i had the privilege of second shooting jessica & tyler’s wedding with the fabulous dawn murph of dawn murph photography. jessica & tyler are from northern alabama, and traveled to the gulf coast for a beach wedding on destin’s beautiful shores. the wedding was held at henderson beach state park, and they also had a portrait session at eden gardens state park in point washington.

weddings seem to go so much more smoothly when the bride & groom choose to do a “first look” before the wedding, and that’s what jessica & tyler chose to do. he’s a pretty cool guy, but seeing jessica in all her wedding gorgeousness when he turned around made him pretty much speechless.

eden gardens has an historic home and lovely grounds.  it is a beautiful setting!  who can resist tyler’s adorable grin…and what a HOT couple!

tyler was so attentive to jessica throughout the day…kissing on her, carrying her bouquet, lifting the train when she walked.

the colors were so vibrant – coral and hot pink are perfect for an end-of-summer wedding.  we headed over to the beach for the ceremony…

…and squeezed in a few more photos of the glowing bride.

the ceremony was held at that magical time known as the “golden hour”…just before sunset, when everything is just glowing.  so much love here!

congratulations, jessica & tyler!  may you have many blissful years together!