While the rest of America was celebrating Halloween, Church of Southland in Anaheim used the same idea but turned it into carnival-inspired event called Fall Festival 2010.  The event invited the church’s youth group and elementary kids to play games and eat pizza, hot dogs and cotton candy.  I volunteered to capture the event of the fun!  They came in dressed up in various characters and won themselves a lot of candy!  I’m just glad I’m not the one to take these sugar-high kids back home. =)

Living in Orange County, driving up to LA needs to have purpose because fighting the infamous LA traffic is a killer.  On Monday, Julie had the opportunity to do a meal service and we headed up to LA.  After finishing, we decided to stick around LA to avoid the rush hour traffic and have dinner with one of our friend.  A place we stopped by was the famous Walt Disney Concert Hall.  It was the first time I seen this place in person.  I say “I” because we were running late in meeting our friend, so we decided that I go around quickly and take some photos of this beautiful building.  She didn’t really get to see it except from the street in the car. =)  I told her when we have more time, we’ll come back and enjoy this place together.

The Concert Hall up close was amazing.  I’ve seen many wedding photographers/engaged couples use this place for their engagement shoot and I always thought the architecture of this building was incredible.   The timing was perfect in arriving to this place because as the sun was going down, it was giving the building a soft light with warm colors.  The color of the setting sun brought out the warm texture of the reflective building.  I tried bring out the beauty of this incredible architect with my photography.

Chef Julie Yoon has been busy with a number of catering events and cooking classes.  You can check out her blog to see each events in detail.  I go into these events being her sous chef, her dishwasher and of course her photographer.  This is a post of strictly food photographs of her delicious food creations.

Watermelon & feta skewers with balsamic reduction over a bed of spinach

Mini falaffel pita bites with cucumber & siracha tzatziki sauce

Homemade baked oregano garlic pita chips with artichoke & roasted garlic dip

From-scratch mini fruit tarts with pastry cream

Herb stuffed roasted shrimp in homemade spicy horseradish sauce

Roasted seasoned vegetable kebabs

Spicy lemon yogurt drizzling sauce for herb rice

Sweetened red wine macerated fruit parfait with ice cream and homemade whipped cream

Vegetarian marinated tofu mini skewers with roasted mushrooms and fresh cucumber

From-scratch strawberry shortbread cookies

Crunchy rosemary, parmesan and mozzarella potato balls with creamy tomato dipping sauce

Creamy chicken pesto salad with fresh tomato & basil in wonton cups

Cucumber cups with Thai beef salad and lime dressing

Eggplant caponata with parmesan on toasted garlic crostini.

From scratch sparkling strawberry lemonade citrus punch

Mini seasoned chicken tacos with salsa fresca and cabbage slaw

Mini cheeseburger sliders with homemade special sauce

Korean kimchi fried rice with omelet

Are you hungry yet? =)