A couple of weeks ago, I headed over to Downtown Disney to photograph Albert’s youth orchestra. His group performed at the reception for the Truman Awards, a dinner hosted by the Democratic Party of Orange County.

It’s probably not a stretch to say that Albert hates being upstaged, but in this case he’d admit to not taking centre stage: presidential hopeful John Edwards was the guest speaker. I went along with Albert, hoping not only to photograph his orchestra, but also to get a few shots of the famous haircut.

A couple weeks ago, Cherise and I hit the waters of Newport Harbour. The vessel was Destiny, and the occasion was Albert and Junko’s wedding.

I’ve known Albert since 2001 or so, and he and Junko had been together long before that. I started playing violin that year, and enquired with the music department at UCI as to where I could find a teacher. They gave me Albert’s phone number, and it quickly became apparent that he was a bit of a screwball. Naturally, we hit it off pretty well.