Pet Photography at Carpinteria
It was exactly three years ago when I photographed a wedding at Santa Barbara. This was the wedding with Juan-on-Juan buddy. This was the wedding with the DJ who can sing really well.
3 years later, the bride and groom contacted me again. They wanted me to photograph their babies… their 2 dogs. 
They were vacationing at Carpinteria. So, we’ve decided to photograph their dogs in Carpinteria. Carpinteria is safe and they have parks and beach. Carpinteria even has a beach that allows dogs.
It was a very hot day, though. Even though we were at the beach it was still very hot. But the dogs didn’t mind the weather. They were running around everywhere for 1 solid hours. Then they slowed down.. almost falling asleep. Then they started to run around once again.. haha…
When we were walking at down town Carpinteria, a lot of cars were slowing down to look at the dogs. Some people were pointing right at the dogs as they talked to each other. It turned out, that long haired beagles are rare. And a lot of people at Carpinteria knew dogs.
She’s the bride from the beach wedding 3 years ago~!!
Another Repeat Customer
I photographed repeat customers today.
The funny thing was that I didn’t know that I booked a photography session with my past wedding customers. Bride’s family member contacted me for a family portrait photography session, so I had no idea who she was. As we communicated and booked photograph session, the customer never mentioned that she knew me from the wedding.
I was taken by surprise when I saw the family. I remembered all the family members from the wedding about 6 months ago. I don’t have a blog post for their wedding. But here is a picture.
Left, Six months ago. Right, today
I was keep telling them “Why didn’t you tell me?” “You should have told me you knew me”. They were just laughing. One customer said “You took good pictures, so we wanted some more”
We took pictures of the family for about 2-3 hours. I took some couple shots of my past wedding customers. It was a gloomy day. Some people worry about gloomy weather. But you should not worry about the weather. It’s a photographer’s job to worry about the weather. Also, when you take pictures of the family, weather becomes secondary. Pictures should be filled with your loved ones. You really don’t care if sky is blue or gray. Pictures should be there to please you, not to impress others.
Repeat Customer, Baby’s Baptism
I had a wedding at Pasadena in October of 2007. The bride and groom now have a baby. Check him out, he’s a cute one. The newlyweds hired me back to photograph their new baby at the baptism in Pasadena.
(PS. I used to call the groom “The Doctor of Love” Because the groom is a real doctor)
This was not my first time going to customer’s baby’s baptism. I’ve been hired back for a Spanish baptism, birthday party, and etc.. One wedding customer from Oxnard hired me three times for three of their children’s weddings.
I often receive emails from my old wedding customers. Some brides send me their baby pictures. Some people hire me back for their baby photography sessions.
I feel humble that I have repeat customers like this. I must be making some people happy. Customers are happy with me. And I get extra jobs without effort. So, every one’s happy.
They had a baptism ceremony at the same church in Pasadena that the bride and groom was married. I saw the whole family members there. I remembered most of them.
The baptism ceremony was very cute. Their baby fell asleep during the ceremony like a baby Jesus. The other baby was crying hysterically 
It was a lovely day. It’s good to be alive. God bless the baby.
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