Garden Chapel Wedding Photography – Canoga Park – Torin & Anabel – 05/02/09

Last Saturday I headed up to the Valley to photograph Anabel & Torin’s wedding in Canoga Park. The ceremony and reception was held outside at the Garden Chapel. The weather forecast was calling for rain. I am happy to say that it held off all day for us, even though at some points the sky looked a little threatening. Blue skies even made an appearance as the day progressed. All in all it was a great day.

Anabel getting ready for her wedding day.

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The guys sharing a toast before heading across the street to the ceremony.

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Anabel finishing up getting ready.

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The girls in the bridal suite just before the ceremony.

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Anabel being walked down the aisle by her parents.

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I told you we got some blue skies.

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The first kiss

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Just married!

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The guys.

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Anabel made a beautiful bride

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Torin didn’t look too bad himself.

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A couple more portraits

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The reception had a mariachi band to entertain us before the dj took over for the night.

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Some toasts

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A shot from the first dance

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Some details from the day.

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Peter GarrMay 7, 2009 - 12:14 pm

very nice! i’ve driven by that chapel for years and have never shot there. everything looks great!

Hope in the City 2009 – Fashion Shoot

On Saturday I had the chance to participate in the fashion shoot for Mosaic’s “Hope in the City: The Other Side of the Tracks.” I was in charge of coordinating the photographers for the event this year. So when I sent out an invite to some friends asking for their time to give me a hand, I was pleased with the response. I was so happy to shoot with photographers with all different types of styles and skill levels. It was a great day for learning, teaching, encouraging, and networking for all involved. I didn’t get to shoot as much as last year, since I was managing all the photography going on. Plus the location I wanted to use was a little windy, to say the least, until the sun started setting. Make sure you read the bottom of this post for links to all the awesome photographers involved.

Just a few shots of the models getting ready. I am so thankful for my friends Lisa & Dan Soltis and them opening up their loft for us to use for staging and to shoot.

The rooftop at Lisa and Dan’s is pretty spectacular. I shot the whole time up there.

After the wind died down some I could use the section of the roof I really wanted to to use with a cool view of downtown LA.

These next two images were taken using a 1/2 second exposure.

Make sure you stop by the blogs listed below for more images from Saturday.
Solace Arts
Roberto Valenzuela
Brian Hamilton

The awesome photographers that gave up their Saturday to make this all possible.
Nicholas Sayaan
Brian Hamilton
Kolby Allen
Roberto Valenzuela
Joe Goger
Eric Tenorio

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[…] You can see images from previous Hope in the City shoots and shows at the links below. 2008 Shoot 2008 getting ready 1 2008 getting ready 2 2008 Show 2009 Shoot […]

LezlieApril 29, 2009 - 11:46 am

It was awesome shooting with you. I really love the pics! The background looks surreal.

Lezlie

Michael PApril 27, 2009 - 10:06 pm

Nice work as usual, you ridiculously talented mofo. 😉

[…] Rustin Michael Roberto Valenzuela […]

heather petreyApril 27, 2009 - 6:17 pm

Love your work, Rustin! Can’t wait to see the others!!

Peter GarrApril 27, 2009 - 5:40 pm

simply fantastic!

Cathy CervenyApril 27, 2009 - 5:28 pm

These shots are amazing! Wonderful talent!

David BurkeApril 27, 2009 - 5:23 pm

Awesome Bro! Hope you are doing well!

Hope in the City 2009

It was a very busy day today working with several photographers and models for the Hope in The City 2009 fashion shoot. Stay tuned later this week, for some of my favorite images from the shoot. You can see my post from the shoot last year here. Below is the background I had for the shoot today and the flyer for the upcoming show.

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