A Magical Hacienda Wedding in Seville

As wedding season here in Spain has got off to a rather gloomy start we are so excited and looking forward to returning shortly to one of our favourite wedding venues which we know has a special place in many of our couples hearts who have celebrated their weddings at this stunning Hacienda.

The owner, Anthony along with his fabulous team, ooze character, style and magic as they seamlessly and professionally create each wedding at their venue and work effortlessly with us, we love them!

Saro and Sue of Saro Callister recently sent us these gorgeous images of Kate and Rob to share with you of their stunning wedding day at the Hacienda.

The day started with a beautiful ceremony in the olive groves followed by a cocktail around the pool in the west garden. 

A fabulous Sevillian horse arrived to take the bride and groom off for a ride into the sunset to take some more beautifully romantic photos before being bought back to the Hacienda to continue celebrating their special day with their family and friends in the olive groves.

Thank you to Sue and Saro from Saro Callister photography for allowing us to share these photos and of course a huge congratulations to the delightful Kate and Rob!

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Wedding day photography, it's all in the details!

We are often asked if our couples should be thinking about anything else as they lead up to their wedding day and after months and months of planning our advice is really quite simple.... get it photographed!

Many hours have been spent choosing the gorgeous details ready for your special day, there has been a lot of thought, time and effort put into this, you are paying for a photographer for your day so make the most of it, they are there and love photographing your details.

When you look back at your photos 20 years later these details will be the ones that will tell your story over and over again of those personal touches you chose to make your day so special.

Think about how you will present things, perhaps bring some extra accessories with you to help style your photos.  

Here at Reviva we have a pre getting ready photo props box, it includes a pretty vintage mirror, a Spanish fan, sometimes we can make sure there are a few extra flowers ready for the photographs and all it needs is a bit of thought and attention.

We are sharing our pre wedding photo checklist to make sure you get everything photographed at your getting ready location that you can look back on with wonderful memories of all the details you had for your wedding day.

Shoes

Wedding dress

Suit

Rings

Love notes or messages to each other

Save the Dates and your Invitations

Veil or Headpiece

Pocket square, buttonhole or watch

Getting ready outfits

Perfume

Hangers

Other jewellery

Bridal party gifts

The Men's accessories, cufflinks, belts, ties

Flowers and bouquets

All these images are taken from Reviva Weddings own weddings.  

We have shared many beautiful and hugely memorable days with our couples and we love looking back at the details.

Our big thank you to our talented photographers whom without capturing these intimate moments, we would not have such gorgeous photos to share with you.

Jeremy Standley, Joseba Sandoval from Romance Weddings, Anna from Limelight Photography, Nani de Perez, David Toms, Andreas Holms

Luxury Weddings in Spain

Earlier this year we planned a beautiful and luxury wedding for David and Luica in a stunning private villa set in the hills behind Marbella.  

For our avid followers you may recall this floral heaven we had the delight of working on with the uber cool and hugely talented floral designer Pedro Navarro as we have blogged this before.

To say we were squeaking with excitement when Pedro and his team rolled up with tons of flowers is an understatement and everyone quickly went to work to create a superbly stunning piece of wedding heaven for our clients under the watchful eye of Mar from Romance Weddings.  

Mar, as well as being an assistant photographer for her hubby, Joseba of Romance Weddings, is a woman after our own heart who loves nothing better than styling, we had a fabulous day all working together on the details to pull our clients dream day together.

There were an awful lot of ribbons, confetti and double sided tape being happily thrown around and the divine watercolour stationery from the Design House of Moira complimented the beautiful table designs.

We are delighted now to see the world happily sharing this luxury wedding from Spain. Perhaps we are finally dragging Spain into the luxury wedding market although with the latest coverage of Amal Alamuddin's wedding to her actor hubby :), we may still be in competition with Italy!

Here are some of the recent blog posts popping up on the web sharing our wedding work with Pedro Navarro and Romance Weddings.

Style Me Pretty

Bridal Musings

Beyond the Wanderlust

My Wedding Zone

Favours and Flowers

Good Things Wedding Favours

Maria De Voz

Wedding Prosper and Gain

We will be sharing a lot of our weddings with you during the dark winter months so do like our Facebook page or pop back to read our blog.

Lifestyle Boudoir Photography by Aleksandra Olejnik

Over the past five years I have watched the trend of lifestyle photography branching out and covering so many subjects as well as weddings.  

We have maternity shoots, new baby shoots, engagement shoots, family portraits and each day I look at many images of beautifully captured once in a lifetime moments taken by some very talented photographers.

About three years ago, I first heard of boudoir shoots and can´t say the idea caught my attention as felt, dare I say, it was slightly tacky but how wrong I was.    

It was only last year my view point on this new trend changed as I witnessed some of my brides presenting their new husbands with jaw dropping beautifully produced photographic albums full of creative and intimate images and realised how personal and special these photographs were and the effort that had been made to to create such a meaningful gift.  I loved the excitement between the bride and her bridesmaids as they admired the photos and were so excited about the surprise present about to be presented to the groom.

All these images are feminine, creative and beautifully thought through from the make up and hair to the outfits and having chatted to Aleksandra about producing these intimate photos she said she loves the reaction of the women she photographs as it gives them self confidence and a huge boost.  I love the fact you do not have to have a model figure or be incredibly beautiful, they are all evocative and seductive regardless of shape and size.

This is what lifestyle photography is, it is capturing everyday events and special moments and life in general, so it is a wonderful talent to be able to photograph and document this so well.

Aleksandra is a beautiful person and a wonderful photographer based here in Mijas whom I have had the pleasure of meeting on a few occasions as she has worked on some of our weddings and I personally love her work.  Aleksandra is available for both lifestyle and wedding photography and if you would like to see more do hop over to Aleksandra´s website and I am sure we will be seeing a lot more of her stunning and elegant images this year.