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Janene and Rob can only be described as uber-hip. From their L.A loft at the Eastern Columbia to their boutique pet store, this couple oozes style. They had a beautiful reception at Cicada Restaurant in Downtown Los Angeles. Janene  had an amazing bouquet of purple calla lillys with monkey tails. It was wrapped in black satin and feathers. The bride wore Kenneth Pool with a veil made from her mother’s 1953 lace dress. Jewlery from Single Stone. The bridesmaids wore Jim Hjelm purple dresses embroidered with black lace.  Carissa Jones from JL Designs matched the couples style with chocolate brown stained manzanita trees with crystals and white cymbidium orchid blooms attached to the branches and additional strands of crystals swagged from the branches…more crystals fleshing out the top of each vase…all black ceramic vases were accented with a bronze satin ribbon and crystal beaded trim. Cicada looked amazing! Carrie Zack Events put all of Janene’s details in motion. Other highlights include the kickin’ dj sounds of Red Shoe LA and stealth videography by Zack Matthers of Frequent Flyer Productions.  

Check out the dog’s purple bowtie…

Janene’s Dad watching all the bridesmaid pandamonium…







Janene’s dad in front of the two tone Rolls Royce limo…
















I love this shot of Rob’s Dad he looks like he’s the boss of all bosses…



Rob gave his brother a ferrari cake for his birthday which was the same day as their wedding…

Casino games lined the whole upper floor of Cicada…





If you weren’t into the games you could stay on the dance floor watch the drummer play to the beat of Red Shoe’s music. Very nice touch!…

It has been a crazy holiday season and there are so many wonderful families to blog. I am going to skip out on most of stories because there are over 100 images in this post and that alone will take for ever to get through. ;-) We have a ton more coming so stay tuned! Enjoy…

The Ministrella Family…










Everyone always asks how I get the kids to look so good in pictures…I bribe them of course. Here’s the milk dud and lollipop fiesta…
The Eisfelders…(a.k.a. The Cool Chair Couple) My favorite L.A. client just moved into a killer new house. Jeff hates these chairs, especially the last one which Julie bought at a garage sale. But they look soooo good in pictures! So I was so psyched when Jeff (secretly) offered to part with it for an undisclosed sum. I may have overpaid but it was just too cool to pass on. Sorry Julie :-)








O.K. This one deserves a little bit of the story…The Zieles have been building their home for over two years! The weather was pretty bad so we decided to do the shots in “the construction zone.” This is one of my all time favorite portrait sessions.









The Davis Family…..Farm…. :-)



This one may need a bit of explaining. When I walked into the backyard which was empty when I was there last year.. There were 4 chickens, 1 rooster, a rabbit, 2 dogs, a gerbil, and a cat….Thus dubbed “The Farm.” CJ said he could hypnotize the rooster. I grew up in Miami Beach and know nothing about farm animals but I was pretty sure it was impossible to hypnotize a chicken. Good thing I didn’t bet any money on it…

I love this shot!




The Chius…


It’s been like the discovery channel this week! So Christine, Gabe and I walk around the point to the next beach and all of a sudden Gabe yelled out. I almost ran him over before I realized what Gabe was yelling about. There was a seal about a foot from me! I have never seen one this far south, let alone that close. His eyes pulled me in. I was caught in his tractor beam and just kept getting closer and closer….and that’s when he attacked! Don’t be fooled, he has a full set of choppers and despite the fact that he has flippers for feet these things are frickin’ fast!!! I ran like a little school girl and may have even shrieked like one too…Thus the lack of pictures until he was a football field away.

Here’s a shot of him hightailing it out of there….





The Scott Family…





Mimi…(I swear I didn’t do anything to her eyes, they really are that blue)



The Grahams…






The Elliotts…





The Gorens…




The Gilberts…





Caden and Cole…




The Kim Family…




George…


The Mogollon’s…

Antonella and Brian tied the knot at Rancho Del Cielo high in the hills of Malibu. It is a beautiful location that affords panoramic views of the Pacific. It is very peaceful up there and the guests are always amazed by the views. Fiore Designs did an amazing job on the flowers as usual. Zach @ Frequent Flyer Productions was there to capture it all on video. If you need a great videographer, Zach is the guy to call. The music was amazing. The day started off with one of my favorite bands, Cale. They sound like the Gypsy Kings but funkier. The reception was kickin’ thanks to our favorite DJ’s Red Shoe LA. It was our first time working with Bella Weddings and they did a fantastic job co-ordinating.

This is the first time I have ever seen this and it was so cute. Antonella helped dress Brian in his tux. 




Antonella checking out how gorgeous she looked… 

I wish I could show all the pics from the first meeting, It was really cool to watch them take each other in. They had ear to ear smiles. I just love the angle of this shot and Brian was just speechless when he first laid eyes on Antonella… 

This was so funny, Antonella had just poked her head out of the bathroom window and her dad was standing against the wall outside. 
 



