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Saturday, March 26, 2011

Redondo Beach Historic Library | Redondo Beach Wedding Video

Here's a really cute video highlight reel from Lisa and Matt's Redondo Beach wedding from last summer. The wedding was held at the Historic Redondo Beach library, a wonderful venue overlooking the fabulous Strand and the ocean waves. Video by David Medill for Graham & Graham Photography.

Monday, March 21, 2011

Manhattan Beach Neptunian Women's Club Bat Mitzvah party

We last saw Debra when she was at the Congregation Tikvat Jacob bima for her Manhattan Beach Bat Mitzvah. Later on, we met her at the Neptunian Women's Club of Manhattan Beach for her dance-filled Bat Mitzvah party. Before the reception got under way, we escorted her two blocks down the street to the Manhattan Beach Strand, for this sunset shot by the Pier. Photographs by Sam Graham.



Sunday, March 13, 2011

Manhattan Beach Corporate Headshots | MIB Insurance

The folks at Media Insurance Services in Manhattan Beach had us over the other morning to do Manhattan Beach corporate headshots of all the staffers, hauling over our blue backdrop paper, Alien Bees and light and backdrop stands. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="600" caption="Headshots of Media Insurance Services"]Manhattan Beach Media Insurance Services[/caption]
We love the results, and so did they. Jemelia, from MIB, called us "awesome" on Citysearch!

Manhattan Beach Bat Mitzvah | Congregation Tikvat Jacob

Debra was called to the torah at Manhattan Beach's Congregation Tikvat Jacob Saturday. CTJ is our local temple, and in the small world department, Debra's cousin Sarah was our second Bat Mitzvah shoot as Graham & Graham Photography, back in 2004. CTJ is where her mom works as a teacher, and where Sam Graham, the photographer here, was a 1999 Bar Mitzvah. The party was held at Manhattan Beach's Neptunian Women's Club downtown.

Debra at CTJ by Sam Graham

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Debra at CTJ
Debra at CTJ Manhattan Beach

Thursday, March 10, 2011

Pacific Palisades Bar Mitzvah | Kehillat Israel

Last Saturday was no. 5 for us in 2011 at Kehillat Israel in Pacific Palisades, the reconstructionist temple blocks from the village, and this weekend it was Benicio's turn at the bima. Here's a fun video montage we put together of highlights from the service and party.

Monday, March 07, 2011

Manhattan Beach Family Portraits

We'll never forget Ruth and Shane. They were (are) one of our favorite couples of all time, and we had a ball and lots of laughs photographing their wedding in 2007.
So it was a huge thrill when Ruth called and asked us to shoot some family and pregnancy shots of her and the gang, as they prepare for baby #2.


We started the Manhattan Beach family portrait session at their home in the South Bay, before heading down to the Manhattan Beach Pier on a glorious, sunny Saturday morning.


We kept asking Max to give us a big smile--these aren't funny faces he was making at us, but the poor kid trying to do his best and give us a smile.

Finally--success!