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Linda + Vince hired me to shoot their wedding in beautiful Malibu, at the Malibu Nature preserve. Since they are from out of town we only had the week before the wedding to do their engagement. Linda chose to wear a different wedding dress and also an amazing purple dress she made! So talented.

Hidden Chateau and Gardens in West Hills is such an amazing place for a weddings, engagements or any type of photography!

Linda + Vince are such warm, wonderful people. I can’t wait to share their beautiful wedding.












And here’s one from their wedding!

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So much to love about this beautiful wedding. May and J are amazing, romantic, thoughtful, creative and gorgeous so of course their wedding would reflect that perfectly. They are lovers of old, romantic, Art Deco style.

Hotel: Langham Pasadena
Ceremony at First Congressional Church of Pasadena
Reception at La Canada Flintridge County Club
Videographer: Pixel Film Studios

Thank you so much May and J for sharing this beautiful day with us!






Before they told us we couldn’t take photos at the Langham Pasadena we got these shots.




These two images were shot with film. I know May + J would appreciate it!

The guys, their bow ties and canes. So dapper!

The girls with their pretty purple dresses.

Some of my favorite shots of the day. The bride, the light and church were stunning.











These feel so European to me and I love it!






The sunset was even in a romantic mood for them!



Art Deco theme at La Canada Flintrige Country Club

Such an amazing band, No Vacancy Entertainment setting the romantic feeling of the night.

The Cake Artist Cake.



May is a wonderful singer and surprised J with a beautiful song, even though she was so nervous. It was so perfect.

They made this amazing Paper Moon seat for photos!

Dress: Vera Wang, Helena from the Vera Wang boutique on Melrose
Band: Dave Damiani and the No Vacancy Orchestra
Planning: Bride, month of coordination, Yingka Chou of Master Plans Events
Photobooth: Lucky Photo Booth
Invitations and Ceremony Programs: Marissa Bowman at Lavender Ink
Officiant: Rasheed Newson friend of the bride and groom
Macaron Towers: Bottega Louie
Dessert Table: Bride
Menus, Placecards, Escort Cards, Water Bottle Labels, signs (moon, guest book, bathroom etc), table numbers (frames from Bride and Groom’s house), paper straws, tags for candy bags – all made by the Bride
Lighting: TMM Pro
Car Rental: Classic Limo
Paper Moon: concept, Bride.. painting and set up, friends of the bride
Veil: Priscilla of Boston
Hair and Make Up: Grace Lin Make Up
Shoes: Jimmy Choo
Rings: Wanna Buy A Watch (vintage ring boxes)
Bridesmaids dresses: Adrianna Papell
Bridesmaids shoes: Bordello Shoes
Save the Dates: Monica Moore
Groom’s Tuxedo: Michael’s Custom Clothes
Guest book: designed by the Bride… printed by Printerpix
Cake: Dorie Kinney, The Cake Artist

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You may have noticed the same wedding being up for over 30 days (cringe) and that was because I had the misfortune of being a target of some hacking. Boo hoo. I realized I have never gone that long without blogging something since I started my blog in 2005! Now I have over 10 shoots to show you, which I can’t wait to publish. So look forward to some amazing weddings, adorable family shoots and an incredible wedding dress that lights up.

Come back Monday for May + J’s beautiful Art Deco inspired wedding.

Until then, take a looksy at this photo shoot I had done of me for a change! Thanks to Mary Frances for We Spread the Love for these wonderful photos!

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Niki + Jeremy are just wonderful. Their day was full of many happy tears, foodie food and lots of fun.

Ceremony and reception at Fairmont Newport Beach.

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