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SAY HAAIII!

So you’ve got something huge coming up, and you want to work with us. Tell us your budget, a little bit about your big day, what you want to share about your love story, and holla at yo girl! I’m a little stuck to my phone, so I check my emails hecka regularly, and will get back to you SUPER quick, because, hey, I value your time.

LOCATION

Anaheim, California

PHONE

+1 (626) 589 2368

E-MAIL

anne@sessionsbyannesalas.com

sessionsbyannesalas

SoCal Wedding Photo + Video
Here for all the moments you don’t see 🤗 ninja candid grabber, emotional empath lover, and tiger mom

✊🏿✊✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿 I of

✊🏿✊✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿 I offer my ears to listen, my shoulder to cry on, and my eyes to see and acknowledge your pain. I’m so sorry. Everyday I will wake up, continue to unlearn racism in my everyday, and speak up and do better for you.

#blackouttuesday #sayhisname #saytheirname

Two weeks ago, I had asked: the usual coping mecha

Two weeks ago, I had asked: the usual coping mechanisms are gone - so how do I grieve you in solitude?

Despite harder days…these days, I grieve you in celebration - of the heart you held open despite the fragility of your bones, the unapologetic resonance of you in every conversation, and the fervor you embraced tight on every day pain wanted to kick you down.

On your wedding day, you jumped up from your seat and moved on the dance floor with whatever bursts of energy you had left. I remember catching my breathe and the eyes of all the people around me - in both disbelief and awe.

Today I dance - today I grieve you in silver linings and see you in the will I find to wake up everyday. Because you did.

Thank you, Danielle. I hope every moment you make wherever you are is laced with grace and free of pain. 💛

It took a while for me to really let sink in what’s changed since this shoot exactly as it happened a year ago as I went through these. Last year, I was driving hundreds of miles to settle my anxiety, and took the Joshua Tree Elopement shoot to get some vigor back in me.

A year later, I’m stuck at home - days are dark and I feel like I’ve lost everything and I’ll ask that higher power, “What the hell else can you throw at me?” Today, I got thrown a reminder of this. That, exactly year ago, I was chasing away demons like I am today and found some solace in the company of creatives. It got better, and I know today it can get better. That weddings might not look the same anymore, but maybe they’ll feel better. Maybe we show up for the right reasons now. Maybe we get more lost in the music and take the time to stare at the faces of people you’ve seen behind a screen for months now. Maybe people aren’t touching their phones as often, and the conversations are longer and the hugs are tighter. [Maybe] it gets better. 💛

I miss this. A lot. All this time alone has forced

I miss this. A lot. All this time alone has forced me to confront the parts of me that need to find contentment and happiness in being alone, but I can’t deny how much I miss being in the company of other people and dancing like crazy. I know someday soon, it’ll happen again. I know. But today, this ache hits harder than before.

To the couples who’ve had to think twice about g

To the couples who’ve had to think twice about gathering hundreds of the people they love in one place: I promise you, should you choose to, there is still a magic in the small, intimate gatherings. They oft look like this: sometimes harried, filled with lingering laughter and almost painful embraces, tears that flow a little more unabashedly without the audience, and most importantly a glaring resonance within everyone:

That they are there. Present. Alive. Albeit not with everyone, but grateful enough to look at the tinier setting, the smaller cake, the one set of flowers and see them all tipped with magic instead of loss....

OKAY. YES. I’m THAT millennial who fell into the

OKAY. YES. I’m THAT millennial who fell into the tiktok craze during quarantine. But guyssss, it’s the perfect excuse to show y’all the secret life of weddings 🤪🤣 swipe right and turn sound on to seeeeee 😅

“I fell into that rabbit hole,” I told @lizzyl

“We’re gonna come out of this less like workah

“We’re gonna come out of this less like workaholics. On our knees, exhausted, and tired, we’re gonna come out of this appreciative more of people and kindness than we will be with color schemes and napkins and decor. We’ll worry more about how we’re spending our moments - is it in the company of people, or amidst frivolous things? We’ll look at the next person and think, ‘Thank God you’re still here,’ but still shake with the worry of, ‘Are you next?’ And yet, with that worry, we’ll come out of this thinking about the next best thing we can do. Haven’t you noticed that the usual grocery shopping question of ‘Great, how are you?’ Is met with a more authentic, wary smile of ‘Things are looking better. How about you? Really?’” I mused, on a group chat with friends.

