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Photography/Styling: Sarah Layne Photography
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Hair and makeup: Amy Richardson
Sarah Layne styling secrets:
This was a real DIY collaboration. Isha styled the bride and groom models, Corrine and Nick who are a real-life couple, and brought the vintage suitcases to pair with one of the more cocktail-style dresses in her line. This gave these shots a “leaving for the honeymoon after the reception” kind of mood. The suitcases were purchased from various thrift and vintage stores.
I styled the rest of the shoot and went with vintage picnic theme and added details related to sewing, inspired by Isha (the designer). The picnic theme was chosen for its sense of sweetness, appropriate to the dresses in the line. The sewing details were also inspired by the dinner plates I used from Anthropologie, which had a sort of ribbon motif. I included ribbon and buttons in jars as details. I continued the ribbon motif from the plates in the bride and groom place cards and the drink tags, which were also served in jars. The items were purchased at Anthropologie, fabric stores, and thrift store; some items were ones Isha and I had in our personal collections already, such as the table and picnic basket. I designed and printed the tags myself. To integrate all these details, I included them in the wide shots in the series.
I also did all the florals myself and purchased the vibrant Dalhias, Queen Anne’s Lace, and green Amaranthus from a local farmer’s market and a floral wholesaler.
It had actually been raining all morning the day of the shoot, which was a huge stress, as you can imagine, but by the time of the shoot, the rain had cleared up and left some really beautiful light in its place. The weather and lighting give a very fall/winter (well as much as we have of a winter here in Southern California) look to the shoot. The shoot location was Mission Trails Regional Park in San Diego, which is a place that really represents the natural conditions of San Diego with its collage of various types of plants, trees, rocks, and mountains.
