Beautiful Day Photography’s Weblog

By “Backyard wedding” I mean amazingly manicured  Mansion and gardens on the best street in Los Angeles.  Drew has a bit of a green thumb to say the least and was landscaping and planting plants specifically for the wedding for over a year now.  He also is an amateur photographer with his walls covered with amazing prints from his travels around the world.  I have to say, the pressure was on:)  But after a few nights of meetings over wine…LOTS of wine with Drew, Elena and their FABULOUS coordinator Linda Pittelli with Eventful Designing (who is a great friend of mine) I KNEW we were all a great match.And the rest is history.  I JUST had the great pleasure of sitting in Elena’s backyard today, having a drink and reminiscing about their wedding a few weeks ago.  It was so surreal to see their backyard just normal and quiet.  Linda TRULY is a visionary and created a Tahitian Wonderland out of their backyard (and front yard) for their wedding.  The highlights of their wedding…DEFINITELY Elena’s Vows and how eloquent and emotional they were and the planting of a tree during their ceremony to symbolize their growth together in marriage; the catering by Wolfgang Puck…It was like a mobile 5-Star restaurant (I was SO impressed!), the music and dancing performers, the PHOTOBOOTH!!! (It was SUCH a hit! see our Team Photo below), and finally the BEST part of all, leaving at the end of the night and seeing Drew and Elena draped over one of the plush Chaise Lounges just making-out..OBLIVIOUS to the world around them.  That’s how it SHOULD be on your wedding night. Elena has NO memory of that, but I know what I saw:)

The event was GORGEOUS and PERFECT and special and super intimate and touching. I left there with my heart overflowing with love..seriously.  I love them both and how much they have embraced their spirituality and LOVE.  After hearing about their crazy honeymoon travel adventures, I knew that we will be keeping in touch for a long time.  They are MY kind of people:)  If you would like to see more photos from this event, please click on this link.