Los Angeles River and Gardens Center - Cheryl + Scott Wedding Pictures

HAPPY.

PARTY.

Literally, I want to stop writing right here so you can start looking at Cheryl & Scott's wedding pictures already, and those two words sum up that night! 

The funniest (?) part about Cheryl and Scott's wedding was that it was one of the most laid-back weddings I've ever photographed. Wedding photojournalism can be a new concept to a lot of people, but not to everyone at Cheryl and Scott's wedding. At one point, I even questioned myself, "Am I that invisible?" And I love working with Brett; how we complement each other's style and storytelling elements is simply satisfactory!

LA River Gardens Wedding Photojournalism

Ohhh gosh... Past Action Heroes were there to party UP - one of the reasons the couple had looked forward to their wedding, and now I'm going to let pictures tell you the rest; please enjoy my personal favorite images from their Los Angeles River Center And Gardens wedding last October. (Oops.. yes... I'm a little behind :P) Check out my documentary style wedding photography and videography collections today!

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Old Ranch Country Club Weddings in Seal Beach - Veronica & Will

Veronica was on top of everything. She contacted me more than a year before the wedding date and had everything organized - I was sooo impressed! - and some may think an organized person (like me!) doesn't know how to relax and be spontaneous, but heyyyyy that's not true at all - Veronica's got the whole package; the hip-hop and beer lovers were barefooted at the reception, knew precisely how to be present/enjoy throughout the day and did not stop dancing all night. Their wedding was packed with a diverse cultural background of guests with a hint of Mexican culture - *mariachi band - given that Veronica is half Mexican and half Trinidadian while Will is half Mexican and half Russian.

My Photojournalist Wedding Experience

The best wedding to document for me is always the one where I get treated like one of their guests. NOT because I want to feel special or anything. Still, it's because 1) somehow I'm not a fan of the word "vendor" or "photographer" - although I'm all those things - I want people to call my name, 2) I get the trust and access to capture the wedding story like no one else could; isn't that my sole responsibility why I'm there with everyone all day and night? And the kindhearted groom, Will, ensured I had just that. I had so much fun photographing all the love and let-it-loose fun that everyone had at their autumn wedding held at Old Ranch Country Club, and brilliant photographer Brett Butterstein joined me to witness this celebration.

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Bel Air Country Club Wedding Los Angeles Photoshoot - Sierra + Alan

One day, I got an email from Sierra, "We want a wedding photographer that won't do all the usual things (a million posed pictures or any for that matter or pictures of expensive shoes etc.). We would love to have you just capture everything as it actually happened so we can look back and laugh and remember what it was like, not how hot we are (b/c WE KNOW jk jk ;)" My heart literally started beating so fast because I was that excited. Because... you know, it's harder than you think - meeting like-minded people/friends in life. That's what I felt with Sierra and Alan from the start - from that email. Sierra was finishing up school in London when she met Alan, who is a talented film director, working with other fellow brilliant filmmakers such as Wes Anderson, and they were moving to LA, where Sierra grew up. (Oh, and it turns out, this amazing London-based documentary wedding photographer Lyndsey Goddard had already photographed their UK wedding and helped the couple find me for their California Bel Air Bay Club Wedding photoshoot. Yayyyy, thanks Lyndsey!)

Truly though, in all my experience as a wedding photographer in CA, Sierra and Alan are the two nicest and most genuine people I've ever met, and I admire how they enjoy life and appreciate the true meaning of being in the moment. It was probably my first event where a giant sign at the entrance to the wedding ceremony read, "There's a LOVELY LADY with an IMPRESSIVE camera out there SOMEWHERE. So tuck your camera and smartphone away and RELAX." It was pretty amazing to see how a group of 200 people already knew what was important in life - living in the present, because, you know.. even with that sign, there would be at least one single person who still pulls his/her mobile phone out. But no, not here. It was simply beautiful to feel and document the love their friends and family were pouring on them all day and all night; in the heart of the beautiful Pacific Palisades at The Bel Air Bay Club.

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