Katie and Evan had a small, intimate wedding for friends and family on a bluff overlooking Paradise Cove in Malibu, California. They are Los Angeles area natives but now live in Chicago so this was a great location to celebrate their marriage. Friends and family stayed at the Malibu Country Inn  and that’s where the bride and groom got ready as well. If you’d like to see the whole gallery and you know Katie’s maiden name, click here to view all of their wedding photos.

The girls get ready before the wedding at Malibu Country Inn. Katie’s reading my notes
about wedding day planning. I told her it was too late for that!

The Dress

The Rings

 

The Booze and the Boy

Fierce!

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Sweet

Pretty Bouquet

Groomsmen Gifts

Boutonnieres is a difficult word to spell correctly.

I asked the Coast Guard to do a fly-by.

Smoochie!

Evan was really thinking about it …

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The future’s so bright, they gotta wear …

There are some other photos from under the pier but this is a PG blog.

Wedding details are always nice.

My camera’s lens hood malfunctioned when I took this photo–but I kind of
liked the effect. Besides, I’m sure the bride’s mother got the shot anyway!

Now where is the bride’s left hand?

Uncle "Bob" with his camera …

I never tilt photos because I hate tilted photos. But this one time I’m going to post one on my blog. It was
the only way I could have the bride’s mom, the groom’s grandmother, and the ring bearer in a single frame.

 

Daddy’s little girl.

The setting was pretty spectacular. I’m really surprised that more brides don’t know about this awesome wedding venue!

Oh yeah!

I can’t remember the last time I saw a groom bustle a dress.

I love this photo mostly because of the Fonz (who was standing to my left).

 

For some reason, they liked to kiss an awful lot. But who am I to judge?

Unlike Jennifer Anniston in Office Space, I love good flair! [sic]

Last week I had the pleasure of photographing Rebecca and Juan’s engagement session in Malibu. We started the morning at the Malibu Beach Inn which is where Juan proposed.  We then walked a few hundred yards down the beach to the Malibu Beach Pier. I tried to get them to grab a pole and catch a few fish, but they claimed that photos were probably a better idea. After the pier, we drove up the Pacific Coast Highway a few miles to another beach where we grabbed just a few photos to finish our session.

 

Since I got to Malibu a few minutes early, I snapped this peaceful photo of the Malibu Beach Pier.

 

Rebecca and Juan’s wedding is in South Carolina next summer so they wanted a summery feel
to their photos–even though it was about 55 degrees when we started shooting.

♪ ♫   Blue skies … smiling at me …   ♪ ♫

I didn’t have to provide much coaxing to get these guys to kiss — with passion no less!

This reminds me of the silhouette project I did in
the 2nd grade. But that’s a story for another day.

See! I told you it was 55 degrees!

We should have gone inside the cafe for some coffee. But we didn’t.

 

The beauty of a steel cargo container is never lost on me.

The Malibu Beach Inn has a cool front door.
Especially when pretty people stand in front of it.

Malibu Beach Inn – Carbon Beach

The Traditional Portrait

Malibu Beach. Wheeeee ….

This is called hoe he’e nalu — or if you’re a haole it’s called stand up paddle surfing.