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Jennifer and Brian started out the day getting ready at the Vista on Seward Hill. They both live and work in Africa (as in the continent, Africa) and it’s the place that they met while working as defense contractors. They flew in back home to get married so that their family and friends could take part in their special day.
The cutest part of the day was a ‘zebra’-style grooms cake. It was unique and even came with it’s own tail! The story behind it is that when Jennifer and Brian first talked on the phone, she asked him what does he do for a living in Africa, and he said ‘Oh, I kill zebras!’ – OF COURSE, he was just kidding! haha.
Here are some of the awesome moments that we captured.
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We made our first trip of the year to the Vista at Seward Hill and we were able to dodge all of the rain we have been getting lately. The bride and groom were also able to catch a beautiful sunset on the back patio of Mr. Larry Seward, the owner.
This wedding was a lot of fun and also unique and fit the laid-back and casual style of the bride and groom. All of the groomsmen got to wear lite-blue Tommy Bahama-style shirts (yea, that’s right – no tuxedo’s – which is GREAT for an outside wedding in Austin in June because of the heat!), while all of the bridesmaids wore beautiful and simple lite-yellow sun dresses.
We had a fun time with the bride and groom, though it seemed that everything went SO fast. I also got to try out my new awesome camera from Canon, called the Mark III. It’s a camera mainly designed for sports-shooters, but it will allow me to take images in much darker evvironments without flash and without fear of lots of noise/grain in my images at higher ISO’s.
Something that is new at the Vista that I have never seen before is that they have built a little secluded area for the bride and groom to relax right after the ceremony. I think it’s a very nice touch for the bride and groom to just sit and relax after the ceremony and unwind from all of the emotional build-up of the ceremony.
Anthony from Complete Music has the best DJ voice that I have heard in a while, and did a great job of keeping the party going. He made everything perfect for the bride and groom, and he really pays attention to detail, including the placement of the champagne flutes were placed on the cake table. I’m so excited that they chose us to be their Austin Wedding Photographer.
We made our first trip to Mount Bonnell for an engagement session with this soon-to-be married couple. The session went pretty quick because we did not have much sun because it was pretty overcast. Needless to say, we still were able to capture some fun moments.
It was also the first time that I got to meet Devin. Jennifer was the only one to make it over for the consultation, and we already photographed her Bridal session. Even though we just met, he warmed up really quick to the camera.
I was upset to see that there is this new monstrosity of a building that is now located on the backend of the mountain, and it really takes away the view of the city skyline from the hill. Oh well.
We will see this fun couple again at the Vista on Seward Hill in June. I’m so excited that they chose us to be their Austin Wedding Photographer.
