Almost all of Megan & Mike's wedding guests traveled from out of town to attend their Kelowna destination wedding at Summerhill Pyramid Winery. We were a bit nervous of the dark clouds but thankfully they stayed in the distance until their reception was starting and they provided some stunning landscapes for us to capture.
Here is their story:
Mike and I met while attending school in Thunder Bay Ontario in 2001. I spotted Mike from across the room and it was love at first sight. It took a few more weeks of me asking our mutual friend to introduce us before we finally met for the first time and fell in love.
We went our separate ways for a few years while Mike started working in Vancouver and I moved to Ottawa for school before we were reunited and picked up right were we left off. We have been inseparable ever since.
Kara & Chris traveled in from Calgary for a Kelowna destination wedding at Summerhill Pyramid Winery. Since they were from out of town we didn't get to shoot their engagement session until only a few days before their wedding, but it was still a great way to get to know our clients and let them become comfortable in front of our cameras before the big day.
We started out while they were getting ready at Sunset Waterfront Resort and then proceeded to Summerhill for their late afternoon ceremony. We only had a few hours until the reception started so we just stayed at the winery and utilized all the great and varied scenic locations that Summerhill has to offer.
"You’re all in a treat this afternoon, because we’ve got some seriously cute Kelowna wedding photos to share with you thanks to the talented eye of Pixel Story.
Everything about this wedding is absolutely stunning from the gorgeous bride’s dress to the drop dead backdrop of Summerhill Pyramid Winery…this couple certainly has some sweet style! I just love, love the black bridesmaid dresses along with the green splashes of colour.
Pixel Story captured some really cute photos of the married couple; like the one where Melissa and Dayton are kissing on the grass. You can literally see the love between the couple in every touch and every photo.
All of this beauty made a wonderful backdrop for the best things about this wedding – all of the love, laughter, and affection."
It was a beautiful summer day for an outdoor wedding at Summerhill Pyramid Winery in Kelowna. The wedding party consisted of Melissa’s two daughters and Dayton’s two daughters so this ceremony not only united Melissa & Dayton but was also the union of two families into one.
The bride recently got a tattoo of a butterfly on her foot in memory of her brother. She wanted him to be a part of her day so there were little touches added throughout: butterfly headbands for the bridesmaids, butterfly name plates, and her shoes showed it off the tattoo beautifully.
After the ceremony we photographed the wedding party around the winery before heading inside to a luncheon Reception. The food was catered by Summerhill and was a really great all organic meal, especially the merlot infused caesar salad!
We headed out with just the bride and groom to do the couple portraits to a great location we had scouted out a few weeks before that gave an awesome view of the valley. Then we headed down to Waterfront Park for some more along the boardwalk.
After all the formal portraits were done we went straight into a trash the dress session. It deserves it’s very own blog post so stay tuned!
