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Winter Wedding Hotel Búðir // Chris & Hattie

Winter Wedding Hotel Búðir // Chris & Hattie

Now on to the real stars of this post, Chris & Hattie. What a pair of absolute legends. They planned their destination winter wedding on a remote peninsula in Iceland down to the smallest detail yet managed to keep the whole mood so stress free and easy going.

West Iceland Elopement // Kaitlyn & Cory

West Iceland Elopement // Kaitlyn & Cory

December. The time of year Iceland is shrouded in darkness. Violent storms come raging in from the open ocean. Mountain passes fill up with snow. All the migrating birds have left. The island becomes silent. The perfect month for an adventurous elopement…

Iceland Wedding Photographer // Belinda & Terry

Iceland Wedding Photographer // Belinda & Terry

We learned a long time ago that there is no use in getting annoyed by the weather you just have to embrace what ever the weather gods throw your way and work with it. And that brings us back to Belinda and Terry. They embraced all the weather they got on their wedding day and they got it all. From gale force winds and rain up in the mountains to pockets of calm down by the ocean.