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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 Engagements, Photography, Weddings

Sometimes we get the opportunity to shoot awesome super small weddings for couples who prefer to have a more intimate ceremony and then go for a couples session right after. We love getting to shoot these types of weddings because we get to know everyone at the wedding as well as spend more time with our bride and groom shooting some epic couples portraits. So when we got an e-mail from Annie and Rick (who live in Alabama) saying they wanted us to shoot their weekday wedding at the Santa Barbara Courthouse we were super excited! The courthouse is such a beautiful place for a small ceremony. The day before their wedding we met up with them in Venice beach to talk more as well as shoot some more casual engagement photos. Since their engagement and wedding photos were shot so close together we thought we would combine their photos into one epic blogpost of radness.

 

by Marianne Sanada

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  • June 27, 2012 - 9:08 pm

    Sabrina Hill - wowo fantasic work.ReplyCancel

  • June 27, 2012 - 6:46 pm

    Cindy - Amazingly gorgeous!!!!ReplyCancel

  • June 28, 2012 - 4:17 am

    Sarah Larsen - So beautiful! Congrats Annie O!ReplyCancel

  • June 28, 2012 - 4:30 am

    Michelle Garcia - These pictures are down right amazing!ReplyCancel

    • June 28, 2012 - 4:37 am

      Sun Moon Lee - Okay, now I think I'm depressed that Marianne won't be able to do mine :(ReplyCancel

    • June 28, 2012 - 4:57 am

      Sun Moon Lee - But AMAZING PICTURES! :)ReplyCancel

  • June 28, 2012 - 1:15 am

    Margery Ochsner-Satterfield - Love the pictures of Annie and Rick!ReplyCancel

  • June 28, 2012 - 5:29 pm

    Theresa Levens - She is beautiful, and he is handsome great couple. The pictures are all amazing.ReplyCancel

    • June 28, 2012 - 5:31 pm

      Theresa Levens - Carl Robert Ochsner your a blessed man!ReplyCancel

  • June 29, 2012 - 1:45 am

    Elena Harrington - Love Them!ReplyCancel

Posted in Engagements, Photography

For this Downtown LA engagement session we really rocked out the idea of exploring downtown. We met with Hayley and Ricardo in the Arts district and then took the metro all around LA. It was a lot of fun exploring the area with them. As per usual we saw some crazy things while shooting which made the shoot that much more fun and interesting. We are stoked to be shooting their wedding this coming weekend at Malibou Lake Mountain Club

 

Downtown Los Angeles engagement photos Grafitti Wall Engagement photo Los Angeles Union Station metro station engagement photo metro car couples photo pershing square photo

by Marianne Sanada

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  • June 28, 2012 - 12:02 pm

    Cindy McClaskey Wilson - Amazing couple, amazing shots! Love the perspective.ReplyCancel

  • July 1, 2012 - 6:27 pm

    Annie Ochsner - love the pictures in the train station, one of my fave places in LA!ReplyCancel

  • July 8, 2012 - 9:54 pm

    Misha - Marianne, what time of day/day of the week did you shoot at union station!? That place is normally so packed, and it looks empty. Great shotsReplyCancel

    • July 9, 2012 - 4:20 pm

      Marianne - Hi Misha! We shot about 1 hour before sunset in January…so it would have been about 4pm or so on a weekdayReplyCancel

Posted in Maravilla Gardens, Photography, Weddings

Not only do we love shooting at Maravilla Gardens in Camarillo but it’s even better when it’s a couple like Jeanette and Blake. They are a totally sweet couple who are so very truly in love. We really enjoyed getting to know them and their families and had a lot of fun at their wedding. We not only got to hang out with them but also with another one of our couples who we are actually photographing this weekend! I personally loved Jeanette’s choice in bridesmaids dresses, different cream colored dresses with beautiful flowers to match (and adorable sunglasses!) and her own gorgeous ruffled wedding dress! Their whole wedding decor has a gorgeous rustic but classy feel to it. We can’t wait to see them both at Camberly and Rich’s wedding this weekend!

 

bride getting makeup done at hotel ruffled wedding dress cream colored bridesmaids dresses wedding decor bridesmaids with paraosols at Maravilla Gardens maravilla gardens bridal party in sunglasses couple in cornfield Maravilla first dance

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by Marianne Sanada

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  • June 13, 2012 - 7:27 pm

    Cindy McClaskey Wilson - Wowzer! What a beautiful couple and amazing photos.ReplyCancel

  • June 13, 2012 - 10:23 pm

    Amy Jordan - Loved this wedding! They were the sweetest couple! Your pictures captured everything perfectly! Amy, Stella Bloom Designs.ReplyCancel

    • June 14, 2012 - 4:03 am

      Linda Horn Wright - Phenomenal pictures—LOVE, LOVE, LOVE her dress…what a beautiful wedding!!! The flowers were just amazing!!!!!!!!!!!ReplyCancel

  • June 13, 2012 - 4:25 pm

    Jenny Tenney - Love all of these, especially the ones with the gorgeous golden light!ReplyCancel

  • June 15, 2012 - 8:15 am

    Joel C - Gorgeous bride. And groom. But especially bride. Lovely photos all round.ReplyCancel

  • January 21, 2013 - 5:54 am

    Saminder Singh - Loved this wedding! They were the sweetest couple… I like this couple picture.ReplyCancel

Posted in Engagements, Photography

Cyndi and Ben are getting married ! We are so glad to have met these two and be a part of their wedding celebrations of awesomeness. We had a fun time running around with them and their adorable pup Baxter (who did the funniest things amongst all the brush. I don’t think I can really explain the burrowing running around cuteness that was happening).  We are stoked to see them tomorrow in Long Beach for their big day. Here are just a few from their engagement session:

 

by Marianne Sanada

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