Los Angeles Wedding Engagement Photography & Southern California Lifestyle Photographer
I recently had the wonderful opportunity to participate in a Trash the Dress session with a bunch of other photographers. The model we worked with was super gorgeous and natural in front of the camera. I loved her red shoes and the pop of color it added to our shoot. Here are a few of my favorites from the workshop! I am looking forward to doing more of these sessions in the future. They are so much fun!
Can you believe all of the above images were taken by Shawn? Me either! I was so thrilled when I saw the photos that I think I just about fell over in astonishment. I am so glad we are able to share this profession and hobby together. He has a great eye and I think his style complements mine. What do you think?
The rest of these photos are some of the shots I got.
Here is a great one that Shawn got. Isn’t it lovely?!
This is my absolute favorite from our session. I love how you can see the stars twinkling!
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I LOVE LOVE LOVE this post!!! The pictures that you and Shawn took are AMAZINGLY BEAUTIFUL! (*thumbs up* Shawn!) I love reading your descriptions of the couples you take too. Oh Anna…
AWESOME post and pictures! Shawn’s pictures are A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! And I love the night shots. You and Shawn would make an amazing photography team…why not? You guys are already an amazing couple.
Wowzers! That is so cool that you got you bf into this! He’s going to do great! Hoping I can, sometime down the road, get JD Man out from under the tractor hood and second shooting me. Or not. Would be so much fun, but I’m not sure I want to ask him to be something he’s not.
And your night shots are amazing! Good job!
very nice, good job shawn hehe, nice HDR…minor correction for shawn’s interest it’s World at War 
LOL, thanks for the correction Aldous! Shows how much I know about video games … 
I get really warm and happy when I think about Cindee and Julio.
They are humble, down to earth, and so adorable together. She is soft spoken, gentle, refined and classy in every way. He is dashing and charming. Cindee found me on the web way back in August of 2009, before I had my new blog setup. When I was just randomly journaling from my little ol’ Tumblr site. The amazing thing about Cindee is that even then, when I wasn’t too sure of myself or my photography, before I decided to pursue this seriously, Cindee loved my work and believed in me. She was one of my first clients to book an engagement session and this is the product of our shoot taken a week ago.
Thanks so much for your support, encouragement and faith me Cindee. I am looking forward to shooting your upcoming wedding!
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Very nice, Anna! I think this may be my favorite of your shoots so far!
Beautiful shots by the pink-flowering (cherry?) tree ! As with all your work, I love this shoot.
Anna, thank you so much for our awesome engagement session AND pictures! We had such a wonderful time with you and Shawn!
[...] he’s been assisting me on several engagement shoots! The first shoot he did with me was Cindee & Julio’s and there are several of his photos in that post – I should’ve given him credit sooner. [...]
[...] really excited to blog about Cindee and Julio’s recent wedding. I did their engagement photos a couple of months ago and had such a blast [...]
these are two of the most down to earth and beautiful (inside and out) people that i know u captured them perfectly!
I love kids … and I want to have at least four. Don’t tell my boyfriend though. I think it scares him.
As far as I can remember, I have always loved children and taking care of them. When I was a toddler, I would push my doll around in her stroller everywhere. I nannied and babysat throughout college, and I think I would’ve been a schoolteacher if I wasn’t a photographer. So it was without hesitation that I said yes – when Sayuri and Sydney’s parents asked me to take photos at their daughters’ second birthday party. Sayuri and Sydney are cousins who turned two years old recently. To celebrate the big event, their parents partnered and threw a lavish Alice themed double birthday extravaganza at Jumping Jacks in Rancho Cucamonga.
To say I had a ton of fun is an understatement. I had a blast. I got to jump around in huge inflatable castles, eat hot dogs and pizza, and pal around with a bunch of two-year-olds. How fun is that!?
Check out this cake. Isn’t the detail amazing?
Meet Sydney. I thought she was the cutest girl ever. Then I met her cousin Sayuri.
This is Sayuri. What did I tell you?
Aren’t they both so freaking adorable?! Watch out boys, these two are definitely going to be heartbreakers when they grow up.
This little gal is one of their friends who attended the party. She was really cute and totally loved the camera! I had to post this photo because she wouldn’t stop following me around all day.
Love this next photo of Sydney having a ball. Looking at these pictures, makes me want to be a kid again.
This is Sayuri’s older brother. He was such a good sport throughout the day and totally let his sister and cousin have the spotlight. I hope my future kids are this well-behaved!
I asked Sayuri how old she was and she threw up the deuce sign! So cute!
This was my favorite part of the event. Sayuri and Sydney changed into their Alice outfits and it was time to cut the cake!
Here is a lovely photo of the girls with their beautiful moms. They are such doting parents!
This is how I probably looked when I first saw the cake. It was over the top amazing.
Time to blow out the candles!
I just had to take one more shot of the cake before it was destroyed.
And it was destroyed. I had a piece and it was every bit as yummy as these girls made it look.
By the end of the party, everyone was really tired and you could tell it was nap time. I love this photo of Sayuri with her poppa. The expression on her face reads, “birthday mission accomplished.”
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Oh to be a kid again…actually I might do that for my 21st birthday That cake looks absolutely wonderful!
Freaking adorable! Looks like it was a super fun party!
I LOOOOOve the cake photos! and boy do those Alice’s look cuuuttee!!
Katy contacted me three days before her wedding. Can you believe that? Her original photographer couldn’t make it at the last minute so she scoured the web and found me. Luckily, I was available and was honored to be a part of her special day. Katy and Brian had already gotten married in St. Thomas a few months prior but they did not get to have the reception they wanted for their friends and family. So they decided to renew their vows in front of their loved ones in a small and intimate ceremony at the gorgeous Portofino Hotel & Yacht Club in Redondo Beach.
Katy is such a sweetheart. From the very first moment that I met her, I felt welcomed and embraced. She invited me to not just document her intimate event, but she made us feel like we were a part of the family. Thanks so much Katy and Brian for having us there!
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I can not IMAGINE being contacted so late in the game to shoot a wedding! Wow- but what a wonderful job you did!
Wow!! The bride and groom both look SO happy! The pictures are beautiful Anna!
Wow, you did a great job!
by Anna Mae
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Regina Lynn - Oh, wow! Super, super cool session!
Jennifer - Wow, these came out lovely!
MCH - We don’t have ‘trash the dress’. So funny this is. How does the workshop go, you take turns taking photos with the model. Of course I love the last photo!
Katie Lee - the last one is SPECTACULAR…
Anna Mae - Katie, you are such a dear. Thank you for the kind words, encouragement and support. Love ya!