We hired the Weintraubs for photos, makeup & hair, and videography for our wedding. We had a wonderful experience with Laura and Jim. Laura does airbursh makeup and she did my bridal preview and my day of wedding makeup for me, my bridesmaids, mothers, and violinist (god daughter). She brought Clarice for hair on the wedding day. Laura and Clarice were great and had fun conversations with them getting ready. They knocked out a sneak peak of our wedding photos a week after the wedding. The photos we received from the Weintraubs are top notch! I wasn't originally going to hire a videographer but Laura helped me hire a videographer last minute. They were so helpful with the process and also very understanding! read more

What a blast!!! Our family recently had photographs shot here at the Weintraub Studio. James and Laura are very cool people to hang with. We were expertly guided in our session. The creativity was definitely happening and the resulting photos are to-die-for!! Visit the studio. You will feel instantly at ease. Every portrait displayed will have you thinking, Wow, these are amazing, they are really good, I want to do something like this one, or maybe this one over here... Any description in mere words would not do the photos justice. They're Stylish. They're Hot! I definitely recommend paying a visit. I am so impressed with these very talented people!!! read more

My husband and I are very pleased we went with Weintraub Photography. Laura and Jim have near 30 years of experience and know what they are doing. The best part about this husband-and-wife team is the fact that they are a photographer and hair/make-up artist pairing. Since we opted for both photography and hair/make-up services from them, Laura was able to do touch-ups all throughout the day. Generally, your hair/make-up person leaves after prepping you, unless you pay them for the whole day, but since Laura is also Jim's right-hand woman, she's there to provide touch-up services as well. Talk about a bonus! In our package, we got hair/make-up preview, engagement photo session, Henna night photo session (which we had the day before), my hair/make-up on the day of and 9 hours of photography. We found this to be a great value! Jim is definitely a character that keeps things lighthearted and fun. Laura is the business-savvy counterpart that keeps things on schedule, while also playing your "fairy godmother" to make sure things go smoothly. We are so excited to see our photos...can't wait to see what magic they created :) read more

I recently retired as a photographer of 35 years and I refer all of my clients to both Laura and Jim. They're always cutting edge in their style of photography and their equipment. Also, Laura is one of the best airbrush makeup artists and stylists I have ever worked with, she has styled many of my clients and all were extremely pleased. read more

We were married on 7.7.14 at the Wayfarer's Chapel. With Weintraub being on the chapel's preferred vendor list and a pleasant initial meeting, my husband and I decided to book them. James asked me to email him with shots that I wanted for the wedding as well as the list of entourage, and I did. But he never responded. He showed up to my hotel room and didn't really initiate taking shots of me getting ready. Thanks to my videographers who filmed the stuff we were going to use for the wedding. If not for them, I doubt that James and his assistant would be taking photos. Also, the reason why we paid for an additional photographer was for someone to take photos of the groom. But no official photographer took his photos until we were at the chapel. Our experience with them was a NIGHTMARE!! James was very rude to guests who were in the background while he was taking pictures as well as to the other vendors. I can clearly recall him almost starting a fight with one of the videographers. He came with a lame and lazy assistant who I caught was having coffee in the bridal room at the chapel while James was taking photos outside. When I stepped in, he was surprised to see me and took less than 5 pictures (upon my request) before stepping out of my room. He was there by himself when he was supposed to be working. When pictures were being taken, there were no artistic poses that were asked. It was just, "look at each other".. or "give each other a kiss". We received our photos through email and they were really bad for wedding photos. The pictures were not edited. The exposure was not adjusted that the pictures at the reception with the guests came out dark. There were a lot of moments that were not captured. I had to deal with them back and forth so they would hopefully fix the photos. But all they did was to turn photos to black and white or sepia or something! They are so bad that I still get sad when I look at them. We are still trying to find other professional photographers who can edit and fix Weintraub's job!! PLEASE DO NOT HIRE THIS TEAM ON THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENT OF YOUR LIVES! James, I've read your responses to people who have given you bad reviews. You tell them to identify themselves. You know who we are and you know how you ruined our day as well! Good luck to you and your business! read more

