Julie & Steven | Wedding Part II | Le Sereno, St. Barthelemy FWI

I’m back and I am well aware that it has been something like a month since I last blogged. A new baby will do that to ya! But I am super excited about this post as well as future posts and possible announcements about potential speaking engagements AND an upcoming workshop we are coordinating! So stay tuned for more details and website.

So this July we had the pleasure of traveling to St. Barthelemy, in the French West Indies, for an intimate Caribbean wedding at Le Sereno. We last left off with Julie and Steven a month ago at their Cambridge City Hall civil ceremony. Our travels with them took us to the absolutely breathtaking island of St. Barths! This is NOT your typical Caribbean island. Just different. An all French island, including the culture, cuisine, locals, tourists, infrastructure, etc.. just so unique from what I have experienced before in the Caribbean.

The day before the wedding we checked out the resort to get a good feeling of where we would ideally photograph the bride and groom. An obvious but important step for any photographer working in an unfamiliar venue. Also, shooting with Julie a month prior I learned of her modest shyness in front of the camera. I then knew that come wedding day, these nerves would surely be heightened. But let’s face it, 99% of us out there are not Hollywood camera ready. So as a photographer you need to be prepared, ready for the unexpected, and most of all, Quick, and this day was no exception. We had budgeted an hour and a half to shoot with Julie and Steve prior to their ceremony, but like any well respected wedding, as I looked at my watch, our time to shoot dwindled down to 30 minutes. Hey, you gotta roll with the punches.

And so away we went. I knew the exact places to go, quick angles to shoot etc. ahead of time. And true to my style I offered up very little direction even with the short timeframe we had now been allotted. I don’t like to force pictures, my goal is to capture the bride and grooms personality as it unfolds in front of me. And in a really short amount of time I was happy to walk away with these shots given the circumstances. Here are some of my favorites from our 30 minute shoot.

The Details:

Venue: Le Sereno
Gown: Vera Wang
Shoes: Badgely Mischka & J Crew
Suit: Hugo Boss

I must mention this resort, Le Sereno, truly had 5 star service like I have never seen before. Anywhere! Not only were each guest treated like they owned the resort, but the same treatment was provided to Maria and I. Really fantastic and made my day of shooting there that much more spectacular.

The Full Day of Pictures:

Brian Phillips is a Boston based Wedding and Event Photographer serving all of New England including Cape Cod, Newport, R.I., and Destination Weddings.