30
Oct 2013

Beth + Tyler

Simple Countryside Wedding in the Middle of Nowhere

Not much to pin today for those detail lovers, but quite a lot to think about! This couple (they happen to be photographers themselves) questioned every wedding tradition, separated the things that made sense or meant something to them from the others, so they would end up with a wedding that really correspond to them! They had their wedding in the middle of nowhere (which I love – please stop with municipal halls), I also love that there’s very few details and just the surrounding nature! Photography by Levi Tijerina.

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The wedding took place at 10,000 feet outside of an aspen grove in the heart of the rocky mountains of Colorado on June 22, 2013. An 1.5 away from any civilization with no cell service! This is a little anecdote about the wedding, that I think every bride and groom to be should read!
Tyler and I aimed for authenticity. Weddings today seem to come with certain expectations- a check list of what to do and don’t do- but I feel like we’re often disconnected from the point of it all. We tried to look at every piece of the wedding and ask “What is the point of this? & how can we do it to ensure that that purpose shines through?” In other words, we wanted to reclaim what a wedding can be. Like the bouquet toss and cake cutting…I didn’t feel a need to have it, so we didn’t. When thinking about our ceremony- the purpose was to have all of our friends and family join into our commitment to one another, so we had them form a circle around us. These little changes were subtle at times, but it allowed us to reconnect to the magic and spiritual nature of the day.

 

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Name one thing you regret…

I regret not having more time with friends and family. It felt like such a rush from the time that everyone arrived. I wish I would have planned a little more time to just go hike with my brothers or go out for coffee with my friends from out of state.

 

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… And one thing you’re really happy about/ proud of.

I can’t personally be proud of this, but my bridesmaids surprised me with a tent in the middle of the aspen grove for me to put my dress on in. It was incredible! Nature is such a powerful aspect in my life, so to get ready for my wedding day in the middle of the grove was truly surreal.

 

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The word of the photographer.

Beth and I have been friends since I first moved to Colorado–she’s a fellow photographer in the community and reached out to me early on. When she asked me to photograph he wedding, I was pretty surprised, and honored, and when she told me about the wedding her and Tyler was planning, I was very excited to be on board. Their wedding was entirely ‘them’ and fit them perfectly. All of their favorite people, celebrating in the Mountains in the middle of nowhere. It doesn’t’ get better than that. Much thanks to my friend Drew Willingham for jointing me for this wedding.

08
Apr 2013

Thaminne + Renato

Amazing Brazilian DIY Wedding

I have to say I was impressed by this wedding and couple: when I first read the bride’s story and I saw the list of vendors, I discovered the wedding was a DIY, and it’s hard to tell from the photos! So, congrats to Thaminne and Renato for planning their wedding and doing it so well. And of course, congrats to Frankie e Marília for these excellent photos.

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Thaminne and Renato’s wedding took place in Guararema, a city located in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. They had been dating for 9 years before they got married, which means they were high school lovers! They decided to see each other before the ceremony, which is something they would recommend to future brides and grooms:

We agreed we would meet in some place chosen by our photographers which happened to be the living room of the farm. It was one of the best moment of the whole preparation, away from the rush and the foolishness… it was like watching a movie of everything we already went through and it was awesome!

 

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Name one thing you regret…

I wish we had done the ceremony earlier, have lunch instead of dinner, something like that.

 

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… And one thing you’re really happy about / proud of.

Ah, we keep on talking about this: if there’s one think we’re really happy about, it’s our choice of photographers. I know we sound like creepers, but we were truly and sincerely happy both with the result and the persons we got to know. Another thing that makes us really happy is to have managed to gather our families and friends to set up the decor, buy the flowers, paint the vases – we all had a really good time!

 

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22
Oct 2012

Kirsten + David

Fresh and Fun South African Wedding

Life is short, but hey, wedding is just one day! I love to see beautiful weddings, but I hate it when I don’t see anybody having fun! Today I’m sharing Kirsten and David’s beautiful wedding, to which I’d easily give the credits for the notion of fun wedding if I could. Watch and learn… Photography credit: welovepictures from South Africa.

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David was living in San Diego when him and Kirsten first met in South Africa. I was about to shorten their story, but it’s really kind of a long-distance relationship fairytale, so I just let you with Kirsten’s testimonial:

Well we had a crazy meeting… Two years ago David came to South Africa for a surfing trip. On the last night of his stay we met through mutual friends and had an amazing conversation, but for the rest of the night blushed and purposefully ignored eachother. We then a few weeks later contacted eachother on facebook just as friends (him being in San Diego, and me being in Cape Town). This sparked hours of crazy deep and intimate conversations, and him posting me a web cam for the start of many long skype dates.
After a few months he finally asked if he could come out and visit again, and this visit was really something so special and made us both realise that it was something really worth pursuing, even though we felt completely mad and crazy doing it we just couldnt get enough. And especially hard as I was studying and David was working for a non profit (invisible children), so we were both a bit poor to dive into this expensive relationship (San Diego being almost the most furtherest point to fly to from Cape Town). But we just felt that so many doors opened us and felt so supported by our friends, who were so involved in supporting our relationship – and they entered us into competitions and even contributed towards flights to the point were we actually got to see eachother way more than we thought we would.
Which in fact leads me to our proposal where we met up in Ireland so that David could meet my family, with his intent to get their approval and get married asap! He proposed with a beautiful old ring he had found in a park in the hail in Ireland. Afterwards his friends couldnt believe that he managed to get me with a 60 dollar ring and entered him into a competition which he had no clue about. So he ended up winning it, and this diamond company rocked up at his work and asked him it would drop everything for love and flew him to South Africa with a huge diamond ring, so he flew out and proposed again a month later, which was a complete surprise to me!

Their wedding took place at Laq de chamonix, Franshhoek, Cape Town, South Africa.

 

 

 

Name one thing you regret…

 

Wish I ate more of the food! And wish I hadn’t sobbed down the aisle!

 

 

 


… And one thing you’re really happy about / proud of:

We made sure (almost completely) that we had finished everything we wanted to do before the last week so that we could spend some good time with all our friends, and made it a big celebration. I think that was definately worthwhile doing, as lots of our friends travelled from overseas to come to the wedding, the week long celebration beforehand allowed us to spend lots of time with everybody!

 

 

Thanks Kirsten and David, keep this freshness with you all along your life!

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