Colors : Purple + Green

The Barr Mansion is one of my favorite Austin wedding venues! They serve all organic locally sourced food and the grounds are gorgeous! This wedding was extra special for me because the bride and groom are old friends. I met Annelies in high school and Ben entered my life just after college. It is hard for me to imagine a more perfect couple! They are so clearly in love it brings me great joy.

This wedding featured bouquets, boutonnieres and table decorations made from fresh vegetables – asparagus, flowering cabbage and eggplants, hydrangeas and orchids.

Photos by Mary Sledd.

Couple : Beth and Jay

Caterer : Austin’s Catering

Entertainment : WC Clark

Private estate weddings are my favorite! This was one of the most amazing I’ve ever photographed! The father of the bride built a shell of a church just for the occasion hat overlooks the Texas Hill Country. We were all worried it would rain on the wedding, but the weather cleared with moments to spare! While I was photographing the ceremony I could see all sorts of interesting wild game critters that are kept at the wild game farm next door. It was more than little distracting.

The details of this wedding were Hill Country Chic. The place cards were clipped with clothes pins and the tables were topped with burlap. Very cute wedding!

Venue : Chateau Bellvue, Austin Texas

Cake  + Flowers: Central Market

Photography : Sledd Weddings

This wedding was a HOT one! I thought about melting, but instead I decided to take tons of awesome documentary wedding photos at the awesome Austin wedding! These two are so cute. Angela wore a strapless dress and walked down the aisle with pink and green peonies. Chris and his groomsmen were looking very fashionable in black suites and pink ties. Chris and Angie’s dog was the flower puppy. He was very well behaved. This was my first time to photograph a wedding at the Chateau Bellvue and I was very impressed. The catering staff at the venue did a great job of making sure everything ran smoothy. The cake was very yummy and was from Central Market South. I didn’t know they do cakes, but apparently they do! This wedding was a joy to photograph! It was fun to get to see this young couple exchanges vows + rings.

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I heart Donna and Lon! Photographing this wedding was a bit nerve racking because Lon’s mom is kind of a big deal in the portrait photography world. I was HONORED that I was chosen for the job. Cupcakes at weddings always make me happy. The cupcakes at this wedding were extra cute because they had flowers on them. I also loved the brides bouquet because the flowers looked like wild flowers which was fitting considering the location.

Austin Wedding Photo

This wonderful backyard wedding took place in Austin Texas at the future home of the couple. Joined by family and friends Becky and Kevin exchanged vows on a bridge built just for the occasion.The bride held a bouquet made of blue iris that was perfectly accented by her dress. After the wedding vows the couple exchanged toasts. After the ceremony the couple spent 10 minutes doing romantic portraits which was followed by a quick formal portrait session with family. This wedding was a joy to photograph and I’m always happy to photograph Austin weddings at private estates.

Photographing Christie and Ray’s wedding at Laguna Gloria was a wonderful way to spend my Valentines. I was honored that Christie choose me as her photographer because she is an artist – and approval from artistic types always means a lot to me. I loved the orchid details at the wedding and the lovely table cloths. We decided to do a few formals before the wedding because at LaGuna Gloria the ceremony cannot start until after the museum closes – in winter that often means that the ceremony ends after dark – which isn’t great for romantic portraits. Anyways. Great wedding!

Laguna Gloria Austin Orchids

Loved it when the groom serinaded the bride with a song as she walked down the aisle. I cried!

Venue : Church of the Hills

Wedding Flowers : Mariposa Floral

Wedding Cake : Simon and Lee

I photographed this wonderful winter wedding a few weeks ago in North Austin at The Church of the Hills.