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Tropical Costa Rican Destination Wedding

Dear Costa Rica, we need to meet again soon. 🌿 I’m still dreaming of one of the best adventures I’ve had. Not only did I get to photograph a fabulous wedding, I spent a week with some seriously talented women. Our team from Seattle was nothing short of extraordinary & was lead by the best of the best, Erika from The Greatest Adventure. Erika had the idea to put together a team of Seattle’s top wedding vendors for a destination wedding giveaway.  Of course I said yes for this opportunity of a lifetime!

With our talented team of vendors in place, our next step was to put out a call on social media searching for one lucky couple. We received numerous responses, but Matt’s stood out to us all.

We received a heartfelt letter from Matt about his love, Jani. He wrote about how they were finally living in the same city after being in a long distance relationship for many years. He talked about how he loved her heart and soul. He spelled out for us how special she was and we knew we’d found our winner. 

A few short weeks later, Matt put a ring on it, they purchased our tickets to Costa Rica, and we were on our way!

The trip was incredible from beginning to end. From our dirt road engagement session, to the wild wonders of the Costa Rican landscape, it was an epic wedding to remember.

Our Amazing Vendor Team!

Planning + Design: The Greatest Adventure Weddings 
Florist: Gather Design
Photographer: Angela & Evan Photography
Videographer: Green Attic Films
Venue: Marea Brava Hotel in Jaco, Costa Rica
Hair/Makeup: Angela Evans
Catering: Paladar Costa Rica
Dress: Lulus
Shoes: Lulus

3 Reasons to do an Engagement Session with your Wedding Photographer

It turns out exploring dirt roads in Costa Rica is a wonderful way to spend the day, especially when accompanied by these two gorgeous creatures.

Jani & Matt were the winners of our destination wedding package and part of their prize included an engagement session. We spend the day before their wedding exploring the gorgeous vistas Costa Rica has to offer, getting to know each other, and laughing…a lot!

Back home in Seattle, I always recommend engagement sessions for all for all of my couples and here are three reasons why:

Get comfortable together

Of course you are comfortable together, you are getting married after all, but aside from selfies on date night, how often do you have a camera trained on you? Engagement sessions are sort of like practice for your wedding portraits. By the time the big day arrives, you’ll already by used to kissing on camera.

Get to know your photographer

We’ve likely met before your wedding day but this will give you an idea of how I work, and better yet, how we work together. You will start to know my style of directing and I can learn all your best angles.

It’s fun

Without the pressure of the timeline of your wedding day, we have an opportunity to hang out and make gorgeous portraits. I get to see the real you and you get to learn how to be confident in front of the camera. Plus, can you ever have enough photos?!

Our Amazing Vendor Team!

Planning + Design: The Greatest Adventure Weddings 
Florist: Gather Design
Photographer: Angela & Evan Photography
Videographer: Green Attic Films
Venue: Marea Brava Hotel in Jaco, Costa Rica
Hair/Makeup: Angela Evans
Catering: Paladar Costa Rica
Dress: Lulus
Shoes: Lulus