LOS ANGELES WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER – RUSTIN MICHAEL BLOG

Last Saturday I had the pleasure of shooting Dylan & Christine’s wedding day! The weather was amazing and so was the light! You might remember Dylan and Christine’s engagement session I posted on my blog late last year. I had so much fun shooting this awesome couple at Paramount Studios last year I knew that their wedding was going to be amazing!! There are so many amazing images from Dylan & Christine’s wedding day that I couldn’t post them all here on my blog!

Here are some of the amazing people that helped Dylan & Christine’s wedding day go so smoothly!!
Bride’s preparation – The Redbury Hotel
Ceremony Venue – Wilshire United Methodist Church
Reception Venue – Castaway Burbank
Wedding Coordinator – Purple Meadows Events
Cake – Cakery Bakery
Flowers – Flowers By Leah
Shoes – custom handmade shoes by Shoe Lab
Dress – Ines Di Santo gown from Lovella Bridal by Ines Di Santo
DJ – Heartbeat DJ
Videographer – Mission Visual
Photographer – Rustin Michael
Assistant/2nd Photographer – the amazing Danny Mendoza!!!

The day started off at the gorgeous Redbury Hotel with Christine and her girls getting ready.

Christine is a very talented make-up artist who has helped many of brides look amazing on their wedding day, so it makes sense she would handle her make-up herself.

After some shots of Christine getting ready I captured some of Christine’s details from the wedding day.

Christine’s wedding shoes are one-of-a-kind hand crafted from scratch by her father!!

Christine helping her mother get ready for the big day!

I love these next ones of Christine getting help with her dress

Who better to help Christine with her shoes that the man who made them!

We had a few minutes after Christine was ready before the limo arrived to grab a couple portraits in one of the hallways of the Redbury Hotel. I just wish we had more time!

After arriving at Wilshire United Methodist Dylan & Christine did a “first look” and then we shot photos of them together in front of the church. Here are some of my favorites!

Dylan & Christine’s dog Cappy was all dressed to be the ring bearer.

Dylan and Christine broke tradition a little. Dylan and his “guys”!

Christine and her “girls”!

Here are the more traditional groupings! I think it’s great they didn’t let tradition determine who they chose to stand with them on this special day!

The whole wedding party!

Now for the ceremony! Christine’s dad walking her down the aisle

I LOVE the next 4 photos in the sequence!

I love the way Christine was looking at her soon to be husband at the start of the ceremony!

Christine putting a ring on Dylan

I love their reactions after the ring being placed!

The first kiss!

The announcement!

Just married!!

Some details at Castaway in Burbank

Just before their grand entrance we were able to capture the last bit of sun before it went behind the mountain.

The grand entrance!!

The party started immediately!

The first dance was a little more exciting than typical after Dylan and Christine attended dance lessons

Christine’s dad giving a toast

Christine and her dad also had some fun with the Father/Daughter dance!

A few more from the rocking reception!

Once the light was gone Danny helped me create some of our own!

Last Friday I was blessed to be able to capture Sonia & Sean’s beautiful wedding at the lovely Bel Air Bay Club. When I arrived at the Bel Air Bay Club, which overlooks the Pacific Ocean, it looked like it was going to be a beautiful day and hopefully it would include an amazing sunset. Sadly though, the sunny skies slowly became blocked by the marine layer just like their engagement session, but that didn’t make Sonia & Sean’s wedding day any less amazing.

Here are some of the amazing people that helped Sonia & Sean’s wedding day go so smoothly
Venue – Bel Air Bay Club
Wedding Coordinator – Demaray Events
Cake – Hansen’s Cakes
Flowers – Jen K Floral Design
DJ – Special Occasions DJ and Lighting
Photographer – Rustin Michael
2nd Photographer – Drew Clayton

Keep reading below for some of my favorites from the day and a few photos from Sonia & Sean’s after party on Sunday night in which the sun finally made an appearance!

The day started off with us capturing Sonia getting ready along with some shots of her amazing details.

I loved Sonia’s gorgeous light pink Monique Lhuillier wedding gown!

Some very stylish Jimmy Choo shoes

Rings from Tiffany and Da Beers

A beautiful arrangement by Jen K Floral Design

And now back to Sonia getting ready

Sonia & Sean decided to do a first look so we could shoot the family photos before the ceremony. Here are a few great moment from their first look.

I love these next 2 by Drew

I captured Sean’s expression when we first saw his bride.

Love this photo by Drew

I also love this one I captured

Sean and his guys

Sonia and her girls

A couple individual portraits before the ceremony.

Sonia’s dad walking her down the aisle

Drew captured this photo of Sean waiting for Sonia to come down the aisle

The wedding party after the ceremony.

Some photos of the new couple!

Two from the grand entrance.

The first dance

Some toasts

Some reception details. This first shot and the two foods shots are by Drew

Two more photos of Sonia & Sean before ending the night.

These next couple photos are from the after part Sonia’s dad threw for them on the Sunday following the wedding. The event was held at the Diamond Bar Center. As you can see, the sun finally did make an appearance for them!