Los Angeles Wedding Photographer, Embrace Life Photography

Long Beach Wedding Photography

EmbraceLife — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:52:32 +0000

I’m very excited to finally be sharing Paola + Miguel’s gorgeous Long Beach wedding. Adam had the pleasure of doing a really unique Engagement Session with Paola and Miguel a few months before their wedding in Joshua Tree (to see their Engagement Session on our blog click here). And, their wedding was just as unique and special.

With the help of their good friend and wedding planner, Megumi Kaminaga, Paola and Miguel went with a Latin theme for their wedding. The day started at the Hotel Maya where Adam got some absolutely beautiful Bridal Portraits of Paola. She looked radiant in her wedding dress (which is still one of my favorites I’ve ever seen on a bride). The ceremony took place at St. Anthony Catholic Church where, instead of an organ or other wedding music staple, they had a mariachi band for the service. It was fantastic! Lastly, the reception took place at the Museum of Latin American Art (or MOLAA), which is such a cool, colorful wedding venue. The party started early and went late into the night with a second mariachi band during the cocktail hour and a live band during the reception that was perfect for dancing.

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In our line of work, we’re so fortunate to be part of many different cultural variations of the wedding tradition. It’s always an honor when a couple trusts us to document this special day in their lives, despite the ceremony being performed in another language, or unfamiliar traditions. Our job is to observe and creatively capture and tell a couple’s story, and it’s even more fun and exciting when we’re experiencing something unique and new to us. Thank you, Paola and Miguel for the opportunity.

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For dessert, guests were treated to some of Paola’s favorite Mexican sweet breads and hot chocolate. Not only was it delicious, but it looked great, too. I just love the desert-themed box that held the guests’ table numbers (and later, my hot chocolate). =)

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Thanks again, Paola and Miguel, for inviting us to share in this colorful celebration of your love. It has truly been a pleasure to know you and to work with you. We wish you all the best!

Skirball Center Wedding Photography Album

EmbraceLife — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 03:31:15 +0000

Nicole and Rob’s Modern Hand Crafted album is a thing of beauty. It perfectly showcases their Skirball Cultural Center wedding photography. Wait until you see their chuppah, ceremony decor, and the way they had the Skirball Center’s Ahmanson Ballroom lit for their wedding reception. Stunning!

Music by: Amy Milan

The sequence they chose to feature on the cover of their wedding album is really fun. After the ceremony, Nicole was getting tired of holding her bouquet, so I asked her if she wanted to throw it at me. She was happy to. (What does that say about me?) First try and she NAILED me with the flowers. I love her reaction of initial shock followed by pure celebration. (By the way, sorry about that Mrs. B’s Flowers – the florals were amazing and definitely didn’t deserve the abuse!) Here’s a photo of the cover, and some other details of their gorgeous album:

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Ceremony Magazine, Orange County Edition

EmbraceLife — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:37:33 +0000

In addition to Cyrus and Lily’s wedding feature in the Los Angeles edition of Ceremony Magazine, our photography of Kelly and Domenic’s rock-n-roll wedding at the Cass House in Cayucos, California is currently featured in their Orange County edition. Take a look at the two-page feature:

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And, here’s a Flash version of the entire publication:

Venue/Catering: The Cass House Inn / Florist: Harbor Floral Studio / Hair: Kim Bennett, Lotus Salon and Spa
Entertainment: DJ Jericho / Rentals: Unlimited Events / Guest Favors: The Brown Butter Cookie Company

Also, check out our post about the incredible feature Delightfully Engaged ran of this creative Cayucos, California wedding.

Ceremony Magazine Los Angeles Wedding Feature

EmbraceLife — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:15:11 +0000

In their Los Angeles edition, Ceremony Magazine is showcasing our photography of Cyrus and Lily’s stunning wedding at The London West Hollywood. It’s a great three page feature. Check it out:

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Here’s a Flash version of the entire publication:

Venue: The London West Hollywood / Planner: Bonnie Walker Events / Entertainment: Infusion Xperience
Cake: Cake and Art / Florist: Butterfly Floral & Event Design / Cocktail Music: Cale

Cyrus and Lily’s wedding was also featured by WHIRL magazine. See our post about that feature, here.

Stay tuned for an upcoming post about our photography featured in Ceremony Magazine’s Orange County edition.

2012 Bride’s Choice Award Winner

EmbraceLife — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:32:01 +0000

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Embrace Life Photography has been selected to receive the prestigious annual WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2012 for wedding photography – our second consecutive year! (See our 2011 Award Announcement)

While many industry awards are selected by the organization, recognition for the esteemed Bride’s Choice Awards™ is determined by recent reviews and extensive surveys from over 750,000 WeddingWire newlyweds. Our past clients are among those that shared their experiences on WeddingWire, the largest wedding review site in the nation.

Embrace Life Photography is recognized as part of the top five percent of wedding professionals in the WeddingWire local vendor community, comprised of over 200,000 wedding professionals throughout the United States and Canada. The Bride’s Choice Award recognizes the best local wedding vendors across 20 service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers, based on their overall professional achievements throughout the past year.

“WeddingWire is thrilled to honor the success of the top-rated wedding professionals within the WeddingWire Community,” said Timothy Chi, CEO, WeddingWire. “Since the launch of the Bride’s Choice Awards™ program four years ago, thousands of outstanding wedding professionals have been recognized by the bridal community for their supreme service and dedication to the wedding industry. It is with great pleasure that we congratulate Embrace Life Photography for their continued professionalism and commitment to enriching the wedding planning experience for engaged couples.”

