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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

Haley + Brian really wanted to shoot at Balboa Island for their Engagement Session. While we were shooting in front of Haley’s Grandma’s house, we found out that they had actually spent their first date people-watching in the exact location that we placed them for one of our first stops of the day! It was so much fun shooting while they relived that first date and reminisced about the things they had done and seen from that very spot. Then we walked around and it was so cool to be listening to their stories about Balboa Island, particularly the community-wide division over the major political dispute about which store actually made the first “Balboa Bar” (an ice cream on-a-stick with various dipped toppings). We may have also ended the shoot at a random laundry mat where we told them they were hiding from zombies in some sort of impromptu apocalyptic scenario…..we may have done that.  It was a really great day and we can hardly wait to see them again for their Hummingbird Nest Ranch Wedding in Simi Valley this summer!

Update: Check out there wedding Here!

 

balboa dock engagement session bride and groom sitting on balboa dock modern beach engagement pictures Balboa Bars from Dad

by Marianne Sanada

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Posted in Engagements, Photography

Do you know any couples who are super fun, suddenly start singing We Are Young, and are willing to just start dancing when you ask them to (or even without being asked)? If not, then you should stop whatever you are doing and figure out a way to meet Tiffany + Bryan as soon as humanly possible. Seriously, they are a super sweet couple. They braved some very cloudy/cold weather for their Agoura Hills and baseball Engagement Session and they were still so cute together. Enjoy!

 

by Marianne Sanada

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Cute couple. Cute locations. Cute dog. BAM! You’ve got a killer recipe for a fun engagement session! Hayley + Luke wanted to do an Engagement Shoot that had a slightly different vibe than their rustic Calamigos Ranch wedding in Malibu later this year. They really like Santa Monica, so they decided that they wanted to shoot their Engagement Session at Callahan’s Diner, Palisades Park and the Georgian Hotel AND they wanted to include their adorable pup. Aside from some dangerous flirtation with the possibility of getting brain freeze while drinking the shake at the diner, I think that we all agreed that the session was a lot of fun. Enjoy!

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by Marianne Sanada

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  • April 15, 2012 - 5:38 pm

    ARI - Lovely job Marianne! Love your processing!ReplyCancel

  • April 16, 2012 - 12:20 am

    Vanessa Sanoja - Oh my gosh, just adorable!ReplyCancel

  • April 16, 2012 - 1:09 am

    Cindy McClaskey Wilson - Wow! Love the lighting and expressions on their faces. Gorgeous couple. Just a wow!ReplyCancel

  • April 16, 2012 - 1:39 am

    Donald Frith - LOOKIN GOOD!ReplyCancel

  • April 16, 2012 - 4:20 am

    Maralee Camphouse Texidor - You two are perfect together! Love the pictures, so intimate and playful! Love you both!ReplyCancel

  • April 16, 2012 - 1:22 pm

    Pat Texidor - I like the pic of HayHay's nose pushing on Luke's! Good choice of venues…some pics remind me of your dream to start a little diner/coffee house…I pray every day for that and for both of you.
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    • April 16, 2012 - 2:05 pm

      Lisa A. Norton - What GREAT photo's. I don't even know these people but I feel as if I would like to know them! These photos really portray a joyful, loving, lovely couple! Lucky you Pat!ReplyCancel

  • April 16, 2012 - 5:40 pm

    Janae Baker - Beautiful pictures! And I love her brown, yellow and pink striped dress! Is that a Kate Spade dress?ReplyCancel

  • April 16, 2012 - 3:11 pm

    Luke Texidor - Oh my gosh Marianne!! You guys are freakin amazing!! Absolutely the best photos i have ever seen! Hayley and I are soo happy we have you guys as our photographers and thanks for all the complements everyone!!ReplyCancel

  • April 18, 2012 - 10:09 pm

    hayley - @janae baker the dress is from forever21… a hefty $20. go get it now! :)ReplyCancel

Posted in Photography, Weddings

Here is another super rad wedding we shot last year (can you tell we have been blogging maniacs lately? trying to catch up for 2012!)

Jessica and Eric’s wedding was all around fantasticalness. Yup, I needed to make up a new word because neither fantastic nor radness (which I am pretty sure is made up too, now that I think about it…) would cut it on their own. First, Jessica and Eric are all around wonderful people. They are hilarious, they love How I Met Your Mother, and they are as sweet as can be. What’s not to love? THEN, they got ready at the gorgeous Biltmore in Los Angeles and had an amazing wedding at Cicada in Los Angeles that was filled to the brim with swagger, style, and TONS of fun! The speeches were so hilarious we could hardly keep our cameras steady through all of the laughter. There were so many people dancing that we literally could not fit on the dance floor! Here are a few of our favorites from their big day:

by Marianne Sanada

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  • April 13, 2012 - 9:59 pm

    Jessica - These are amazing! I love re-living the day. You both captured it perfectly!! XOXOXOReplyCancel

  • April 17, 2012 - 11:35 pm

    Derek Alpert - Marianne did an awesome job capturing my daughter's wedding…I cannot thank her enough, she is amazing!ReplyCancel

  • April 17, 2012 - 11:49 pm

    Lori Korn Koff - What BEAUTIFUL wedding pictures, Jessica & Eric. Your photographer did a great job!ReplyCancel

  • August 10, 2012 - 5:03 pm

    Samantha Lucchesi - This photography is STUNNING!ReplyCancel