Big Sur Wedding Day Portraits

Adventure

Sep 30

I met Mackenzie and Scott last year in Big Sur for their engagement session. I love that I get to shoot their engagements, adventure session portraits, and wedding day, we truly get to become friends over time. Mackenzie and Scott are incredibly talented artists and beautiful people inside and out.

Mackenzie and Scott are getting married at Wind and Sea in a few days, you can see the wedding day HERE. They couldn’t decide if they really wanted to leave all their guests that had flown in from out of town while they adventure along the coast on their wedding day for portraits; so we decided to do it a day before the wedding photo session. We started our adventure in Big Sur at Deetjen’s, one of the oldest historic hotels in Big Sur, they stayed in the Chateau Fiasco a room that has a long history of artists and musicians staying. Mackenzie told me the room has a guest book that is hidden somewhere in the room. If you find it you can read stories of people that stayed there 20 years ago and oftentimes were definitely high on something. The energy around the whole hotel is just good and I hope Scott was able to write some incredible poetry while there.

We did the first look in the redwoods behind the hotel and then adventured along the coast. MacKenzie has two dresses so we are we were able to keep one dress really clean for her wedding and use the other dress for some really epic portraits.

We took advantage of all the pompous grass blooming in September as we drove down the coast. they ran in a meadow and danced on the beach, then they had the most beautiful cliffside moment together focusing on their wedding and the excitement of spending the rest of their lives together I can’t wait for their wedding Saturday.

Mackenzie had a Grace Loves Lace US and Dreamers and Lover’s dress that she’ll be wearing at Wind and Sea on their wedding day! Hair and makeup by KAT did a wonderful job on her makeup and hair. `

Deetjen's Big Sur Groom getting ready sitting on stairs in blue suit putting on his shoes

Bride getting ready for ceremony in wedding dress looking in mirror at Deetjen's Big Sur

bride in wedding dress coming down stairs to meet groom at Deetjen's Big Sur

Bride and groom on Big Sur Coast in wedding attire hugging in tall grass

Bride and groom dancing on Beach in Big Sur, California

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