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A Winter's Promise

A two-person elopement on a black sand beach, photographed in four hours of arctic daylight.

Client

Anna & Theo

Category

Wedding

Location

Reykjavík, Iceland

Year

2023

A Winter's Promise

The story

Anna and Theo eloped to Iceland in January with no guests, no schedule and a combined luggage allowance mostly spent on a wedding dress and a drone they never flew because the wind had other ideas. What they wanted from me was simple: proof that it was as wild and quiet as it felt.

We had four hours of usable light and used all of them — vows at a basalt cove, portraits in horizontal snow, and a dance with no music on the black sand at Reynisfjara as the sky turned the colour of steel and roses.

Their gallery is small by wedding standards — 140 images — and they've told me they wouldn't trade a single frame for a bigger crowd. Neither would I.

Behind the scenes

Gear survived sideways snow, sea spray and a wind chill of minus twelve. The secret is more wool than seems reasonable and a lens cloth in every pocket.

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