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Another wonderful Californian winter wedding day with eclectic international influences from Canada, China, Hong Kong and the USA , this is Orange County based stylin’ bride Daphne and her bridesmaids simultaneously looking fabulously sophisticated!
This couple love to dance together, you can see how much they love one another by the way they touch, the way they move. We took them away to a quiet spot to get these special moments.
Just after a wedding ceremony is the most magical time. It’s the start of a new life together. The couple’s family and friends share their first moments together. Hugs all round!
A unique aspect of this wedding was that Christel’s dad is a pastor, and had been asked to perform the ceremony. So we had the fabulous moment when he traditionally walked the bride down the aisle as the father of the bride, and then nimbly jumped over to the other side to perform the ceremony. And then when asking “who gives this woman to be married”, answered his own question along with Christel’s mom, “we do!”
The old tradition of a groom not seeing his bride before the ceremony dates back to arranged marriages, when the bride’s parents did not want t0 risk the groom running off when he got a first look at the woman chosen for him. Times have changed! There are many advantages in doing group photos before the actually ceremony, mostly to do with the way that if these are out of the way, then after the ceremony the couple can be with their family and friends without the crazy rushing through getting everyone together before the reception starts. If a couple wish to shoot any group shots before hand, like these guys did, then we like to set up a “dress reveal” ceremony where the groom sees his bride for the first time in her dress.
Another Malibu wedding. Minneapolis based couple, Christel and Matthew, were looking for wedding photographers who had proven experience with the beautiful but challenging harsh west coast sunset light conditions found at Pepperdine University’s cliff top ceremony setting. They did a Google search and we popped up 
Here is the first set from their event. Truly showing how a small and intimate family wedding can still have the grandeur dignity and circumstance of a much larger and lavish affair. First we have the getting ready shots.