We are happy to announce that Embrace Life Photography is one of the very best Photographers within the WeddingWire Network, which includes leading wedding planning sites WeddingWire, Project Wedding, Brides.com, Martha Stewart Weddings, and Weddingbee. We would like to thank our past clients for taking the time to review our business on WeddingWire. Thanks to your positive feedback we were able to receive the WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards™ for 2012.

For more information, and to read our reviews, visit our WeddingWire Storefront today at:
http://embracelife.co/wedding-wire.

Featured Camarillo Wedding at McCormick Ranch

EmbraceLife — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:23:11 +0000

Once again, Delightfully Engaged has beat us to featuring one of our own weddings! I just love how the editor, Sarah, chose to showcase Abby and T.J.’s gorgeous, outdoor Camarillo wedding photography at McCormick Home Ranch – her image pairings are perfect! To see this beautiful feature on Delightfully Engaged, click here.

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Abby and T.J.’s wedding is such a nice example of a backyard style, ranch wedding. Hopefully we’ll make our own blog post about it soon, too. Until then, enjoy the great work that Delightfully Engaged has done!

Delightfully Engaged Top 5 Wedding

EmbraceLife — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:49:26 +0000

We are incredibly honored to announce that the wedding blog Delightfully Engaged has chosen Deborah and Jeff’s San Diego wedding as one of their Top 5 Real Weddings of 2011. Our amazing associate photographer, David, shot Deborah and Jeff’s military/fusion wedding at The Ranch House at Camp Pendleton. We are very lucky to have David on our Embrace Life team.

You can read more about the Top 5 Real Weddings on Delightfully Engaged’s website, here, and this wedding on our blog, here. Thanks to Delightfully Engaged for the great feature!

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Best of 2011 Winner!

EmbraceLife — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:36:59 +0000

We are pleased to announce the winner of our “Best of 2011″ Giveaway Contest!

Congratulations… Angel + Leiderson!

The winning image comes from their Engagement Photo Shoot at Disneyland in March. Since their photograph was voted the best by our Facebook fans, they have been awarded a 16×20 Canvas print ($470 value) of their photograph. Congratulations you guys!

In honor of their win, we have also posted their entire Disneyland Engagement Shoot for everyone to take a look at by clicking here.

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You can still view all of our favorite images from 2011 here on our blog. The winning voter was selected using random.org and has been awarded a One Hour Location Shoot at Leo Carrillo State Beach in Malibu, CA and an 8×10 Traditional print. Thank you everyone for voting!

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Disneyland Resort Engagement Session

EmbraceLife — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:36:20 +0000

I am so excited to be sharing this Engagement Session from Disneyland and California Adventure. And, not just because of the location, but because the bride is my best friend from high school (this is Amber, by the way). I can’t even tell you how excited I was when Angel and Leiderson were (finally) officially engaged. ;) And, I was very happy I was able to tag along when Adam shot their engagement portrait session. It was a perfect day and Adam created some incredible images from the shoot, which we are sharing with you now. Enjoy!

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This was a must have shot for Angel and Leiderson. Angel is a 911 Operator/Dispatcher and Leiderson is a Police Officer. It couldn’t be more perfect.

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One reason Disneyland is a special place for Angel and Leiderson is the fact that one of their best memories together was running the Disney Half-Marathon in 2010. Before they were engaged, Leiderson bought a plaque in front of Disneyland thinking he might use that spot as a place to propose (he ended up proposing on a trip to New York in November 2010). And, in case you’re wondering, Achilles is Leiderson’s dog.

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Even though their engagement photo shoot was in the beginning of March, the decorations from Valentine’s Day were still up around the park, which they took advantage of.

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This photograph was just voted the “Best of 2011” by our Embrace Life Facebook fans. This is one of my favorites, too. And, it is made even more special since it is from my best friend’s Engagement Shoot. Congrats you guys!

Best of 2011

EmbraceLife — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 01:32:28 +0000

Happy New Year! 2011 was an incredible year for Embrace Life Photography. We had the honor of meeting lots of amazing people, shooting many beautiful occasions, and creating some spectacular photographs along the way. Since we struggled to keep up with sharing everything we’ve done this year, we decided to share our favorite photograph from each 2011 wedding, proposal, and couples’ portrait shoot in one big blog post — with a fun contest attached!

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We feel so blessed to have met and worked with so many awesome couples in 2011, that we decided to do something special for them to ring in 2012. We’ve set up a voting contest on our Facebook Page. “Like” Embrace Life on Facebook in order to vote for your favorite photograph(s) of 2011.

Our client in the winning photo will win a 16×20 canvas print of that image! Plus, one random voter will be awarded with a One Hour Location Shoot at Leo Carrillo State Beach in Malibu, CA and one 8×10 print! All you have to do is vote!

Check out our favorite photographs from 2011 (below). Then, head over to our Facebook page by clicking here and vote for your favorite photograph(s). Voting closes on Sunday, January 8, 2012 at 10pm, so make sure to vote before then.

Happy 2012 everyone! And, enjoy the Best of 2011!

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Now, go to our Facebook page and get your vote on!

Contest Rules: Vote for as many photographs as you’d like, one time per photograph. Our client in the winning photograph will be awarded (1) 16×20 Canvas print ($470 value) of the winning photograph. No cash value. One random voter, excluding existing 2011 and 2012 clients, will be awarded with a One Hour Location Shoot at Leo Carrillo State Beach in Malibu, CA and (1) 8×10 Traditional print (a $296 combined value) redeemable any time during the 2012 calendar year, subject to Embrace Life availability. Prizes are transferable and can be gifted to a friend. No cash value. Voting closes Sunday, January 8, 2012 at 10pm PST. Winners will be announced on Embrace Life’s Facebook page the week of Monday, January 9, 2012.