Cat + Adi Benner are two of the most sought after wedding photographers in Los Angeles and around the globe. Named the Best Wedding Photographers in Los Angeles by CBS.com, 5x winner of the Best of the Knot Magazine.

March 28, 2006

Michelle and John David

A little background on Michelle and John David. First off, Michelle works together with four other Next Exit Photography brides. Meghan, Allison, Maurine, and our April ’06 bride Joyce, all work together with July ’06 bride Michelle at Gallagher Pediatric Therapy, “a private-based pediatric practice that employs a multidisciplinary staff of highly skilled and competent therapists.” Imagine showing up to a wedding where half the invitees are past brides!~ whoa. Adi and I love all of these girls like they were part of our family. Coincidentally, (no really, it IS a coincidence) Michelle is BFF (best friends forever) with ADI’S SISTER! So, anyways, very long story short, Next Exit will be the wedding photographer at M & J.D.’s wedding this summer at Rancho Las Lomas, one of our very FAVORITE locations in Southern Cal. We shot their e-pics on and around Main Street Seal Beach, walking (and riding) distance from their fabulous new home. They are crazy-cool, adorable and now” also part of the family.

March 27, 2006

Next Exit Bride Superstar Alert: NUMB3RS

Anna Khaja, Next Exit super-bride ’03, will be guest-starring on NUMB3RS this Friday, March 31st at 10 p.m. on CBS. She plays “Saida Khafaji,” the murder victim! Many of you probably haven’t seen the show, but Adi and I are addicted to it and have TIVOed it every single week since day one. You can also see her currently starring in the 2006 Director’s Festival one-act “I stand before you naked” at the Open Fist Theater. She has also directed one of the other one-acts in the same festival, “AMP,” written by her husband, Next Exit groom, Chris Rossi.

Almost 5 years ago, I paid one dollar to get Anna’s phone number when she posted on one of those signup wedding sites looking for a wedding planner. She landed up hiring me to plan her amazing wedding at Saddlerock Ranch in Malibu, California and then hired Adi to shoot it! We have since become best of friends.

March 27, 2006

Next Exit Baby Alert: Griffin Ready

Congratulations to Nina and Cash!! Griffin Ready was born on Saturday, March 18 at 9:02 AM, weighing 7 pounds 6 ounces. Adi photographed Nina and Cash’s wedding at the Lobster Restaurant on the Santa Monica Pier in July 2003. They have since become two of our closest friends and I am so excited to be shooting Griffin’s baby pictures in our new studio when they visit us in May! Here is one of their wedding pics and also a pic of GRD that Nina sent me of her perfectly adorable new son.

P.S. If you are a Next Exit client with fabulous news to share, please send me a e-mail so that I can announce it on our blog!

March 26, 2006

Cat and Adi Visit South Park

Okay, not really. But, we would if we could!
Could this be any cooler? Adi and I, your favorite Los Angeles wedding photojournalists, have come to life as South Park cartoon characters! To bad they didn’t have any camera or light meter icons on the website…

You can be one, too!

March 25, 2006

Davi and Jim

Davi and Jim booked us for our first wedding of the 2006 season. What a way to kick off the year! They could not be a nicer couple. In the days leading up to the big day, we all checked weather.com a billion times and it read 100% chance of showers all day. We left West L.A. at about 7 a.m. for our 70-mile drive in the showers that were promised. As we pulled up to shoot the getting ready pics at the Aliso Creek Inn in Laguna Beach, California, the rain instantly stopped, the sky grew beautiful white puffy clouds and Adi and I knew it would be a perfect day.
Davi and Jim decided to see each other before the ceremony to take all of their family, bridal party and romantic pics. It is a favorite moment of ours when the couple lights up at first site. One my favorite pics that Adi took shown below is the two of them in front of their rooms, separated by the patio wall, just seconds before they met in the middle for the big reveal. Amazing.
The day continued at Tivoli Too, also in Laguna Beach, for the beautiful ceremony (with a Filipino/Jewish twist) and fabulous reception. It is clear to Adi and I when a couple is truly meant for one another. Davi and Jim are the perfect example.

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March 25, 2006

We’re back!

What a week! We closed escrow on our new West Los Angeles home and fabulous new photography studio last Tuesday and then, the very next day, we jumped onto a plane to shoot Addy and Lou’s wedding in Ixtapa, Mexico!
We returned three days ago and spent 48 hours packing up our old house and moving into our new pad.
Today was an amazing day. Adi and I had our first meeting ever at the new “next exit studio” and booked an incredible wedding with an amazing couple, Karen and Ken. Karen and I have been corresponding for weeks now, but because of our crazy schedules of late, this morning was our first chance to get together. Thankfully, they weren’t offended to be surrounded by a pool of our moving boxes. And, what an honor to be hired by them after interviewing more than a dozen photographers before us! The four of us had a blast talking about their wedding plans. Can’t wait to shoot it in April ’07!

New House

New Next Exit Photography Studio

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