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    We are a husband+wife wedding photography team based out of Southern California. We also travel to places far and wide to capture beautiful and quirky moments for our clients.

    We are so blessed to be able to do what we love most and share our passion for photography and people with you!  Please feel free to peruse through posts and come back as we consistently add new images from recent weddings, engagements, and inspiration sessions as well as tips/ideas for brides. 

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Posted in Engagements, Photography

Are you getting excited with all these engagement sessions? I am so thrilled to be working with such rad couples this year and shooting engagements gives me the opportunity to really get to know them more before the big day.

Jeanette and Blake decided to have their session in Santa Barbara at the UCSB campus and Isla Vista, appropriate since that is where they first fell in love. I love going back to spots where couples met really brings a little something extra to session. Jeanette and Blake are also getting married at the fabulous Maravilla Gardens in Camarillo, CA later this year.

by Marianne Sanada

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  • January 6, 2011 - 9:43 pm

    Heather - Wow, what a session!! I love the shots on the dock. Awesome work!ReplyCancel

  • January 6, 2011 - 10:41 pm

    Teresa K - Isn’t love yummy? I could eat it up with a spoon. GREAT images!!ReplyCancel

  • January 6, 2011 - 10:54 pm

    Nora - What a cute couple! Great work, especially love the ones with smoke.ReplyCancel

  • January 7, 2011 - 1:05 am

    Kyle - My very favorite is definitely the first image. Digging the lines!ReplyCancel

  • January 7, 2011 - 2:25 am

    Milena Dekic - LOVE this session. It has such a beautiful soft quality to it and they are a gorgeous couple. I’m sure they love them. I love those last photos with the steam and on an unrelated note, I love Jeanette’s wardrobe! Too cute!ReplyCancel

  • January 7, 2011 - 2:46 am

    Gina - Love your style! You rocked the engagement session entirely. The train steam in incredible, those ones are my fave.ReplyCancel

  • January 7, 2011 - 4:15 am

    Mark Quade - These are freaking amazing!!!!!!! Such a gorgeous couple. I agree with Kyle, The first is my fav too!ReplyCancel

  • January 7, 2011 - 9:34 am

    Leah Muse - So nice! Love how they chose their outfits and the locations you picked. Very natural.ReplyCancel

  • January 7, 2011 - 11:34 am

    cole - sweet dock – huge fan of the locations!ReplyCancel

  • January 7, 2011 - 11:40 am

    Caroline Ghetes - The one of the two of them kissing in the light under the bridge with the biker coming towrds them? Stunning. Also love the cone shots. Way to think outside the box!ReplyCancel

  • January 7, 2011 - 8:42 pm

    Leo Druker - Awesome session! I love the series with the traffic cones – brilliant :)ReplyCancel

  • January 7, 2011 - 8:43 pm

    shipra - gosh, how cute are they!?!

    It looks like it was such a blast hanging out with them. My fave part are the individual portraits in front of that tall hedge. So fun!ReplyCancel

  • January 7, 2011 - 9:46 pm

    ayesha - suuuuper cute couple! LOVE the variety in your perspectives and the moments you captured between them. totally the way a portrait shoot should be… :)ReplyCancel

  • January 8, 2011 - 12:36 pm

    Joshua Gull - Wow Marianne, impressive work. Love the traffic cone shots and the first shot with the fog/steam is incredible.ReplyCancel

  • January 10, 2011 - 2:49 am

    Matthew Evans - Awesome shots, love the locations and the expressions!ReplyCancel

  • January 10, 2011 - 9:52 am

    alexbee - wow, so lovely! I really like the grass photos. They are so cute with each other.ReplyCancel

  • January 15, 2011 - 8:08 pm

    Becca Dilley - I love how you used so much of the environment around you. I totally never would have thought of getting so much of that pier in, but it just works perfectly! Really great session.ReplyCancel

Posted in Photography, Weddings

A love for Style Me Pretty, details, and party planning. These are just a few of the reasons this wedding was absolutely filled with gorgeous details and looked like absolute perfection. Those things mixed with a couple who compliment each other perfectly and are so in love really made this event go off without a hitch. I felt incredibly lucky to have been able to travel out to Prescott Arizona for such a fabulous affair!

So here are a few of my many favorites from Kristin + Jack’s gorgeous country club wedding at the Hassayampa Golf Club

Kristin and Jack - Prescott Arizona wedding photography

Special thanks to all the wonderful vendors who made this wedding shine!

Kim Duncan – KD Event Designs
Shane Brandolini – DJM4
Sutcliffe Florals
Verde Valley Rentals
Make-up – Make up by Jen B

by Marianne Sanada

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  • January 2, 2011 - 7:41 pm

    Cynthia Ann - Fabulous couple and shots as usual!!! AwesomenessReplyCancel

  • January 4, 2011 - 5:45 am

    Shella - Gorgeous pics! Really dig your blog design too btw :)ReplyCancel

  • January 4, 2011 - 9:42 am

    adam - All of these are great. Love the sparkler pic.ReplyCancel

  • January 4, 2011 - 12:24 pm

    Tyler - dang. killed this wedding. nice work.ReplyCancel

  • January 4, 2011 - 2:02 pm

    Daniel - Orange Turtle San Diego - Great stuff!. You have an eye for details! love the colors.ReplyCancel

  • January 4, 2011 - 5:06 pm

    Timothy E Kaldas - I love the shots of those purple socks Marianne and the shot of them passing through the sparklers!ReplyCancel

  • January 4, 2011 - 5:49 pm

    gabe aceves - lovely stuff marianne. a great looking couple and beautiful details.ReplyCancel

