Destination Wedding in Fredericksburg, Texas with Jake & Lynn

While we love our home and there really is no place quite like New Orleans, its always a treat when we’re able to visit other places, especially when its our job that takes us there. Having the privilege of being hired and flown out to another place to create art and document people’s lives has to be one of the most fulfilling parts of our job.

We spoke with Jake & Lynn about their wedding back in September of 2020 when everyone was trying to make and re-arrange their wedding plans due to the pandemic that shuttered pretty much everything.

They told us about their plans to get married out in Texas Hill Country with all of their closest friends and family and how they wanted to keep it small and have a more intimate and personal wedding. Jake is the Chief Product Officer for a company that plans Hackathons and events in Dallas and ended up planning the whole thing with Lynn.

It was the most amazing, emotional and intimate wedding out at the Ginger Ranch. The weather that weekend was particularly gorgeous, clear skies, crisp air, and the right amount of sun to leave you burned after a full day of photographing such an awesome wedding. Mom cried a lot. It was sweet. The whole affair was beautifully blended and incorporated different cultures and Vietnamese traditions such as an Ao Dai, and even some of their incredible food like egg noodles and Vietnamese pastries.

Their wedding was the perfect send off for Jake and Lynn since immediately following their big day they moved to Arizona for Lynn who is starting her residency as a Psychiatrist.

Congrats Jake & Lynn and we wish y’all the best of luck on your next adventure!

A Private Ceremony in New Orleans with Emily & Sean!

Our good friend Emily got married recently and we were thrilled that we were able to be present and document her marriage to Sean.

Emily has been a good friend of ours for a few years now. Back in the times when you could hang out in crowds, we would party at the 610 Stompers ball, attend live Podcasts, have some margaritas for Cinco De Mayo, and then head to OktoberFest for some beers and chicken dancing. When she met Sean we were over the moon excited she had found the one for her. Whenever she talked about him we could tell it was a deep connection; they had similar jobs, similar views, he was a cat dad! They’re a perfect fit.

When she got engaged we were ready to celebrate, but couldn't celebrate like we wanted, so we ended up having a virtual engagement happy hour and then later a bachelorette party (thanks Covid). To add to the adversity they had to cut their big celebration down to an intimate and private ceremony, which was absolutely incredible.

Venue/Hotel: Omni Royal Orleans

Florist: Fat Cat Flowers

New Orleans Weddings before the time of Covid-19, featuring Allison and Cody.

We closed 2019 out not knowing that this would have been one of the last full weddings we would ever photograph, at least for the foreseeable future. It’s weird to think that the way we celebrate love has fundamentally changed, whether we like it or not, and we’re incredibly thankful that we have been able to experience such amazing events, especially when they are often with our amazing clients and friends, like Allison and Cody, whose wedding we will certainly not forget.

We will always cherish these times that we’ve taken for granted and we’re beyond thankful for all the couples, families, and events that have rocked our socks off and left us picking ourselves up off the floor the next day. There may be a real possibility that we may never get to be a part of another wedding where the dance floor is slammed with friends and family elbow to elbow sweating it out on top of each other, or where we parade through the streets with an entire city in tow.

Hotel: The Roosevelt New Orleans

Church: Immaculate Conception Jesuit Church

Reception: The Federal Ballroom

Music: The Boogiemen

Video: Film Thread Productions

New Orleans Destination Wedding at Brennan's - Kelsey & Justin

One of the most enticing things about New Orleans is it’s charm, but the one thing nobody really tells you about, is what that charm actually is.

Some folks believe it’s the old world architecture, the food, and the sort of laissez faire attitude that us residents tend to live by. Those things are all charming, and they definitely are part of the makeup of New Orleans, but what that charm actually is, is it’s people. The way our city bands together in times of happiness and strife, the way it’s people make you feel at home by inviting you in and making you feel like you belong, like you’re just part of the family.

It’s the welcoming arms of the city and it’s unbeatable food that brought Kelsey and Justin back down to New Orleans with their all of the closest friends and family in tow for an all out beautiful celebration deep in the heart of New Orleans. They fell in love with how the city embraced them and made them feel welcome. Their guests felt the same and everyone threw care into the wind and had a long, fun night of dancing and celebrating the love between these two. We love when people love New Orleans.

Venue: Brennan’s Restaurant

Coordination & Planning: Girls in Black Events

Music: Calfee Productions

Beachfront Wedding at The Emerald Grande Resort - John & Rachael

It’s pretty rad how life has this way of bringing people in our lives together.

We go pretty far back with these two, having literally grown up beside John and meeting Rachael years ago through another close friend. We never would have imagined these two together, but once they found each other, it made sense. They balance each other and the chemistry is undeniable; true yin and yang. 

They took us on a little vacation to celebrate their wedding in Destin, Florida at The Emerald Grande Resort right on the bay. It was gorgeous. The water was so blue, and the breeze, though a little cold, was a welcomed reprieve from the hot and humid that we all know and love so much. They were surrounded by family and friends who traveled with them to laugh, dance, and have a great time. We didn’t expect anything less from these two.