It’s been a dark couple of weeks or months since this all began, but we made it, everyone. It’s May. We made it through a global pandemic. <3 I couldn’t think of a better way to bring it home with these photos of Katie and Hunter, whose intimate wedding all those months ago will probably spearhead what weddings will look like this coming future...💛

Today we buried you. And I don’t recognize this

Today we buried you. And I don’t recognize this grief. I don’t know how to do this. But I know what you had went through was unrecognizable, unfathomable, and so much more painful, and in a sea of unknowns, you did it anyway. From an almost unbearable distance away today, I looked to the people who loved you most and saw how much pain they were in, and I could only guess that those incredible waves of pain were minute compared to the incredible oceans of love you poured on everyone - despite your own circumstances. I can’t wait to celebrate your life when this is all over. Until then 💛

Like this. I want to remember you like this. I h

Like this.

I want to remember you like this.

I hope wherever you are, you are in a place where the pain you didn’t deserve doesn’t exist. Thank you for showing me your heart. Thank you for not being afraid of the camera enough to let me in on the the moments that showed me what, and how, and why you loved.

Rest easy, Danielle. 💛

These two were supposed to get married today. 💛

These two were supposed to get married today. 💛 I can’t even find any more words...but I’ll go into today echoing the same happiness on their faces in these photos 💛

Today the CDC recommended that any events for over

Today the CDC recommended that any events for over 50 people should be cancelled.

Lump in my throat. I don’t know what the next few months will look like for me or my industry, but I have to remind myself that i have a clothing, food, shelter, and a whole lot of love around me. I’ll be fine. We all will 💛

i stand on the sacrifices of a million women befor

i stand
on the sacrifices
of a million women before me
thinking
what can i do
to make this mountain taller
so the women after me
can see farther
- rupi kaur

Today puts a lump in my throat. If I lived in an era decades ago, i wouldn’t be doing what I love for a living. Happy international women’s day, my loves. 💛

Find the photographer

Find the photographer

Every year I ask myself, will these kind of candid

Every year I ask myself, will these kind of candid photos be as impactful in 20 years as they are trendy now? And the answer, after long, long weeks of existential crisis is always: yes, yes they will be, even if it brings them back even a second of the emotion of these photos....

today i will find magic in the many mundanes: -the

today i will find magic
in the many mundanes:
-the simple first light filtering through morning
-in the breathes that hit my cheek as i wake
-in the silence of company
-and in coming home

knowing that
these humdrum little magic things
don’t exist in the same space
of forever

KUNG HEI FAT CHOI! Can I tell y’all a lil somet

KUNG HEI FAT CHOI!

Can I tell y’all a lil something? I grew up in a melting pot of culture. Back in the Philippines, Lunar New Year is a huge thing. My mom dressed us in red polka dots and ate round dishes for good fortune, had tikoy (sticky rice cake) to keep us together, jumped at midnight to get taller and luckier, and got those coveted red envelopes. We made sure 13 fruits, a full tray of eggs, and a jar of coins were present at the table, and rearranged our furniture for good feng shui and luck. There were festivals and dragon dances and parades and an overflowing table of food and community and love... We lost a lot of these traditions moving to the US - things aren’t celebrated and everything got washed down with western culture. So I took the time this year and asked my mom, “Hey, is there anything we did growing up for Chinese New Year that I might have forgotten?” And so she told me...and I’m so glad I spent yesterday bathed in sweat and oil and flour making a tiny feast alongside someone special - prosperity and luck to you all, and may you always remember to celebrate your culture 🥰

100% of all the profits of all portrait sessions b

100% of all the profits of all portrait sessions booked in the month of January 2020 will go towards relief operations #reliefph for the victims and evacuees of the Taal Volcano eruption that is affecting MILLIONS of people. Airports are closed, and resources are dwindling. Link in bio ——> go run, now, and make the start of your decade COUNT.

Before 2019 ended, @moseslinmusic and I ran like h

Before 2019 ended, @moseslinmusic and I ran like hell to a hospital for a rushed wedding - mom got admitted into the hospital two days before the planned wedding. A staggering amount of people - family and strangers alike, just showed up. They showed up and were present, and it couldn’t have hit me harder than before how important showing up really is. And in 2020, I want to look up. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
In 2020, I want to show up.

