I’m a born-and-raised Southern California girl (not too many of us blogging out there), so I’ve never been to a wedding where it was colder than 70 degrees. Yep, that would be true. Even when decorating weddings, the rare time we had a wedding when there was rain, it was still at least 50 or 60 degrees — apparently, that’s still warm to East Coasters. Hey, what can I say? It’s sunshiney out here. Heheh.
Photo by Flickr’s ZekiZeki
However, I got to thinking the other day. Is it just me, or when we think of our weddings, we think of outdoors, sunshine, warm weather, bared shoulders and long necks, gazebos or beaches? That’s all warm weather stuff. Its odd, because I’m of the opinion that cold weather clothes are actually more fun to wear. Not only that, the cold weather lends itself to spectacular surroundings — not decorations, mind you, although, weddings held in cold weather climes almost look as if they’re decorated by God.
For example, check out this fountain. I’ve shot fountains before — in fact, I love shooting moving water — but I can’t think of a more gorgeous picture than this one. The ice almost looks like diamonds decorating the fountain. Cold weather seems lend itself to really dramatic photos. I’ll show you what I mean.