Lovely Elopement in Italian Inspired Villa

Wedding in Los Angeles

Dillon & Erin

A message from the bride

Describe your experience with wedding planning during the current pandemic: We originally planned a large wedding in orange county at an outdoor villa during the Summer of 2020.

However, like may other brides and grooms, we were forced to rethink our wedding plans and decided to elope on our original wedding date!

We wanted to capture this very important time to cherish forever, and had dreamed of having Rene do our wedding portraits. We are immensely grateful to have him capture our joy as newlyweds!

Describe your experience with finding your wedding gown: I am lucky to have worked with Dantella Bridal & Tailoring to have my Enzoani gown perfectly tailored just in time for our wedding portraits.

Erin tells us “My favorite moment of our portraits was Rene and his crew! We still talk about how professional, incredibly detail oriented, kindhearted he and his crew were. We can't wait to have him for take our photos for our vow renewal in a few years once the pandemic is better under control.”

The portrait session for our elopement was so romantic, a beautiful Italian inspired villa in Los Angeles. It was perfect. We could not be happier.

“We adore these two together, they share such a pure beautiful love. It was such an honor to capture it on film. When we created their elopement film, it brought us so much joy to see how happy they are together, even during these crazy times we live in right now, because love will always win.” - Rene Zadori

How did you meet?: We met while I was finishing my last year of medical school at UCLA and Dillon was working in Irvine.

We both knew early on that this was something special and our families became fast friends. We knew it was meant to be and have been together ever since!

Describe the moment he proposed: Dillon and I absolutely love the Pelican Hill in Newport Beach. We have celebrated many special life events there, so when he planned to propose he did it there!

When he asked me to marry him, it was such an incredible moment. He proposed on the terrace over looking the water right before sunset. It was pure magic!