Blog — Gina Clyne Photography

Rachel & Chris' Fig House Wedding, Highland Park

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

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How to Say Goodbye

It's going on 5 months, and I still wish I had words big enough to express how I am feeling, even today.

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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.

Clockshop: Radio Imagination Launch Party

“I have the kind of imagination that hears. I think of it as radio imagination.” – Octavia E. Butler

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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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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!

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).

Roberts & Tilton: Evan Nesbit Artist Studio Visit

This past May I was asked to shoot some photos of Evan Nesbit in his studio for his gallery Roberts & Tilton.

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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Discovering The Motherland: Cuba

I’m finally doing it, I’m visiting my motherland!

Tif Sigfrids: Joe Sola, A Painted Horse

Installation photographs that I shot last week for A Painted Horse by Joe Sola (with Matthew Chambers, Sayre Gomez, Rudy K. Slobeck, and others), July 11 – August 8, at TIF SIGFRIDS.

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!