St. Steven's Serbian Orthodox Cathedral, Center for the Arts Eagle Rock Wedding - Mandy + Matt

My job provides such an amazing opportunity to learn about life, and there is nothing like photographing weddings and being surrounded by diverse types of people and love.

Mandy and Matt have this calm energy and subtle and secure love for each other that I so admire. I'm having a little hard time to describe it but their love isn't loud, if that makes sense, yet it is simple, deep and mature. Both of them love books (in fact, on their first date, all they talked about was books) literature and languages; Mandy majored in Creative Writing in college while Matt studied in Russian. They met on a dating app which is one dominant way of how we meet new people these days. They live in New York but Mandy is from LA area, and their wedding ceremony was held at St. Steven's Serbian Orthodox Cathedral where Matt's father got to marry them, and their reception was at Center for the Arts Eagle Rock.

Carondelet House Wedding - Chris + Jared

Jared majored in Photojournalism in college (hallelujah!), and Chris reached out to me saying, "we are looking for a photography that isn't your typical wedding expert. We want more documentary and less posed/staged group shots. We are truly looking for in the moment photography...candid, unscripted, and a bit unruly. Our wedding guest list is a cast of characters and you'd have a great time shooting them!" Boy, he was right! Brett and I loved hanging out with their groomsmaids, documented their wedding story, and partied until the end. 

Though, Jared is not a photojournalist but a successful entrepreneur, and Chris is a prominent publicist. The couple lives in Bay area and it was (personally) so fun and an honor planning their wedding together because they initially did not have a wedding date set. They had known that they wanted to get married Carondelet House  in Los Angeles, so their date was finalized on the venue's availability and mine. (I know!) I often get asked what part of the wedding day is my favorite and (you guessed it right) I can't pick one. I can say though, that they're usually moments when I witness different types of love from friends and family.... which you'll get to see about Chris and Jared as images below. :D

Los Angeles River and Gardens Center - Cheryl + Scott Wedding Pictures

HAPPY.

PARTY.

Literally, I want to stop writing right here so you can start looking at Cheryl & Scott's wedding pictures already, and those two words sum up that night! 

The funniest (?) part about Cheryl and Scott's wedding was that it was one of the most laid-back weddings I've ever photographed. Wedding photojournalism can be a new concept to a lot of people, but not to everyone at Cheryl and Scott's wedding. At one point, I even questioned myself, "Am I that invisible?" And I love working with Brett; how we complement each other's style and storytelling elements is simply satisfactory!

LA River Gardens Wedding Photojournalism

Ohhh gosh... Past Action Heroes were there to party UP - one of the reasons the couple had looked forward to their wedding, and now I'm going to let pictures tell you the rest; please enjoy my personal favorite images from their Los Angeles River Center And Gardens wedding last October. (Oops.. yes... I'm a little behind :P) Check out my documentary style wedding photography and videography collections today!

Annie Bang