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Photography blog of Mimi Nguyen | Mimi Nguyen is an international family, wedding + lifestyle photographer & destination weddings photographer based in Southern California and New York City // new york city wedding photographer, brooklyn wedding photographer, nyc wedding photographer, southern california wedding photographer, manhattan wedding photographer, san francisco wedding photographer, los angeles wedding photographer, new york wedding photographer, nyc lifestyle photographer, brooklyn lifestyle photographer, orange county wedding photographer, orange county family photographer, irvine family photographer, newport beach family photographer, laguna beach family photographer, southern california family photographer, northern california family photographer, socal family photographer, nyc family photographer, new york city family photographer

welcome to my blog!

My family & friends know that no matter where I go, I always carry a camera.

I believe that there is a story to capture in every moment...whether it is in an expression, an intimate look between a couple, a shared laugh among friends or a twinkle in the eye. Some of the most memorable photographs are the ones that are most natural, which leads to my photojournalistic approach when it comes to weddings & sessions. I love watching the day unfold. Anais Nin once said, "We write to taste life twice, in the moment, and in retrospection." If only she knew that photography would allow for the same.

I am also greatly influenced by fashion photography, so a lot of this inspiration shows in my work. My background in arts & design also contributes in large part to my style and aesthetics.

My aim is to give clients a sense of who they are & what makes their relationships extraordinary, all while having a fun time doing it! Perhaps they will see me through the photographs as well: a bit of spunk, boldness, chic + fun! At the very least, clients will be able to laugh at my awesome jokes! =)

Life moves at an incredibly fast pace, so I feel incredibly lucky to be able to freeze little moments in time. I feel very blessed to do what I love & love what I do, and I hope my passion and skills for photography and design show in my work!

I would love to hear from you! Please send me an email or use the form through the contact page to tell me more about yourself & what you are seeking. I look forward to connecting with you!

- Mimi

Jan 02 2012

specific media + myspace | holiday party | hyatt huntington beach

posted in corporate, featured, party

happy 2012! hope everyone had an awesome new years so far! the bf & i celebrated with friends in san diego at the hard rock hotel this year. for the past few years, we’ve been pretty mellow in ringing in the new year so we decided to do a something different this year. hard rock definitely knows how to throw a party. we had a blast! here’s to 2012! wishing you all lots of good luck, love & happiness! it’s going to be a great year! =)

now to the blog post:

sophia from specific media does such an amazing job planning and coordinating the company’s holiday parties year after year! if specific media sounds familiar to you…it’s probably because they just bought out myspace! if you haven’t been on myspace lately, you should check out some of the new features…especially the music player…lots and lots of music. =)

this was my 4th consecutive year shooting specific media’s holiday party and everytime i am in awe with all the awesome details. the first thing you notice when you walk into the grand ballroom are the gorgeous centerpieces and the dramatic lighting. fayth from three petals and amber from amber event production did an exceptional job! this year’s theme was parisian with performances from fire dancers, aerialists, contortionists and of course, burlesque dancers which were all provided by zen arts…it was definitely a great show! in between acts, everyone enjoyed the open bar and food by various caterers, including furiwa. if you weren’t dancing, eating or drinking…you were at the cool flipbook station by a little scene. my assistant, john, and i were able to get a flipbook or two done and couldn’t stop laughing! lots of fun and loved the little flipbooks!

after zen arts performances, siren’s crush performed and are one of the best live dance bands i’ve heard! they are seriously ahhh-mazing! they definitely got the party started and everyone was on the dance floor…and i mean everyone…including me. =) the night didn’t end there…after siren’s crush, dj jay-p started up a whole new party. check out some of my favorite photos from the event:

performers from zen arts

siren’s crush

tim vanderhook, ceo and chris vanderhook, coo of specific media

and the lovely mrs. sophia h. tran – event coordinator

the event was also featured on BizBash. Check out the details here.

tags: a little scene flipbooks, amber event productions, bizbash, bizbash feature, corporate holiday party, dj jay-p, hard rock san diego, huntington beach corporate photographer, huntington beach party photographer, hyatt huntington beach, hyatt regency huntington beach, jesse macleod, luxe events, mimi nguyen photography, myspace, myspace holiday party, new years eve 2011, nye, orange county corporate photographer, orange county party photographer, siren's crush band, specific media, specific media holiday party, the bf, three petals, wildflower linens, zen arts

