Since starting my new blog, I’ve wanted to re-showcase some of my favorite weddings that were featured on my old wedding blog. Because we are in the slow season, I thought you would like to see a few slideshows from some weddings I’ve photographed in years past.
The first is a wedding I was hired to photograph in August in Aruba. I met the bride and groom at a wedding I did in texas, and shortly after they contacted me saying ” we love the wedding pictures and especially the way you acted and related to family and guests at the wedding”.
They were having a destination wedding on a private island at the Renaissance Resort in Aruba , and wanted to know what I would charge to photograph it. I told them the price and they were shocked. Including flight and hotel the cost was less than many non-destination wedding photographers who lived in their hometown of Chicago. Yep, it was also cheaper to fly me in, than have the regular resort photographer photograph their beach wedding.
So I few out for the weekend, met the family and friends, photographed the rehearsal on the beach, the rehearsal dinner, the getting ready shots, and of course took pictures at the sunset ceremony on the beach. Here are some of my favorite moments and details from the amazing Aruba Island wedding.
We had to take a boat to get to the private Island off the Coast of Aruba where the wedding was to be held
Here's the view of the private beach lagoon at the Renaissance Hotel.
Real Pink Flamingos roamed the beach
There is a great salon in the Atrium of the Renaissance that can take care of all your getting ready needs
I saw this little detail of a bride and groom on one of the bags the bride brought with her from the states
Every little detail was thought of - and brought with the bride
Custom wedding flip-flops with the bride's name on the side
The wedding flowers, white and green were provided by the Renaissance hotel in Aruba
The flowers in the bridesmaids hair matched the bouquets.
This groom had no problem with his necktie
Everyone in the bridal party wore flip-flops
Here's the perfect view from my hotel window - And I had one of the bad view rooms.
The most important job of the bridesmaids is to help the bride get ready, and these girls did a great job
I still managed to get all the formals done without disrupting the flow of the day, or getting off schedule
I love window light portraits
Did I mention how beautiful the wedding flowers were - and they were sourced on the Island!
Here is the view of the wedding venue site at the Renaissance Hotel in Aruba
I just love wedding ceremonies
Apparently I'm not the only one who loves weddings
The groom's ring
The bride and groom enter the outdoor beach reception area at the Renaissance Hotel
Here are the table seating cards - I love the way they put them in sand
The couple's first dance
And the night went on... Just look at the decorations - christmas lights on the trees, tiki torches, and votives on each table
And at the end of the night, the couple strolled back to their hotel...
