It’s so important that you (and everyone you know) can really feel and relive your wedding day whether they attend or not!
To give you an idea of this, here is how a typical wedding day timeline flows and how your photos will look if you’re a #vondyscouple!
taylor & brendan
palm springs, california
It’s the start of your day, we hope you’re excited! We sure are! We'll arrive with hugs cameras in hand!
Taylor and Brendan chose to have their colorful wedding in dreamy Palm Springs. We wanted to be sure to capture the gorgeous light and the stunning cacti so these two could remember the feel of Palm Springs when reliving their day.
Taylor wanted to honor her husbands South African roots by tying in the national flower, king protea into her bouquet and throughout the day.
This is one of my (Mrs. Vondy’s) favorite part of the wedding day! The anticipation, the joy and excitement, is hard to explain in words! Taylor chose to have a private moment with her mom while getting ready and it was the sweetest! (I cried) After she was dressed, we took a few portraits of her before we headed off to see her groom!
As self-proclaimed groom advocates, if the groom is getting ready in the same vicinity, we think it’s important to photograph the groom’s details and his getting ready time too! In this case, Brendan was near enough, Mr. Vondy was able to join him to catch some details and then we did his portraits at the venue. If you’re not getting ready AT your venue, we can always do a “mock” getting ready for you!
It’s time to see your best friend dressed to the tens! This is one of the sweetest moments of the entire day! Most times, this might be the only “alone” time you’ll get your entire wedding day. We set you up in a quiet private space, with beautiful light and stand back so you can really take this moment and soak it in.
Unsure if you want to have a first look?
Check out our blog post: 5 Reasons to Have a First Look … that aren’t just for more photo time!
If you have one, now we’ll transition into wedding party time! This way when cocktail hour rolls around, they can go party and enjoy! We’ll do a large grouping of you, then girls and guys separate as well as individual portraits with each one of your friends!
Hands down, this is our jointly, favorite time of the day! We will sneak off with just the two of you for some portraits before your guests arrive. Don’t worry, we always block in 30 minutes of “relax” time for you to take a breath, use the restroom, have a snack, etc. before your ceremony begins!
It’s here!! The moment we’ve all been waiting for! While you’re relaxing/hiding from arriving guests, we’ll photograph your ceremony details!
Taylor and Brendan wanted their guests to feel included in the South African culture by providing beautiful handkerchiefs for them to enjoy!
We typically recommend family portraits immediately following the ceremony for two reasons. One, they are who you’ll be hugging and enjoying that “just married” feeling with anyway and two everyone is there and ready to go! We can arrange to do these earlier in the day if you prefer.
We will give you a list to fill out of all the family groupings you want so we don’t have to ask you on the day! Typically, we can get through family portraits in about 20-30 minutes depending on the size of your list, so you’re family won’t have to miss cocktail hour!
This time is also know as “golden hour” and it is hands down, jointly, our favorite time of the day!
Even if you’ve shared a first look and we were able to capture some of your portraits, post ceremony there is just a different, relaxing, joyful, energy we cannot explain in words. It’s such a magical time. You won’t regret giving us a few minutes for portraits at this time. Promise.
You may want to attend cocktail hour, which we can totally arrange if you like, but we have noticed even our couples who insist they want to attend, on the day when it rolls around, they much rather have a cocktail with their new spouse, take a breath and take it all in before joining the festivities.
It’s. Time. To. Paaaaaartaaaaay! Name that movie.
If time allows and you wish to, you can attend cocktail hour after portraits! It’s totally up to you and the best part, you can decide on the day if you want to attend or if you want a little alone time. It’s your wedding, you do you!
You’ve most likely put a lot of thought into making this space perfect for your guests, so we want to be sure we sneak off and get photos of your reception space before your guests arrive!
You’re married! Let’s PARTY!
We recommend getting your formalities out of the way a bit earlier in the evening so that you can just kick back and have a good time without being constantly interrupted. Plus, the sooner you open that dance floor, the sooner your guests can show us their best moves.
VENDORS
photography – the vondys. | ceremony & reception - the pond estate | wedding planner - honeyfitz events | florals – nu leaf design | hair & makeup – monica alvarez makeup | brides dress – alexis | brides shoes - charles by charles david | bridesmaid dresses - various | invitations - minted | cake & desserts - the sugar'd flour | catering - new leaf catering | rentals - signature party rentals | dj - dan wally of mix pacific
“Where do I start with a review about The Vondys? I could say how jaw-droppingly gorgeous our pictures looked. Or how professional they were from start to finish. Or even how they managed to corral two very large families into portraits in 105 degree weather in the middle of the desert— and have fun while doing it. I could say all those things but nothing would be important as saying The Vondys were more than just our wedding photographers. They were allies. With us every tiny step of the big day, I felt a reassuring calm in their hands. They had our best interests front of mind from start to finish. All that love and goodwill is evident on the page. We would be hard pressed to find one frame that wasn’t perfectly captured. The Vondys weren’t just our wedding photographers, they were our wedding saviors!”
“If you have the chance to hire the Vondys as your wedding photographers don’t think about it another second, JUST BOOK THEM IMMEDIATELY. Not only did they capture our day beyond our wildest dreams, but they completely came through for us on the day in a way we never imagined. They are the nicest, coolest people, and when we started to get stressed out about a couple things that came up on our wedding day, they just jumped right in & handled the situation for us while simultaneously reassuring us that we needed to just enjoy the day and not worry about anything - that’s not even their job! The photos speak for themselves. The details they captured of all these tiny little moments and vignettes just blew me away. My heart swells every time I look at our photos. They are STUNNING. Our photos were so good that they were chosen to be featured in The Knot magazine!!! I mean does it get better than that?! I’m so glad they themselves were a part of our day <3 <3”
