Real Weddings

THE COUPLE New York-based Kate and Dan met for the first time in Croatia, when Kate spotted her future husband across a bar, wearing a T-shirt coincidentally emblazoned with the name of her father’s Pennsylvania high school. The pair instantly connected thanks to their hometown roots, but parted ways when they headed for the airport. The couple later reconnected on...
THE COUPLE Putting a spin on the typical tale of coworkers falling in love, Farah and Geoff instead became colleagues post-matrimony. Today, the spouses work together for a political organization, but their story began shortly after Farah moved from Utah to Washington, D.C. in pursuit of a career in politics. Geoff, who was a former employee of Farah’s company, stopped...
The Couple Kristine, a Utah native, and Austin, from Florida, met on the dating app Hinge despite their initial reluctance to use it. "Once we came across each other's profiles," Kristine recalls, "we immediately connected." Austin is a Cloud Services Account Manager at Google, while Kristine is a Manager at Insight Global, where she oversees a team of Construction Project...
The Red Earth Venue, Moab May 5 Planning and Design by Aloha Bridal ConnectionsPhotos by Maggie Bradshaw THE COUPLE  Native Texans Jodie and Evan met during a mutual friend’s birthday dinner. From that night bloomed a beautiful relationship filled with laughter and adventure. Five years later, Evan decided to pop the question. During a vacation to one of the couple’s favorite beach locales,...
St. Regis Deer Valley, Park City  June 18  Planning and Design by Bluebird Event Destination Management Photography by Sparkle Photography  THE COUPLE  Katy, a marriage and family therapist, met her husband William, who works in fulfillment for an e-commerce brand, on the rooftop bar of the Georgia Theater in Athens, Georgia. After eight years of long-distance dating off and on, Katy and William rekindled...
THE COUPLE Salt Lake City native Maggie and Palo Alto native Andrew met in fall 2019 in sunny California while Maggie was completing her studies at Stanford University. Now graduated—both from university and from girlfriend to Mrs.—Maggie works in finance for a work management software company. Andrew’s career continues at a Bay Area venture capital firm.   THE PROPOSAL Knowing that Maggie...
THE COUPLE Brigitte and Daniel started their journey as coworkers at an aviation software company based in Houston. Brigitte, who works in human resources, saw Daniel, a software developer, as a friend for two years before the couple embarked on their first date. The two were together for five years before tying the knot during their September celebration at Sundance...
"I try to shoot in a more editorial wedding style, which brings more of a high-end, artistic look for my couples," says photographer Veronica Lybbert of V Photography. For this dream styled shoot, Lybbert celebrated all things texture, layering rich fabrics and lush colors against the awe-inspiring backdrop of Utah's annual Midway Ice Castles attraction. Bringing a solid foundation...
A whimsy-loving couple say "I Do" in a classically vintage garden wedding at a historic mansion in Northern Utah. Collette met Isaac while working at a college-town pizza shop in Logan, Utah. After a year and a half of dating, Isaac suggested the pair take a hike to their favorite lookout point, a quaint vacant historic home on the mountain...
Adventurous lovers Logan and Youka embark on a life-long journey together with an impromptu canoe wedding ceremony in a remote mountainous lake, captured by photographer Robin Kunzler. About the Couple Youka first met Logan at an ex-boyfriend's birthday celebration. That alone might have scared some off, but Logan was unafraid. "I was like a moth to a flame, and...