hey honey! cakery — Beauty & Beard PhotographyBlog

This wedding day at Pine Knoll Farms in Appling, GA was such a beautifully intimate feeling wedding day even for having more people than you would normally consider an “intimate wedding”. Everyone there was basically family, even if not by blood and it showed how fun and loving this couple is just to see their relationships with everyone else.

We had the chance to meet in person with Daniel and Kylandra back in May of 2021 for their engagement session which you can see here. Seeing them surrounded by their best friends and family on the wedding day brought out so much joy in a ton of tiny little moments with a funny joke or excited hug and we were honored to be a part of every minute!

The wedding day started with us arriving and meeting up with our third shooter and then splitting off different directions for the guys and girls with Morgan and I (Jordan) going to the girls first to photograph and video details as well as the girls getting hair and makeup done. Once they got a little further into that process, I went to meet up with Tom and Daniel at the other end of the property while Morgan stayed with the girls. While on the way, I grabbed a few video clips and photos of the property as well and even got to meet the guardians of the property, two Great Pyrenees dogs that were just friendly and enjoying rolling around so all of the groomsmen could pet them. At this point we did all of the Groomsmen’s group photos with Daniel as well as some of Daniel by himself. I then made my way back to the girls as the guys went in to hang out for a while longer while Tom (our third shooter) and I made our way back to the girls. Once they started getting dressed, Tom went to photograph a few more photos with Daniel and some family that finished getting ready. Once everyone on the girls side finished getting dressed, we made our way outside to photograph the Bride and some of her family. Once we finished, she made her way back upstairs to watch the surprise fake first look with one of the groomsmen throwing on his wife’s wedding dress. It made for a hilarious moment and some fantastic photos which made for a perfect moment for everyone to split back up and finish any touch ups or quick changes to get ready for the ceremony.

We made our way to the ceremony to set up our extra camera and figure out all of the angles we were going to cover knowing that the bride was coming in on a horse and carriage. We also got to meet up with our dear friend Gordon who was the DJ and the Officiant, Nick, who we had worked with on another beautiful wedding day later last year. As all of the guests were finding their seats and we got Daniel’s Mic setup for us to pick up good audio for their videos that we would be filming, the ceremony started officially. Everyone walked down the aisle to the music and then the horse and carriage showed up right outside of the courtyard leading into the chapel. Once Daniel saw her, a big smile never left his face and you could see the excitement behind the smile. Once Kylandra made her way to her Husband and was handed off by her Step Father, Curtis, they entered into a beautiful ceremony moment of sharing their own personally written vows and exchanged rings to officially be announced as Husband and Wife and then share a kiss before walking back up the aisle as the Hyman’s with the joy of everyone present surrounding them in the form of clapping and yelling for them. The couple then both rode back to the reception area in the horse and carriage along with the rest of the family to meet up and do all of the family formal photos, full wedding party and then a few couples portraits. We had an amazing sunset to work with for photos by the chapel. We quickly got them back to the reception to eat and be with their guests and even though they were not being announced into the reception, everyone still clapped for them and cheered as they began to walk around and hug their guests.

During the reception, everyone ate delicious food, the newlyweds danced as well as a Father and Daughter dance, cut and ate cake from Hey Honey Cakery (who we absolutely love), then the dance floor opened for everyone. Once everyone got out on the dance floor, they stayed there for a while and a few gathered by the fire outside as well and everyone enjoyed their night in different ways that were amazing in different ways. Without doing a formal exit, we decided to end the night with some backlit photos and a quick night time ring shot knowing that Kylandra loved that type of photo and it felt like it fit perfectly as a sendoff for us to say goodbye. We know that this couple does amazing work and have exciting things ahead that we are excited to see how their story unfolds!