Ten minutes by boat from Mahé, and the mountains stay in every frame.
Forty-three frames from a wedding at JA Enchanted Island Resort, a small private island in the marine park off Mahé's east coast. The ceremony was at a flower arch on the beach, and the portraits used the granite boulders and the jetty, with Mahé's mountains across the water.
Round Island is one of the small islands of the Sainte Anne Marine National Park, a short boat ride from Mahé. JA Enchanted Island Resort covers it. The reason it photographs so well is the backdrop: you are on a private beach with granite boulders, and Mahé's whole mountain range sits across the water behind you.
Island
Round Island, Sainte Anne Marine Park
Resort
JA Enchanted Island Resort
Frames in this album
43
Transfer
By boat from Mahé
The morning and the ceremony
The morning frames are the groom's belt, watch and rings laid out, drinks on the villa balcony, the rings inside a conch shell, and the bride being helped into her dress on the veranda. The ceremony was at a flower arch with the registrar reading from her red folder, and the frame after the vows is the groom with his fist in the air.
The boulders, the jetty and the water's edge
Every portrait location on the island is within a few minutes' walk. The couple sat among the granite boulders, danced at the water's edge, laughed on the jetty, and walked the path under the palms. The wedding cake was dressed with pink and cream roses. The last frame is a kiss on the sand with the mountains of Mahé behind.
The album
All 43 photographs, in the order the day happened
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Marrying at JA Enchanted Island? We know the boat times, the beach and where to stand so the mountains are behind you.
