Malibu California Husband and Wife Wedding Photographers

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December 20, 2011 - 6:36 pm

Cindy - Really great bride and groom!!! Loved the details.ReplyCancel
May 5, 2012 - 1:39 am

Malia Clark Waits - az!ReplyCancel

Jonna + Lee: Rustic and Romantic Engagement Photography

We say this a ton and we will say it again: WE LOVE OUR COUPLES. When we met with Jonna and Lee we totally knew that we were going to love shooting with them. Jonna loves all things vintage, they are super cute together, so in love, and they are just genuinely down to earth and fun people to be around. Then, when we were tossing around engagement session ideas not only did Jonna mention that she had an adorable golden retriever puppy (Bear) that she wanted to bring along, but she also came up with the epic idea of shooting them with a piano in a field! Since Lee is a musician and they met while filming his music video, Sweet Serendipity (too freaking cute), the piano idea made total sense and fit them perfectly! In hindsight, we probably should have looked into finding a prop piano (yes, that is a real piano in the field that we found and we all agreed that it had to have weighed at least 1,000 pounds)… BUT, Jonna and Lee were total troopers and helped us move the piano and, even though I am sure we all had sore backs the next day, we had a GREAT time tromping around Agoura Hills, making tons of Disney references, and getting to know Jonna and Lee a little better during their engagement session. We can’t wait to shoot their wedding!

So here is their mega-awesome super-long blog post of favorites :)

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Jonna + Lee: Rustic and Romantic Engagement Photography

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December 13, 2011 - 5:47 pm

Milisa Lin Smith - Wow. Wow. Wow.
Your pictures always blow me away!
<3ReplyCancel
December 13, 2011 - 7:07 pm

Jojo Pangilinan - what an amazing session! looks like a whole lotta fun!ReplyCancel
December 14, 2011 - 3:39 am

Bröllopsfotograf Fredric - One word: Super-amazing!!!ReplyCancel
December 14, 2011 - 4:14 pm

Max - Your work is absolutely stunning here. I love the different angles and the story of each photo is beautiful. lovely work!
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December 15, 2011 - 3:30 am

Gabby / En Route Photography - WOW Superpretty!!!!!!! Love the light and the colors! Great job! ;)
xxx

http://enroute-blog.com/ReplyCancel
December 15, 2011 - 7:37 pm

leebear5 - It is an absolute joy to be able to view the lovely stories told in your stunning photos! You captured Lee, Jonna and of course Bear (you just know I love the name as much as I do them)as the sweet, endearing, beautiful fun-loving couple they truly are! I am so grateful that they shared them with us all!!ReplyCancel
December 15, 2011 - 9:08 pm

minimadiemaid - AMAZING!!!ReplyCancel
December 16, 2011 - 4:31 am

Lisa Ann - Wonderful post. A picture is worth than thousands words. Photography is indeed the best way to express your feelings and depicts the era. I love photography and look over the web for finding useful stuff for the same. I came across your blog and after subscribing in my feeder I hope you will keep on the good posts like this continuously. Thanks YouReplyCancel
December 16, 2011 - 8:14 am

Michelle - Stunning pictures!ReplyCancel
December 16, 2011 - 8:57 am

Kimberly - Awesome pictures!ReplyCancel
December 16, 2011 - 9:05 am

gatorgirl5028 - Your pictures are fantastic! Of course, it doesn’t hurt that Jonn & Lee are so photogenic & such a sweet, fun-loving couple :) Thanks for sharing these amazing pictures of a truly great couple!ReplyCancel
December 16, 2011 - 9:46 am

ken kienow - daaaaaaaang girl

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December 16, 2011 - 4:35 pm

judy c - BEAUTIFUL! they look really happy.ReplyCancel
December 17, 2011 - 7:49 am

Josh Gull - So, so, so good Marianne. Love this whole set. Especially the last B&W shot, the portrait orientation shot right before that, and the leaves at the end.ReplyCancel
December 17, 2011 - 7:56 am

Johanna - Just wanted to tell you I love, love, love this set. Gorgeous work. And the couple is gorgeous too! :)ReplyCancel
December 17, 2011 - 9:42 pm

Mollie - Beautiful Pictures! :) Love them all!ReplyCancel
December 19, 2011 - 12:10 am

