Notes on the light
Westlake Village Inn sits close enough to the 101 for guests to find easily, but the grounds themselves read as a countryside estate rather than a hotel property. Mature oaks, open lawns, and fence lines run through the property in a way that gives a film texture without needing much dressing at all.
The spaces, and how they film
The Oak Lawn. Old oaks provide natural shade and a strong vertical element for portraits, with a white fence line running behind that reads beautifully in the frame without any added structure.
The Ceremony Garden. A greenery arch sits against the open lawn, simple and unfussy, which lets the property's own texture, the trees and the grass and the light, carry most of the visual weight.
The film, so far
We have made one film here so far: Alexis & Lindsay, a quiet forehead-to-forehead moment under an oak before a ceremony that leaned fully into the property’s countryside feel.
Filming here
Because the grounds read as rural rather than hotel-manicured, we shoot portraits here the way we would at a private estate, working the fence lines and oak shade rather than looking for a resort backdrop. It is one of the more understated properties we film, in a good way.