Information on staging beach weddings in idyllic Los Angeles County cities Manhattan Beach, Malibu, Marina del Rey, Pacific Palisades, Venice, San Pedro, Redondo Beach and Torrance. By photo team Graham & Graham Photography.

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Weddings by the sea in beautiful Southern California.

Sounds like a TV fantasy, doesn't it? Yet joining hands in front of crashing waves, on the sands of Manhattan Beach or Malibu can become your reality, with just a little planning and some elbow grease. While hefty fees have to be paid to the county, it's still a fraction of what a hotel would charge.

And how about those killer views?

The Los Angeles County Dept. of Beaches and Harbors requires $150 permits to hold a wedding near a lifeguard station. An additional 15% of vendors fees (what you pay florists, chair rental companies and photographers such as ourselves) goes to the county as well.

You also need to arrange for a $1 million liability insurance policy (around $100), and if you have music coming through speakers, or being performed live, you need to contact the local police department for a sound permit. Permits for beach weddings are generally arranged by asking to be positioned near a specific lifeguard tower. For more info, go to the county website, http://labeaches.info and click the permit form. The phone contact is Pamela Miller, at 310-574-6756.

The following beaches are available, through obtaining permits from the Los Angeles Dept. of Beaches and Harbor, for Los Angeles beach weddings:

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Whether you're looking for wedding photographers in Los Angeles, Manhattan Beach, Culver City, Palos Verdes, Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach or Torrance, you have come to the right place for Los Angeles wedding Photography.

Father/son photo team Graham & Graham excel at creative, energetic, photojournalistic wedding photography. Candids, classic formals, fun moments--we capture it all. We're based in the South Bay and work most often in Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach, Palos Verdes, Torrance and Culver City, but have been known to leave the South Bay bubble for gigs in Los Angeles and Orange counties.

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