Carrie and Phil - westlake village, california

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sometimes a wedding can take months and months of planning. leading up to the final week can even be more challenging than the whole planning process. coordinating everything from making final alterations to the brides gown or


the grooms tux, making sure all “out of town guests” have arrived safely and are comfortable and informed of the days event etc, etc, etc. now throw in that you want to have a “destination wedding” back in your hometown of westlake village, ca.... and you live in london!


carrie and phil are this couple. awhile back karen and i met this beautiful, energetic, artistic “glowing bride” that we instantly fell head over heels at first meeting.



carrie shared with us her love for her phil, her music, her style and love of our photography. the challenge that faced carrie and phil was to have a wedding spread across two continents and witnessed by family and friends from their youth to today. that meant traveling for 80% of their guests. sharing their story with karen and me really made for some truly amazing and unique moments throughout their wedding day. not wanting to steal them away too long from their family and friends we relied heavily on our stylized lifestyle approach with a hint of laughter.








i can’t begin to express the day and how carrie, phil, their family and friends embraced us and allowed us to share their lives with them…”if only for one day.” the stories, the laughter, the humor, the love, the love of family and most importantly the celebration was in large quantities but ended way too fast. if you can’t hear it in my post i am sure you’ll see it our photographs…we had a blast and would spend another 14hrs with carrie and phil again tomorrow!

cheers!


















ceremony: saint maximilian kolbe catholic church
st. max. wedding coordinator: karen marrone
officiant: father patrick o'dwyer
venue and accomodations: westlake village hyatt
catering manager westlake village hyatt: jessica haik
carrie's shoes: christian louboutin paris, france
mc & dj: kevin sizemore edge entertainment
honeymoon: maui