Donia and David: Sneak Peek

I photographed an AMAZING WEDDING this weekend!
It was not by the book. Extremely unique.Perfect!
Can't wait to show you the rest!

Manhattan: Day 1

I'm in Manhattan.
Today was spent shooting an extremely swanky wedding for the Kennedy's at the Rockefeller Center in the Rainbow room!
Here are a few of the photos I took of the amazing event and a memorable image of Elmo looking a little displaced.Look and see!



The Rockefeller View

Dresses. 
The cufflinks found their way to the cover of NYtimes

Introducing Becky and Colin Kennedy!

I love this shot.

The makeup artist and I...we were both pretty tired at this point in the day.

Some sexy details of the tables

The Rainbow Room at its finest.

Tomorrow=Apple Store (to return my shizzy MacBookPro),Birthday Shopping(For Ceasar) ,Girlfriend shopping (What should I get her?) and Church (@5pm)

Whats going on with you?

Balboa Bay Club: May 3rd wedding

I photographed Lori Michelle Marks and Kevin Newman at the Balboa Bay club this past Saturday.
It was a beautiful day for an outdoor wedding.
I was able to capture some magazine style shots during the 2 minutes I had to work with Lori, as she prepared.
More on this wedding will be online, if you were a guest at this wedding, please contact me (leave a comment) and I'll connect you to view the rest of the images shortly.

Cheers to Mr and Mrs. Kevin Newman!


-S™

Alright, I've decided to post a few more. Just a teaser!! (You all know I love to be a tease)

Shot of the week (3.20.08)

I love this photo.
The lines, shapes,designs and the guard standing watch adds so much to the image. (don't forget the yellow line that basically holds this image above the rest)
Circa 2005 (Tokyo)(Copyright: Samuel Lippke)

Column with LBpost.com should be up soon.
Also a little recall of Indonesia Pictures might show their face soon.

My day is spent searching for images, adjusting an engagement shoot for my brother and hoping for another Laker win tonight. As well as trying to get press coverage to attend a Laker game...let me know if you have any connections.

I'm out!

Surf and Sand: Laguna Beach

I shot a wedding last night in Laguna beach, at the "Surf and Sand Reort.
Here are a few of the images. Enjoy!
A fun wedding where everything ran late, but the bride and groom were really chill.
Lisa and Geoff married August 18th, 2007.

2 weddings, one weekend.

It was a busy busy weekend, Ira and I shot 2 weddings together.
I'm wishing I had a little time to recover tomorrow, but I have too much post production to do on a number of different shoots.
Both of these weddings were sick! Check them out.

Janeene and Serge (Rancho Los Lomas)
Haitian wedding.
Extremely hot day!
Growling tiger.
Plenty of stairs.
Beautiful full moon.
In-N-Out truck.
iPhone release day.


















And today's wedding:

Joanne and Andrew (First Congregation LA and Ritz Carlton San Marino)


Fun Egyptian wedding.
Super hot day!
Bride w/ a Broken foot.
Cute wedding coordinator Assistant.
Commuting (Downey,LA,Pasadena)
Crazy Limo ride!
Amazing pictures.











By the looks of it, the kids weren't too into the wedding... thats how photographers have power. Power to show different emotions and showcase them... I wonder who else does stuff like this? Say the media maybe???

I shoot weddings Alot

Go to this link to view more of my wedding work. www.iralippkestudios.com

I'll be regularly posting updates from weddings I shoot, as well as posting my favorite images from random photo projects.
Stay tuned for more later on.