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    We are a husband+wife wedding photography team based out of Southern California. We also travel to places far and wide to capture beautiful and quirky moments for our clients.

    We are so blessed to be able to do what we love most and share our passion for photography and people with you!  Please feel free to peruse through posts and come back as we consistently add new images from recent weddings, engagements, and inspiration sessions as well as tips/ideas for brides. 

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Posted in Maravilla Gardens, Photography, Weddings

We have another rockin Maravilla Gardens wedding to post! It is absolutely one of our favorite places to shoot and we always have a great time there. This time we have Cassy and Chris who are so sweet, funny, happy, easy going and just a joy to be around (I mean Cassy and her girls had a dressing room dance party between the ceremony and reception, those are my kind of gals!) We had a great time getting to know them during their engagement session and even more fun with them on the big day. Their lovebirds wedding theme was a nod to their new last name (Bird) and was the perfect accent to the Maravilla Gardens grounds. You could really tell all day that they were so in love and just enjoying spending the day with the people closest to them. It was really so much fun to get to know their families and really they made us feel like family as we worked with them.

So here are some of our favorites from their wedding day!

 

More awesome Maravilla Gardens weddings can be seen here

by Marianne Sanada

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  • January 18, 2013 - 12:06 am

    Sherri Fuller - perfectReplyCancel

  • January 17, 2013 - 10:36 pm

    Teresa K - Oh my goodness, your bride is so beautiful and you captured their day PERFECTLY!!ReplyCancel

  • January 18, 2013 - 9:17 am

    Jason Mize - Really great wedding here Marianne, I love your group shot poses! And then their portraits and first dance… killer!ReplyCancel

  • January 18, 2013 - 9:23 am

    Dale Lempa - Nice work: excellent coverage and unique ideas.ReplyCancel

  • January 18, 2013 - 10:10 am

    Joseph Delgado - Gorgeous colors here! The shot on the farm is priceless! Very beautiful couple as well. Great job!ReplyCancel

  • January 18, 2013 - 2:50 pm

    Cassie - Your work is amazingly inspirational – absolutely killer set of images. Wonderful!ReplyCancel

  • January 18, 2013 - 2:54 pm

    Chris - Great lighting during that reception. The portraits in the field are great stuff, too.ReplyCancel

  • January 18, 2013 - 4:17 pm

    Richard - I love the group photos by the barn, just beautiful. Is that a cabbage field?! How awesome!ReplyCancel

  • January 18, 2013 - 5:37 pm

    Kyle - Oh Marianne. You guys are exceptional.

    And you photograph such exceptionally beautiful people too! Lucky!ReplyCancel

  • January 19, 2013 - 12:00 am

    caroline - these are all incredible but that first b&w portrait of her alone? WA WA WEE WA! Gorgeous.ReplyCancel

  • January 21, 2013 - 8:28 am

    Marian Majik - Great moments! I love how you captured the story of their day. Each picture tells about their love. Amazing!ReplyCancel

  • January 21, 2013 - 10:33 am

    Sean Dorgan - Great job, love the colors!ReplyCancel

  • September 27, 2016 - 5:38 am

    Bo - Amazing capture!!!!! wow good jobReplyCancel

Posted in Photography, Weddings

Villa del Sol d’Oro is so gorgeous! It was the perfect location for MiShawn and Ben’s sweet wedding. The classic setting was the perfect compliment to their fun and funky details (I mean, check out that bouquet!) They were surrounded by friends/family all day and instead of a traditional bridal party MiShawn had her Proper Ladies Poker Parlour there to support her and hang out while getting ready.

by Marianne Sanada

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  • January 17, 2013 - 3:21 pm

    AdonyeJaja - wonderful collection for this wedding! You captured so many unique moments, great work!ReplyCancel

  • January 17, 2013 - 3:35 pm

    MARK - lovely work, love your b&wReplyCancel

  • January 17, 2013 - 3:43 pm

    Jenny Tenney - Love these. The photo of the kid with the cane in his mouth cracked me up!!!ReplyCancel

  • January 17, 2013 - 10:26 pm

    Angie Wheeler Etheridge - LOVE the library pictures! Love them all! The kid with the cane in his mouth cracked me up!ReplyCancel

  • January 17, 2013 - 8:33 pm

    Sarah Culver - These are all so fresh and beautiful, but the one of the little boy eating the walking stick made me laugh so much.ReplyCancel

  • January 17, 2013 - 10:40 pm

    Teresa K - You have such a wonderful way of capturing beautiful, authentic images…it’s a treat to view your posts…every time!ReplyCancel

  • January 18, 2013 - 5:09 am

    Tommy Friedman - I'm so happy for you! May your life together be full of possibility :)ReplyCancel

  • January 18, 2013 - 6:05 am

    Danita J Fox - These photographs are so special, beautiful, and full of life. <3ReplyCancel

  • January 18, 2013 - 9:20 am

    Dale Lempa - Cool posing and excellent handling of the light; well done.ReplyCancel

  • January 18, 2013 - 2:48 pm

    Chris - Love the light, airy feel you’ve got going on.ReplyCancel

  • January 18, 2013 - 2:52 pm

    Cassie - What a completely stunning bride – wow. Amazing set of images!ReplyCancel

  • January 19, 2013 - 12:04 am

    caroline - i just LOVE the shot of the little girl with the butterfly wings. such a beautiful moment.ReplyCancel

  • January 19, 2013 - 10:39 am

    Holly - These are great! I love the one of her with the mic!ReplyCancel

  • January 21, 2013 - 10:35 am

    Sean Dorgan - Oh man that blue room. So rad.ReplyCancel

  • March 4, 2013 - 6:40 pm

    Derek - Phenomenal wedding, you really captured their day and told their story beautifully!ReplyCancel

Posted in Engagements, Photography

Jessica and Dennis are so much fun! We shot their wedding at the beginning of this month (which we also can’t wait to share) and we just had to share their South Pasadena engagement session first! We started at their new apartment (which we thought was the perfect starting point!), we jumped on the bed (okay…they jumped on the bed), and got the grand tour of their new hometown downtown. We had a great time exploring the area and taking some rad photos.

Check it out!

 

by Marianne Sanada

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  • January 16, 2013 - 1:42 pm

    Dale Lempa - Cool ideas and playful couple. Great engagement set.ReplyCancel

  • January 17, 2013 - 2:25 pm

    Kelsie Taylor - oh my gosh, marianne! this has to be one of my favorite sessions of yours. the couple is so gorgeous and they seem so fun. my favorite are the playful shots, in particular the ones jumping on the bed and throwing leaves. :)ReplyCancel

  • May 5, 2013 - 10:55 am

    Maddie - These are quite possible the cutest photos I have ever seen.ReplyCancel

Posted in Maravilla Gardens, Photography, Weddings

 

Ya’ll ready for a blogging frenzy?! It’s technically the “off-season” for us (although we have had a wedding every weekend this month so far…super awesome!) and this is when we get to catch up on some blogs and maybe even catch up on our sleep…maybe :)

 Whitney + Todd got married at one of our favorite locations to photograph, Maravilla Gardens. It was the perfect setting for their gorgeous garden wedding and all it’s fun DIY touches (we really thought their ring bearer box was adorable!). It was a beautiful day to spend with them and their family and friends.

 

 

More awesome Maravilla Gardens weddings can be seen here

by Marianne Sanada

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  • January 15, 2013 - 7:44 pm

    Dale Lempa - Great use of light; this is wonderfully artistic portraiture.ReplyCancel