Basilica of St. Paul Wedding | Mark Dickinson Photography | Brooke + Chris

Let me tell you a story about fun…this wedding at Basilica of St. Paul! While I was finished about an hour earlier than the reception was scheduled to be over, it did have me hammering out some dancing and partying before I had to leave. I was actually reluctant to ask Brooke and Chris to walk outside for just a few minutes to capture the first image of this blog. When I did and I showed them the photo I was a bit relieved. The wedding guests probably didn’t even realize that they had left since we were gone for a total of about 7 minutes. These two knocked this night shot out of the park. I watched two celestial objects, Mars and the Moon, rising together over the ocean and wanted to put both of them on top of one of the condos across the way and bring out 800 mm of shooting power to silhouette them in the blue moon. I would have been famous for a minute on the internet but realistically also not possible without crashing the party with their absence for 30-40 minutes. Being in a photographers head will have you all over the place hunting for creativity. Back to the fun of this wedding; everyone and I mean everyone was so excited, having fun and it almost didn’t seem like a wedding day with no “stressful” moments. It ended up being one of the most beautiful days for May for them, however you know how I roll with rain and whatnot, not a big deal. LETS GO!

St Paul’s is one of the largest churches in the area and lovely too. So if you’re in need of a beautiful Cathedral wedding in Daytona Beach, this is the place. I was so happy to be back at Oceanside Country Club again. Working there is always fun and the DJ worked it hard for the time that I had left to get some dancing and fun photos. If you do remember we did stick up a sneak peek on the Instagram page, for #MDPLIVE. Hope you’re following to see those, you’ll be satisfied even more for this sneak peek because it tells their story beautifully.