Because this was a destination wedding, I had a unique opportunity to capture Brandon and Angela getting ready for their wedding – we were all staying in the same bed and breakfast. We woke up, had breakfast together, ran errands together, accidentally blew a fuse together.
Staying in a bed and breakfast, many of the guests were sharing a bathroom – luckily we were all there for the wedding so we knew each other. The morning of the wedding, Angela took over one of the bathrooms as the hair/make-up headquarters.
Angela is a make-up artist, but only brought a small bit of her gear (it is Italy, after all). She looked AMAZING. …. Of course, she’s naturally gorgeous, but with her make-up talent really knows how to bring out her natural beauty.
{Sidenote: Angela also did my make-up for my wedding. Email her for questions and availability about doing make-up for your own wedding}
Take a look!
Wedding dress story:
As I mentioned, I accompanied Angela to her final dress fitting here in Los Angeles at One Night Affair. I love that dress. It looked fantastic on her and was just the right level of fanciness for her day.
Well, for many reasons she ended up not being able to wear the dress they gave her. So, 2 days before her wedding Angela and Brandon are in Florence, Italy with nothing for her to wear.
Luckily, our b&b proprietor (Silvia – amazing!) helped her find some bridal shops.
2 days before the wedding.
Angela went into this little couture bridal shop. In Florence. The kind of place where the dress designer and her little old mother are the only people working there. The kind of place where the designer herself fits you into the dress.
Miraculously, Angela found a gorgeous dress that fit her well and that was (reasonably) affordable. Granted, buying a brand new dress wasn’t really in their budget, but it certainly could have been a lot worse.
So around noon-ish on the wedding day, Angela was mostly ready for her big day and we just walked a few blocks over to pick up the dress!
[me and Virginia, the maid of honor]
Meanwhile, back at the b&b, Brandon was all ready to go …. and bored.
But, that kind of the way it always is with grooms, right? Especially without groomsmen to entertain him.
Once both Brandon and Angela had finished their preparations, we headed out for portraits …. stay tuned later this week for the stunning images of this couple!
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