Alright, alright. FINE. I will tell you about my wedding. Finally. And since you asked so nicely. (Just kidding! It’s not because I’ve been holding out on you, but rather waiting patiently for the photo proofs back as I took exactly zero photos on my wedding day. And they arrived this week!)
But first! A Photo Friday.
Part of the reason SVV and I wanted to get married at the Pelican Inn was because of its proximity to the beach (around 300 meters).
But in the end, it was too much of a pain to even use the beach in any manner. You can’t take chairs out there, so the ceremony was out, and we couldn’t think of a way to incorporate the beach in our cocktail hour without it being a logistical nightmare.
Plus, it wound up being 50 degrees on the day of the wedding (hence the pashmina that made an appearance in half these shots)—made even chillier by the brisk wind off the Pacific—and we didn’t invite people out all that way just to be admitted to the hospital with hypothermia.
(Thank God for my hairstylist using a bucket of hairspray. Somehow in all these shots, it doesn’t look like I’ve spent the past two hours in an absolute wind tunnel.)(Oh but I had.)
So, we settled on using the gorgeous California coastline as the site for our photos instead of the wedding itself and simply sacrificed missing out on the first half of our dinner to do some end-of-day photos on the beach when the beach goers were all gone and the lighting was prime.
(Uh, apologize for all the kiss-y shots. Not normally our style, but who are we to argue with our super awesome photographer?)
Up next week: Actual words to accompany the wedding images! Get excited. (Dudes, feel free to stay away until the wedding recapping is over. I understand. I’d do just that if I were you.)
*All photos by Barbara Ries, shot with a Canon 5D Mark II.
**For more Photo Friday fun, visit Delicious Baby.
Wow, these are some beautiful photos! I would say it was well worth missing the first half of your dinner for them! I love the last shot, it looks like the pair of you are walking home together.
Congrats again!
LOVE the pictures! So sweet and summery and you look stunning. I love it all!
Beautiful! you both look beautiful! i love the one of you with your shoulders up a little laughing! just gorgeous!!
What a fantastic location for your photos, you look beautiful and oh so happy!!
Absolutely beautiful, Kristin!! Can’t wait for the ceremony recap next week
These are awesome!! Sounds like we’ll be getting proofs back from our photographers any day now too. We had friends shoot the ceremony and party as favors/out of the goodness of their hearts and I’m super excited to see what they captured.
I could look at wedding photos for dayz.
So gorgeous. You both are glowing! And the lighting was worth missing part of dinner for!
ooh, I, for one, am so glad that you shared these! (I love wedding photos. LOVE.) And yours are divine!
Beautiful, beautiful!! I love wedding photos.
These are marvelous and you two look so happy. Love the dress. Look forward to more.
Gorgeous girl, gorgeous dress, gorgeous scenery. gorgeous couple in love! Your photog nailed these shots!!!!!!! I’m so happy for you and SVV. These photos made my day!
XOXOXOXOXOX
Beautiful – the beach, the dress, the love, the groom and of course the bride!
You look absolutely lovely, and you both look so happy! I can’t wait to read the recap.
The light is so beautiful in these photos-totally worth missing part of dinner! You guys look so happy!
ummmmmm LOVE these! What a beautiful couple : )
Amazing and beautiful – so happy for you both.
Wonderful pictures
Your wedding pictures are gorgeous! Who was your photographer?
I’m anxiously awaiting the recap of the wedding. With pictures like this surely the ceremony and reception were also memorable.
You look stunning, and so happy, and I love the beach pictures. Congratulations again!
Congrats! And you don’t even look cold!
Gorgeous bride and groom and beautiful backdrop!! I can’t wait to see and read more about your wedding.
Gorgeous!
You look gorgeous! And props to SVV’s bare feet!
So beautiful, and it looks like the photos on the beach were worth missing half the dinner, because A. MAZE. ING. And your hair looks perfect, your hair stylist is talented.
So lovely!
Congrats again!
AaaAAAAAAh! Gorgeous! (And the one in front of the mountains? Epic.)
I totally teared up. Kristin, you look GORGEOUS and these are amazing. So happy for you guys! You both look so genuinely HAPPY.
Camel cupcakes those are good photos!
Beautiful, you two. Thanks for sharing.
Simply stunning! Can’t wait to see more
I don’t think you need to write anything. the photos tell the whole story.
Congrats on the wedding! Enjoy Borneo!
congrats on marriage Mrs V!
any kids soon?
yeah Mrs. V! any kids soon?
that’s it more, more!!! They are beautiful!
the last two are my favourites — andwhat gorgeous lighting for all of it. thanks for sharing them.
I love the pictures! You two look great.
Thanks for sharing your special day with us
Gorgeous pics! Can’t wait to read the words to go with them!
Gorgeous!
Lovely, lovely pictures.
even though the pics are great, all the beach shots are incredible! i also like the one of SVV kissing your forehead… so cute!
Seriously, some of the most gorgeous wedding photos I’ve ever seen.
Those are gorgeous! (Even the kissy shots!)
You both look so happy and in love. Great pictures with a lovely backdrop. Congrats!