Vendors & Venue:

Venue: The Emerald Grande

Coordination & Planning: Amanda Price Events

Hair & Makeup: Serenity Hair Salon

Music: Bay Kings Band

Dessert: Sweet For Sirten

An Intimate New Orleans Wedding at Bevolo - Alayna & Justin

Our awesome clients Alayna and Justin got married at the Bevolo Gas and Electric Lighting Museum in the French Quarter. It was a smaller, more intimate affair which is always a treat because the pace is a little more casual and relaxed, which really allows us time to focus in on all the feelings and emotions going around. They both began they day at the Ace Hotel downtown; the girls from PreauxFace putting the finishing touches on Alayna as we arrived. They met each other in front of the hotel for a emotional first look, where there were some definite tears, before heading into the French Quarter for beautiful intimate ceremony in the Bevolo Museum, in which only their closest friends and family attended.

Venue: Bevolo Gas & Electric Lights

Coordination: Clark & Kelly

MUA: PreauxFace

Hotel: Ace Hotel

Entertainment: Aaron Lane

New Orleans Destination Wedding at Napoleon House - Emily & Dustin

Let us just start by saying that we have some of the coolest, chillest, most down to earth clients. Take Emily and Dustin here for example, an awesome couple from New York City who came all the way down here to New Orleans, friends and family in tow, and threw one hell of a party. They didn’t just come down to NOLA for the incredible scenery and great food. Nah, they came to have a good time, to live in the moment, to be present, to let the good times roll. Emily & Dustin’s celebration was exactly the way it should be, full of good vibes, laughter and genuine happiness all rolled together with a laissez faire attitude that even the locals were proud to be a part of.

Venue: Napoleon House

Coordination: Girls in Black Events

Floral Arrangements: Fat Cat Flowers

Dress: RK Bridal

Brass Band: Kinfolk Brass Band

A New Orleans Wedding at The Marigny Opera House starring Maura & Deegan

“Do whatcha wanna.”

That’s probably the best way to describe Maura & Deegan, and their swanky celebration at The Marigny Opera House.

It was the kind of celebration that was true to who they are with a full embrace of what New Orleans is all about, and that’s just not giving a damn and being yourself.

So it made sense that Maura, an architect, and Deegan a chef in New York, would host their friends and family from all over the world in Deegan’s hometown of New Orleans. They created their own traditions, did things their way and created their own unique slice of history that they’ll never forget.

There was a realness with this wedding that kind of really hit home with us and we’re forever thankful we were able to be there and share those memories with them.

Here are the amazing groups of professionals that made this happen:

Planning & Coordination - Swan Blue Events

Food / Catering - Calcasieu

Floral Arrangements - Pistil & Stamen

Music - The Essentials

Brass Band - Where Ya At Brass Band

A New Orleans Wedding at Broussard's - Denver & Lexie

A little throwback to what I used to photograph some 5 years ago before I fell in love with documenting people’s lives and the start of their families. Fun fact, this is how I first met Denver. On a blazing asphalt track during the peak of summer in New Orleans, the ground was probably close to 200 degrees and I could literally feel it burning through my jeans.

That’s the kind of crazy shit photographers do to get the shot.

Fast forward a couple of years and we hear from Denver again, this time it’s not about his Porsche, but this time it was about something far more important. It was about how he found the love of his life, Lexie and wanted us to document the start of the next chapter of their lives together.

Thankfully their wedding was at the end of December; the weather much cooler and no scorching asphalt to contend with. Instead, we got the moody misty weather that is pretty typical of winter in the south.

These two are some of the greatest people we’ve ever had the pleasure of working with and call friends. We’re so incredibly thankful and excited to share what we see as a lifetime of happiness and love.

Vendor love:

Venue: Broussards

Dress: Wedding Belles Nola

Flowers: Meade Wenzel

Coordinator: Weddings Taylor Made

Cake: Oh my gosh Ganache!

Live Painting: Pappion Artistry

Music: The Nola Dukes Band

Intimate New Orleans Wedding at The Degas House - Heather & Eric

We don’t really love writing blogs, it’s kinda’ dreadful. We love sharing our work for everyone to see, but finding the right set of words that best describe how incredible one night was, especially when that one night is the night that two amazing people celebrated their love for one another, eludes us. We’re not great at it, we’re more of the kind of folks who say, “hey, let me show you” versus “hey, let me tell you.” That’s probably why we’re better photographers than we are writers. But we owe it to the world to share just a little sliver of how incredibly good the world can be when times seem rough or when life has you down.

And so we’ll do our best to tell you the story of how an engineer named Eric and a social worker named Heather came down from Chicago, friends and family in tow, to witness and celebrate their love between one another.

Their beautiful ceremony took place in the courtyard of The Degas House on a chilly New Orleans evening in November. There was happy tears, smiles, love and happiness, a gumbo of all the best emotions. And of course, nothing caps off an incredibly intimate and joyous ceremony like a second line. The Big Fun Brass Band led the way with Heather and Eric at the front of the parade that headed down Esplanade.

Anyways if you’ve kept reading we applaud you and we’ll stop trying to tell you about how awesome their wedding was and and we’ll just show you how incredible it all really was.