Three amazing dresses, three bespoke suits, and one passionate dip off the Western Australian coast add up to be an incredible portrait session! Chris and Ivy knew they wanted an unbeatable backdrop for their destination wedding portraits, so they traveled from Singapore to shoot in Australia’s Margaret River Wine Region. Shannon Stent Images captured the engaged couple trekking through lush forests, navigating rocky terrain, and taking a dip in the utterly majestic ocean that Australia is known for.
Congratulations to Chris and Ivy on your engagement – we wish you the best of luck on your wedding day! A big thanks to Shannon Stent Images for capturing this amazing shoot. Want more seaside Australian wedding inspo? Check out this Blush and Burgundy Wedding in Australia!
We can’t get enough of Shannon and Kyle’s dramatic black and white styled civil ceremony in Scotland! Wanting to ensure the ultimate surprise, the couple revealed their engagement to a handful of family members only a few months before the wedding. Shannon was totally rocking her civil ceremony bridal look with an ultra glamorous tea-length Delphine Manivet gown and elegant black Christian Louboutin ankle-tie pumps. Shannon and Kyle tied the knot in a ceremony at the Glasgow Registrar’s Office, then Eric-Rene Penoy Wedding Photography captured their celebratory romp around Glasgow University and deliciously intimate charcuterie dinner.
The most important part of planning was making sure the wedding was totally ours. We kept our engagement a secret and only told our parents and Kyle‘s siblings about the wedding three months before it happened so they could buy flights to Glasgow to be with us for the ceremony. We chose the date (03/30/2016) to honor Shannon‘s late mother. Shannon‘s father, Ian, and mother, Marie, were married in the Glasgow registrar’s office exactly forty years prior.
I knew I didn’t want a conventional wedding dress. Kyle actually found my dress (he is the designer in the couple)! I gave him the inspirations of Mia Farrow, Bianca Jagger, and Yoko Ono. He found Delphine Manivet and the Prospere dress and I immediately said “That’s the one.” It was the only showing room we visited. Kyle then chose his suit – a tuxedo with a twist – based upon my dress choice.
Our photographer Eric was wonderful and completely embraced the spontaneity of the day. Kyle (an architect) and I have explored many beautiful cities all over the world together on foot, and it felt right that we capture our wedding day by taking a walk around Glasgow and taking photos at some of the city’s most iconic sites. I knew I wanted to take photos at Glasgow University, where my mother went to school, but a lot of the other sites we just found as we walked around the city center after the ceremony and as we strolled through the West End.
Our wedding planning advice: have fun doing it. We chose a small surprise wedding, some call it a “pop-up wedding.” We found the dress, tux, and rings together. We bought the dress and the engagement ring on a romantic weekend in New York in January before the wedding and treated ourselves to a stay at the ACE Hotel and wonderful dinners.
They say that your wedding day can feel like a blur, so it’s amazing how your wedding portraits can instantly transport you back to the way you felt during those moments. After the I dos are said and done, you’ve gotten your photo with Grandma Doris, and guests have begun to enjoy your perfectly planned cocktail hour, it’s those first moments alone where you’re able to truly embrace being newlyweds. Of all the images your photographer captures on your wedding day, it’s the couple portraits that you can’t wait to see, that bring you happy tears, and that you display in your home.
While we certainly don’t advocate for telling your photographer how to do their job, we hope these amazing wedding portraits give you a little inspiration for your own big day!
Which of these couples reminded you the most of you and your bride or groom? Looking for more wedding photo inspiration? If you weren’t crying already, you’re going to need a tissue for these 17 heartfelt first looks!
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