I’m here to sing Sur la Lune’s praises and to talk about the dreaded ~COVID wedding~.
SUR LA LUNE: Okay, I’ve known Carrie for many years. She has snagged my photo at many events and long before I paid her a dime she was responsible for a numb...er of great profile pictures of mine. When I got engaged, I reached out to her basically immediately (before telling most of my friends and family, lol) to find out when she would be in town so we could do an engagement shoot (we live in California). I was so excited to finally work with her formally. We wandered through the arts district of Downtown LA, and Carrie and Ganer made us feel so comfortable and playful and pretty. My fiancé (now husband) and I both can’t stand overly posed, cheesy couples photography. We wanted our pictures feel natural and to reflect our personality; Carrie and Ganer absolutely created a space for that. The photos are so full of energy and color and play. I especially appreciate the way Carrie reliably overshoots - she captures every moment possible. My husband is an archetypal Virgo who is constantly tidying up after me, and because Carrie insists on shooting even the “in-between” moments, I was able to compile this hilarious series of all the moments my husband fixed my hair during the session. They’re silly and they make me laugh, but they also totally capture the way that he loves and cares for me. It’s something I didn’t even really notice until she captured it on camera, which is part of her magic as a photographer.
COVID WEDDINGS: Are you a “COVID couple” torn about how to proceed with your wedding? Do you feel like all your dreams for your big day have been dashed and nothing feels certain and everything sucks? I FEEL YOU. My husband and I had to cancel our 90 person wedding and rethink everything. For us, that meant scrapping our previous plans, finding a beautiful local Airbnb, picking the select few people we could have present with us in person (we opted for 6), and inviting everyone else via Zoom. Even though we fell we were settling, making the best out of a bad situation, etc., it turned out to be so much more intimate and wonderful than we could have imagined - I wouldn’t change it. Our digital guests actually said it was the most heartfelt, honest, touching ceremony they had ever witnessed, and we had people crying along with us during our vows all over the country. We saved so much money, and we got to be way more emotionally present during our wedding day than we could have if it was this massive event we were managing.
SUR LA LUNE + COVID WEDDINGS: We didn’t have the pleasure of working with Carrie and Ganer for our COVID wedding (we live across the country), but I know them both well enough to confidently and whole-heartedly recommend you choose Sur la Lune to take care of yours. They are warm-hearted, thoughtful, intentional, creative people who will support you, prioritize your needs and give you the best experience possible. Having lived it, that's the energy you'll want and need on any wedding day, but especially in the context of COVID. I’ve followed SLL on social media since the early days, and they have touted the benefits of tiny, intimate, unconventional unions since long before COVID. This era is totally aligned with their ethos as people and wedding professionals, and I’m so confident that they’re equipped to help you create something really magical for your wedding day.