Let me count the ways....

Elizabeth Barrett Browning in the Sonnets from the Portuguese wrote "How do I love thee?  Let me count the ways."  Flowers have come to represent love - the many ways in which they are arranged, the types and colors of flowers used, and their placement in any given scene - speak volumes.  Arranging is an art form, and an enormous part of the personalized wedding plan.

At our niece's October wedding, I photographed the decorations and flowers.  The bride, her mother, and Maureen Ward, owner of Perfect Parties by Mo in Auburn, California, collaborated to create one of the most stunning wedding backdrops I have seen or photographed.  For the next couple of blogs, I will feature some of the photographs, as I try to count the different ways arrangements and decorations can be created and photographed.

The colors the bride chose are eye popping and worked stunningly together, and the use of paper lanterns complimented the existing architectural elements brilliantly.

The bouquet in the bride's hand, featuring a grandfather's pin and her ring.

"Mo" made sure each surface, even portico walls, were decorated.  Here, red carnations were placed in small containers holding banana leaves at the base, and separated by white votive candles.

until next Monday,

DB

a passion for the image