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CALIFORNIA WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHERS — our next editorial is here. 🍇

On October 7, we’re taking over Villa Vienna for a full European-inspired wedding editorial created to help you build an elevated portfolio for the 2027 wedding season.

This is designed to feel as close to a real luxury wedding day as possible — from the bride’s morning & details to the ceremony, cocktail hour, reception, live musicians, wedding party and editorial couple portraits.

The entire story will be built around a deep plum concept — bold, sophisticated and styled to show how this statement color can look modern and luxurious.

And we’re not stopping at one story.
You’ll also photograph an additional wedding couple, giving you even more variety and portfolio content from the same day.

OCTOBER 7 · VILLA VIENNA · CALIFORNIA
Investment: $870
$300 deposit to reserve
Only 12 photographer spots available

Want to join us? Comment “PLUM” below or DM us and we’ll send you all the details + moodboard.

This is from one of our recent editorials, and we’re absolutely obsessed with this stunning work by such a talented photographer Yoyo Leung- SoCal & Destination Portrait Photographer 😍✨
• V A L E N T I N A • & PRESCOTT MAKSIM
Velvet Hour Bridal

And the second part of this story will take place in a church… just wait for it. ⛪️🤍

What if your wedding morning felt like waking up somewhere in the South of Italy… 🤍

No rush. No chaos. Just soft morning light, beautiful details, and that quiet feeling of slowly taking in the moment before the day begins.

This is exactly how we imagined the bridal morning for our editorial at Villa Amodei — intimate, effortless, romantic, and a little cinematic.

And these photos… we’re absolutely in love. 🤍

Would you want your wedding morning to feel like this?

Your wedding portfolio should look like the weddings you actually want to book.

On October 28, we’re creating a new ICON Academy Wedding Portfolio Booster in California — two completely different premium wedding stories in one day.

First, an intimate Lagoon Wedding Story surrounded by architecture, gardens and romantic European-inspired scenery.

Then, Wedding on the Water — a completely different story aboard a classic sailboat during golden hour, with bridal fashion, movement, champagne, sunset and that effortless, expensive-looking feeling.

The goal isn’t just to create pretty photos. It’s to give you two strong, client-ready galleries you can use across your website, social media and marketing to position yourself for the weddings you actually want to photograph.

OCTOBER 28 · CALIFORNIA
Two stories · Two locations · Two galleries · 4 hours of shooting

Limited photographer spots available.

DM “OCTOBER 28” and I’ll send you the full details. 🤍

Not every portfolio needs more photos.
Sometimes it needs more range.

That’s exactly what WILD AT HEART is about.

On September 28, we’re bringing photographers to a private California ranch to create three completely different commercial stories in one day:

Maternity × Horse
Western Wedding × Horse
Mother & Daughter · Cowgirl Story

Three different client categories. Three full galleries. One cohesive Western world — built to feel natural, romantic, elevated and actually usable in your portfolio.

This isn’t about creating another “pretty styled shoot” that gets posted once and forgotten.

It’s about leaving with work that helps a potential client look at your website and think:
“This is exactly what I want.”

If you’ve been wanting to expand beyond weddings, introduce maternity or family work into your portfolio, or simply create something completely different from what you already have — this one is for you.

SEPTEMBER 28 · CALIFORNIA

Limited photographer spots available.

DM “WILD AT HEART” and I’ll send you all the details. 🤎

Something new is coming to ICON Academy. ✈️💍

On September 21 in Los Angeles, we’re creating two completely different wedding stories in one day — designed specifically for photographers who want more variety, stronger storytelling, and more commercial work in their portfolio.

First: Private Plane Wedding.
A fashion-forward bride & groom story built around a private black airplane — bridal fashion, movement, details, and that effortless “Just Married, now we’re leaving for our honeymoon” energy.

Then, we completely change the mood.

Sunset Proposal.
A second couple, a romantic proposal by the ocean, styled details, golden hour, candlelight, sunset portraits, and direct-flash images after dark.

The point isn’t to give you another “pretty shoot.”

It’s to give you two galleries that look like two different real clients hired you.

Two couples.
Two locations.
Two visual worlds.
One day to seriously expand your wedding portfolio.

Photographer spots are limited.

DM “SEPTEMBER 21” and I’ll send you the full details. 🤍

Maybe it’s finally time to show you the photos from one of our favorite ICON projects — the one we created in New York this March. 🖤

And this series? Definitely one of our favorites.

We worked with the most beautiful couple and created a little love story right in the middle of Manhattan.

A vintage Ford Crown Victoria taxi picked them up for a ride through the city — because honestly, what could feel more New York than that?

And after wandering through the busy streets, our couple ended the evening with dinner at the coziest little Italian restaurant in Manhattan. 🍝🍷

The movement, the noise, the taxi, the city lights, that slightly chaotic New York energy…

Romantic, cinematic, and perfectly imperfect.

Tell me — do you feel that busy NYC love-story vibe too? 🗽✨

ICON Academy · New York Editorial