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…have a happy and safe memorial day. thank you to all the men and women in the past and present who have served, or who are serving our country…
Jerry
The wedding season has officially begun for me and Torie and Justin was the perfect wedding to start with. The weather forcast early in the week was calling for rain, but fortunately, the weatherman was wrong (no surprise there). We started out at the DoubleTree Hotel in San Pedro for the bride and groom prep. The wedding was held at the Japanese Gardens at CSULB. I love this place, not only because CSULB is my alma mater, but because it’s such a beautiful place to get married. Then afterward, the reception was back at the DoubleTree. Here are a few photos from Justin & Torie’s Wedding.
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Torie sang “At Last” to Justin and just blew the place away. It was supposed to be their first dance song, but she decided to sing it instead. She should probably go try out for American Idol or something. Torie can SING!
Congrats to Torie & Justin. They are on their Honeymoon in Mexico right now! I hope they are having an awesome time, despite missing their flight out due to the time change. 
Cheers,
Jerry Frazier
…had a great opportunity to shoot these guys down here by my home. they showed me a great spot to use that i had never thought of before, so it was like a double bonanza. here are a couple favorites…
…available for portraits anytime…
Jerry Frazier
I shot Gina & Matt’s wedding in July 2006 (Blog Post). It was fun to shoot their family session last week.
It’s great to see clients from the past. I love it!
Also, as a side note, it’s still not too late for some last minute for Holiday photos.
Cheers,
Jerry
Freedom is not free. At Frazier Photography, we take this time to thank those individuals and their families for the sacrifices they have made to serve our country. We honor your commitment to protect our freedom.
Your service, whether at home or abroad, active duty or reserve, in wartime or in peace, has secured our liberty, preserved our nation and earned our respect and the heart-felt appreciation of every American.
We use this day to collectively say, thank you.
We took a trip to Fiji recently. I can highly recommend Fiji to anyone who wants something really, really nice. We stayed at the island resort called Castaway. The entire island is the resort, so it’s one in the same. There are over 300 islands that make up the Fiji islands, so take your pick. Castaway is the perfect family resort. It is very kid friendly and there is enough for the kids to do to keep them busy and occupied. It is a safe and very friendly environment. I give it 5 stars for sure. Now, if you are single, or want more of a party atmosphere, I wouldn’t recommend Castaway. It’s a little quiet for that. But, there are other islands that cater towards that. They have “no kids allowed” islands. While we didn’t get to visit those islands, I’m sure they have a whole different vibe.
While I took over 700 images, and my daughter, Sarah, took a few hundred, I didn’t want to bore you with a whole bunch of family pics, so I just wanted to show you a few of my favorites from our trip to maybe whet your appetite. If you want to see more, go there yourself, it’s amazing!
Here are Andrew and Jemma when we first arrived in Mana, Fiji. We took a direct flight from Los Angeles to Mana. Mana is the main island in Fiji. It’s only a 10 hour flight. Most parents gasp at the thought of having their kids on a flight for 10 hours, but our kids are super great with traveling. Once we landed, we had to wait a while for our boat to take us out to our island. Look at how happy they are, even after 10 hours on an airplane.
I think on our 1st or 2nd night, I don’t remember exactly, we went to a party the resort had. We drank kava, which is the traditional drink of Fiji (don’t ask me what it is) and had a good time. This is Jemma.
This is Sarah, getting into the island spirit.
We went on a 3 island tour, where we saw one of the famous surf spots called Cloud Break. The surfing was bad on that week, too windy, but you could kind of see how it could be good if it wasn’t so windy, and the swell was bigger. But, on that trip, we saw dolphins. This was the most amazing dolphin sighting I had ever seen. They were just swarming around the boat. My wife called it magical. It seemed like even the Fijian guys were stoked, as I’m sure it’s hit or miss as to iff this will happen.
This is just a picture postcard of one of the islands we visited.
This photo was right outside of the bure we were staying in. I was just having fun with my fish-eye lens.
Another shot right outside of our bure…
We went to visit a Fijian village called Shell Village. We bought some necklaces and braclets from the locals. There were some of the local kids playing tug of war.
I know I skipped alot, because I don’t like boring people with family photos. But, I just wanted to provide a taste of Fiji. I highly recommend taking the time to visit someday. I’m pretty sure we’ll be going back.
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The studio will be closed Friday July 4th through Sunday July 6th. I hope you have a kick-ass holiday!
Jerry Frazier
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I think I sent a card to everyone I could think of. But, in case I missed you for some reason, here was our card for this year. It’s a photo of our kids in Australia in Spring 2007. Don’t ask me the exact location, I don’t remember. I think it was somwhere around Iluka, NSW.
Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas!
