Los Angeles Indie Wedding & Portrait Photography by Jessica Schilling

Mar 09 2014

Vista Movie Theatre & Barnsdall Art Park Engagement – Morgan and Daniel

Modern artistic indie wedding and engagement photographer Jessica Schilling

Morgan and Daniel are some of my best friends, and I was so honored when they asked me to take their engagement photos. They picked two places that are meaningful to both of them – Barnsdall Art Park where Morgan does painting and Daniel does photography classes, and the art deco Vista Theatre, which is their favorite place to watch movies. My first job ever was at a movie theatre and I loved getting to play around in the empty auditorium with the projection lights. I can’t wait for Morgan and Daniel’s wedding, where I’ll get to be a guest and dance and party the night away in celebration! Congratulations to two of my favorite people!

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/mariahedengren - These images are fun! Gorgeous couple.

Damian Burcher - Some great posing on this set, love the last one.

Paul Nguyen - Great photos! Such a lovely couple!

ALMA // - These frames are fun and love the night shots.

small - So fun! These locations are so great.

Heather J - So cute and fun and colorful! Be honest, you made her dress to match your branding, didn’t you?

Lyn Ismael-Bennett - I love how you use light! These portraits are just genuine to the couple as I really see how happy they are together. Well done!

Feb 27 2014

Paris Hotel Las Vegas Destination Wedding – Beth + Danny

Beth and Danny’s wedding was my first one of 2014, and such a great way to start the year! They got engaged in Paris, France last year but when they were planning their destination wedding the Paris Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas turned out to be more logistically feasible for getting their closest friends and family together. Even though this was a more intimate wedding, the energy and dance moves at the reception was over the top and rivaled weddings I’ve been to with 10 times as many guests! Beth and Danny were so incredibly sweet to me, and definitely to each other, and I had so much fun traipsing all over this version of Paris with them!

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Ceremony – Chapelle du Paradis

Dinner & Cake – Eiffel Tower Restaurant

Reception – Burgundy Ballroom at Paris Hotel

DJ – DJ Godzilla

Bride’s Hair and Makeup – Makeup in the 702

Bride’s dress – Dream Novias Design (which Beth customized herself by adding feathers!)

Groom’s attire – Vera Wang

Flowers – Paris Hotel

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Ale Marques - Beautiful classic wedding, did you make an amazing job capturing that moments!

Sinereh Soleimani - Looks like it was a really fun wedding! Awesome coverage!

Shahriar - Great location. Great photos. Well done.

Damian Burcher - What a dress, gorgeous.

Jonathan David - Love the spot they got married at! Such awesome, clean photos!

Don Barrington - Your couples are the cutest jessica. Great coverage and great edits.

Sonia Jansson - Beautiful bride! Her dress!!! Love it! and her hair:)

kong wai - Beautiful wedding !! you captured so well

Jakob - A true Las Vegas wedding. Well done.

Priya Patel - What a fun wedding to document! Great storytelling.

Isabelle - I love when a bride and groom goes their own way and just create a wedding that is SO them! Happy to see this, it makes me smile and you captured it in honest Las Vegas style.

Feb 10 2014

North Hollywood Engagement Photographer – Kate + Stewart

Stewart and I have been friends for over a decade since we met in film school and so when he started dating Kate, they made such a cute couple and seemed to perfectly balance each other. For their engagement photos, we kept it close to home in North Hollywood with locations and activities – a walk in the park with their adorable dog Lucy and cocktails at hip neighborhood lounge Bow & Truss. A laidback, fun, sweet afternoon that fits with their personalities and style. I’m so excited and happy for them and this next phase of their lives together!

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Matthew Long - Beautiful session, really varied in style.

Jane Haglund - What a sweet session!!

Damian Burcher - Some great images there. The Bokeh on the last two is wonderful.

Veronica Varos - A very sweet engagement. Adorable!

kong wai - very sweet !! beautiful images

/mariahedengren - Lovely session.

caroline - very cute couple. love how cuddly they seem :)

brett - such a chill engagement shoot. seems like you all had a great time, plus that pup is pretty adorable!

