September 24, 2022
Backyard weddings give a couple the chance to make their wedding more intimate as well as more accessible to family and friends. Mike and Alyssa certainly embraced this idea and I was their to capture the whole event! These two find me fairly late in the year and I was luckily available for their wedding date! I never got a chance to meet them in person before the wedding (though we did chat via Zoom!) but that wasn't a problem at all.
They have a bunch of friends and family who were amazing and helped so much with their wedding. Building the bar, setting up the decorations and tents (twice! There was a windstorm earlier that week!), cooking food for the taco bar. It was a group effort and a lot of fun.
The coolest location for photos was across the street where a vineyard of grapes was located. Such an awesome spot for portraits! They mentioned the grapevines while we were planning things, but I had no idea how cool it was going to be when I arrived. Perfect!
Congrats to you both, Mike and Alyssa! I'm so glad you found me at the last minute :)
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| Personal details. |
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| First look with Dad. |
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| Getting fancied up. |
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| Such a cool background... grape vines! |
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| Flower boys ;) |
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| Just a few shenanigans. |
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| My constant companion for the day, Clyde ;) |
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| Attack! |
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| Lovely ladies. |
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| Looking fabulous, Alyssa! |
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| A little cuddle :D |
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| Caricature artist :D |
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| One more quick set of photos at sunset! |
