During my own wedding planning, I shopped high and low for my wedding dress.  I didn’t think it would be as difficult as it was!  I went over budget a bit for it, but after the long search, it didn’t matter (that much).  Nearly 5 years later, I can say for sure that the budget is insignificant and irrelevant to the memories.  In my culture, it’s customary to change into several gowns during your wedding. When I mentioned to Jonathan how much my dress was, he broke it down to the cost/hr.  After that, I wanted to wear it as long as I could, and for as many days as I could!  I talked about wedding gown tea parties with my girlfriends, shortening it into a tea length dress, but in the end, what made most sense to me was to have an encore!  Get dressed up again and celebrate that dress!

Grace and Richard picked the perfect setting for their Encore session.  The LA Arboretum had the most beautiful colors and light!

There was so many beautiful spots to choose from that I ended up shooting twice the number of rolls of film than I usually do.  Just look at the light at the orange groves!

I adore Grace’s hair & makeup… by none other than Theresa.

peacock!

and getting flare in film is always exciting:

Wishing you both much continued happiness!

So excited to share that this session I did for Ilene & Jeff got published in the new Ceremony Magazine, Los Angeles edition.

Ilene & Jeff lives in Massachusetts and wanted photos of them in their wedding attire on the beach.  Since their wedding was not on a beach, a day-after session, or an encore session, was the perfect solution!

If Ilene looks familiar to you, that’s because I also photographed her twin sister’s trash the dress session.

I miss the warm beach weather.  Can’t wait for Spring!

For those who are married, you know how fast the day comes and go.  And like Jonathan did to me before our wedding, he broke down my dress’s hourly rate, which made me really want to do something with it again.  Irene and Jerome understood this well and booked a day after session/trash the dress before their wedding.  Upon their return from their honeymoon, they got all dressed up again and we spent an afternoon romping around!

It was the perfect fall afternoon here in LA.  Since photography, I notice so much more of my surroundings now, like this leaves-covered floor!

Next is one of my favorite shots!  I actually have a canvas of this hanging above my door in my office.  Every time I leave the office, I look up and laugh.

And a stream that isn’t dry!  It was actually a really cold afternoon, so we were all careful not to fall in!

Aren’t they just so sweet?  I love day-after sessions because they’re freshly newly weds.  I love those moments where they realize “you’re my wife (or husband)!  Whoa, weird to use that word.”  Weird in a totally good way of course, but I love the giddiness that usually comes after the realization.

Congrats you two!  Keep adoring each other like you do!  Keep on giggling and having fun together!