was at Carnival! Congrats again to Maribel & Maricio!

Florals: Nancy Liu Chin

See part 1 of Maribel & Maricio’s wedding ceremony here.

Featured On Wedding Row California

Kevin Chin — Thu, 03 May 2012 17:31:51 +0000

So excited to have Norilene & Andrew’s “classy & chic” wedding featured on California Wedding Row. See the complete story here.

St Francis Hotel Wedding | San Francisco | Maribel + Maricio | Pt 1

Kevin Chin — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 07:02:07 +0000

Wedding trends come and go but I never get tired of a city wedding in one of San Francisco’s landmark hotels. The Westin St Francis Hotel provided the backdrop for Maribel & Maricio’s wedding. Nancy Liu Chin’s florals and Richard of Elektra Events helped transform one of the ballrooms into a romantic and cozy ceremony site which was very appropriate for this Friday evening hotel wedding. Make sure to check back for part 2 of this wedding to see what surprise the bride had for her groom!

Casa Real Wedding | Pleasanton Cinematographer | Taleen + Vache

Kevin Chin — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 05:50:11 +0000

I love it when couples incorporate their cultural heritage into their wedding such as Taleen + Vache did for their Armenian wedding. As you can see from the video, it was full of traditions and festivities!

Casa Real Wedding, Taleen + Vache HD Video from Kevin Chin Photography + Cinema on Vimeo.

Congrats to Taleen + Vache on a fabulous wedding!

Photo courtesy of Duke Photography.

Monkey + Vero | Holga Portraits | San Francisco

Kevin Chin — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 07:28:24 +0000

Good friend and fellow photographer Vero Suh and I arranged a play-date to introduce her new dog, Monkey to Chin Chin and Rocco. What do photographers do when we get together with our dogs? We take pictures of course. Here are a few photos from my Holga camera.

Carneros Inn | Napa Wedding | Yuko + Paul | Part 2

Kevin Chin — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 07:13:16 +0000

Congrats again to Yuko and Paul and may you both “discover” true happiness on your journey of life!

Venue: The Carneros Inn

Coordinating and event design: Event of Distinction

Florals: Hunt Littlefield

See Yuko and Paul part 1 here.

Carneros Inn | Napa Wedding | Yuko + Paul | Part 1

Kevin Chin — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 07:08:33 +0000

“Discovery” was the theme that Joyce Scardina Becker of Events of Distinction created for Yuko & Paul’s wedding at the Carneros Inn in Napa. Telescopes and world globes were incorporated into the wedding decor to signify the union of two people from opposite ends of the globe and the future of their lives together.

Venue: The Carneros Inn

Coordinating and event design: Events of Distinction

Florals: Hunt Littlefield

For The Love Of The Game | Giants Spring Training

Kevin Chin — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 07:24:17 +0000

The crack of the bat, the smell of hot dogs, and the look of the green grass and blue skies all reminds me that spring is here and baseball season is around the corner. For me, baseball takes me back to my childhood when I idolized the likes of Willie Mays, Willie Mccovey, Juan Marichal, and Gaylord Perry. Today, baseball is my getaway, my slice of heaven, it’s my escape back to my childhood when life was simple and my biggest worry was when I was going to see my next game at Candlestick Park.

This past week, I introduced Giants spring training to the wife in Arizona. As you can see from the photos, Nancy got just as excited as the other kids and fans about getting autographs and seeing their favorite players up close and personal. Seeing her excitement and enthusiasm for baseball reminds me of everything why I love the game. See you all on opening day! Play Ball!

Bouquet to Arts | De Young Museum | San Francisco

Kevin Chin — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 00:13:36 +0000

Bouquet to Arts at the De Young Museum is my favorite annual event in San Francisco. It’s a must see event if you have never attended and will be showing thru this weekend March 18th. Floral designers are invited to pick a piece of art and interpret it with flowers. The floral piece is then displayed next to the actual art piece in the museum. Some of the interpretations are literal and some abstract. Some of the pieces make me smile and some make me scratch my head. Whatever the reaction, I truly appreciate all the hard work and incredible artistry that goes into every piece!

This is from the opening night gala and for those of you that have attended in the past, you know it’s all about the grilled lamb chops that Mccalls Catering spoils the attendees with. And nothing hits the spot better then the incredible dessert buffet they have set up at the end of the evening after strolling the exhibit.

This is the work by my talented wife. I love the the interpretation and technical ability it took to create this masterpiece!

How many people can say they have their art exhibited in a museum? So proud of the wifey!

Great imagination for this urban interpretation.

One of my favorites. I love everything about this piece. The scale, composition, and colors all work perfectly.

Every year I look forward to see how the artist will interpret this particular piece.

This art piece is one of my favorites in the museum because of it’s uniqueness. The burnt wood represents an arson fire that destroyed a baptist church in the South. The floating pieces symbolizes hope and that art is more powerful then violence.

The colors are captured so wonderfully.

The abstract quality of this piece really speaks to me and really works for the art piece.

The mechanics and the difficulty of creating this piece is amazing.

This makes me smile.

Such an intricate piece with so many details

I love everything about this piece.

I love the simplicity of this piece.

I’m not a big fan of literal interpretations but I love this piece.

This is also one of my favorites. It’s one of the few pieces that is hanging and suspended from the top.