Modern Wedding Photos

This DJ Bride Mixed Beats at the Reception of Her Garden Wedding at Brookside Gardens in Wheaton, Maryland

There's something so compelling and enthralling about a well-written love song. And for this musically minded couple—their real-life journey was worthy of a chart-topping hit. From the beginning, music has been a bond that's united Dominique (Dom) Young (a firefighter/EMT) and Doneshia (DJ Chan D...

This Colorful Indian Wedding at Cline Cellars in Sonoma, California, Was Steeped In Tradition

Once upon a tune in college, Sveta Mohan and Raghav Paliwal crossed paths harmoniously. "We met in college over a decade ago on an a capella team," Sveta recalls. Fast forward through the crescendos of courtship, and there they were, in the heart of San Francisco. "I thought we were just going to...

A Laid-Back, Effortlessly Cool Desert Wedding at Ground in South Africa

Some people meet at precisely the wrong time. When Robyn Pamela introduced herself to Nicci Campbell at a restaurant, both were in relationships with other people. "We became good friends," Nicci laughs. Their friendship deepened over time, and as fate would have it, they found themselves single ...

A Multi-Day Celebration Full of Bold, Modern Details in Los Cabos, Mexico

Blind dates seem like a facet of days gone by, so when Samantha Berger and Shane Knowles got the chance to tag along with their friends on a blind double date, they both jumped at the opportunity. Who would have thought it would lead them to their forever partner? When it came time to pop the que...

A Black-Tie Affair With Modern Accents at The Baltimore Museum of Art in Maryland

Straight out of a movie, Isyis Robinson and David Robinson started their love story in the heart of the bustling city, where fate orchestrated their “meet-cute” at a Macy’s in downtown DC. “After only a year of dating, David proposed at City Center DC during Christmastime in front of a 75-foot Ch...

Mustard Yellow Is the Star at This Boho Desert Wedding at the Parker in Palm Springs, California

"It was truly love at second sight," Camille Johnson laughs. She first crossed paths with Gary Johnson during their teen years. "Needless to say, that was not the beginning of our story." They reconnected eight years later at a mutual friend's birthday party in Harlem, NY. Gary explains, "We spen...

A Wedding Planner's Evening Celebration Under the Stars at Hall of Lights in Carrollton, Texas

When an interior designer and an event designer get hitched, the decor has to be, well, nothing short of perfection. Add the fact that both experienced the pomp and circumstance of the royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in 2018, and your own big day is a tall order. Thankfully, Franc...

The Couple at This Colorful Napa Wedding Wore 18 Different Outfits and Walked a 500-Foot Pink Aisle

When someone says “vineyard wedding,” what comes to mind? Before now it probably wasn’t anything like Vita Newstetter (26, the founder of an online fashion platform) and Jesse Beller’s (26, a fintech cofounder) epic neon celebration. But their prismatic wedding set a brilliant new standard for vi...

Style Lovers, Unite! This Bold Wedding at The Ebell of Los Angeles is Color Goals

Ain’t nothing like modern love. “We met on Tinder! We both swiped right,” Rob Forman says of the beginning of his relationship with Ben Fink. The pair chatted and made plans to meet. “I had a rule that Rob wasn’t aware of, that if within 24 hours of talking, plans hadn’t been set, I stopped talki...

Modern Flair Meets Rich Tradition at This Asian-American Wedding at The Foundry in Long Island City, New York

Both first-generation Asian-American immigrants, Rosalee Celis, hailing from the Philippines, and Soe Naing, born in Myanmar, faced unique challenges in the United States. Rosalee reminisces, “Like many first-generation immigrant children, it was difficult to maintain our Asian identity while ass...

Experience Detroit at a Wedding With Art Deco Details at The Fisher Building

Martha Maytham and Jen McCain first locked eyes at the Wayhome Music Festival on a balmy summer day in 2016. “Our paths almost crossed several times over the years,” Martha notes. “But, as fate would have it, we wouldn’t meet until the festival.” Three years after their first encounter, Jen poppe...

Romantic Meets Edgy at One Couple’s Personalized Wedding at Valentine in Downtown LA

“Ryan recognized me from Tinder as a fellow Chapman University alum, but I had ignored him on the app,” laughs Syndey Westra, recounting the day she met her future husband, Ryan, at a bar in Los Angeles. Only minutes into their conversation, Ryan asked Sydney to a concert the very next day. They ...

