Photography, Ben Wagner Photography | Venue, Guemes Island Resort | Wedding Coordinator, Brittany Kay Johnson | Catering, Gusto Wood Fired Pizza | DJ, DJ Sheilae
“I remember a wedding party standing in water, kids running with cake, sweat photos of peopleโs cheeks smooshed together. These didnโt feel like stock wedding photos. They felt imperfect and true and full of emotion.“
– Flo
Guemes Island Resort Wedding Photography – Anacortes’ Hidden Gem
Thereโs really no other event in adult life like a wedding: a gathering of disparate family and friends that blend into a one-night only play. It’s the only time this exact group of people will be together. In many cases, it may be the only time your closest friends and families meet. Sure you see your families on holidays, but a few dozen of your closest friends arenโt there. And yeah you see those friends on your yearly girls trip… but your family isnโt there.
I thought a lot about this unique alchemy while photographing Spencer and Floโs PNW Destination Wedding atย Guemes Island Resort, located less than a mile off the coast from Anacortes. For this PNW Destination Wedding, Spencer and Flo’s family and friends stayed the weekend in the resortโs cabins, enjoying the resort’s waterfront activities and spending time with each other. By the time I arrived (via the Guemes Island Ferry, more of a barge really) the weekend was well underway.
I love weekend getaway weddings like this โ everyone staying in one place gives the bride and groom so much more time to spend with their guests, and it gives friends and family a chance to really know each other. It was hard to tell where the bridal party ended and family began, everyone mixed and mingled and orbiting the bride and groom.
The prevailing sense was friendship, I could see right away the bride and groom were the kind of people who made friends easily, the kind of friends who would fly across the country, drive a couple of hours from the Seattle airport, and then take an infrequent ferry (again, really more of a barge) to spend the weekend with you.
And what a weekend. I saw incalculable beautiful moments, more than can be shared here. Tearful hugs, a heart shaped pizza, rain ponchos and nautical theming (Spencer and Flo are avid sailers, honeymooning by sailing to Canada). The officiant brought his own keg of home brewed beer, the bride nervously studied her vows. The bridal party skipped rocks into the bay before the wedding and practiced axe throwing in the rain.
I wasn’t ready to leave when it came time for the last ferry to Anacortes. I said my goodbyes to the couple and bridal party and watched the flashing lights of the party in my rearview mirror.
Guemes Island Resort Wedding Photography โ The PhotoFilm
Below you can watch Spencer and Flo’s Documentary PhotoFilm of their Guemes Island Resort Wedding, with photographs that tell the entire story of the wedding day. Selectย Wedding Packagesย include aย 4K PhotoFilmย โ combining your wedding photographs with recorded sound to create a one of kind photographic documentary. A way to relive your special day for many years to come.ย
Guemes Island Resort Wedding Photography โ Select Photographs
The gallery below includes a select group of photos from Spencer and Flo’s PNW destination wedding at Guemes Island Resort. In the following gallery you will see images in both Color and Black and White. Select wedding photography packages receive all photos edited in both color and black and white. Any film photography images are delivered depending on the chosen film stock.
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Digital images photographed on the Leica M11, Leica Q3, and Fujifilm X-T5. Film photographs taken on the Leica MP with Kodak Tri-X and Gold 200 film stocks.
Film processed by Panda Lab, Seattle, WA.
