april and joel : austin wedding photography

I had the pleasure to be a second shooter with my good friend Diana Lott again this past weekend, and what a wedding it was to be a second shooter at! It is surely to be talked about for the rest of the year and on – the Wonka wedding! It was the brainchild of my friend and amazing coordinator Gina with Clink Events – and the whole theme of the reception was a Willy Wonka wonderland complete with towers of candy and a chocolate river, brightly colored amazing florals and linens, and tons of amazing details and stationary. It was a photographer’s dream. The amazing Amy with Merveille worked tirelessly to do some amazing whimsical florals, and my favorite cover band, the Spazmatics, played the reception! The ceremony was held at April’s family land on the lake, and then the couple and guests took boats to the reception at Lakeway. My good friend Stacy with SMS photography also assisted Diana so we had a good time shooting together for almost 12 hours that day! Here are some of my favorite photos – I’m sad I didn’t get to shoot any couple portraits or a ton of details at the reception because I was on the party barge with the guests heading to the reception when all that was happening…but I still got some fun shots. Also, shout out to Ilios Lighting – if you want your photos to really be enhanced and your ceremony-reception to have a big impact, hire a lighting designer! And lastly, I thought I had seen it all in terms of grand exits but NEVER silly string. Wow, that was crazy. I was getting silly string bits out of my hair all night!