I need help finding a photographer.

Need help finding a wedding photo shoot location!?

• need help finding a location for the photography at my wedding to take pictures! We wanted to do it at the beach, but the sun won't set until later on and my photographer is strongly advising me to not do the beach when the sun is so high! I guess it makes sense since we'll all be squinting and maybe even sweating, and it will get rather dirty. Does anyone know of any good locations for pictures? Nicely architected buildings make good pictures as well. Or gardens? Anything not too far from Anaheim, CA. Maybe max 30 min away. HELP!! ??

• Answer:

  There are tons of parks in California if you want outdoor photos. Lakes, parks, botanical gardens. You could also consider a place that merely has pretty architecture. A friend of mine went to a school nearby b/c they had stone archways. She had a lot of pictures in the doorway and the stonework looked amazing. Fountains, gazebos. A local neighborhood to me has a wooden bridge that goes over the marsh. A place in Myrtle Beach has the same. Bridges to take you from one side of the shopping center to the next but as it's marsh/swamp there, they have bridges. It makes great pictures with the rustic wood and the swamp so it looks like no one is around you. Neighborhoods (especially really expensive ones) often have landscaping that is simply gorgeous. Wrought iron gates, flowers, and brick signs. Your photographer will just angle you or zoom in so that the sign's name isn't in the picture. Other than that, she can photoshop out anything in touch ups later. You can always do a bridal shoot on the beach at another day to get your beach scenes in. Just drive around a bit and remember it's not the look of the entire place but merely the look of certain places up close. You would just be surrounded by this one arch, fountain, or flowers--so even if the whole place is a bit cheesy or whatever, it will still look great when you are zooming in. Perhaps take your camera so you can get 7-8 pictures of settings.