BLACKWOOD LIVING ELOPEMENT INSPIRATION

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A farm and wedding venue in the Houston area that has recently been put on my radar is Blackwood Living. They offer indoor and outdoor ceremony options, have an amazing on-site caterer that uses fresh ingredients from the farm to cater your wedding (talk about a true farm to table experience for your guests!), and a hall suitable for an indoor reception. The farm is located in Hempstead, Texas and they even offer overnight accommodations if you wanted to stay there instead of driving to or from the venue.

This shoot was so unique in style and had me wishing I was attending as a guest! I would love to sit at a candle-lit table like this one and dine in this intimate setting. Using fresh blackberries from the farm as inspiration for the color palette, Elizabeth of The Petaler: Floral + Events Co utilized blackberries and darker red tones for the flowers and table scape. Using that same inspiration, Rachel of Half Moon Lettering illustrated and designed a beautiful wedding invitation suite for the day.

Shreeda + Jay are just so loving and playful with one another. They have the best style and being sweet with each other in front of the camera just came so naturally to them. Shreeda is a Houston makeup artist and she did her own hair and makeup for the day. It looked so effortless and dewey, a perfect fit for the rainy day at Blackwood Living. It was an honor to photograph them!

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Photographer: Christine Gosch | HMU: Shreeda Tailor | Flowers: The Petaler | Paper goods: Half Moon Lettering | Venue: Blackwood Living | Catering + wedding cake: Long Spoon Catering | Film lab: The FIND Lab

DOWNTOWN MARFA

MARFA ELOPEMENT

TEXAS FILM PHOTOGRAPHER

Today’s post is brought to you by one of my favorite little places to travel- Marfa, Texas. I attended a wedding photography workshop in Marfa about 5 years ago and fell in love with the quaint little town. You can see the images from that first trip to Marfa by clicking here. My style has changed a bit since then, so it’s cool to see how my work has shifted within the same settings.

Big on personality and it’s art scene & very small in size, Marfa has a cool history and is attractive to tourists & road-trippers alike. Most of the town is shut down during the week and open on Friday-Sunday. If you’re ill-informed or don’t know about the town being closed during the week, you’re stuck getting lunch from Dairy Queen with like, an hour wait for your food. You either love Marfa or you don’t. I LOVE it! I love the people, the art, the food, and the varying lodging locations. From 4-star hotels to teepees and safari huts, they have it all.

So this time in Marfa in particular, I was so lucky to get to meet with Lane & Haley, residents of neighboring town Alpine about 25 minutes away from Marfa. We gathered in downtown Marfa to document this exciting time in their lives. We walked a couple blocks around the main drag of downtown near the train tracks, the bank, and The Chinati Foundation. We talked about their jobs & how they’re in the midst of building a house and I talked about my experience touring Marfa Maid Dairy earlier that day (which was like, my absolute favorite part of our trip).

My good friend Elizabeth with The Petaler was kind enough to provide florals for Lane and Haley. The logistics of driving from Houston to Marfa (a 9 hour trip) plus an additional 2 days before photographing this session didn’t make sense for fresh flowers, so Elizabeth’s talented florist self created a bouquet and boutonniere completely of dried materials. Genius. It fit the desert scene perfectly and it’s always so nice to have florals for a couple’s portrait session in wedding attire.

If you’re ready for a photo session in Marfa, give me a shout! I’m always down to travel there :)

Photographer: Christine Gosch | Gown: Rue de Seine from Lovely Bride | Florals: The Petaler | Film lab: The FIND Lab