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Blake and Kelly’s wedding was an elegant day at the Presbyterian Church of the Master. Rustic oranges and eggplant purples accented the serene setting from the ceremony to the reception. Filled with joy I don’t think either Blake or Kelly stopped smiling all day. Congratulations!
All photos by Matt Chenot and Dana Erickson
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“Epic” would be the word I use to describe Erin and Shady’s wedding found within the pristine El Capitan State Beach. When I heard their wedding was taking place at my favorite beach in Southern California I was very happy.
The morning greeted us with some ominous thunderheads perched over the Los Padres National Forest. Erin and Shady were incredibly optimistic about the weather with no “plan B” in case of rain. Even with her birthday the day prior Erin was ready about thirty minutes early, so we had some time to hang out and talk a little. They were both full of life and love which was contagious to everyone around them
The ceremony was gorgeous. Rustic colors, blue skies dappled with thunderheads and little wispy clouds painted the set for a sacred marriage. The service had it all: poetry and scripture reading, an amazing message, laying on of hands in prayer, communion, and holy kisses to mention a few. Most importantly there was an incredible sense of the deep love between Erin and Shady throughout the day as they stole glances at each other constantly.
The evening ended with storybook sunset and dancing into the night with a full moon rising in the east.
Congrats again guys!
Love,
Matt
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Jennifer & Ian are a match made in heaven…or some other really cool place. I feel extremely fortunate to have been the one they came to and trusted with preserving the love, beauty and personality of their day. Everything about this day was either perfect, beautiful or cool…I even woke up in a good mood, looking forward to their wedding even though we had only met the week previous.
We started shooting Jen’s prep in her room at Hotel Mar Monte in front of a window looking out over East Beach on one of those rare, sun-shining-bright-in-the-clear-blue-sky-days that we have every so often here in Santa Barbara ; ) She was calm but excited to make the cross-town journey to Alice Keck Park in one of cleanest, most classic 1955 Chevy’s I’ve ever seen. At the park she was led up the aisle to Ian (who looked pretty damn cool and calm in his tux and chuck’s) behind two cute, little, pink-petal dispensing flower girls. The contrast between Jen’s flawless white dress and the intricate tattoo work that came up her back and down her arms was a shining example of the perfect, the beautiful and the cool mentioned above that characterized the entire day.
After the ceremony, Jen and Ian got into cool blue 1963 Impala for a trip down lower State Street where everybody down town that day stopped what they were doing to acknowledge Jen and Ian and their personal classic-car show, whistling and shouting out their congratulations to the newly weds the whole way down.
Upon arriving at their reception at Hotel Mar Monte, Jen and Ian were introduced by their friends and family by DJ Zeke where the party began, the dancing ensued and good times were had by all.
I don’t know exactly how many times I thanked them for getting in touch with me for their wedding photography, but one final time, thank you Jennifer and Ian, sooo much. I felt welcome and comfortable with you both from the moment we first sat down and met. I hope you enjoy these images as much as I do.
Be well guys,
Have fun in Costa Rica!
Click here to see a slide show of Jen & Ian’s wedding day images.
Kiel
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