This wedding is so near and dear to my heart because I’m friends with both Laura and Drew. In fact, as I mentioned in their engagement session post, Drew is half of the reason why I met my husband (the other half being his friend and groomsman, Eran), for which he will always have a special place in my life. Walt and I were so happy when Laura and Drew started dating, excited when Drew kept us updated on his proposal plans, and touched when they trusted me with their wedding photography.
Their Sunday afternoon wedding at Vintage Villas was absolutely beautiful — clear sky, bright rooms, and full of the happiest people you have ever seen. Drew and Laura were absolutely blissful and full of joy, and it reflected on everyone around them. It was a buoy that lifted all of us up.
There were so many touches that made their wedding theirs… like Drew’s omnipresent Batman items (cufflinks, rubber bracelets on all the groomsmen, the cake!); high-fiving cake toppers; bagels instead of challah, because Drew and Laura met over bagels at Hillel; and Drew’s childhood rabbi officiating.
Congratulations, you two!
Side note: I really have to hand it to my second photographer, Chris Lin. He knew I was a friend of the couple so I leaned on him a lot more than I usually rely on my second shooters. He let me sit down during the reception to eat cake and enjoy the moment with Walt, who was a guest. I also have to thank my assistant, Quinn, for helping out. Thanks, guys!
Venue, catering, and coordinators: Vintage Villas
Second photographer: Chris Lin
Dress: Alexia Gavela
Cake: Michelle’s Patisserie
DJ: Justin at Complete Music
Florist: Bouquets of Austin
Makeup and hair: Valerie
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Josh & Kylie - Lovely work Elissa. How cool is the cake! Love the first look too!
Becca - Nice work!
KB - Love! The shots with the bubbles especially, so beautiful.
Eric - Elissa, really outstanding candid moments here. Lovely work !
LaurenF - I love the bubbles shots! This wedding looks like lots of fun.
Avelaine Scyrup - Well done! I love the couple’s exit with all the bubbles =)
dan hand - Really awesome, the bubbles turned out really cool.
sam hurd - gosh… really love that first shot. also, batman cake FTW.
Sara - Great set, I love the bubbles :)
gabe aceves - great stuff elissa- the first frame is killer!
Chris Lin - That was really fun times. Double thumbs up and hand-heart shapes! You rocked it.
Razvan - Love the energy in that second to last shot!
Kat Forsyth - Gorgeous stuff! Looks like everyone had a ball!
Daniel - Beautiful work, Elissa. I had to do a double take of the shoe pin photo. Love it!
Sally Watts - Batman!!!!!!!!
OK, now that that’s out of the way, I can go on to say that they are such a gorgeous couple!
I love their cake, and that shoe shot is so cool.
That first image is so, so lovely.
Terrific shot of the guys at the reception too.
Jessica - Really like the second to last bubbles shot. It’s unique in how much the bubbles overtake the photo (in a good way) and yet you still get a little glimpse of the bride’s reaction.
Paul Nguyen - Great stuff! I love the bubble pictures!
ALMA - First frame is the bomb!
Mercedes - That first frame? LOVE. Great shoe shot! This looks like it was such fun.