Holly Farm Wedding | Robin & Matt

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September 19, 2011

Reasons why anybody would love Robin and Matt:

  1. They’re the kind of couple who puts Avril Lavigne on their wedding playlist ironically.
  2. They home brewed their beer for the wedding.
  3. Matt is the kind of guy who can rock a plaid clover colored jacket.
  4. Robin is the kind of girl who loves a guy who rocks a plaid clover colored jacket.
  5. Robin chose the wedding colors based off of a football team (Jets, FYI).
  6. Matt jumps up and down when he’s excited. It’s adorable.
  7. Robin jumps up and down…all night long when she gets married. She has endless energy.

 

Reasons why we love Robin and Matt:

  1. They’re really freaking funny.
  2. They’re the kind of people who inspire loyalty. How often do you see big groups of friends that have stayed as close as one big dysfunctional family (their words, not mine) even after college has long since ended and everybody lives on opposite coasts from each other?
  3. They walked down the aisle together. That has to be my favorite non-traditional wedding tradition ever.
  4. They have a (genius) nerdy side that they fully embrace.
  5. They know how to have fun — I mean, c’mon, they play ultimate frisbee!

 

Robin and I have been emailing back and forth for almost a year now. I get to know a lot of the brides and grooms we photograph in Chile. But it’s much harder to form a closer relationship with a couple who lives far away. I felt lucky that the last time we were in the Bay area she and Matt took time out of their extremely hectic lives to meet up for dinner.

And I’m grateful to Robin for taking the time to write me back and allow me to get to know her better. As time went on, we realized that for two women that live on opposite ends of the world and work in completely different fields, we have quite a bit in common. So really, it was no big shocker to me that we freaking LOVED every minute of Robin and Matt’s crazy awesome day.

 

Hehe, I like the repetition of these next two shots. Mmmm, sandwiches (said in Homer voice).

 


Pretty sure that the hair and makeup woman, Kim, wasn’t quite sure what to make of Robin and her ladies in waiting. They talked about football the whole time and when Kim asked, “Who has a curling iron they could use to touch up Robin’s hair if it goes flat?” all the girls looked around with confused looks and then Colleen ventured, “I have a flat iron. Oh. Yeaaaaaah. I guess that’s the opposite of what you want?”

I definitely fit in with this group. I knew that if anybody said, “What color should the accents be — apricot or salmon?” I wouldn’t have been the only one reaching for my phone to google and try to figure out whether those are actually two different colors, or not. And I wouldn’t have been the only one who didn’t really care :)

 

 

I love this shot. LOVE. Matt looks so peaceful.

 

A little bit of Mad Men in this one, no?

 

EFFFFF, my plane is boarding. Will finish captioning this post later.


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54 Comments

  1. OOOoh what a great wedding!!!This one is so ridiculously stylish!!!

    Comment by Jamie — September 19, 2011 @ 6:37 am

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    • Do you love the atypical wedding outfits?!

      Comment by kyle — September 21, 2011 @ 8:26 pm

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  2. Beautiful! Love that she based her wedding colors off a football team! This is random, but I went to college with the guy and the girl in the picture where he is feeding her raspberries (or something)… can’t remember their names! Anyway, small world!

    Comment by Abby — September 19, 2011 @ 6:47 am

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    • That’s the bride’s brother, Zak. What a small world, that’s crazy!

      Comment by kyle — September 21, 2011 @ 8:26 pm

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  3. Very nice. I like the creative perspectives and exposure choices.

    Comment by Amber Wilkie — September 19, 2011 @ 8:10 am

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    • Thank you so much Amber, I was trying to think out of the box a little!

      Comment by kyle — September 21, 2011 @ 8:26 pm

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  4. Sooo cool. Just like you. Which means, this was a match made in wedding photography heaven.

    Comment by Marianne Taylor — September 19, 2011 @ 8:18 am

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    • Awww, thank you Marianne, that’s the nicest compliment!

      Comment by kyle — September 21, 2011 @ 8:27 pm

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  5. Wow, such a unique wedding and location! Nice job, Kyle :)

    Comment by francis joseph — September 19, 2011 @ 9:11 am

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  6. Dude! Looove this one – especially the low key ones!! Big Like :)

    Comment by Jason Lloyd — September 19, 2011 @ 9:15 am

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    • Thank you so much Jason. That means a lot, I am so proud of these photos and it’s nice to hear someone else say they like them too.

      Comment by kyle — September 21, 2011 @ 8:29 pm

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  7. I love everything about this wedding! You did an amazing job capturing their love. The way they look at each other is so heartwarming.

    Comment by Razvan — September 19, 2011 @ 10:05 am

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    • They’re adorable, aren’t they Razvan?

      Comment by kyle — September 21, 2011 @ 8:30 pm

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  8. I love the setting. Robin and Matt are adorable. I love the way they look at each other.

    Comment by Heather — September 19, 2011 @ 10:17 am

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    • The venue was gorgeous!!!! It was such an awesome day to be a part of.

      Comment by kyle — September 21, 2011 @ 8:31 pm

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  9. nice photos kyle, ill have to make sure i can play your song requests in the future.

    Comment by jon — September 19, 2011 @ 11:08 am

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    • Haha, Jon, I was pretty damn impressed as it was.