Introduced to Jim and wife Laura through our Wedding Planner, Linda, in Long Beach. We met wih Jim and liked what we saw and heard. Contracted and used their services for our Wedding in San Pedro in March 2011. Have not visited their studio. For our Engagement photo package, Jim recommended a sunset shoot at Manhattan Beach. These shots came out great with wonderful color since Jim really likes using sunset lighting. On Wedding Day Jim was on site with 1 assistant, on time and for the whole day; dressing-up through reception. Again, great shots that captured the day. He is really personable and always made us feel at ease. We recommend them for your special event! Also used wife Laura's separate service for make-up and hair for Nina and make-up for maid-of -honor and both mothers. Laura and 1 assistant showed up on time at our hotel room in morning and also did a great job. All were pleased with the results! read more

I said I would never get married again but when I met the man of dreams, how could I say no and why would I? ! I was also fortunate that day in having Weintraub Photography capture every wonderful joyous moment of the party (we kept the ceremony private). Both Jim and Laura were there to snap candid as well as posed shots with all the special people in our lives. Each photo is a treasure! Can't tell you how much I enjoy each and everyone - hugs, first time handshakes, smiles, tears of joy and wonderful laughter all captured for us to have forever (just as we have each other). Thank you Jim and Laura Weintraub! I highly recommend Weintraub Photography! read more

Awesome! Thank you Laura and James for making our wedding so fun and memorable! They were very professional and helpful from the first meeting to makeup to the pictures they sent. I rarely leave reviews but Weintraub Photography deserves 5 Stars. read more

All in all we were very pleased with our photos service from the Weintraubs. They were there on time (even though my bride was late, ahem), knew the location well and crammed in just about every angle and scene they could, even while we were being ushered off the Wayfarer grounds in advance of the next wedding! That's a lot of pressure to perform under. We paid for an additional hour to capture the wedding guests arriving at the reception and they ended up staying the whole reception to photo all the festivities! The photos are just wonderful, we've had them on a slideshow in our living room and we're always stopping to marvel at them. Close-ups, scenic grounds, family, dancing, food, you name it. Their website made it easy to select and download all the shots, which given the huge quantity, I appreciated. I should also mention their rates were much more reasonable for the services. Some of the other recommended photographers had rates exceeding the entire chapel cost! Couple pointers, make sure Laura is there to photograph too, we found her photos to be more candid and the contrasts better. Jim was a little silly at times, but it kept the mood light and fun. At times my wife had to demand which family members to arrange in the photo. To be fair, it's not like we gave a list prior to the event, so I really didn't mind. With divorced parents, it adds a whole layer of fun to arranging everyone. Don't get me started on the table seating! All in all everyone had a great time and you can really see it in the photos. Thanks so much Laura & Jim! read more

Last week, our nephew came to visit from out-of-state and we showed him our 21-year-old wedding album, which is a work of art and a family heirloom. Weddings by Weintraub did our wedding long before Yelp existed. Jim Weintraub is an extremely talented photographer and a master at putting his subjects at ease. Laura Weintraub used her artistic eye to help us build a beautiful album which tells the story of our wedding day. We were on a tight budget but photography was a high priority. The results were worth every penny, and their artistry has stood the test of time. read more

