Fotografo de Bodas, Santiago

January 24, 2011

I left Jamie and Chris’ wedding wishing I were Irish. Irish women, aside from being beautiful, are apparently really good at just…enjoying life. Jamie’s family owns a bakery, which would explain why she doesn’t do diets. She met the love her life on a beach in Spain. She loves horses and Chile, so her wedding was basically the perfect tailor-made event. And she’s a good dancer and a very good celebrator. I adore her and I adore her joie de vivre.

Chris is the perfect match. He’s the perfect blend of his Southern Chilean roots with his new life in stunning (and stunningly cold) Ireland. He’s nothing but funny All. The. Time. He makes Jamie laugh like nobody else. He walks from place to place spontaneously breaking into dance every now and again. Even when he doesn’t know anyone is watching him. My kind of man. Well, really more like Jamie’s kind of man

We had the best time photographing them this weekend. Their wedding was held at Puro Caballo, a centro de eventos in Casablanca, and one I’d never been to. It was really cool. The place is gorgeous, the setting with the view of the hills is amazing, and the decoration was really well done. And the huasos, OMG THE HUASOS. I will get to that later. For now, let’s look at the pictures.

So I wanted to post my thought process again like I did on Marcela’s last photo because people seemed to like that. Jamie had to walk across a parking lot on her way to the ceremony. That was where she met up with her dad so he could walk her down the aisle. Obviously this is a beautiful moment, but the parking lot is not that beautiful of a setting. The first of the shots is so you can see where the second was taken:

And the second shot I crouched down low so as to get a crop without all the cars in the parking lot. This is about as close to a photography tutorial as you’re ever going to get from me

Chris never stopped making funny faces. Even on his way down the aisle.

Love this next one! I had been hoping that they’d pass under the palms in a way that I could get the cool shadows in the photograph!

Right here is when Jamie said, “I give you this hijo as a sign of my love,” instead of “I give you this anillo.” For you none Spanish speakers out there, hijo is child and anillo is ring. No, Jamie is not pregnant

Not posed, just lovely.

The huasos show actually brought tears to my eyes. I don’t think I’ve ever felt that patriotic about Chile before. It’s that these guys took so much pride in what they do and they were so freaking good! It was amazing to watch.

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Amazing work as always Kyle, and she is a freaking beautiful bride.

Comment by Heather J — January 24, 2011 @ 9:46 am

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Kyle, I wanted my wedding to be the first one you did with horses. jeesh.

I love the shot of her holding her veil in front of her face.

Comment by Deidre — January 24, 2011 @ 1:33 pm

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Gorgeous photos. I love the location as well!

Comment by Laura — January 24, 2011 @ 3:24 pm

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Kyle you are so great at capturing beautiful moments. I always feel super happy after looking through your work. That shot of Jamie with the pup behind her is precious. I also love the photo of her (getting ready?) with the veil wrapped around her.

Comment by Marianne Wilson — January 24, 2011 @ 4:12 pm

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I love frame #10 and #30!

Comment by Kai Heeringa — January 24, 2011 @ 4:42 pm

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Kyle, once again your eye is rockin’. Your framing in these is impeccable. LOVE the portrait of her eyes (0010), and the wide-angle shot of her under the tree (0035). And thanks for the tutorial haha!

P.S. Girls on horses = HOT.

Comment by Zack — January 24, 2011 @ 4:50 pm

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Whoa Kyle. SO much awesome in this post it made my eyes twitch

Comment by Eric Yerke — January 24, 2011 @ 4:55 pm

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AMAZING!!!!!! Kyle, there are no words to describe how beautiful all of those pictures are. It makes me want to get married again.

Oh and I’m still trying to figure out a way to sneak you and Sebas in our luggage for India next month.

Comment by Katie — January 24, 2011 @ 4:58 pm

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Kyle, you are a gun, big inspiration for me!

Comment by Matthew Mead — January 25, 2011 @ 2:04 am

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Beautiful work as always Kyle. I love how unique your compositions are. You have a very special perspective. Great job capturing their happiness.

Comment by Timothy E Kaldas — January 25, 2011 @ 3:32 am

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Great coverage Kyle. You’ve got some really awesome moments captured. I love the shot with the girl and the parasols and also the one where they are throwing the flower petals. That puppy is super cute, you think they would want to sell it?

Comment by Brian Davis — January 25, 2011 @ 7:15 am

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Beautiful wedding…That shot of the girl on the horse is incredible. Just an epic set of photos all through this post. I love what you do with your camera, Kyle…awesome stuff.

Comment by Jean Mazac — January 25, 2011 @ 8:16 am

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Love the ceremony shot through the chair. Good work, Kyle!

Comment by Jakob — January 25, 2011 @ 1:13 pm

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Kyle, Kyle, Kyle. Just when I think I can’t love your work more. Beautiful stuff throughout. Favorite shot is the couple by the guy on the donkey. Too good.

Comment by Joshua Gull — January 25, 2011 @ 9:17 pm

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Kyle, I am in love with that shot of the bride with th umbrella patially covering her face. beautiful.

Comment by Dennis Pike — January 26, 2011 @ 6:31 am

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kyle you are awesome. beautifully done.

Comment by gabe aceves — January 26, 2011 @ 8:27 am

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Kyle, you did a wonderful job with this wedding. My favorite is the one with the bride and her father under the palm fronds, love the shadows on her. Also, your b/w post processing rocks!

Comment by Ashley Gillett — January 26, 2011 @ 9:13 am

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I mean, seriously, Kyle. You rock. The bride through the window getting ready is perfect. The bride with the dog is wonderful. The whole wedding rules!

Comment by Leah Muse — January 26, 2011 @ 12:15 pm

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I just ADORE this set of photos, Kyle!!! I love love love the shot with the dog.. the black and white shot of the bride with her father before the ceremony (those shadows = perfection), and so many others. Gorgeous, all of them.

Comment by Emily Porter — January 26, 2011 @ 1:05 pm

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Ok first of all I’m speechless, 2nd of all I’m jealous!!!! But 3rd of all, pat yourself on the back Kyle, this was exquisite. Loved the shot with the faded light beaming through and just a glimmer of her eyes. LOVE the couple shot with the huasos rider (hope i got that right). Love the story you’ve told and how you’ve told it. I want to move to chile

Comment by Tenielle — January 28, 2011 @ 3:44 am

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Everytime I come across one of your posts I am impressed. These shots are fantastic! My favorite is the one of the girl on the hoarse at the end. Really great.

Comment by Nathan Gilmer — January 29, 2011 @ 7:27 am

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very cool stuff! the first photo is awesome!!

Comment by Tee — January 31, 2011 @ 9:43 pm

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Haha, that third photograph cracked me up!! Awesome work, as usual.

Comment by Heather — March 1, 2011 @ 1:58 pm

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