  • January 4, 2011 - 6:35 pm

    Dustin Hall - You captured all the details so well, it was such a beautiful weddingReplyCancel

  • January 4, 2011 - 11:13 pm

    Vadim Photo - Wow, what a great series! Love the bridal party shots!! Thanks for sharping -Vadim (Tampa Wedding Photographer)ReplyCancel

  • January 4, 2011 - 11:32 pm

    Rae - Love love love there ceremony… so romantic! The portraits infront of the huge wooden building are so cute! They look great together :) The groomsmen shots are awesome too! Great work!ReplyCancel

  • January 5, 2011 - 2:03 am

    Jakob - That is one beautiful wedding. Well done.ReplyCancel

  • January 5, 2011 - 9:59 am

    Kip Beelman - Purdy, purdy details, great bridals in front of the window and I love the B&W of the groomsmen. Nice work!ReplyCancel

  • January 5, 2011 - 12:16 pm

    Adam Houseman - ooooh! What a super fabulous couple. The details are awesome. Well done.ReplyCancel

  • January 5, 2011 - 12:41 pm

    Heather - Gorgeous detail work here. Well done, these are amazing!ReplyCancel

  • January 5, 2011 - 2:08 pm

    lindsey - What a gorgeous wedding- love the light, love the details, love everything!ReplyCancel

  • January 5, 2011 - 5:50 pm

    Sarah Rominger - Holy wow, these are stunning! The bride and groom portraits are to die for. What a gorgeous wedding, I know this couple is going to be super happy with their wedding photos!ReplyCancel

  • January 5, 2011 - 7:20 pm

    Amanda Hoffman - These are so full of awesome. the details are wonderful and she is such a gorgeous bride. :)ReplyCancel

  • January 6, 2011 - 5:45 am

    James - amazing shots, i love the way you process your pictures. You have a great eye for capturing detailsReplyCancel

  • January 10, 2011 - 9:53 am

    alexbee - absolutely love love love your colors! so clean & bright! I’m really in awe at this whole collection. She’s gorgeous ain’t she?ReplyCancel

  • January 17, 2011 - 11:42 am

    Kim Duncan - Amazing photos! Kristin, Jack were so much fun! Kristin had wonderful ideas and I had the honor of helping her execute them on her special day. I hope to work with you again.

    Kim Duncan
    KD Event DesignsReplyCancel

  • April 6, 2011 - 8:01 pm

    MeIam - gorgeous! I like the colors and details they have used.ReplyCancel

  • August 23, 2018 - 11:33 pm

    S Bhalaje - Aww this is just a amazing piece of photography work! The couples are looking too gorgeous.ReplyCancel

  • December 2, 2018 - 1:28 am

    Chris - You captured perfectly everyone. Excellent work!ReplyCancel

Posted in Engagements, Photography

So, I absolutely love when I am able to travel for wedding and engagements. I also love when brides travel out to me! In Alyssa and Jonathans case both happened. They are Phoenix dwellers and are coming out to California to get married at one of my favorite venues – Maravilla Gardens. They also have a special place in their hearts for the gorgeous town of Sedona Arizona so it seemed like a perfect spot to do their engagement session! Alyssa and Jonathan are so sweet, down to earth, funny, and easy going so everytime I see them it is a blast. I cannot wait to see them again out here in California!

by Marianne Sanada

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  • January 8, 2011 - 7:30 am

    Alan Hutchison - Gorgeous images Marianne – well done!ReplyCancel

  • January 8, 2011 - 8:02 am

    stacey - so cute! I really like the series in front of the signs.ReplyCancel

  • January 8, 2011 - 11:53 am

    Joshua Gull - Lovely work Marianne. Especially loving the last two in front of the chilis. Hot stuff.ReplyCancel

  • January 8, 2011 - 5:49 pm

    Phill - There’s such strength and beauty to these images. You’ve really captured the energy and love between Alyssa & Jonathan. Fantastic work Marianne.ReplyCancel

  • January 8, 2011 - 6:48 pm

    nadine austin - Very adorable and cute pictures. Good angles!ReplyCancel

  • January 8, 2011 - 11:21 pm

    Vadim Photo - What a great session! Fun couple and love your angles!ReplyCancel

  • January 9, 2011 - 11:41 am

    Paul Rowland - Love these engagement pictures. The images in front of the chilis are definiltey my favorite.ReplyCancel

  • January 9, 2011 - 12:55 pm

    Albert Palmer - Fun couple! Love what you have done with the available light. Very cool.ReplyCancel

  • January 9, 2011 - 5:29 pm

    Amanda Basteen - What a fun session! Love the bws!ReplyCancel

  • January 9, 2011 - 9:04 pm

    Kellee - No wonder they wanted their photos there. What an awesome location! Great images.ReplyCancel

  • January 10, 2011 - 1:44 am

    Matthew Evans - Love the angles! great set. That 1st shot is great :)ReplyCancel

  • January 10, 2011 - 6:45 am

    Tenielle - Talk about a location, you’ve got the best of all worlds! Seriously beautiful, the light coming through the trees is gorgeous!ReplyCancel

  • January 10, 2011 - 8:26 am

    Kat Forsyth - Cute couple, gorgeous pics! I love the lying down ones especially!ReplyCancel

  • January 10, 2011 - 4:07 pm

    Tyler - super fun set. you did a great job.ReplyCancel

  • January 12, 2011 - 6:36 pm

    Heather - LOVE that first one out in the forest. Well done!ReplyCancel

  • January 19, 2011 - 3:55 pm

    angel - all these angles are ridiculously flattering! and the trees! oh my word! this session is unique!ReplyCancel