Blog — Gina Clyne Photography

Lauren & Jason's City Hall Elopement, San Francisco

This past June, Lauren and Jason flew me up to San Francisco to photograph their city hall elopement.

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Emilie & Erik's Danish-American Backyard Wedding, Orange County

This past April I made my way down to Orange County to capture Emilie and Erik's wedding in the backyard for Emilie's family home.

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*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!

Rachel & Chris' Fig House Wedding, Highland Park

I love this wedding from April of last year at The Fig House.

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Christy & Stuart's Prom Wedding, Santa Monica

Are you ready for this prom wedding that I shot last August?!

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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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Nikki & Rohit’s Wedding: India (Day 2, Pt 2)

Namaste! As promised, here is the final installment of Nikki & Rohit’s two-day Indian wedding celebration featuring the wedding ceremony photos I shot.

Nikki & Rohit’s Wedding: India (Day 2, Pt 1)

I’m back to share with you Part 1 of Day 2 of Nikki & Rohit’s Indian Wedding! The first half of the the day we spent taking formal portraits.

Nikki & Rohit’s Wedding: India (Day 1)

I feel so honored to be let into such an intimate inner circle to document a vibrant two-day celebration, almost 9,000 miles away from home.

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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Shaena & Gabriel’s Downtown Los Angeles Portraits

We met up on a Saturday afternoon and strolled around Downtown Los Angeles to shoot some portraits and get to know each other before their wedding day!

A Practical Wedding (Apw) Blog Feature!

How cool is it that APW featured Katie & Mike’s Joshua Tree Hicksville Trailer Palace wedding this month?!

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Rock N Roll Bride Wedding Blog Feature!

Dana & Nelson’s Joshua Tree wedding was featured on Rock N Roll Bride this month!

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A Wedding Aboard! (India Here I Come!)

I’m so happy to have booked a wedding abroad last week! I will be shooting Nikki & Rohit’s wedding in Goa, India this mid-December and I couldn’t be more excited!

Katie & Mike’s Hicksville Trailer Palace Wedding Weekend, Joshua Tree

Joshua Tree, you’ve done it to me again.

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Marilyn & Andy’s Parker Hotel Wedding, Palm Springs

I’ve shot two weddings at The Parker Palm Springs and it is by far one of my most favorite places to shoot, let alone stay. The Parker is absolutely dreamy.