A bohemian vintage wedding at Watego Beach in Byron Bay – Part 1

PART 1.  THE WEDDING DAY.

Congratulations to Kaylene & David who recently travelled up from Yamba and tied the knot on Watego Beach in Byron Bay in a Bohemian-Vintage inspired wedding.

As much as I love non-traditional weddings and in today’s society anything goes as far as weddings are concerned, its nice to see some old traditions return – Kaylene wore a stunning Bohemian styled dress for the wedding ceremony but had a sexy little vintage number to change into at the reception.

I was reminded at Kaylene & David’s wedding how small a world we live and how Boots Photography sure gets around. Kaylene’s brother was a guest at a recent wedding I photographed in Chincilla  { Chinchilla is about 4 hours west of Brisbane – for wedding photos click here } and now his sister’s wedding in Byron Bay.  Six degrees of separation at work – love that !!

The night before there wedding day, there had been severe storms but it did fine up on the day until mid afternoon Byron time. However 5 minutes into Kaylene & David’s location shoot the heavens opened up and down came the rain, so we had to make a quick dash for the cars and the location shoot was sadly cut short which was made extra disappointing as we had some awesome locations lined up as well as some cool vintage props to work with.

Kaylene had been collecting vintage suitcases, antique stools, a Just Married tapestry cushion, an old Box Brownie camera and a beautiful lace vintage wedding dress to change into for the reception, so I couldn’t let the opportunity to photograph what I could envisage to be some amazing wedding day photos go astray cause a tad bit of rain, so I offered Kaylene & David the chance to do the shoot another day, so a few weeks later, we headed back to Byron Bay for a re-shoot. Luckily for us the weather was glorious and perfect for the photo shoot. To view highlights from the re-shoot click here.

We then had no option but to head on over to the trendy tapas bar, The Owl & The Pussycat, where the reception was being held. A little rain certainly wouldn’t deter me from shooting, but it was torrential.  Its tradition that rain on a wedding day is good luck, so surely torrential rain and whales swimming in the background of the ceremony bring a life time of happiness for these newlyweds.

Kaylene & David, you two make a gorgeous couple and I loved having the chance to photograph your wedding day and it was my absolute pleasure taking the time out to do the re-shoot. I hope you love the photos as much as I do. Deb

To view the entire wedding day and post wedding day location shoot click here { please contact Kaylene or David for the password }