Elissa - Dang, Jess, you found some gorgeous light! And a cute pup ;) This is such a beautiful session.. you really knocked yourself out with this one!! Love the puppy kiss shot especially :)

seth goodman - What a fun session! I really like the portrait where they are looking away.

Adonye Jaja - awe yeah, they are so relaxed. great set!

Feb 02 2014

Downtown LA Arts District Engagement Photography – Emily + Jeremy

Emily and Jeremy wanted to take their engagement photos in the downtown Los Angeles Arts District, where we would have tons of cool, colorful street art and murals to play with. These two are so cute and sweet together, and were laughing and making silly faces the whole time. We had so much fun, I know their wedding in a few months is going to be equally awesome!

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Jouni - Haha! I like that flying saucer picture! Looks like they had fun overall. great work!

Kandise - Loving the colours in these! So warm and summery :)

alexbee - SO warm & lovely, Jessica.

Bec - the gif is gorgeous :) Love the colours, and such a cute couple.

Lyn Ismael - Adorable! Love all the colours here. Emily and Jeremy look so happy together!

Jonathan David - Such a fun and adorable couple! Loving all that street art too :)

Tracy Morter - Not only have you sought out some interesting and colourful locations you’ve clearly put Emily and Jeremy at ease to get such genuine moments between them. Lovely!

stefanie - what a cool location! beautiful!

ayesha - so colorful!! looks like it was the perfect location for this couple – they seem to have had a lot of fun with it :) what a great set – adorable couple, bright, gorgeous images!

ed peers - Love the vibe of this session (and the animated gif!).

Mathias Cederholm - Really cute and stunning work.
Well done.

Jan 22 2014

Intimate LA Park Wedding and Restaurant Reception – Kerin + Trevor

Trevor and I worked together years ago on The September Issue and he is the sweetest guy, so I was thrilled when he and gorgeous, lovely Kerin asked me to photograph their wedding. The ceremony was at the Doheny Ranch Amphitheater in Franklin Canyon park, surrounded by beautiful fall colors and their 25 closest friends and family. Then on to an intimate dinner reception at the incredibly cool and stylish Palihouse in West Hollywood.

One of my favorite things about the reception was that Trevor liked the look of toy camera photography so they decided to incorporate Diana Mini cameras into their centerpieces for the guests to use, and I took some on my own Diana Mini as well. If you’re interested in doing something similar, Lomography has a special wedding package for multiples of different toy cameras.

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Ceremony venue: Doheny Ranch Amphitheater in Franklin Canyon

Kerin’s Wedding Dress: Elizabeth Dye

Wedding Coordination: Jennifer Vu and Hello, Gem!

Florist: Jennifer Vu

Reception venue: Palihouse West Hollywood

Caterer: Palihouse Courtyard Brasserie

Cake: Vanilla Bake Shop

Kerin’s Hair and Makeup: Stephanie Cardenas

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Katie Jane - I love his suit! These are so lovely!

Lauren - Well done! This just made me so home sick for the States! love the style of everything.

Mario Colli - Well done. this look absolutely fantastic. Awesome reception coverage.

Yolande Marx - Love the simplicity of this wedding. Your style and processing is absolutely lovely!

Kat Forsyth - What a pretty ceremony! Intimate and lovely. And the reception venue looks really cool.

Stefanie - Toy cameras! So cool!

Alexis - What a lovely ceremony! Love the circle of flowers for the ceremony. Great job especially o the portraits!

kong wai - Great job!! stunning images

ed peers - So good Jessica. Love the film.

Nessa - When I saw their cake, all I could think of was “that cake matches Jessica’s branding!” :) I love this wedding and it feels like it’s such an amazing fit for you (and vise versa!)

Brett - Beautiful work! That ceremony looked amazing!!

John Bello - Beautiful and intimate – great work!

Heather - Everything about this is absolutely perfect, from the intimate ceremony, to them choosing you to make these amazing photographs. Awesome job Jess!

Heather Elizabeth - This wedding is just SO darling. Freaking cute. And I love your mixed medium coverage of the day :)

Alyssa Schroeder - I love that last image! Intimate weddings like this are the best. Also, awesome mini cameras!

Teresa K - What a super sweet intimate wedding, I love the way you have told their story.