The Loft on Pine Wedding in Long Beach - Danielle + Nick

I was soaked in Danielle and Nick’s depth of emotions all day at The Loft on Pine last October. They have the most supportive group of friends and family members who genuinely care and love them and it was so amazing to witness and feel it all. You can have a lot of people around you in life but it’s hard to have that many people who equally love you and mean well from bottom of their hearts. Danielle and Nick’s wedding truly showed whom they’re surrounded with and I had so much fun documenting every second of it; simply filled with pure euphoria and celebration of love.

Please enjoy some of my favorite images including a few portraits! (While I think I’m pretty good at capturing moments and telling stories, the genius Brett has taught and assisted me on making some amazing portraits with the couple with a tight wedding timeline.)

St. Steven's Serbian Orthodox Cathedral, Center for the Arts Eagle Rock Wedding - Mandy + Matt

My job provides such an amazing opportunity to learn about life, and there is nothing like photographing weddings and being surrounded by diverse types of people and love.

Mandy and Matt have this calm energy and subtle and secure love for each other that I so admire. I'm having a little hard time to describe it but their love isn't loud, if that makes sense, yet it is simple, deep and mature. Both of them love books (in fact, on their first date, all they talked about was books) literature and languages; Mandy majored in Creative Writing in college while Matt studied in Russian. They met on a dating app which is one dominant way of how we meet new people these days. They live in New York but Mandy is from LA area, and their wedding ceremony was held at St. Steven's Serbian Orthodox Cathedral where Matt's father got to marry them, and their reception was at Center for the Arts Eagle Rock.

Carondelet House Wedding - Chris + Jared

Jared majored in Photojournalism in college (hallelujah!), and Chris reached out to me saying, "we are looking for a photography that isn't your typical wedding expert. We want more documentary and less posed/staged group shots. We are truly looking for in the moment photography...candid, unscripted, and a bit unruly. Our wedding guest list is a cast of characters and you'd have a great time shooting them!" Boy, he was right! Brett and I loved hanging out with their groomsmaids, documented their wedding story, and partied until the end. 

Though, Jared is not a photojournalist but a successful entrepreneur, and Chris is a prominent publicist. The couple lives in Bay area and it was (personally) so fun and an honor planning their wedding together because they initially did not have a wedding date set. They had known that they wanted to get married Carondelet House  in Los Angeles, so their date was finalized on the venue's availability and mine. (I know!) I often get asked what part of the wedding day is my favorite and (you guessed it right) I can't pick one. I can say though, that they're usually moments when I witness different types of love from friends and family.... which you'll get to see about Chris and Jared as images below. :D