Liana & Mike: Part 2 of ?

Fri. April 24, 2009 | i do

On to part 2 of Liana & Mike's wedding! So after they saw each other for the first time, they scheduled a few hours for us to run around Santa Monica to shoot some portraits, like most good photographers would. (side note--Jeff is more traditional and does not want to see me before the wedding so we will not be doing this--more on that subject later).

Anyway, we all piled in the limo and cruised from Beverly Hills down to Santa Monica:

We then arrived at one of my favorite places in the world. You can't tell where it is from this photo, but I love it anyway:

Some of you may have guessed, it's the Viceroy-Santa Monica. It was decorated by my style icon, Kelly Wearstler. I love everything about this place--the decor, the rooms, the food---everything. I took all my branding inspiration from this hotel because it has the exact feel I wanted to give my business. When Liana told me that she and Mike had chosen it for their wedding night, I could not have been more stoked to shoot there!

We had such a great time--it's so fun!

I hope to incorporate plates like this into my decor when I eventually own a home:

Liana is affectionately known as "Liana Banana", so these yellow chairs were oh-so-appropriate:

Liana sure can work it like a model, especially for a photographer!

Mike's no slouch himself:

A little bit of a Marie Antoinette feeling bridal party photo:

Then a few more portraits in the lobby:

I swear, I could move in to this hotel and be perfectly happy:

I wanted to make a more etherial portrait of Liana:

Then we went down to Santa Monica Pier:

So hot:

Don't try to shoot here without a permit. You will get kicked out, like we did. Luckily, I shot and they twirled mid-kickout, so we still got these couple of shots:

Fun with cotton candy!

Everyone thought it was delicious:

Liana especially:

Looking beautiful:

Yup:

Next part coming up in a few days: the ceremony!

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