When you place a bride in a stunning lace dress in a distressed old building with dreamy natural light, you’re bound to have some truly captivating portraits. Meghan’s Texas bridal session took place at The Trinity Institute in one of its oldest buildings. Shaun Menary Photography beautifully captured the juxtaposition between pure elegance and distressed architecture, and this shabby chic bridal shoot just glows with romance.
Inspired by the Victorian era, Amelia and Timothy’s Glenapp Castle wedding highlighted the beauty of the venue and their love in an intimate celebration. Besides the location of their wedding, the couple prioritized the way it was captured, bringing along photographer and videographer tub of jelly to document the day. The resulting images and film are warm, romantic, and artistic, exactly as Amelia and Timothy experienced their wedding.
My favorite moment of our wedding is when the piper started to play as I was walking with my father down the “aisle” outside. I got chills and started to cry. We both had to hold back our tears. We kept telling ourselves “OK, don’t cry, don’t cry.” It was very emotional and beautiful.
I wanted our wedding to be very personal but in the same time absolutely beautiful. (what bride doesn’t). I have always been into the Victorian era when it comes to fashion. We chose a castle and when people found out we were getting married in a castle they probably thought “princess” or possibly even “Disney” but what we were really going for is more of a rustic, royal, humble, almost an Alice in Wonderland theme. Or even an Anne of Green Gables theme. I think it matched our personality perfectly. It was very private but also extravagant at the same time.
Timothy and I only had one professional working with us other than the venue owners: Betty our photographer and videographer. We absolutely loved working with her. Timothy will never take photos and doesn’t like to, and even he mentioned how easy and natural it was to work with Betty. I found her online when searching for photographers in Scotland and I fell in love with her style. She chose the music for our video and we couldn’t believe how amazing and spot on she is. It’s like she knew us for years. The video and photos matched our relationship and how we are as a couple. Betty has an artistic eye and captures your natural self on camera. She never asked either of us to smile or do anything, she caught us in our most natural state. We love her, can’t say it enough!
A little inclement weather might have stressed out another couple on their wedding day, but Deanna and Trevor took on the fog, rain, and snow like champs. The pair said “I do” in an outdoor ceremony at Quarry Lake Park in Canmore, Alberta, where guests witnessed the scene of true love from beneath umbrellas. Joelsview Photography captured romantic moment after moment as the newlyweds embraced in the elements, unfazed by the 2° temperatures.
There are so many great memories! But the fact that we had fog, rain and snow on our wedding day made it both magical and memorable. My dad walking me across the meadow towards Trevor and seeing all of our closet friends and family bundled up with umbrellas and still smiles on their faces was an incredible feeling.
Working with Joel was amazing! He has such a creative eye that he was able to scope out amazing places to shoot our photos. He is very easy going which means that even when it is 2 degrees and raining on your wedding day he is able to laugh and have fun while getting the perfect shot.
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