Weddings – Page 3 – Paper Ban Photography

Olia and Guillaume’s Intimate Wedding at Paramour Estate

SILVERLAKE, CALIFORNIA

Olia and Guillaume, and the rest of their wedding guests, flew in from France to Los Angeles to have an intimate wedding at the amazing Paramour Estate on top of Silverlake. With a Great Gatsby type of wedding in mind, the Paramour Estate was the perfect location to have it. The interior decor was very eclectic, with furniture from different parts of the world, large ornate paintings, and taxidermy in every room.

Olia wore a beautiful 1920’s style wedding dress, intricately woven with beads, while Guillaume looked absolutely dapper in his light blue suit with white trimmings. Emotions ran high during the ceremony, when Olia was in such a joyous state that tears would not stop, and to comfort her, Guillaume was ever so gentlemanly that he would give her kisses before the official “you may kiss your bride” statement! D’aw!

In so many ways, Olia has such a firecracker personality, it was an absolute joy to photograph their wedding. They even opted for a completely documentary-style coverage – no posed photos!

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In the Meadow – Bridal Inspiration

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

Many many moons ago, I teamed up with makeup artist Nathaly Morago to do a styled shoot with an Indian flare. Since then, we’ve been wanting to do another styled shoot, specifically a bridal one, and it took a long while until things finally came into place to make that shoot happen! With my friend Rachell as the stunning bride in her own bridal dress, Tiffany & Co. pearl necklace, Spanish-styled veil, and gold Jimmy Choo kitten heels, we flounced around a nearby meadow to make these images happen.

I love how these photos came out!

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Bianca and Alex’s Wedding at Fallbrook Hacienda

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA

In case you didn’t know, I once lived in San Diego county for a big chunk of my life before moving back to Los Angeles. It’s always fun visiting sunny San Diego any time I can, even more so when it’s to photograph a fun wedding for a couple of awesome people like Alex and Bianca!

Their ceremony was held in St. Patrick’s Church in Carlsbad, while the reception was in the gorgeous Spanish-style venue Fallbrook Hacienda that had a really neat cactus garden (this was a huge reason why they wanted to have their engagement session at Joshua Tree National Park!). So many things happened during their reception, full of fun and laughter, that I can’t even explain what was going on. You’ll just have to see the photos!

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Mark and Marisol Intimate Wedding

BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA & DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

A few weeks ago, Mark and Marisol celebrated their beautiful and intimate wedding all over Los Angeles. The celebration began on a bright and sunny California winter morning in Beverly Hills’ Franklin Canyon Park where the bride and groom got ready for the day ahead. Marisol looked absolutely gorgeous as her bridesmaids helped her into her wedding dress, and even more beautiful as she walked down the aisle of the amphitheater with her father.

For lunch, the bridal party headed to a place that Mark and Marisol spent a lot of meals at: the Johnny Rockets on Melrose. I love how laid back this couple is! A bride munching on chicken fingers and a groom chowing down a burger? Too cool.

Everyone gathered back together for the reception held at the rooftop of The Oviatt in Downtown Los Angeles. Oh my, this historic building is so beautiful, and going up to the rooftop felt like being transported to a different era. The decor had the gorgeous 1920’s feel of the Art Deco time period. I loved it! And the rooftop! So pretty! Being surrounded by the surrounding skyscrapers of DTLA was magical.

I absolutely loved photographing Mark and Marisol’s Los Angeles intimate wedding. They were such a sweet, sweet couple and I adore how they put their own personalities to every aspect of their big day.

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Wendy and Wilson’s Secret Garden

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

Wendy and I have been emailing back and forth since early this year because she wanted to have additional bridal portraits of her and her husband, on top of their wedding day portraits by another photographer. She envisioned a different backdrop from those of her wedding day, and was eager to be surrounded in a forest setting while wearing her bridal gown.

Normally on a wedding day, bridal portraits only make up at most 45 minutes. Sometimes, when schedules go awry, this part of the day can get as little as 15 minutes. But on that day, Wendy and Wilson got 2 hours, and this meant we could explore and indulge in all that the location had to offer without having to rush through anything.

During the shoot, I had such a blast photographing Wendy and her husband Wilson, who is also interested in photography, for their Los Angeles bridal portraits. I am so happy to have such amazing clients!

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Jackie and Bobby’s Backyard Wedding

GRANADA HILLS + SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA

Bobby and Jackie is the most well-traveled couple I’ve had the pleasure of encountering. Traveling the world is part of their lifestyle, and they do it with such happiness and excitement. It’s only fitting to include this part of their life into their wedding! For their wedding, I traveled to four different locations within Los Angeles – Jackie’s house to photograph her and her bridesmaids getting ready, to Bobby’s house for their beautifully done backyard ceremony, to Santa Monica Pier to photograph the bridal party portraits and have some major fun at the arcade, and to the Santa Monica Bay’s Woman’s Club for the reception.

It’s very apparent how much in love Jackie and Bobby is by the way that he makes her laugh every moment they’re together. It’s also very apparent how much love they’re received by their friends and family as many eyes were in tears during the exchanges of their vows. I’m glad I was able to be part of their wedding day as their photographer.

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