A ceremony on the lawn above the bay, and the film to go with it.
Forty-five frames and the wedding film, from one afternoon at Constance Ephelia on the north-west coast of Mahé. The ceremony was on the lawn with Port Launay bay behind the table, and the portraits ran from the beach to the granite and into the forest.
Constance Ephelia sits on Port Launay, a marine park bay on the north-west of Mahé with a mountain rising straight behind the beach. The resort has more than one place to marry. This couple chose the lawn above the bay, which puts the water and the headland behind every ceremony frame.
Island
Mahé
Resort
Constance Ephelia, Port Launay
Frames in this album
45
Film
Yes, embedded below
The ceremony on the lawn
The table was dressed with a conch shell and the bay beyond it. The groom read his vows from a card, the rings went on with both of them looking down at her hand, and the bride signed the register while the registrar looked on. The witnesses were at the table for the toast. The first frame of the album is their two hands raised against the sky, showing the rings.
The beach, the granite and the forest
From the lawn we walked to the beach beneath the mountain, then to the granite boulders where the light goes soft in the shade, and finally along a forest path under the palms. Several frames are in black and white, which is how we treat the quiet ones. The album ends with the two of them climbing the rocks together under the trees.
The film
We filmed this wedding as well as photographing it. The film below is theirs, and it is the best way to see how the lawn, the beach and the forest fit together in one afternoon.
