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jodi and matt

jen rau — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 08:05:18 +0000

morgan and ben engagement

jen rau — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 23:44:23 +0000

grace and bryce, engagement, los angeles, ca

jen rau — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:18:54 +0000

i think i might be an honorary trojan at this point. i have done sooooooo many usc weddings at this point that i can sing the songs and have the hand gestures down. only bryce is a trojan but usc was a great backdrop for grace and bryce’s shoot a few weeks ago. though we never made it tommy trojan, we found lots of good spots and had so much fun.

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sarah and eric, engagement

jen rau — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 18:53:46 +0000

dear sarah was fox’s babysitter for years! so it was my absolute pleasure to do an engagement shoot for these two lovebirds. it was an all day adventure at some of my favorite local spots. the only sour note of the day was that we had bribed eric with strawberry shortcake from his favorite lunch spot and sadly arrived to find the restaurant closed on mondays for lunch! i’ll definately have to have you two over and show off my kitchen skills ESPECIALLY in the area of dessert to make up for it.

regardless of our dessert disaster, eric and sarah brought so much of themselves to the shoot. it was one of those days where i felt lucky that my work felt so much like play. here are my faves.

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sylvia and dongmin engagement

jen rau — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:06:53 +0000

i met sylvia and dongmin only a few weeks ago and i think i can safely say it was chemistry at first meeting! we just got eachother’s style and i knew we would be a great match! they had as many great ideas as i did for their downtown shoot and brought 100% of themselves to our shoot. sylvia and dongmin went over and above with their wonderfully styled outfits and props. lets not forget the fabulous yogi who brought his own game in these shots!

sylvia and dongmin are having two weddings, one here at my personal fave cafe pinot and the other in singapore. i am blogging a ton of faves here so sylvia’s family back home can feel apart of her L.A. festivities. they are flying home on saturday so i worked to get these up on the blog before i left for maui.

yogi is a sweetie BUT this image fully conveys his protectiveness. thanks yogi for letting me get closer to your peeps. i think we are friends now.

this whole shoot rocked my world but i think this is my very favorite.

dongmin! love this one!

there is something so sexy about this one! love!

another smoldering one!

another of my very top faves

this is good wind!

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caroline and sam engagement

jen rau — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 02:04:45 +0000

caroline and sam are getting married at the beach club in october. caroline scheduled an impromptu engagement session a few weeks ago and i was so excited to finally get to meet sam. their big day will be filled with sand and sea so we decided to do some street shooting for the engagement. we had a lot of fun roaming the streets and canals of venice and got some great stuff.

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alex and eric, engagement

jen rau — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:39:18 +0000

alex and eric and i had so much fun shooting this on sunday! they went over and above with great ideas for outfits, outfit changes and most important great chemistry and open hearts.
we did a lot of driving around and walking but from start to finish, we worked for 3.5 hours! they had this great idea for thank you cards that is top secret so i can’t show you here and ruin it for all of their guests BUT i have to give eric major props for carrying a very heavy load all over LA! i love these. i hope you do.

i spied this randomly and thought it was so cute and novel! and as luck would have it penguins have special significance for them. if i had to name this, i’d have to call it “happy feet”. any guesses on why this is here? cause i am at a loss?

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christina and josh engagement

jen rau — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 06:49:29 +0000

dinner before our session revealed some very cool similarities between christina, josh and i. christina and i have already traded secret recipes and between cooks, thats a special bond needless to say they are a super fun couple and i love them. they were so willing to a. get wet running from the rising tide b. totally change our shoot location to do deal with the disasterly high tide c. stand on a picnic table d. bravely watch me get attacked by a swarm of gnats for the perfect angle and e. bravely wait for these images after i showed them a horribly out of focus polaroid that probably made me look like i had no idea what i was doing! (to my credit, the rangefinder was completely off and that shot proved it and its all better now all i had to be willing to do was accept my first breast self exam door hanger from a client! i get gifts okay but that was first. the moment was funny but i have sooooooooo much respect for josh being behind such an important cause and yes, its hanging on my bathroom door.

check out the moon!!!!!!!

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jill and walter, e – session

jen rau — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 17:51:55 +0000

so jill and walter had this awesome idea to base their shoot around this vintage porsche speedster. i had never done anything like this for an engagement so it was really fun.

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greg and anna e-session, santa monica, ca

jen rau — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 21:15:12 +0000

there is something extra special about shooting for friends and colleagues . . . greg is the other chef at dukes malibu, but we are all friends as well.
the four of us spend eric’s birthday together a little while back and i’ve had a few chances to hang out with anna since they have been dating.
i try to get to know all my clients, but when you already know them, you have a little inside edge that makes the photos that much more personal.
i’m so excited for these two to get married. this is what we got last week. oh and in case you are wondering, the freaky cool cat is louie, greg’s sphinx.

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