      Comment by kyle — September 21, 2011 @ 8:31 pm

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  10. Great wedding Kyle!! The shot of her looking up at him while dancing is awesome!

    Comment by Cassie — September 19, 2011 @ 11:19 am

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    • Thanks Cassie, Seba took that shot!

      Comment by kyle — September 21, 2011 @ 8:32 pm

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  11. great photos! I love how it looks like it´s in the middle of a forest.

    Comment by catherine — September 19, 2011 @ 12:00 pm

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    • Thanks Catherine, It really was like it was in the middle of some kind of jungle…except that I’m sure it takes crazy amounts of gardening to keep it looking that gorgeous.

      Comment by kyle — September 21, 2011 @ 8:32 pm

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  12. how cute are these guys?!?!?!? awesome wedding. :)

    Comment by Michael Wachniak — September 19, 2011 @ 12:14 pm

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  13. Some amazing moments captured, love your work Kyle! x

    Comment by Johnboy Wilson — September 19, 2011 @ 12:24 pm

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  14. I am absolutely LOVING It! :)

    Comment by Deidre — September 19, 2011 @ 2:01 pm

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  15. Kyle, before I even started looking at the photos, your first few lines had me already!

    Comment by Daniel K Cheung — September 19, 2011 @ 5:50 pm

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    • I’m glad you liked the post Daniel, I wrote the first part of it on the way home from the wedding while everything was still fresh in my head!

      Comment by kyle — September 21, 2011 @ 8:34 pm

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  16. beautiful wedding!! where was it?? i love the dress shot!!!!

    Comment by Catalina — September 19, 2011 @ 7:01 pm

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    • Cata, it was in a little town south of San Francisco called Carmel Valley. And I had to take the dress shot, the light coming in was so perfect!

      Comment by kyle — September 21, 2011 @ 8:34 pm

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  17. Beautiful as always, Kyle. I just love the bold color in your shots.

    Comment by Natalie Gibbs — September 19, 2011 @ 7:10 pm

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    • Thank you so much Natalie.

      Comment by kyle — September 21, 2011 @ 8:35 pm

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  18. The pizza kills me. I love the pizza. I love the whimsy of this wedding and these images!

    Comment by Roxanne — September 20, 2011 @ 3:40 am

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    • It was a very whimsical wedding Roxanne, that’s the perfect word to describe it!

      Comment by kyle — September 21, 2011 @ 8:36 pm

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  19. Beautiful coverage Kyle. I love your style. Everything looks so clean!

    Comment by Brian Davis — September 20, 2011 @ 4:46 am

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  20. You are truly an amazing photographer, Kyle. You captured some really great moments. Oh, and late-night pizza? Great idea!

    Comment by Ryan Chan — September 20, 2011 @ 4:58 am

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  21. Very stylish!!! Pizza…?? WAAAAANT!

    Comment by Maximiliano Barros — September 20, 2011 @ 5:38 am

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    • Awesome, right!? Don’t you wish they would do that in Chile?!

      Comment by kyle — September 21, 2011 @ 8:37 pm

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  22. It looks like such a fun, relaxed day! And this is probably my favorite wedding post ever in terms of text…so heartfelt and detailed until suddenly the reality of life as a traveling photographer butts in!

    Comment by Emily in Chile — September 20, 2011 @ 6:35 am

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    • Haha, thanks Emily, I literally slept like four hours after the wedding and then got up to frantically work for the next 24 hours on the blog post so they would see it before they left for their honeymoon. And I BARELY made it as you can see! They were actually getting on a plane just about the same time so they barely got a chance to see it either, but I made it! Yes, I *would* like a cookie for that :)

      Comment by kyle — September 21, 2011 @ 8:40 pm

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  23. Kyle, you rock. Seriously… these are really awesome. Mmmmm sandwiches and pizza. Sounds like my kinda wedding.

    Comment by adam houseman — September 20, 2011 @ 8:55 am

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    • Thank you so much Adam. It was definitely my kind of wedding too :)

      Comment by kyle — September 21, 2011 @ 8:40 pm

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  24. this couple is rad for this line along: They’re the kind of couple who puts Avril Lavigne on their wedding playlist ironically.

    Killer work Kyle. You never cease to pound out the madness.

    Comment by coler — September 20, 2011 @ 10:43 am

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    • You’re making me blush man :)

      Comment by kyle — September 21, 2011 @ 8:41 pm

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  25. Oh, Kyle Kyle Kyle. You are a superb story teller with words and photographs! Love as always!

    Comment by Leah Muse — September 20, 2011 @ 7:03 pm

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    • Muchisimas gracias Miss Leah!

      Comment by kyle — September 21, 2011 @ 8:41 pm

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  26. Awesome set Kyle .. I love that flare shot of the bride ..

    Comment by Richard — September 21, 2011 @ 9:50 am

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    • Thank you Richard! That’s one of my faves of the bunch too!

      Comment by kyle — September 21, 2011 @ 8:41 pm

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  27. These are so lovely! I absolutely love your photos all the time!

    Comment by Alison — September 22, 2011 @ 4:13 pm

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  28. I love really happy looking couples. Don’t get me wrong – every wedding you photograph has happy looking couples, of course. I meant the couples who look as though they spend their lives laughing voraciously and just enjoying every bit of it. :)

    Comment by Ceri — September 27, 2011 @ 10:23 am

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