destination wedding

Tania & Andrew - Wedding at Nikis Resort, Umbria by This Modern Love

Tania & Andrew - Nikis Resort Wedding Photography, Umbria

Chemistry. You've just got to have it. Between a couple, obviously. But also between us and the couples we work with.

We've been so lucky, ever since we started really, to work with such brilliant, laid-back, creative, up-for-anything couples. I guess if the home page of your website is people hugging in a toilet, the fairytale wedding people are maybe going to give you a swerve! But we feel genuinely blessed to have had the privilege of knowing, and working with, such great, great people over the years.

Which brings us to Tania and Andrew. Who just rule. Their wedding in Nikis Resort, just outside Umbertide in Umbria was not only jaw-droppingly beautiful - it was full of warmth and depth. Not everything at weddings goes to plan, but they never got hung up on the small stuff. Always kept the important things up front - being present with all their people, committing to each other, break-dancing in a wedding dress...

A shout out to Super Tuscan Wedding Planners as well, who helped bring the day to life. 

Nada & Phil's Palacete de Cázulas wedding - Andalusia, Southern Spain by This Modern Love

Nada & Phil - Palacete de Cázulas Wedding in Andalusia, Spain

Nada and Phil are wonderful human beings. Everybody agrees. There was such warmth in their wedding. And it was a real privilege to be there for this part of their journey.

The wedding was at Palacete de Cázulas in Otivar, a tiny hilltop village in the Andalusian hills of southern Spain. Nada's Assyrian roots were celebrated the night before the wedding with a henna ceremony, which later evolved into a rocking tapas party. The next day, Nada and Phil decided to meet on the rooftop before the ceremony began. I always love this stolen moment before the roller coaster begins...

I could go on, but I'd only scratch the surface here of how moving this day was. So I'll just leave the rest to the images...

Apart from to confess that I hid 3 avocados, 2 grapefruits and 6 figs from the garden in my luggage home ;)

Alice + Nick - Toulouse Wedding Photography by This Modern Love

Places are so important. We'll always remember the north coast beach where Tim proposed to Claire, our favourite pub at the time - the Spaniard - where we held a most raucous engagement party, and the rickety old barn down the road we got married in.

So when a couple gets married at a place that means something to them, we get excited. For Alice & Nick, this was St Victor et Melvieu in the South of France. Specifically Montrozier, the once ramshackle hotel that Alice's parents have painstakingly restored over the last 10 years into an absolute gem of a house. It's easy to see how everyone has completely fallen in love with the place.

Their wedding was beautiful. Close-knit family and friends having the time of their lives. Handmade everything, a jaw-dropping church, a jazz skiffle band processing through the village, food we'll all remember for a long time, an outdoor party at the Gite... and these two... grinning their heads off and completely at home.