The wedding/elopement day began with a 4:00am wake up call to launch the canoes at Schwabacher Landing for a sunrise surprise. Audra and Andrew had parallel stories in which they have both lost their dads, and their dads being influential figures in their lives. As a surprise, Audra had reached out to Andrew’s close families as well as her close families to write letters about their favorite memories about their dads, and they got to read these letters at the canoe for the first time. They then got to scatter their dads’ ashes from the canoe as a remembrance of their dads on their special day.

Audra really wanted her wedding at a log cabin because she grew up in one, so she rented a VRBO cabin, used it as a venue (with owners permission), as well as hired a personal chef to cook them a romantic vegan dinner.

Kelsey + Derrick got their dream wedding in just in time before all the travel ban with the Corona virus. The weather was perfect, the water was perfect, everything about our entire time in Jamaica was perfect. If you are considering planning a destination wedding in the Caribbean or the West Indies islands, consider Negril, Jamaica! It’s safe, the locals there are super friendly and have the heart of hospitality, and it’s just a quick hop over from the US. We look forward to being back to Jamaica again and again in the future!

It was months of planning, and when we finally all arrived in Jamaica, and meeting for the first time in person. We were off to Barney’s Hummingbird Garden for Kelsey + Derrick’s engagement session, or we like to call it their Jamaican Adventure Session. Kelsey wore this cute dress, appropriately, with hummingbird patterns. The week we were in Jamaica, it has been raining more than usual. When we got to Barney’s Hummingbird Garden in West End Negril Jamaica, it was still raining. We got out of our taxi, and walked around for a bit. Then the rain died down, and magic happened. The humming birds came out, and we even got to feed the birds. Our lens kept fogging up as we it was super humid right after the rain, but we got some amazing engagement photos for Kelsey + Derrick in between wiping our camera lens. The entire experience was nothing short of magical. We cannot wait to be back to Negril, Jamaica, it quickly grew in our hearts, and we believe to be one of the best places for wedding destination. Can’t wait to show more photos from Kelsey + Derrick’s wedding at the Royalton All Inclusive Resort in Negril at the Ocean Point Gazebo.