Santa Barbara Wedding - Kailynn + Preston

Just like any other fields, because this wedding industry is saturated with so many photographers (competition), I have so much fun finding my "right" clients like Kailynn and Preston who would talk to me how much they love the former White House chief photographer Pete Souza's photos of Obama administration. As a wedding photojournalist and a former journalist for news organizations, I hit the jackpot with this couple in Santa Barbara last summer.

Some people may not used to the unposed/storytelling approach to the wedding photography, so Kailynn MADE sure to let her folks know that's what I was doing all day. "Hey, guys - Annie is a documentary photographer, so she'll do her things; please don't mind her," she said to her friends and family on the wedding day as I met them for the first time. I mean..... WHAAAAAAT? I'm lucky enough to have met such a lovely, nice, chill couple, but it was such a treat to have them support and be in love with photojournalism itself.

Their wedding was held at Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara, and it couldn't have been a better day photographing with Brett Butterstein, a super talented photographer (last year's Photographer of the YEAR of Wedding Photojournalist Association.)

 

 

Los Angeles Summer Wedding - Linda + Scott

 

I'm pretty honest, so I'll say it. Linda doesn't give a FUCK about rules, and how life/things are supposed to be. She's a free spirit and not afraid of saying her opinions yet agreeing with almost everything, and Scott worries because "she has such a good heart that the world will take advantage of her." Scott adores her in every possible way.

It was a lunch wedding on a hot summer day (about 100 degrees) last year at Altadena Country Club; Linda carried her portable fan around everywhere...... Literally. And you know how much I love her for that. ;-)

Palos Verdes Wedding - Ashley + Will

"Annie, we're doing this wedding thing just for you - literally," Ashley told me on her wedding day. "We wanted photos with our family and close friends. This means so much to us."

I started laughing and then went, 'oh holy shit...'

Ashley and Will got married in Vegas two years ago and were not sure about the whole wedding idea in the beginning; because... you know, weddings are not cheap, especially when you're paying for everything. Ashley and Will Airbnb-ed a house in Redondo Beach, had tons of awesome friends and family members helping to decorate the reception at Cheesecake Factory after their ceremony at The Neighborhood Church in Palos Verdes. I witnessed and felt so much love pouring on these two wonderful people, and even on me. Who doesn't like to feel loved? It's certainly so wonderful to be included as part of the family/friend group; I mean, I'm in their wedding album. #goals. haha just kidding.