This wedding was one of my all-time favorites. And I’ll be really honest. I feel guilty saying that; I feel a bit like a parent choosing a favorite child. But Davina and Daniel, known to just about everyone as D + D, are brilliant wedding photographers based in Canada who have seen and done pretty much everything wedding. They pushed us and challenged us to create a new, very non-traditional timeline for their event, a very different design concept and an overall new experience for our team, their guests and themselves. And it could not have been more fabulous.
The ladies spent the day relaxing and beautifying in the master suite of stunning China Blanca. The entire celebration would include a stunning display of three dresses for this bride!
This is one of my favorite photos! I LOVE that her girls are literally on the floor, underneath her, fluffing the layers of her dress!
Before the guests arrived, Davina and Daniel saw each other for the first time that day. That moment, like so many others that day, was so beautiful and filled with love! These two are infectious!
As guests arrived to D + D’s wedding celebration, they weren’t invited to take seats for a ceremony. Instead, they were immersed in an immediate ambiance of celebration with music, appetizers, yummy drinks (including a fun “Mojitos on the Move” cart) and the grand entrance of the bride and groom to the party. After a while of mingles, eats and drinks, everyone gathered round for some seriously tear-jerking toasts on the villa terrace.
Once the toasts (and tears) were finished, the bride disappeared for wardrobe change #1 and the party continued on!
After a cocktail or two, guests were led to the nearby garden for a ceremony that drew at least as many tears of joy as the toasts did! The bride walked with her mom to the beginning of the ceremony aisle where her groom awaited; then Davina and Daniel walked together down the aisle and took their places beneath the tree to say their vows.
Davina and Daniel exited the ceremony and led their guests directly to the dance floor . . . and spent the next three hours grooving to the tunes of Davina’s father’s band!!!
The night, however, was not complete without the cutting of a cake at 11pm(!), another wardrobe change (at 11:30!) and aaah! . . . so romantic . . . the departure of the bride and groom through a hallway of sparklers!
Thank you Ben and Erin Chrisman for sharing these amazing images with us. And congratulations, hugs and the very best well wishes to Davina and Daniel with whom we hope our paths again will cross! (The great thing about being involved in the wedding of wedding professionals is that we sometimes get to work together on someone else’s wedding!)