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Dec 26 2011

mini sessions | holiday special | day one

posted in family, personal, specials

hope everyone had a wonderful christmas! i still can’t believe that 2011 is almost over…it’s been an amazing year and it flew by way too fast! my family and i usually have our extended family over for christmas dinner but this year we just had christmas lunch with the immediate family. i haven’t mentioned it yet on the blog but my sister & the bil is having twins!! twin boys!!!! [i’ll be posting about the baby shower soon]. i can’t wait to meet the ‘lil boogers!

i have had a fun holiday so far…here’s a photo [taken w/my iphone] at one of the xmas parties i went to:

fingerstachin’ at jimmy’s xmas party

now on to the post…the holiday mini session special this year was so popular! i had to add an extra date! the mini sessions were scheduled for sundays, october 23rd and november 14th and the added date was on october 2nd. i had to schedule the sessions a couple days before the bf and i left for nyc. the mini sessions are so much fun and it goes by so fast. i always think that i will be exhausted by the end of the day more so than a wedding shoot but i was actually not tired at all. day one of the holiday sessions were taken at upper newport bay in newport beach. here are some of my favorites from day one!

tags: Holiday mini sessions, newport backbay, newport backway family photographer, newport beach children's photographer, newport beach family photographer, newport beach family session, orange county children's photographer, orange county family photographer, upper newport bay

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Dec 19 2011

trami + kenny | engagement | soka university + laguna beach

posted in engagements, slideshow

trami and i go waaaaay back. my sister, lisa, and trami’s sister, chan, went to middle school together before my family moved to another city in 1989. we all used to take jujitsu together and competed together as well. trami and i were a team in the youngest (i think it was 6yrs-8yrs old) level for a competition and won the title! that’s right…we’re awesome like that. in actuality, we won the title cuz we were the only ones in our level competing. we won by default…but hey…we can both say we won 1st place in a countywide competition and just leave out the other details. =)

on the day of trami & kenny’s engagement session, we headed out to soka university of america in aliso viejo. soka is such an amazing location! it’s simply gorgeous. everywhere you turn, there’s a place to shoot! after SUA, we headed out to top of the world elementary school. this is where kenny proposed to trami so it has a lot of meaning to them. the tree in the middle of the playground is where it happened. we took a few pictures there then headed to a nearby park to get a couple of sunset photos to end the session. here are some of my favorites along with their slideshow. don’t forget to check it out at the end for more photos!

trami + kenny | engagement | miminguyen.com

to view more photos from trami & kenny’s session, click here to view the slideshow!

tags: aliso viejo engagement photographer, laguna beach engagement, laguna beach engagement photographer, orange county engagement photographer, soka university engagement, soka university engagement session, soka university of america, soka university wedding, soka university wedding photographer, top of the world engagement

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Dec 12 2011

monica + bernardo | couples | el dorado nature walk long beach

posted in engagements, family

monica & bernardo have been married for 9 years and will be doing a 10 year marriage vows renewal this january at the green river golf club in corona. i can’t wait! i met monica & bernardo and their kids a few years ago through one of my best friends, chantelle. their son, aiden, looks like a miniature bernardo…don’t you think? and monica looks like alexis’ sister rather than her mom! haha.

monica and bernardo decided they wanted to do a family/”engagement” session at the el dorado park nature walk. here are some of my favorites from our session.

monica + bernardo | couples session | miminguyen.com

tags: el dorado park, el dorado park engagement, el dorado park nature center, el dorado park nature walk, el dorado park nature walk engagement, long beach engagement, long beach engagement photographer, long beach family photographer, los angeles engagement photographer, los angeles family photographer, orange county engagement photographer, orange county family photographer

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Dec 05 2011

alek’s 1st birthday | aliso viejo

posted in family, featured, rugrats

update:

it is such an honor to have alek’s adorable birthday party published on on to baby! check out the feature here!

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it is such a wonderful thing to watch a child grow up. i was so fortunate to capture lil alek from his first days and milestones. he is such a cutie! his parents, melita & jesse are sweethearts and have become more than clients…we’ve become friends. thank so much for letting me be a part of his first year!

here are some of my favorites from alek’s first birthday: