To say I was excited to shoot this wedding is an understatement. From the minute we started talking wedding details I was SO EXCITED to shoot Karoline and Bjorn’s big day. Not only did everything Karoline envisioned sound beautiful but Karoline and I went to college together (Hollins University) and I felt so honored to be chosen to photograph her wedding!! I even knew four of the bridesmaids! It was a little reunion too! I was equally excited to work with Kat from Dear Sweetheart Events! Kat and Karoline went to high school together! How cool is that? I’d say Karoline has some pretty awesome wedding vendor friends, don’t you think!? The most adorable thing in this whole wedding story is how Karoline and Bjorn met. Karoline is REALLY into baking and she and Bjorn met at a bakery… come on… that is the cutest! They even had cake from the bakery where they met in Georgia as party favors for the guests!!
No detail was forgotten… from the pin and handkerchief from her great grandmother on her bouquet to the top she wore at her rehearsal dinner made from her grandmother’s wedding dress… her big day was classic and elegant and full of sentimental family touches. She had thought of everything, being an event planner herself in Atlanta where she and Bjorn live. I loved her classic elegance and green and gold touches throughout her flowers and the reception space (my favorite colors!) and the pop of blue in the stunning bridesmaids dresses. Kat and the rest of the wedding vendor team did an amazing job!!!
Her wedding day comes and of course there is the threat of Hurricane Joaquin. I think I was thinking about the rain more than she was! All she said was “I trust you”… and you don’t quite know how awesome that feels until your client says that. We had ZERO problems and came out with some of the prettiest portraits ever on the side porch of the venue!!
A huge thank you to all of these amazing vendors who helped make Karoline and Bjorn’s day the BEST! And shoutout to the lovely, Erika Lynn Photography for second shooting with me all day!
VENUE// Jepson Alumni Executive Center
CEREMONY// Fredericksburg Presbyterian Church
EVENT PLANNER// Dear Sweetheart Events
DRESS// Ava Laurenne Bride
BRIDESMAIDS DRESSES// Bella Bridesmaids
MAKEUP// Hello Darling Beauty
BAND// Rollex Band
FLORIST// Jane Guerin Flowers
CATERING// Sodexo Catering University of Mary Washington
FAVORS// Piece of Cake