December 1st, 2022:
This one is personal (although, to be fair, all my clients feel personal), Craig is my youngest cousin and I have known him his entire life, so it was a huge privilege to be able to photograph his big day with Bethie surrounded by our family and friends. I trust you two are having an killer time in New Zealand and I can’t wait to see what your future brings!
October 21, 2022:
I knew when I first met Milan and Olga that their wedding would be one big party. After all, both the Indians and Russians are known to celebrate marriage unions over several days!
Here in California, Milan and Olga held a beautiful backyard wedding in Chatsworth that went on for two days, boasting a party quotient that could have easily rivalled any multi-day ethnic wedding!
Thanks Aishia for helping me out with this one!
October 3, 2022:
Wayfarers Chapel began as a dream in the 1920s, for a small and exquisite chapel to provide a meditative and spiritual shelter for wayfarers to rest on a hillside above the Pacific Ocean. How fitting is it that these days, it also fulfils the dreams of so many couples.
Greg and Anna wed in an intimate backyard reception, surrounded only by their closest of family and friends. It was a beautiful ceremony.
Congratulations, both!
September 14th, 2022:
I could almost have forgotten I was back at work last weekend, when Jamie and David held their wedding at the beautiful Stonewall Ranch Malibu. You’d have read in my earlier post that they’re a rare car-free couple in L.A. Upping their cool factor, I learnt that they met all the way in Ghana while on study abroad 12 years ago! The stars have really aligned for this lovely couple.
Congratulations, Jamie and David, and thanks for making my first post-vacay photography session such a great one!
August 28, 2022:
I love photographing couples at the Griffith Observatory because more often than not, they have a keen interest in the cosmos, which makes them really cool to me. David and Jamie, however, are cooler than that — they’re possibly the only car-free couple I know in L.A.!
We enjoyed chatting about their choice of lifestyle, which has taken them on fantastic cycling and hiking journeys. Photos of those next, perhaps?
August 16, 2022:
Benita and Derek found a lovely venue right in the heart of West Hollywood — tucked just minutes away from the famed Sunset Strip — for an intimate wedding celebrated with the closest of family and friends.
What did that mean? We got the best of both worlds — energetic city AND verdant landscapes.
Congratulations, Benita and Derek!
August 10, 2022:
It’s been almost a decade since Robert Paetz Photography did its first astro photography shoot, but these sessions (and the resulting photos) continue to amaze my clients and me. No matter how many times I shoot out in the desert in the middle of the night, the beauty of the Milky Way continues to astound me. Immemorializing it through photography is my way of helping my clients create lasting memories.
I love that Saidah and Ross chose to have their photos taken in Joshua Tree National Park. Its iconic terrain, dotted with bristled, resilient Joshua trees, made for a stunning and symbolic backdrop.
August 2nd, 2022:
Two years after we first discussed their wedding, JoBeth and Kevin proved that time does nothing to dilute unadulterated joy. If anything, it only intensifies the pleasure of reunion!
We had Phoebe — JoBeth and Kevin’s newborn daughter — join us at their beautiful oceanfront wedding at the Sea Cliff Garden Inn. Blessed with gorgeous weather and blue skies, we HAD to take a couple of snaps in the scenic forest surrounding the inn.
I hear that there’s breathtaking nature — lakes, rainforests, beaches — anything from 20 minutes to 2 hours away from the inn. If anyone is venue shopping, this is one to shortlist!
Congratulations, JoBeth and Kevin!
July 25th, 2022:
Amanda + Sami had one of the biggest wedding days of my season at Eden Gardens! Their Persian celebration was complete with SO MUCH DANCING, singing, laughing and then more dancing that my feet where grumbling at the end of the day; but SO worth it!
Congrats you both!
July 15th, 2022:
It took two extra years because of multiple waves covid, but on the third try we finally found a date for Brittany + Alex to celebrate their wedding! They were joined by all their family and even their 4 month old son, Evander! I couldn’t have asked for better people to nerd out with about comics and Dungeons+Dragons! Congrats to you both!