Just....just flew to Venice with Jane Austen chara

Just....just flew to Venice with Jane Austen characters come to life. No biggie. 😭😭😭😍😍😍😍😍

Itching to head back up to the mountains and catch

Itching to head back up to the mountains and catch my first snowfall of the season. For now, I’ll settle for looking at these photos and hope I catch a second wind before 2020 while trapped down here....

“Walk towards me like badasses.” *groom hits t

“Walk towards me like badasses.”
*groom hits their crotch*
“EPIC.”

it is not just the sand that burns golden my dear

it is not just the sand
that burns golden

my dear
around you
everything is aflame

Scenes pre and post ceremony....people typically l

Scenes pre and post ceremony....people typically look forward to the ceremony, but in all honesty, it’s these unhinged moments I love the most. The unorchestrated mess of emotions and hellos and haven’t seen you in years and finallys....

Black and whites…They’re nostalgic, almost unt

Black and whites…They’re nostalgic, almost untouchable photos full of feeling that color could never deliver…odes to times where color was something only a memory could induce...
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Almost a year ago, Stefani made an out of the box request: ‘Can I have majority of my photos in black and white?’ And I could not jump higher and say yes. When asked why, she said “It’s just a feeling…” couldn’t agree more. Yes. It really is.

I am forever going to be soooo appreciative of cou

I am forever going to be soooo appreciative of couples who are okay with me being artsy fartsy. Even when I stick them in places that are so unlikely. 😭😭😭 grateful!!!

Honey, may I laugh with you into the sea, as I let

Honey, may I laugh with you into the sea, as I let myself sink into your entirety...as I am yours so as long as I forever drown in waves of your laughter....

Every time you kiss me it’s like sunshiiiiiiiine

Every time you kiss me it’s like sunshiiiiiiiine and whiskey 💕 It’s Sophia and Jamie’s wedding day and I can’t be contained!!!!see you both mountainside in a couple of hours!

My favorite time to shoot: moonrise around sunset.

My favorite time to shoot: moonrise around sunset. That Southern California light will never get old 😭 can’t wait for these two’s wedding next year!!!!!

i’ve always found a rush in winds sweeping acros

i’ve always found a rush
in winds sweeping across my face
always dazzled
by how a heart can race

but somehow
in my constant state of flight
i stumbled upon you

And realized
this stillness
exhilarates me, too

Can I tell you a secret? It’s in the unbidden an

Can I tell you a secret? It’s in the unbidden and imperfect that the most sweeping stories lie…Kaitlin and Ben ran across from their reception and towards the sunset and started slow dancing in front of strangers to the tune of “Pretend like there’s no world outside…” and it was everything I’ll ever talk about in years to come... Planning + Design: @mele_amore
Stationary: @tobeinvited
Venue + Cake + Linens + Chairs: @ritzcarltonlagunaweddings
HMUA: @bloombride_
Photo: @sessionsbyannesalas
Cinema: @christiansamsonstudios
DJ/Musician: @davekimmusic
Dancefloor + Kings tables: @bakerparty
Florist: @thebloomoftime
Lighting: @invisibletouchevents
Photobooth: @mele_amore

I haven't shared any of Christie and Nik's more fo

I haven't shared any of Christie and Nik's more formal romantic photos, but to be honest, whenever I come back to their gallery, I see these and I can't help but share photos that are more quintisentially them: always in some sort of dance, happy, just like the day they met...

"At times confusing, hopefully amusing...Introduci

"At times confusing, hopefully amusing...Introducing me!" HAI. HELLO. It me, Anne. Hollaaa to all my future coming 2020 couples - maybe you haven't seen my face yet, so here it is, right in your face. I'd tell you guys what everyone else says, that they're different, but honestly, am I really? I try to be funny, am sarcastic, like my memes, and am a die hard sushi and chocolate and donuts fan...like everyone else, right?? Okay, so maybe I'm a little extra - extra in that I'll be out here, askin y'all to drunk dance in front of me (IT LOOKS GOOD, I PROMISE), because that's just how I "unpose" for photos. Like everyone else, I deal with stuff, like your run of the mill anxiety attacks and "I wanna quit" days...but every. time. one of my couples will come along, and I'll find myself in stitches because we can't stop laughing...and I'm back to that, "Dang, okay, my job is pretty awesome." Das it. Das da tea. Till next time!

Shot by my one and only nene @lexandthelotus

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