I’ve never wanted the appetizers so badly before, it looked amazing… 



I love when the dads cry! 

This is why you get married at Rancho Del Cielo… 





















I always get my wedding cake, but this is a first for me ;-) 

 

Tracy and Chris had an intimate affair just outside Carpinteria on the Ventura coastline. The wedding was a close gathering of friends and family and Tracy put together a lot of fun things for everyone to do. They are a very interesting couple. Chris directs movies and Tracy is a photographer. They were so happy to get married to each other and you could just feel how happy everyone around them was as well. There were a lot of speeches, each one more interesting the next. It was a good thing everyone was really warm to each other because this was one of the windiest days I have encountered during a wedding. Everyone took it in stride and all went off as planned.

Tracy swiped my camera for a couple of her own shots…pretty cool shut huh?



Her father had grown these Kennedy roses just for her wedding…

Smores and milk shots by the fire…

Hey everyone we have some great new posts coming soon. Our blog is having a bit of trouble and as soon as it is resolved I will post tons of new stuff. Thanks for your patience…-R&C 

This is just the start of portrait madness. We have been shooting a ton lately, so the blogging will be a little more spread out since we are so busy!

You know how when you shoot with a wide angle lens things can get distorted? Well, that’s not the case here, Ric is HUGE! 6′6!

The Prete’s are doing the coolest thing in their house. They are doing three 20×20 canvas gallery wraps over the fire place with the pics below. They are also doing a 35×45 custom designed canvas as well. It is going to be so cool. I’ll post a pic or two once I shoot the installation. In about 6 weeks I am going to post a ton of client installations so everyone can see what our work looks like hung in client’s homes.



Doesn’t Mindy’s jeans look hot! No seriously, she sells jeans; they are all hers ;-)

The Wisk Family…


If James Dean drank milk…

The Klifman’s…




Now this is my idea of a family shot!

The next two shoots are 6 month sessions for two of our best behaved babies on our baby’s first year plan. For those of you new to us, the baby’s first year plan includes 3 sessions, birth announcments, an 11×14 collage and a custom designed coffee table book hand bound in Japan. Contact Carrie to find out more details.

Easton…

Hmmm…I wonder which kid is going to be the one to steal other kids’ lunch money…

This kid just oozes cool, check out that mohawk!

Guillianna…

The Holberts…
I love Malibu Pier, it is such a cool place to shoot. They have these crazy blue doors…

Our friends Dan and Limor and their new baby boy Eli. He was the best behaved baby on the planet…well o.k. he was passed out cold for the most of the shoot which is my favorite way to shoot babies. You can mold them any way you want.

I just wanted to share some recent comments from Angela and Mike’s wedding which we just blogged. This just made my day, so I am shamelessly blogging it! ;-)

Ryan and Carrie,
We could say “thank you” a million times and still wouldn’t be able to convey the depth of our gratitude for the photos you took of our wedding. I remember thinking to myself many times that night, “I wish I could freeze time”…that’s exactly what you’ve done for us with these photos.
With sincere appreciation,
Angela

p.s. I wanted to share some of the well-deserved praise you guys have been getting from our guests who have seen the photos and/or slideshow…

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Hi guys,
You had some amazing photographers! Andrea spent the entire night going through our photos pointing out how lame of a job ours did. Ha ha.
That was a great day and they managed to capture the emotion of it. We had so much fun.
Speak soon, Justin
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Hi Ange,
My mom and I just went through them together. They are so… BEAUTIFUL!!
I just ordered some great ones… xoxo Jaclyn
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Mike and Ange,
Your pictures could not be more amazing. You look way too good in your candid photos, something is wrong! Your families look so beautiful and happy…I hope I can have that one day!
I’m obviously a bit emotional right now after viewing your photos and slideshow! I love you both and loved reliving your wedding through your photos.
=) Courtney
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Angela,
You look like a model. Absolutely beautiful photos, what a wonderful wedding. Hope Mike is feeling better. We’ll be sending along a present soon.
Love,
Asia
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Banj,
AMAZING slideshow!!!!!!
I loved it….your photographers did a wonderful job. It makes me want to cry! I’m so happy for you.
Love you!
Erin
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Hey Ange,
The pictures from the wedding are amazing. Seeing them brought back memories of that night and how much fun we had.
xo~ Andrea

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Hey Ange,
Did I mention how AMAZING the wedding pix turned out. You are so beautiful! And your photographer freaking rocks!
xoxo, jP

Welcome to more shameless blogging of my son. This year Ryder was a pirate for Halloween. Everything he does involves pirates, right down to his underwear. This morning he asked me to teach him how to eat cereal with his hook.

Note to self: Don’t give two year old a pirate hook and then stick a $5000 dollar camera in his face.