Shawnee and Matt, Michigan Beach Wedding
Sometimes, as a photographer, you get to be a part of something truly awesome. Shawnee contacted me about a week before her wedding, which was going to be on a Tuesday. They were doing what I have now names the backwards elopement. You see, her and Matt had been engaged for a while and living in Florida. They had been talking about a beach wedding in Florida, but instead, decided to keep things simple. Instead of planning a big shin dig in Florida, they decided get married on the trip they had scheduled back home. Shawnee called her dad, a minister in Port Sanilac, and asked him what he was doing the following Tuesday. When he said nothing, she asked him to marry her and Matt on the beach she had swam at as a little girl. And thus, the backwards elopement, where one travels to home to throw a low key event, was born.
Myself included, there were 9 people at this wedding (if you don’t count the mother and her three children who were at the small beach in Port Sanilac that evening). As someone who is currently planning their own wedding, I’m pretty jealous of how simple and relaxed everything was for Shawnee and Matt. I only hope my wedding is half as stress free as this one.
I absolutely loved being able to document this incredible intimate and relaxed beach wedding, and had a great time breaking bed with their families later that night at the Pilot House on the Saint Clair River. Enjoy.
Jen P.
August 2, 2011amazing job, heather! Love them all!! ♥
brett maxwell
August 3, 2011This is awesome Heather! Unique and intimate, I love it.
Nessa K
August 3, 2011These are absolutely… beautiful, Heather.
Caroline Ghetes
August 3, 2011Heather, my favorite one of yours to date. Not sure what it is that made me decide that. But there’s just something special about this one. Well done, lady.
Albert Palmer
August 3, 2011Wow heather – these are just incredible. Lovely location, and OMG that light! These have a great feel.
Tracy Morter
August 3, 2011Utterly beautiful. I love the pictures of the kiss in front of the sea.
Looked like such a loving wedding. Perfect start to a marriage!
Sara K Byrne
August 3, 2011I’m thinking the intimate, easy-going route is looking pretty nice.. beautiful photography!
Jared Tseng
August 3, 2011These are so DREAMY! I’m in love with the shots with the swimmer in the background. Really great capture there!
Josh
August 3, 2011Wow! Your eye and composition is amazing! I loved the whole story!
benj haisch
August 3, 2011awesome awesome awesome. I want to attend a wedding like that. great frames.
Mark Quade
August 4, 2011You gotta love the creativity that a low stress wedding allows ya!! Sweet set Heather!
Jimmy
August 4, 2011Gorgeous wedding! And your tones are just delicious 🙂
I can feel the intimacy through your images. Great job!
AdonyeJaja
August 4, 2011this is absolutely delightful!
adam houseman
August 4, 2011Amazing Heather. Simply incredible. I love your attention to intimacy of the day. Really nice job telling the story.
Ryan Chan
August 4, 2011What a wonderful wedding to be a part of, Heather. Small and simple weddings are the best, and you did a great job capturing it.
#18 is my favourite!
James
August 4, 2011I literally want to marry your pictures! Awesome work as ever heather, seriously amazing
Jason
August 4, 2011Gorgeous. A stunning wedding, and wonderfully captured. Love the bridal portraits on the beach especially. 🙂
joanna
August 5, 2011Oh I love your black and whites. I love elopements, these are just amazing!
michele bowman
August 5, 2011now THAT”S the way to get married!! beautiful photos and great wedding!
Paul Fuller
August 8, 2011So intimate,you captured it beautifully, absolutely love the ceremony shot with the person swimming in the background, looks like it was a great day
michelle
August 8, 2011wow. i can feel how special the day was x
Mercedes
August 26, 2011So good! Heather, your work is just wonderful.
Brett Symes
June 26, 2012what a beautifully observed set of pictures. I love theses