This blog post has been a long time coming… Four weeks ago, I simply wanted to plan a shoot out for my photographer friends and I… basically a get together where we all shoot for fun… Since most of us are wedding photographers, I thought it would be great to do some reception lighting practice at a cool venue… I called around to find a location, and The Wine Dive was generous enough to allow us to shoot in their restaurant! (How cool?!!) After announcing our location, Eileen of Beauty in the Making hopped on and asked if she could help put the shoot together… Because the interior of The Wine Dive was very rugged & very industrial, I thought it would make for an awesome styled wedding!

So what started off as a simple get together, turned into an amazing styled wedding! I had to call the Wine Dive to make sure it was ok that we were having a wedding there on a Tuesday night — a fake wedding that is =) This couldn’t have been pulled together in 5 days without the amazing help of everyone that contributed! The list of incredible people and vendors that made this industrial styled shoot truly remarkable is at the end of the post… And thank you to all my photographer friends who attended the shoot and rocked it out! Now, enjoy some of my favorite images from our shoot =)

Here’s our Pinterest board we used for inspiration…

Oh how I loved this theme…

Eileen, you did an awesome job at styling all of the details…

shout out to my awesome MIL who made this bow tie for us =)

brace yourselves for the hottest bride & groom — ever!

I love working with Lulu of Makeup by Lulu… she is simply amazing with hair & make up…

Angelle, you — are — gorgeous!

Crystal — you make me swoon with all the amazing details you crafted…

ps — we got our cake and ate it too! It was so — friggin– good!! Thank you Johnson’s Custom Cake!!

Design & Floral:
Eileen Morales
http://www.beautyinthemaking.com

Models:
Angelle & Corey Gibson
Coraliz Morales
Ashley Parchment

Venue:
The Wine Dive
http://mywinedive.com

Dresses:
Sassy Bridal | Miami, FL
http://www.sassybridal.com

Tie:
Suzette Newcomer

Wedding Stationary & Details:
Crystal Simpson
http://www.asignofmylove.etsy.com

Wedding Cake:
Johnson’s Custom Cakes
http://www.johnsonscustomcakes.com

Cake Topper:
David Newcomer

Hair & Makeup Artist:
Lulu Gomez http://www.makeupbylulu.com