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Kiva Loan Pledge Update: 100+ Loans Made to Date! (2022)

I pledge to make a Kiva loan for every wedding I book. This has been important for me to integrate into my wedding photography business from the moment I could.

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Clockshop: Carmen Argote, Last Light, Short Film

I documented artist Carmen Argote (@carmen.argote) on one of her regular walking routes through the city during quarantine.

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2020 A Practical Wedding (APW) Blog Feature!

A Practical Wedding wrote such a great article about me on their blog last month!

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Tanya Aguiñiga: Metabolizing the Border, Performance

Metabolizing the Border, Tanya explains, “Following three years of active physical and emotional labor on the entire border, my body is now trying to figure out what to do with all I have experienced.

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USC Arts in Action: Jails & Justice Project

This project brought together USC students, Black Lives Matter (@blmlosangeles), and the Institute of Theatre and Social Change (@uscsda) — all who are committed to reimagining policing, incarceration and public safety.

Craft Contemporary: Beatriz Cortez & Rafa Esparza, Nomad 13

Los Angeles-based artists Beatriz Cortez and Rafa Esparza present the collaborative installation, Nomad 13 in Craft Contemporary’s first floor.

*WINNER*: 2019 WeddingWire Couples’ Choice Awards!

Thank you, thank you! For the 3rd year in a row, I have been selected as one of the winners of WeddingWire’s Couples’ Choice Awards!

Sarah & Eric's Grow Dat Youth Farm Wedding, New Orleans, Louisiana

Sarah & Eric’s wedding brought a sudden and crazy hurricane-esque storm and had us all on our toes on the day-of and wondering if the wedding would be postponed until the storm had safely passed.

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*WINNER*: 2018 WeddingWire Couples’ Choice Awards!

YUSSS! For the 2nd year in a row, I have been selected as one of the winners of WeddingWire’s Couples’ Choice Awards!!

The Feminist's Center For Creative Work (FCCW): Benefit Cocktail Party

I photographed this year’s Women’s Center for Creative Work cocktail party benefit, hosted by Jill Soloway, a few weekends back this December.

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Michelle & Joel's Courthouse Wedding, Santa Ana

I was lucky to photograph Michelle & Joel's intimate courthouse wedding in Orange County last February of this year!

Tif Sigfrids: Gracie Devito Studio Visit

I went to Gracie DeVito’s studio and photographed a few works (and her space in between).

Recording Feels at Louder Studios

At the beginning of August, I headed up north to Grass Valley (3 hour northeast of San Francisco) to Louder Studios to meet up with my dear buds of Los Angeles band FEELS.

*WINNER*: 2017 WeddingWire Couples’ Choice Awards!

I'm so stoked to be selected as one of the winners of WeddingWire's Couples' Choice Awards! Thank you, thank you!

Cindy & Eric's Joshua Tree National Park Elopement

We're coming up on the 2 year anniversary of these two, and since this elopement has always been a favorite of mine, I thought I'd share it on the blog today.

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Kiva Pledge Update / Happy International Women’s Day

This last July, I (Gina Clyne Photography), made a pledge to make a Kiva loan to a woman in another country for every wedding that I book. I have made 30 loans since I made that pledge!

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Alison O’Daniel Photographs Featured In LA Weekly (January 2016)

Some of my photos were included in LA Weekly‘s article featuring a live performance by artist Alison O’Daniel with the Centennial High School marching band (Compton).