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Sheraton Universal Starlight Room Wedding | Monette + Erick

Last week’s wedding was held at the Precious Blood Church in LA with the reception taking place at the Sheraton in Universal City which has a great penthouse banquet room( Starview room) with a 360º view of the valley. We had our third rainy Saturday wedding in a row here in So Cal and that’s a first! Living here we are usually spoiled with great weather year round, so on bad weather days, we get to challenge ourselves even more to capture some great pictures.

Monette and Erick are very sweet together. In fact the whole bridal party were just really nice and we enjoyed photographing them. After the ceremony we headed downtown to the Disney Concert Hall in hopes of grabbing some pictures if we got a break in the rain. We waited for a mere drizzle and began taking pictures fast before the next set of clouds.

Monette and Erick had a great crew of vendors working the wedding. For starters, one of my favorite Videographers, Daniel Boswell, owner of  Imagique. He brings videography to a whole new level. It’s truly wedding cinematography.  He does “same day edits ” where he shows edited footage with music from the actual wedding day to the guests while dinner is being served. It’s truly incredible. And each time I see him play these slideshows, the brides are in tears! A big thanks to the coordinators from A Classic Celebration who were wonderful helping us throughout the day. And last but certainly not least was the infamous DJ ZAN from Awesome Entertainment. He too is just one of my favorites and guarantees to rock the house!

Here is a preview of the album we have laid out for them.

Universal Sheraton
333 Universal Hollywood Drive
Universal City, CA 91608
(818) 754-5879

A Classic Celebration- Wedding Coordination
Christina Cucueco (626) 429-3682

Imagique- Daniel Boswell
(714) 321-9772
http://www.danielboswell.com

Contact Me: info@chrisschmittphotography.com
805.222.5064
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Sherwood Country Club Wedding|Ryan and Megan

We were back last week at the prestigious Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks. I love photographing weddings here because the setting is very sophisticated and has a “back east” feel to it. The tall white columns, brick clubhouse and grounds are all perfectly manicured and gorgeous.

Speaking of gorgeous… we had yet another beautiful bride Megan, who despite a mostly rainy day, kept a positive attitude and married her marine Ryan. I really enjoyed photographing these guys engagement session in Santa Monica. I knew from that day that Megan could and would “work it” for the camera. And they were great. We ran outside for 10 minutes while we had a break in the rain to get some fun shots..jumped in the wet golf carts and made the best of a rainy mess. But as you can see from the pics, they were in great spirits.

I was really touched by Ryan’s toast to Megan. I don’t want to sound judgmental, but it just wasn’t the kind of toast you’d expect to hear from a United States Marine. It was so heartfelt, sensitive and real. Hey, I’m man enough to admit that I still get choked up at most every wedding and Ryan, all I can say is ” I love you man!”

The beautiful flowers were provided by Jackie Combs , weeding coordination by Briana Folkes and Videography by one of my favorite guys in the biz, “the Feev” at imemory films.

Sherwood Country Club

320 W Stafford Rd
Westlake Village, CA 91361
(805) 373-6884

Contact Chris Schmitt Photography – 805.222.6064

The killer album we have put together is here:

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Bloomingdales Bridal Show|Los Angeles

Please Join us this Sunday at Bloomingdales in Century City where they will be hosting their annual Spring bridal show. We are excited to be their preferred photographer for a 2nd year now and hope to see you there. It’s from 11-2 on the 3rd floor.

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The Great Outdoors Engagement Session|Corrinne + Rudy

We just did a really cool engagement session with Corinne and Rudy and their two gorgeous Husky’s. We drove out to Vasquez Rocks which has long been a popular filming location for a lot of the old westerns. These guys had great chemistry and were a lot of fun to photograph. Their dogs were so excited to be out of the car and wanted to run around so badly!

A quick note to photographers..If you bring an assistant, you will need a permit. I brought my new assistant Dida with me to show her the ropes on how I photograph an engagement session and you would think I had committed a felony based on the ranger’s reaction to me not having a permit! Gotta love LA. I would think people who work in nature would be more kind and tree-hugger like. ;  )

But it was worth getting yelled at because Dida got a few of my favorite pictures from the shoot..see below.

Beautiful Location

I loved their chemistry!

So much about taking a good picture is really about having a good eye and I love this picture that Dida captured above.

Another great picture from Dida. It’s simple, but very sweet.

I love this one too! Great job Dida!

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What to give the guy who has everything?

A BD session of course! Budoir Sessions are a hot sexy gift to give any guy for Valentines, Anniversary,Birthday, Holidays and of course for your Wedding Present! Most couples exchange gifts nowadays on their wedding day and this is one gift that will have him wrapped around your little finger!

We design a really sophisticated fine-art Italian Leather Album of favorite pics from the photoshooot, and I haven’t heard of a guy yet who complained about getting this gift from their girl!

Our Valentines Promo ends at the end of the month. You save 25% on the photoshoot with album when you book this month and you have 6 months to schedule your session.

Email me for more details: info@chrisschmittphotography.com

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