Los Angeles
Wedding Photographer
Cinematic, magazine-worthy weddings — shot on Leica, Hasselblad & other film cameras.
Lulan Studio
Lulan Studio is an award-winning Los Angeles wedding photographer working out of a studio on South Main Street in the historic core downtown. We shoot a hybrid of 35mm and medium-format film alongside digital, and we have covered weddings in nearly every corner of this county — a rooftop in the Financial District, a ranch over the 101, a temple in the Santa Monica Mountains, a chapel on the Palos Verdes cliffs.
Why we still shoot film in LA
Los Angeles light is unusually kind to film. The haze that rolls in off the Pacific softens the late sun, and film holds that glow the way digital sensors flatten it — warm highlights that roll off instead of clipping, skin that stays skin. We run both formats side by side all day, so you get the depth of analog with a digital backup on every frame that matters.
Our film approach
Recent Los Angeles weddings
Real weddings photographed across Los Angeles County, from downtown ballrooms to canyon estates. Click any frame to open it full-screen.
Find your look
Art deco downtown, beach clubs on the Westside, garden estates in Pasadena, canyon ranches in the valleys — choose the look you are drawn to and see the venues and galleries that match it.
Venues we love in LA
A handful of favorites from the Los Angeles venues we have documented most often. Swipe through, then open any one for the full location guide.
Fluent in every tradition
Los Angeles is the most culturally varied wedding city in the country, and our calendar reflects it — a Persian Sofreh Aghd in Beverly Hills, a Baraat arriving at the Malibu Hindu Temple, a Chinese tea ceremony at dawn in the San Gabriel Valley, a Nigerian introduction in Inglewood. We have photographed all of it, and we know where each moment needs us to be standing.
Courthouse and city hall weddings
Not every Los Angeles wedding is a three-hundred-guest venue, and we cover the small ones with the same team and the same edit. Both LA County buildings below have their own page — the photography rules, the guest limits, the best hour of light and the portrait route once the ceremony is over. Marrying further out? The courthouses are on our Orange County and Santa Barbara pages.
Recent reviews from Los Angeles weddings
Three hundred and fifty-plus five-star reviews, from the first inquiry through to the finished album.
The experience
Planned properly and quietly run, so the day belongs to you rather than to your vendors.
Say hello
Tell us your date and venue. We will confirm availability and talk you through collections, film options and coverage length.
Plan together
We build the timeline backwards from sunset, then work around LA traffic, your venue's access rules and any cultural ceremonies.
Your wedding
Two formats, minimal direction. We stay out of the way and let the day happen, stepping in only when it genuinely helps.
Your gallery
A hand-edited gallery in four to eight weeks, plus albums and prints made to be handled rather than filed away.
Areas we serve
A wedding day in Los Angeles, hour by hour
Most Los Angeles weddings we photograph settle into one of three shapes. These are drawn from real days, with times rounded and blended, and they are a starting point to adapt with your planner rather than a fixed schedule.
Church ceremony, then a hotel or estate reception
- 12:30 PMCoverage begins at the hotel. Details, final hair and makeup, getting into dress and suit.
- 2:15 PMTravel to the church. Guests arriving and the church interior photographed before the service.
- 3:00 PMCeremony. Many parishes set where photographers may stand, so we confirm the rules in advance.
- 4:00 PMFamily formals at the church, then wedding party photographs outside.
- 4:45 PMDrive to the reception. Couple portraits in the lobby, ballroom or gardens before guests arrive.
- 5:30 PMCocktail hour, with the reception room photographed while it is still empty.
- 6:30 PMGrand entrance, dinner and toasts.
- 7:30 PMFirst dance, parent dances and cake cutting.
- 9:00 PMOpen dancing, then coverage concludes.
Everything at one venue, with a first look
- 12:30 PMCoverage begins. Details, final hair and makeup, getting dressed at the venue or a hotel nearby.
- 2:00 PMFirst look, then couple portraits and wedding party photographs.
- 3:00 PMFamily formals, finished before guests begin to arrive.
- 3:30 PMGuests arrive. Ceremony setup and decor photographed.
- 4:00 PMCeremony.
- 4:30 PMCocktail hour. With portraits already done, you can spend it with your guests.
- 5:45 PMGrand entrance, welcome, dinner and toasts.
- 7:00 PMFirst dance, parent dances, cake cutting and open dancing.
- 8:30 PMA send-off or a last set of night portraits, then coverage concludes.
Evening ceremony, shorter day
- 3:00 PMCoverage begins with final touches and getting ready, often at a hotel close to the venue.
- 4:15 PMFirst look and couple portraits while the light is still soft.
- 5:00 PMGuests arrive. Ceremony space and details photographed.
- 5:30 PMCeremony.
- 6:00 PMCocktail hour. Family photographs are finished here.
- 7:00 PMReception. Entrance, dinner, toasts and first dance.
- 9:00 PMCoverage concludes, with the party continuing without us.
What shapes a wedding day in Los Angeles
A few things that change how a Los Angeles day is planned, drawn from the weddings we photograph across the county.
Venues where we have photographed weddings in Los Angeles
Each of these has its own guide, with sample timelines and what we know about photographing there.
Frequently asked questions
Photo + video from one team. Our videographers work alongside the photographers all day — one timeline, one point of contact, films delivered in 8–12 weeks. See our Los Angeles wedding videographer page.
Schedule a consultation
Peak Saturdays in Los Angeles book close to a year out, and October fills first. Send us your date and we will reply within a day.
Schedule a callLos Angeles wedding venues and locations we know well
Los Angeles is really a dozen wedding markets stacked on top of each other, and the venue you choose sets the whole tone of the photographs. Not all of them are venues at all — plenty of our couples marry at the Los Angeles courthouse or at Pasadena City Hall and spend the rest of the afternoon on portraits. Downtown gives you the grand historic rooms — The Majestic Downtown with its marble columns, Vibiana inside a former cathedral, the Oviatt Penthouse and its rooftop garden, the Millennium Biltmore and Alexandria Ballrooms for gilded ballroom scale, and Union Station under the vaulted ticketing hall. West of there, Greystone Mansion in Beverly Hills and the Ebell of Los Angeles bring formal gardens and terraces, while The Fig House and El Cid in Highland Park and Silver Lake suit couples who want something looser and more design-led.
Head for the coast and the light changes entirely. Calamigos Ranch and Adamson House in Malibu, La Venta Inn and the Point Vicente Interpretive Center on the Palos Verdes headland, and the Queen Mary in Long Beach all give you ocean behind the ceremony and a hard sunset deadline worth planning around. Inland, Noor and the Storrier-Stearns Japanese Garden in Pasadena, Taglyan Complex in Hollywood and Hummingbird Nest Ranch in Simi Valley trade the marine layer for warmer, longer golden hours. If you are still choosing, our guide to the top wedding venues in Los Angeles is the best place to start. If you would rather start from the photographs, our Los Angeles wedding pictures page walks through what shapes a full gallery.