The Couple's Grandmothers Inspired Their Jewish-Italian Pizzeria-Themed Welcome Party in Ojai, California

Even before the main event, Natalia Renna (28 and a digital marketing strategist) and Zachary (Zach) Nathanson (30 and a small-business owner) infused their wedding weekend with unique personalization. The Los Angeles–based couple invited 210 loved ones to California’s Ojai Valley for three days ...

This Colorful Mod Wedding in Santa Barbara Included Mood Rings, Goldfish, Sand Castles and a Marching Band

There’s creative and then there’s absolutely and utterly visionary—and the Southern California beach wedding of Mychaela Miller (32 and a nurse practitioner) and Giancarlo Silva (35 and a media executive) was undeniably the latter. The couple wanted “something very memorable, out of the box, inte...

We Can't Stop Dreaming About This Couple's Romantic Wedding at Santa Barbara Historical Museum in California

Three months after a serendipitous introduction to Mudra Patel (34 and a VP of product management), Paul Cressman (35 and an attorney) knew he wanted to marry her. “In fact, I told his little sister that very thing. She was just such an amazing person, with such a kind heart, and everything just ...

Minimalists Will Swoon Over This Orange-and-Blue Wedding at Ruth Bancroft Garden in Walnut Creek, California

Even on the most mundane of days, fantastic things can happen. A typical day at work for Maggie (handling the front desk at the Berkeley Art Museum) and Mario Azary (a visiting landscape architect) turned into an electric meeting between the two. “Mario invited me to dinner after my shift ended, ...

One Couple’s Intimate Autumn Wedding at Junipero Serra Museum in San Diego, California

Kelly Nyland and Angelina Bembry-Nyland first locked eyes across the yard at a mutual friend’s pool party. “It was a crazy road to get to the point that we were actually dating,” they reveal. “But we knew in our first week of being girlfriends that we wanted to get married.” Kelly first proposed ...

A Fall-Inspired Wedding With Sweet Details by the Couple’s Kids at South Congress Hotel in Austin, Texas

When planning their wedding day, Angelica Whitwell and Tolly Savile were laser-focused on creating an intimate, warm event for their family and friends to enjoy. The couple wanted their nuptials to convey a sense of autumnal romance—they chose bold earth tones to create an inviting atmosphere. “F...

This Outdoor Wedding at Olowalu on Maui Had The Perfect Mix of Tropical and Modern Vibes

“We remember just standing there, holding hands, saying, ‘There is no way this is our wedding. This is perfect,’” newlyweds Mike Watkins and Killian Smith recall. After three postponements due to the pandemic, the grooms were ecstatic to host their friends and family for their tropical nuptials—f...

One Couple's Chic Wedding Inspired by "The Princess and the Frog" at 501 Union in Brooklyn, New York

Not only did this couple lean into fairytale inspiration for their wedding, but their love story also started much like a fairytale—with a few obstacles to overcome. “Ty and I met at a birthday party when we were both 21,” Janelle Kelty explains. “I said I didn’t want to go, but my best friend in...

High-Fashion Meets South-of-France in this Stunning Southern California Wedding at Villa del Sol d'Oro

Los Angeles-based sweethearts Tertulien Thomas and Kristopher (Kris) Elder had been discussing the idea of marriage for some time. “Little did Kris know that I was already plotting a proposal—I had just finished paying off the deposit to my jeweler the day he asked me that question,” Tertulien re...

Stroll Through NYC With a Bride Planning an Art-Centered Wedding at the Baltimore Museum of Art

Planning your wedding can be stressful—it’s important to savor the fun moments. In that spirit, bride Kristina (Krisy) Temple went a step (or two) further, opting to forgo engagement pictures in favor of a wedding-planning photoshoot. With her photographer and two bridesmaids in tow, Krisy spent ...

Pops of Color Wowed at This Three-Culture Wedding at Casa de la Guerra in Santa Barbara, California

For graduate school sweethearts Tara Mohseni and Rishi Gupta, wedding planning was all about focus. “Start your planning with a couple of high-level intentions for your wedding day and when you inevitably get bogged down in details, come back to those,” Tara advises of future couples. For them, t...