JoAnne - Love the pictures of Lee and Jonna,
They look so happy together.
Love is in the air!!!!!!
Cannot wait to see their wedding pictures,
here soon.
Thanks for showing on your website.
JoAnneReplyCancel
December 21, 2011 - 12:02 pm

Lee DeWyze & Jonna Walsh take engagement photos, look ridiculously in love « californiacrush - […] out this post of full of gorgeous engagement pictures from photographer Marianne Wilson – here are a few of my […]ReplyCancel
April 3, 2012 - 10:00 am

Noir Gwendoline Photographie - Wah ils sont beaux ! et la séance superbe ! Bravo.
Je découvre ton travail avec joie :)ReplyCancel
April 22, 2012 - 3:57 pm

Hien Nguyen Phan - 1 trong những album engagement mình rất thích, (ngoài Sonia & Andy (Jayesslee), mà 1 phần cũng là do thích mấy cặp này quá hehe).
~~ simple, casual, viintage, real smiles real kisses, and two people in love. that’s enough ~~.ReplyCancel
May 4, 2012 - 7:47 pm

Mary Swisher - Marianne, These are some of the most beautiful photographs I have ever seen! I love the piano in the field! It was worth the effort you put into moving it out there, because you got some fantastic shots! Stunning pictures of Lee & Jonna. You are very talented!ReplyCancel
July 29, 2012 - 1:34 am

Laurie Eller - these photos are gorgeous marianne. jonna should play anastasia steele in fifty shades of grey. she's stunning! absolutely stunning!ReplyCancel
August 26, 2013 - 12:47 am

Julie Woodbridge - this is my favorite engagement session I have ever seen! amazing!ReplyCancel

Why I love Pinterest and you should too

If you haven’t heard of the site Pinterest.com I am so sorry that I didn’t write this post sooner for you. I truly feel you have been missing out on a quite addictive experience (as if wedding planning wasn’t addictive enough.) To sum up the site Pinterest allows you to very easily create style boards from images found on the web (or found through searching the site). I have found amazing recipes (including the best mac n cheese recipe ever!), cool home projects, and some amazing style/fashion options..Ok I admit it, I also have a board for “cute and fluffy things” (baby bunnies etc).

If you are a visual person, like myself, creating a ‘style board’ is super helpful. It lets you see all your ideas in one spot, see if they work well together and piece together outfits. I think this is super helpful for not only wedding decor/style but also engagement sessions. So many of our brides don’t know exxxactly how they would like to ‘style’ their session so it is not only cute/fun/cool but screams ‘them’. I am not talking what poses and images they want taken I am talking what boots go cute with that rose colored summer dress, how to coordinate his/hers outfits, or just what items that you love (his guitar, her painting easel etc) work for a photoshoot. This is where I love pinterest and think it is genius. You can create styles based on a specific color pallets, themes, or a common love (photography perhaps?) and then work around that to create a look that is totally you! I often play around with different boards to come up with ideas that I think would transfer well into shoots. Here are some examples:

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Check it out! Go have fun and organize all your inspiration photos :)

Now back to our regularly scheduled photo blog posts….

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Bonnie + Alex: UCLA and Santa Monica Engagement Session

Bonnie and Alex are not only super stylin and good lookin, they are also so much fun! One of the reasons we pretty much always do engagement sessions with our Brides/Grooms is it gives us a chance to get to know them. Joe and I love seeing how couples interact, how they photograph, and getting to become more than just “the photographers at the wedding” is really awesome. By the end of this session we learned quite a few adorable things:

1. Bonnie bribes Alex with backrub time in order to get him to do things. I think this is beneficial to both parties. :) You would never know it by the photos, but Alex insists that he does NOT like having his photo taken. I can’t recall how much back rub time was negotiated by the end of the shoot, but I know there was some simultaneous football watching involved…

2. Bonnie also serenades Alex, or at least she did during one part of our session (which is pretty much the cutest thing in the entire world).

3. If you have spent any time with us, you know we love movies…more so, we love quoting movies! Now, we normally just kind of quote them to each other as inside jokes but our eyes always light up when a couple starts quoting some of our favorites too! We found out that Alex loves one of our favorite movies: “Forgetting Sarah Marshall.” By the end of the shoot we were all laughing like crazy while we were quoting the movie. Total win!

Anyways! Enough about how much we loved the session. Here are just a few of our favorites. Enjoy!

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