I have been longing to blog this beautiful vintage wedding and I am finally able to do it.
I have told you about Gardenia & Gustaf before. When we first met, they made clear that both had a very special interest for aesthetics, and that their wedding would be vintage themed, but they also were very clear about something else.
Their main interest was to make their day as special as possible for their guests, making them feel appreciated. It was to feel cosy, personal, and about family and friendship laces. Not about the pretty stuff.
They designed vintage letterpress invitations as well as place holders. In each placeholder, every guest would find an personal, interesting description of the 3 guests sitting immediately in front and beside them. Like small love notes to and about each guest.
What an amazing gift! The time and attention they put into these!
They also collected smal silver vases for a long time and made question that every table would get a different vintage floral arrangement.
Everything was about showing their love for their guests.
See, that is something I have been noticing. No matter if I am a Stockholm wedding photographer for the day, or an Italy wedding photographer, or even a local one for that matter. I have been seeing this connection between my couples, that has helped me identify what it is that they see in my photography, making them certain that I am the one who should tell their story. I am thinking of writing a blogpost about this soon.
You see, all my weddings feel and are personal to me. I feel them in different ways. I bring home different feelings and lessons learned from each one of them. From Gardenia and Gustaf, I learned to recognize the greatness of love as a leading star.
The calm loving strength and loyalty that brings and keeps people together. The power of really listening and seeing others. That is what I brought home from their lovely day.
Gardenia & Gustaf, I often think of you two, and how special one felt around you two. You have this tremendous gift of making people around you feel both seen and loved.
Thank you for having me!
Venue: Villa Adolfsberg, Stockholm
Wedding rings : Géodésique / Tokyo.
Bride: Dress was handmade by a family friend, shoes från Valentino, Jewelry from brides mother.
Groom: Tailor George Fashions, and vintage fly from A Marchesan, Gold watch inherited from Gustaf’s grand father .
Hair and flowers: Madelin Downey, Downeys blomster och jazz / Stockholm
Make up: Karolina Olsson Haglund / Stockholm
Jazz band: Felix Unsöld Kvartett
Sara Ellis
Beautiful!!!
Sonia
Thank you Sara, for always being so supportive! miss you!
Fredric
Fantastiskt fint. Nu vill vi se mer.
Molly
These are very beautiful images! What a lovely wedding.
Brigitte Grenfeldt
These pictures are some of the most touching I've seen in a long time.
David
Supernice stuff. The last one is a killer-shot!
Jenny Drakenlind
Just sooooo lovely photographs with all your love to photography and people! Gorgeous!!!
Jane Haglund
I love this!!
Ilkka K
Beautiful wedding! I especially love your attention to detail — awesome work!
Nick
Oh boy. What a beautiful wedding. Some incredible emotion in these frames. I love the stuff straight after their ceremony.
kong wai
Happy wedding. I love the tones
Karin Linden
So so so lovely!
Cole
What a great wedding. You're a machine Sonia!
Damian Burcher
Great confetti shot. Also really love the black and white of the bride walking out of the hallway with the chandelier.
Albert Palmer
Beautiful tones and I really like your black and whites - top work Sonia!
Becca Dilley
Amazing set of images. Really beautifully captured, and so many little joyous or quiet or interesting moments. Truly beautiful.
Jessica Schilling
I love everything about this wedding! There's so much style and joy, and the bokeh all over the ceremony and portraits is positively dreamy.
Sinereh Soleimani
Really beautiful images, love the tones, and those black and whites!
Ale Marques
This couple looks so pretty, did you make an amazing job capturing this wedding!
Shahriar
These are amazing. Love the tones and the story telling. Beautiful work.
Tomasz Wagner
The couple's attention to detail was mirrored in the way you documented their wedding so beautifully. Love your colours as well!
Christell
Fullkomligt älskar alla dessa, otroligt fint fångat! Jag är inspirerad ♥