I am so honored and excited to see this beautiful Oceanside Elopement featured on Style Me Pretty today! This inspiration shoot came together so beautifully and I could not be happier with the images! I love the romanticism and intimacy of an elopement; dashing away to celebrate your commitment to each other in such an intimate setting is one of the most romantic things I can imagine. I also love the amazing details that come from planning a wedding; spending months picking out the best pieces and showing your personality and relationship in minute details is beautiful and shows how much love and thought went into wedding planning. I wanted to create an inspiration shoot that would marry these two ideas and show brides that they can have an elopement be just as well planned out as a big wedding, and that they don’t have to sacrifice all the amazing little details that can make a wedding unique.

I was inspired by this idea of marrying two opposites together and continued this theme by playing with the union of hard and soft. I wanted this to be seen in my choice of location, which is why I chose to do this shoot at Lighthouse Point Park in New Haven, Connecticut. I knew I wanted the shoot to take place ocean-side to portray a sense of escape from the world. But I chose this specific location because of the beautiful juxtaposition of the hard and ragged rocks against the soft and calming waters.

Above all, I wanted this shoot to inspire brides and show that a small, intimate elopement can be just as beautiful and just as well thought out as a big wedding. So if celebrating your marriage with a traditional wedding doesn’t fit your personality, then there are plenty of other ways you can choose to celebrate!

I was so excited to be able to work with so many amazing creatives on this shoot. The florals, invitations, dress, and cake were all simply gorgeous! This shoot would not have been possible without the amazing vendors, listed below!

Photography + Styling: Callie Manion || Film Lab: PhotoVision || Florals: Jakkelyn Iris || Dress: Gossamer || Calligraphy + Invitations: Lemontree Calligraphy & Illustration || Cake: Andrea Saunders || Ring Box: The Mrs. Box || Glassware: Anthropologie || Location: Lighthouse Point Park || Models: Austin & Alina White

[Images taken with mamiya 645AF + 80 2.8 + fuji400h; canon 1v + 50 1.4 + fuji400h; canon 5dmiii + 85 1.8]

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