I went on here to check out reviews of this company because we got married 16 years ago and there was no Yelp then. Was semi-hilarious to see another reviewer from years ago who was also very disappointed in their experience. Today is my 16 year wedding anniversary. Sixteen years ago, we got married in Anaheim and had our reception at the Cheesecake Factory in Playa Del Rey. Our photographer was Laura. I remember because she said it was her birthday and I wanted to make sure she was ok doing a wedding on her birthday and she said she worked all the time on her birthday. Prior to our wedding, I had sent a list of all the different family members we wanted pictures with so we could plan to do this ahead of the ceremony so we could go to the beach between our ceremony and reception (it cost $150 for the third location). Laura said she was a make up artist so she would check my make up and do it for me before the ceremony which was great. Well, she and her assistant arrived an hour late. So I had already done my makeup because she was late and I asked her and she said, "It looks fine." (I did it so my bad, but I had a white line in all the pictures from the foundation, so no it wasn't fine). She yelled at all my sisters and told them to be quiet while she was taking pictures of me and their kids. She made all of us horribly nervous. To this day we still say "JUST MY VOICE" as a joke, not a joke, because she was so mean. During the ceremony I had to prompt her to take pictures of the kids handing out roses for Mother's Day even though we told her about this beforehand. Because she arrived late, we did not get to do our family pictures before the ceremony. So the bubbles and stuff I bought for the going away, we couldn't use it because we had to send our guests to the reception ahead of us. Then when she finished with our family photos, it was too late to go to the beach for our own photos. She said that was my own choice and I still had to pay for the $150 (or was it $300?) third location fee. After dinner, I asked if she could take pictures of us on the roof at least since we didnt' get to go to the beach. When we got up there, my new husband had stopped to talk to his dad and so she turned to me and yelled, "WHERE IS HE???" Then we were supposed to take romantic looking pictures of us gazing at each other but what we were doing was discussing how scary she was. During the 20 minute toast she took pictures for 20 minutes of the solo groomsman giving the toast and really none of anyone else, so I got 20 picture of him. Because we didn't get the pictures at the ceremony of my family members as asked we had to pay her $325 to stay for an extra hour to do that as well. After she left the wedding, I went around with MY OWN camera and took pictures. What bride has to do this? We have kidded around for years about getting our wedding pictures redone because it was such an awful experience. I am not actually smiling in them, I am grimacing because she was so mean. No bride should have to deal with that on her wedding day. I would also not pick someone who was unkind to children if you are having any in your wedding. Now that I have my own I can't imagine a photographer yelling at me or them. I know this was 16 years ago, but it goes to say that if you pick a bad photographer, it will stay with you for a long time. Our pictures were okay but nothing special, and many were missing because she came late and ran out of time. Between the third location fee, the extra hour we had to pay, and the wedding album we had to pay about $3500-4000 and this was 16 years ago. read more

It was a pleasure working with Laura and Jim on our wedding day. The shots and use of light was beautiful and they captured so many magical shots from that day! Laura also airbrushed my makeup along with my mother's and we looked amazing the whole day and night! They were polite to my guests and kept everyone organized, which was very important given the tight schedule at Wayfarers Chapel. Overall, we were well pleased with them as our photographers and would recommend them to anyone! read more

Stunning work was done by Jim Weintraub at our December wedding. He and his assistants were polite, non-intrusive and were on-site and snapping photos even before we (the wedding couple) arrived. Don't hesitate to book your event with Jim and his team! read more

What a team! We hired Weintraub photography for our pictures and Laura did all the makeup for the bridesmaids. They made our wedding day stress free and fun! The bridesmaids looked flawless all day and we had a great time taking pictures. Thanks for making the day run smoothly and for your professional services. read more

My Husband and I just got married in October this year, we received all 1,100 pictures last week they were Stellar! My Husband and I were so stunned! Our Wedding was so Beautiful & Romantic we couldn't of asked for a better photographer, Jim captured all the Romantic memories of our day, he took Beautiful pictures of our Wedding party & guests & amazing Shots at the Wayfarers Chapel to the wedding reception, Jim & Laura's Photography is so Talently creative, he didn't miss a shot! I give him a perfect 10! Not only is he the Best photographer, this man is dedicated to your wedding day like it was the 1st one he shot, and he makes you feel special like it's just you and your hubby in the world for the moment. Jim & Laura are the cutest couple they work together so well, with the Glam Package we chose, Laura and Jim came out to our venue where the girls & I were getting ready, Laura & her partner airbrushed the girls faces, all the girls were so impressed by her work. Laura did some amazing pre-bridal shots, that my New Husband was so happy to see, (for his eyes only shots) Laura makes you feel so comfortable as if you known her forever, she is so sweet, she helped me tremendously get ready for my BIG Day! If I know of anyone in the future that is getting married or just wants to have family pictures, I highly recommend Weintraub Photography, & Classy Chic Boutique by Laura. You defiantly want your Big Day to be captured in the moment, what Better Photographer to do it! The Memories are so beautiful & will always remain! Thank you Jim & Laura... read more

