San Diego Botanic Garden wedding | Mike and Sharon (1/2)
I’m used to doing outdoor weddings in natural environments, but nothing has been as lush and green as Mike & Sharons San Diego botanic garden wedding. Not only is the botanical garden a great place to hold a wedding due to it’s private setting and all the many types of gardens and plants it holds, but the area surrounding the San Diego botanic garden is pretty awesome also. The beaches are a short 10mins away from the garden. The surfer town of Leucadia & Encinitas also just down the road, so if you want your wedding photographer to have countless areas in which to shoot then you really can’t go wrong with the San Diego Botanic Gardens for your wedding venue.
We started the day photographing the getting ready at two separate houses from airbnb. If you haven’t heard of Airbnb I highly suggest checking the site out and the many options it has for accommodation. I never stay in hotels anymore, why would I when for the same price as a Hilton room for a night I could be staying in a private home by the beach for the same cost. It’s a no brainer for me. Don’t get me wrong hotels are nice and you can totally spoil yourself at one, which is fair enough since it’s your wedding. Since Pannikins coffee house was a 5-minute drive from both houses, and since it’s a personal favorite place for Sharon and Mike to grab a coffee and hang out we decided to do a quick first look there and move inside to take a few images. It’ wasn’t long before the humidity inside forced us outside to take for a portrait session. Like with any venue I like to scout the area to see what it holds and what I can do photographically speaking. So I had a few spots lined up that really typify the surf culture of Encinitas and Leucadia, and give the couple a totally different look to that found in the San Diego Botanic Gardens.
Here are a few images from the first half of the day in and around Encinitas and Leucadia. I will be posting more from the actual wedding ceremony and portrait session at the San Diego botanical gardens next.
