Because springtime seems to have come early to New York City this year, let’s say goodbye to winter by celebrating a beautiful outdoor engagement shoot by Carmen Santorelli Photography. Beth and Curt met in medical school in Chicago and will be marrying this September in Long Island, NY. Photographer Santorelli says she wanted “to capture the couple’s playful love, and also the beauty of New York in the winter.” Nothing says winter in New York like ice-skating at the Wollman Rink at Central Park!
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Today we have the loved up engagement of Olya and Denis who flew to Budapest, Hungary from Russia for the first leg of their pre-wedding mini moon and a surprise engagement shoot! Gabby from En Route Photography tells us a bit more about this lovely couple…
Olya is one of those girls who feels like your best friends after just a couple of emails. In her first email she explained to me that she is from St. Petersburg, Russia, that she is getting ready to marry her best friend and love of her life Denis, and how she’d love to suprise him with a photoshoot in Budapest! Dennis and Olya will had a very small wedding with only close family and friends and as they did not have a photographer on the day, she wanted to have some images taken on their pre-wedding honeymoon in Budapest to capture their love and this very exciting time in their lives. On the day of the shoot we showed up all excited in the Buda castle. After sipping some iced lattes and hot teas, we ventured out to discover the hidden gems the location had to offer. They moved like pros in front of the camera and I’m so grateful to have been able to share this special experience with them.
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Happy Monday everybody. Did you have a good weekend? As a destination wedding blog, we love everything to do with travelling and the many many ways that this theme can be incorporated into engagement sessions and weddings. So, today we have put together some inspiration on Maps and Stamps and how to included these simple pieces into your pictures, thanks to some very creative couples around the world.
Engagement Sessions
Images Sourced Bridal Musings and Green Wedding Shoes
Images Sourced from Grey Likes Weddings and Love and Lavander
Image Sourced from Pretty Little Weddings
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I love engagement shoots and even more so destination engagement shoots, I think it’s so nice for a couple to visit a city or destination that they love and is special to them and have their time there documented. All too often on a romantic break you return with one picture of you, one picture of me, maybe a few of the two of you that the waiter took on request but very rarely a really beautiful picture of you as a couple. By planning a destination engagement shoot while on a romantic break or a wedding planning trip you’re sure to have beautiful pictures of the two of you as a couple to treasure for years to come and remind you of your time in that special destination. Randy and Diana obviously had the same thoughts when they took advantage of their friends wedding celebrations in Paris in October 2011…
Randy and Diana had just gotten engaged when friends of theirs announced that they would be married in Paris Fall of 2011. Excited for the international affair, they decide to take advantage of gorgeous French backdrop, and make their engagement portraits in the City of Lights…
They chose international wedding photographer Jacquelyn Poussot to make their photos in the gorgeous Musee de L’orangerie – home of one of the most exquisite collections of Claude Monet’s Water Lilie paintings. The oval shape gallery lends itself to the most dynamic backdrop… even for Paris.
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Oh it’s officially back to work today for most of us. The wrapping paper has been put away for another year and our Christmas trees are weeping so much that the baubles are resting on the floor, it has never felt more like a Monday. So… determined to get an extra few days out of the festive season here at FAB so that we can bring some cheer to those of you looking to do anything but open up your inboxes.. we have the most beautiful snowy winter engagement shoot in Cambridge for you today, caught on camera by the lovely Ria Mishaal. For the lucky couples that engaged over Christmas and New Year… your inspiration starts here!
Today’s couple are Rachel and Henry. She’s American, he’s English and they live in San Francisco. After falling in love during their time at Kings College in Cambridge, this very special place for them was the perfect location for both their engagement shoot and destination wedding. They met Ria Mishaal on a frosty December morning while in the UK to plan their summer wedding and although it was clearly quite chilly, the snow created such a beautiful back-drop for their gorgeous engagement photo’s.
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I am in love with travel theme engagement sessions and when I saw this dreamy sailboat engagement shoot I couldn’t help but smile…
Frank proposed to Cinthia on the beach, her ring awaiting inside a conch shell. It was laying on the beach for her to pick and discover the treasure inside. For their engagement shoot they returned to the sea but this time on a beautiful sailboat and brought that very special shell with them.
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Good morning! Do you remember we showed you part one of this FABulous shoot last week? Well today, we are showing you part 2 and this time, they have gone all sexy international spy and it looks so great. Heaps of inspiration for those of you who love to travel and want to incorporate it into your wedding somehow and for those having a destination wedding… wouldn’t these sort of pics make a great Save the Date Postcard as a little clue for guests? Thanks to Ashley from Fixed Focal Photography for letting us share these gorgeous pictures!
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Getting to know different photographers, suppliers and couples from around the world is a really nice way of keeping occupied, that’s for sure. Adding to this, the other thing on my “really nice” list today is being able to get to know all the amazing suppliers that live locally. For a long time I’ve known that there is such inspiring talent in this country but only admired them from afar. Now, because of FAB, I’m gradually getting to know them better and last week, I had the pleasure of exchanging multiple emails with the lovely Lisa ODwyer. Originally from Pennsylvania and now living in Kildare, Lisa is a hugely gifted photographer and it’s with great excitement that today she makes her second FAB appearance with the engagement session of a lovely American couple Lacey and Chris, at the Guinness Store House in Dublin.
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I’m very happy today to bring you the second of three engagement shoots which were won by our readers last Spring… the lovely and talented Ana Lui offered free engagement shoots to three lucky readers at a location of their choice in Ibiza.
Carlos and Naomi’s met in Space Ibiza in 2005, it was love at first sight and they have spent all their days together ever since. They chose to get married in Ibiza as it was such a special place for them, where they met and fell in love and it was the perfect destination choice for their engagement shoot…
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This week on Fly Away Bride I have been celebrating the launch of the FAB Kate Spade New York Bridal Collection, so retro chic, love it!
I was so excited to share my interview with the wonderful Rosena McKeown from Boutique Souk, all about planning a destination wedding in Morocco.
I was swooning over Ludgero & Jessica’s Parisian Engagement Shoot photographed by Caught The Light. Oh la la!
Yesterday I was delighted to introduce the very talented Bartek Witek Photography.
Photograph by Caught The Light
And so we come to Friday’s FAB 5 for this week, destination wedding links from all around the web…
✈ Travel Theme Engagement Session – Inspired by their Rendezvous in Europe
✈ Indian Wedding Celebrations – A Rainbow of Colors!
✈ Picnic Wedding Ideas – Wonderfully Whimsical!
✈ A Relaxed Beach Wedding – Destination: South Africa
✈ A Sailboat Wedding – A beautifully intimate wedding planned in 6 weeks!
Photograph by Bella Lunardi Photography
Finally I have to share, today, well today I am very very excited, our wedding is exactly three months from now! Happy excited butterflies!
Have a lovely weekend! I hope the sun is shining wherever you are.
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