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El Matador Beach Trash The Dress | Maria & Nick

ashleightaylorphotography — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 03:59:14 +0000

Last weekend I got the amazing opportunity to photograph a beautiful couple on a beautiful SoCal day in a beautiful setting. Pinch me! I LOVE my life!!!! Maria & Nick attended Zoe & Nima’s wedding and that’s how they found me! I love that!!!

Maria is from Argentina and Nick is from Turkey, so when they married stateside so far from both their families, they chose to just have a low-key courthouse ceremony. And that meant they never got any wedding photos. So I was thrilled to hear that they fell in love with Zoe & Nima’s wedding images and they wanted me to capture some anniversary images for them! It may be several years late, but now Maria & Nick have some GORGEOUS wedding photos they can proudly display and share! And that makes me so happy!!!

Maria & Nick chose to do their session at El Matador Beach in Malibu! The location fit them perfectly– relaxed, natural, warm, beautiful. I am just in love with the photos!! And I’m also in love with Maria & Nick! They were so sweet, so interesting, and so much fun to hang out with!!! I’m telling you this session was everything I love about my job and more!! And now… the pictures…

We started the session on the bluffs above the beach…

These two worked it out like super models and did it SO effortlessly! I’m gonna say it has to do with their innate international flair!

That light! Swoon!!!!

I love this photo! It really shows how much FUN these two have together!

Laughter and Love are my favorite.

Love the warm sunset light!!!!

Maria, you are adorable!!!!

GORGEOUS!

Awwww….I just loooove this one! All the pretty colors!

The sunset looks good on Maria & Nick!!

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Lani Kai Beach, Oahu Hawaii Trash The Dress | Vanessa + Pat | Part 2

ashleightaylorphotography — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 17:00:50 +0000

Here is part two of Vanessa and Pat’s Hawaii Trash The Dress session! I think this is the part everyone has been waiting for…when Vanessa jumps in the ocean in her wedding dress! LOVE! You might think it’s kinda scary or sad to trash your dress but I gotta say, Vanessa and Pat had a ton of fun with it! Vanessa was smiling and laughing and loving being in the warm waters of Lani Kai Beach! She was having so much fun, in fact, that I was totally jealous. If I’d had my wedding dress, I definitely would have jumped in right beside her!!! Really, I would have!! It looked THAT fun and liberating! Just see for yourself!

We trashed the dress little by little. First, they walked on the shoreline as the water lapped up on their feet.

A little bit of fun dancing…

And then BAM! Water! In wedding clothes!! Fabulous!!! See what I mean about fun and liberating?!

My favorite thing about Lani Kai beach is the two little islands, known as the Mokuluas, that are off in the distance. The islands are so beautiful and make you feel like you are in a completely different world!! Put a gorgeous couple in front of the Mokuluas and I am in photographer heaven! See?!

Vanessa worked it in the water like nobody’s business! Fierce, I tell you! FIERCE!

Trashing the dress doesn’t have to only mean being in the water you know! Not at all! For example, you can get sexy in the sand!

REAL sexy!!!

Oh. Em. Gee. I am in total love with the fabulousness here. The sky! The light! The water! The most gorgeous and ferosh couple ever! Love. Love. LOVE!

And back in the water! ‘Cause, really, being in the water is SO FUN!

Work it out you two! Work it oooooouuutttttt!

I love this!!

This shot was the PERFECT way to end the session! I just LOVE it!

If you want to see more Vanessa and Pat check out this SLIDE SHOW below!!!

Vanessa and Pat — thank you so much for allowing me to capture your love and for having fun with me in Hawaii! I had a blast with you two! You guys are so fun to be around! And Vanessa, thanks for being willing to jump in the ocean in your wedding dress. You totally inspired me and I hope you love the images we created!!! xoxo – Ashleigh

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Lani Kai Beach, Oahu Hawaii Trash The Dress | Vanessa + Pat | Part 1

ashleightaylorphotography — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 19:40:57 +0000

When I found out I was going to be in Hawaii this summer, I just KNEW I had to set up a photo shoot there. Specifically on Lani Kai Beach in Kailua, because seriously? It is one of my most favoritest beaches ever. In the whole entire world. Lani Kai is just one of those magic places to me. The kind of place that defines paradise!

My fab photog friend Pinky agreed to shoot with me, and being a Oahu local, made all the arrangements! She got her good friends Vanessa and Pat to model for us! Vanessa and Pat have been married for eight years! So this kind of worked out to be an anniversary session for them!!

What struck me the most about Vanessa and Pat was that they acted like newlyweds all day. They were in young, puppy-love!! I love that they were having so much fun together, and how Pat can make Vanessa laugh so easily! And I loved that these two were in their own little world and pranced on the beach like it was just the two of them! I really couldn’t have asked for a more perfect couple to photograph on the most perfect beach. It was truly an incredible experience and I am just in love with how the photos turned out!

So in love that I will be posting more from their session later this week! So stay tuned for that! But for now, please check out round one of Vanessa and Pat’s Mr. and Mrs. session on Lani Kai!

We started the session off on the sand. We wanted to work our way up to getting them in the water! So first they rocked it out on the dry parts of the beach! hehe

Vanessa has the best laugh!! Her face totally lights up and it’s totally contagious! When she starts laughing, everything gets brighter! Love it!

Aughhhh! Vanessa! You are GORGEOUS!

I love how these two can just let loose and be themselves in front of the camera!

Vibrant. Fabulous and Fierce. Totally my style. Totally in LOVE!

Pat you are pretty handsome yourself!!

Vanessa! Work it out mama!!! You are so stunning!!! Pat is a lucky man!!

There’s that laugh again! This photo is so fun and joyful! I just love it!!

Ahhh! That light!!! Swoon!!!!

Aren’t these two just gorgeous?! Stay tuned later this week for Part 2 of this session! You will see how Vanessa TOTALLY trashed her dress! It was pretty amazing!!! You don’t wanna miss it!!

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TRASH THE DRESS/ Mr. & Mrs. :: Czrena & Mihn

ashleightaylorphotography — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 05:45:27 +0000

I had an awesome time trashing the dress with Czrena & Mihn. This was kinda a combo trash the dress/Mr. & Mrs. session because Mihn wanted to be in some romantic shots, but he didn’t exactly want to trash his suit! It’s actually kind of funny to call this a “Mr. & Mrs.” session though, because technically Czrena & Mihn are still engaged! In fact, they haven’t even taken engagement pictures yet! I think its fantastic that they decided to go about things a little differently– I mean wouldn’t it be cool if they displayed some “wedding” photos of themselves at their reception? I think these photos could make a great guestbook, or even table numbers!

The other fabulous thing about this shoot was that Czrena was up for anything! We went down to the Ballona Creek bike path, up to a playground, and then into a water fountain! Yep, we pretty much covered our bases. And the results? Well just take a look…

Also– special thanks to Susie Chhuor for doing Czrena’s hair & make up! Susie does fabulous work! Check her out asap!