Backyard Weddings A Guide for Brides

Southern California is one of few states where a bride and groom can host an outdoor wedding, all year long. And in this economy, you are seeing more and more couples tying the knot at outdoor wedding venues, especially in the backyards of friends and family where the cost for the use of the venue is practically free. However, to pull off a backyard wedding takes a little more time and planning on the couple’s...

Wedding Photography at Alta Dena Town and Country Club

The Alta Dena Town and Country Club is perhaps one of the more elegant and romantic spots in the San Gabriel Valley to capture wedding photos. A picturesque country club that has a hint of an English Garden influence has well manicured landscapes that provide excellent photographic opportunities. Couples can enjoy both out door garden as well as indoor romantic weddings. The grounds at Alta Dena Town and Country...

Photographers Check List For Brides

There are plenty of “must have” wedding day photo checklists floating around on the Internet. We at Southern California Wedding Photography wanted to provide our readers with a more unique version of the wedding photography checklist. That’s why we developed the “Photographers Checklist For Brides.” The “Photographers Checklist For Brides” is a run down of items the bride will need for her wedding...

Wedding Photography At Etiwanda Gardens

Both captivating and quaint, Etiwanda Gardens in Rancho Cucamonga, California offers several nice spots on its premises, both outdoors as well as indoors, to capture your wedding photography.  In addition, they allow couples who are getting married at the center to have their engagement photography taken at the facility with the couples’ wedding/engagement photographer. Originally built as a Buddhist center,...

10 Wedding Day Photography Tips for Brides

Being a photographer who captures weddings as part of my specialty, I have worked with many brides over the years. There are certain things I do to get myself prepared for every wedding, like check my equipment, charge camera batteries, and get plenty of rest the night before the big day; but, what about the bride? What does she do to prepare herself for the most important photos of her life? Below is a list of...

Wedding Photography at Ponte Winery in Temecula, California

Ponte Winery, located in the heart of the Temecula Valley in Southern California offers some excellent scenery when it comes to capturing wedding photography. Unlike many other wineries in the Temecula Valley, Ponte, offers easy access to it’s vineyards; brides don’t have to be shuttled to and from the vineyards in a golf cart nor are there any hills to for them to climb in order to get to a picturesque spot....

Orange County Engagement Photography Location – Heisler Park

With over 2700 miles of coastline along the California Coast, couples and photographers are bound to find great locations to photograph their engagement pictures. One particular beach in California, which is ideal for engagement as well as wedding photography, is located in Southern California; Orange County to be exact. Heisler Park, in Laguna Beach is perhaps one of the most favored spots in SoCal for...

7 Tips for Hiring a Professional Wedding Photographer

I know what you’re saying, “Not another article on how to higher a wedding photographer”; and I would respond, “This is no ordinary list of tips on hiring a professional wedding photographer.” You see, most of these lists you read online are rehashed articles and are written by some writer trying to fill content on their wedding directory website or blog. As a matter of fact, these articles may have been...