Your review of Weintraub Photography 1.0 star rating 12/22/2015 I was at my best friend's wedding a couple of weeks ago and was not a fan of Laura. She actually kinda snapped at the bride for wanting to take more family pictures. I get they were on a time limit but as a professional, you should be able to control your frustration and try to work with the bride. after all she is the one paying for the services. She made a few of us (guests) feel uncomfortable. She seemed to not want to be there. Easily irritated. NOT a people person. Very Short-Seemed fake-fake smile. Not genuine. I just got a really bad vibe from her. Not very interested in the wedding. Definitely would not recommend her to anyone. I hope my friend likes the pictures and is satisfied. James W. James W. Owner One month ago Block & Report Owner Hi there, I just saw your review and wanted to reach out to you. Can you please tell me which wedding you attended and on what date. I'm so sorry you felt that you had to write a review like this without contacting me first. I put my heart and soul into every wedding and would never intentionally want to make you or anyone else uncomfortable. :( SouthBay L. SouthBay L. Torrance, CA 0 4 One month ago Hi James. The review is not against you. It is against Laura. She just seemed extremely rude, snappy, and rushed. I'd rather not say which wedding yet out of respect to the bride and groom. I will wait for them to write their own reviews. I'm sure they hired you guys for a reason but me, personally would not...just based alone on Laura's attitude. That day is already stressful enough to have to deal with a photographer with a bad attitude. I hope the bride and groom are satisfied with the pictures and hopefully makes up for the bad experience. I did hear great things about you. James W. James W. Owner Block & Report Owner James W.'s comment on your review: We are unable to validate this review as one of our clients and may possibly be fraudulent. Please take the time to read all the wonderful reviews from legitimate clients that have taken the time to write about us. Thank you! SouthBay L. SouthBay L. Torrance, CA 0 4 A moment ago This is not a fraudulent review. This is my personal experience with Weintraub Photography at my best friend's wedding at Wayfarers and just because I am choosing to stay anonymous doesn't make fraudulent . I stand by my original review. Laura is rude, short with the guests, bossy, not professional. Jim was amazing and so sweet. The videographer was completely clueless. I would definitely never recommend them (Laura+videographer) to anyone but Jim, I would. read more

Amazing, professional and adorable people and business. They love what they do, extemely passionate, and they are the Best!. James and Laura Weintraub photographed our wedding in Playa de Carmen, MX a few months ago. They were so kind, accomodating and yes. like family. They took photos from the airport, to dinners, play time and the wedding, all to tell a story on video. We saw a snibbit of the video and will see the rest this week at the After Party gathering with everyone who attended. Also, Laura did my make up and hair for the wedding, she gave me the look I wanted and also primped my 88 year old mom who is a timeless beauty. I would highly recommend them. They are very reasonable, but wow you get amazing photos, service and great follow up. Love them dearly. read more

20 years later and I'm still upset about my wedding photos. Weintraub attempted to appease us, but I can NEVER get those missed memories back. Everything that S.E. From Texas said 4 months ago was the same issue I had 20 years ago. Photos of me getting ready, moments with the bridesmaids before the ceremony, etc. Random photos at the reception rather than meaningful photos. To this day I STILL tell people how awful my wedding photos turned out. There were shadows in all of the photos taken inside the church before the wedding, and then the veil covering the table on the stage in the background was on the floor in all the photos after the ceremony. Yelp didn't exist back then, but I decided after looking at a friends wedding photos and how beautiful there were, I thought I should share my experience with Weintraub. Bottom line is make sure that you get what you want. Don't be like me and still be upset 20 years later!! read more

Wow! Jim's passion for wedding photography really came through for us on our wedding day. We received our wedding day photos a few weeks ago and they are spectacular. If you are getting married in the South Bay I would highly recommend Jim as your professional photographer. Jim has years of experience and had shot wedding photos at our church several times. He knew just where to find the special places for romantic background scenery. My wife and I were totally at ease on wedding day knowing that Jim was systematically capturing every moment with his own artistic style. My wife and I were able to place our trust in him because of our pre-wedding "engagement" photo session near the Manhattan Beach pier. This pre-wedding session gave us a chance to see his work in person and become comfortable with his style. I give 5 stars for Jim's photography, but 4 stars overall because of two annoyances: 1) we did not appreciate the hard sell we received for spray-on make-up that my wife did not end up using, and 2) the web-based photo hosting site was hard to use. read more

Jim and Laura are such a wonderful team! They did both our engagement and wedding pictures and all of the pictures turned out to be gorgeous! Jim has incredible talent and really knows his craft well. And Laura is a stellar make-up artist and photographer as well. Besides their professionalism, they are great people, and very easy to work with. They love their jobs and this is evident in their commitment to detail and quality. On our wedding day, Laura did my hair and make-up. She made me look like a princess on my special day and I will be forever grateful to her. Jim was great with his timing during our wedding and reception. He had great ideas for capturing light and special moments. He truly is an artist. He captured the moments within the timeline of the wedding, so that when I look at the pictures, I remember everything. I am so glad we chose the Weintraub team to do our wedding. read more