L’Auberge Wedding ~ Marianne + Tom

Marianne + Tom celebrated their intimate wedding at L’Auberge Del Mar, surrounded by their closest friends and family ~ including their three beautiful girls.  We planned to spend two hours together, and I’m always excited to see how much we can do with that time.  We started with pre-ceremony portraits in the Jade Room, enjoyed their ceremony on the Sunset Terrace, then walked down to the beach for portraits.  It was a little grey that morning, but Marianne’s golden hair and Tom’s blue suit gave such a warm “pop” to every shot.  Sometimes grey days will inspire me to convert the images to black and white, but except for a few, I was totally drawn to their color. :-)

When we got back from the beach, the newlyweds joined their cocktail hour on the lawn of the Amphitheater, and I took a few detail photos on the Sunset Terrace – now converted from their ceremony site to their own private luncheon space.  So cool!

Congratulations to Marianne + Tom, and their beautiful children ~ and thank you to Alison Sansom and Alison Kopecky, of L’Auberge, for doing such a beautiful job planning the day. xo

Tom’s close friend officiated, and did an awesome job.

Yep, that’s her Daddy! :-)

Marianne had to transport this dress from New Jersey, and said it was like a giant pillow on the airplane… Hard to pack, but awesome to photograph. :-)

I can never say this enough… Cool locations are everywhere! This was in a random parking lot on our way back to the resort. :-) Looove it.

I LOVE this shot at the end of our session.