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As a kid I loved looking at my parents’ wedding album—a faux wood finished ringed album with rounded edge photos stuck down with a plastic sheet covering them. In the back of that album is this yellowed piece of paper covered front and back with my dad’s near illegible left handed handwriting. Looking closer at […]

“In 1982, he left NASA, sold all of his belongings, and moved to Italy to study classic Renaissance art” Ofcourse! It is completely normal to leave a steady and prestigious carear for the sake of art. Well this man… a man named Kurt Wenner decided to do just that. Wenner invented an art form, now known […]

Yesterday I posted some of my favorite photos from Jess and Mark’s incredible destination wedding in Mexico, and today I’m sharing a few of my favorites of their Los Angeles reception held at the historic Bel Air Bay Club in Pacific Palisades. It was so glamorous and fun! Photos by the incredibly talented and sweet […]

As promised, some of my favorite photos of Jess & Mark’s wedding at the Rosewood Mayakoba in Playa del Carmen, Mexico! Photos by the wonderful, sweet, and talented Elizabeth Medina. Oh, and that pretty bridesmaid on the left? That’s the fabulous wedding photographer Christine Chang who got to take the weekend off to celebrate with […]

So remember a few months ago when Nira and I blogged behind the scenes of a destination wedding we did at the Rosewood Mayakoba in Playa del Carmen,  Mexico? Well, not only did we flawlessly execute that gorgeous wedding, but we turned around and flew back to Los Angeles to produce Mark & Jessica’s wedding […]

When Danny and Katy began telling about their interviews with potential photographers they, like any couple were looking for a good connection, talent, and reasonable price packaging. However, it was when I heard about their save the date revelation that made me super excited for them! These photographers gave some great advice! Danny and Katy […]

The Amber Events internet world has undergone some cosmetic work (it is LA, after all) and is looking spiffy and shiny and new. Nira and I needed some new spiffy, shiny, photos to go along with this new pretty, so today I’m sharing some of my favorite shots from our shoot with the insanely talented […]

Yesterday we featured some pretty photos of Jaci & Nick’s Saddlerock Ranch wedding that was featured on Style Me Pretty, and today we have a few answers to share from their post wedding survey. Thank you, Jacki & Nick! You were a joy to work with! Photos by Picotte Weddings What was the best part […]

Jaci and Nick were such a lovely couple to work with! Their August wedding at Saddlerock Ranch was blessed with beautiful weather, happy friends and family, utterly romantic decor, and a great team of vendors making the magic happen.  Below are just a few photos of the day, but I’m excited to say that it […]