Never having been to Iceland before, they were attracted by its melancholy and natural wonders. So, just like that, they bought plane tickets, booked the black church at Budir and flew in a photographer from Sweden.

Why not.

Iceland showed it’s best, moody side the day they exchanged vows in Budir, a tiny place a few hours north-west of Reykjavik. Cole and I have visited Iceland a few times by now, but the landscapes never cease to amaze us. It’s the perfect destination if mind-blowing surroundings is what you want for your wedding.

Here’s Sophia and James’ story.

/Jakob

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Doing business this way is rare, and maybe a bit odd, but that’s how we roll. It’s not like we don’t enjoy meeting couples – we definitely do – but for whatever reason that is the Nordica way.

So when the opportunity comes about to meet couples, we jump at it. In Leah and MacKenzie’s case, meeting them meant an 8 hour drive from Vancouver to Golden to do their Document You session.

Just outside Golden is a cabin that MacKenzie built, and this is where the two of them go when they need a weekend retreat from where they live in Alberta. When they get there, it’s all about ripping through the mountains on four-wheelers, finding new spots for campfires, and just exploring. Not bad.

Driving 8 hours – each way – to do this session with them might be a bit excessive. Let’s be honest, it’s far. But when Leah and MacKenzie described the cabin and how this is such a part of their lifestyle, it had to be done. This is exactly what the Document You sessions are all about.

When the session was finished, after 4 hours of moderately extreme quading through mountains and rivers, we were chatting in the parking lot. We had just met a few hours earlier, and before that I had no idea what they looked like, what they did for a living, or anything else. We agreed booking a wedding photographer this way was odd, but it felt very Nordica. We exchanged hugs, the experience was over, and the next time we’ll cross paths will be at their wedding this summer in Kananaskis Country.

/Cole

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Here’s how we saw the story of Jenna and Gordon’s wedding from Campbell River on Vancouver Island.

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Those were Sophia’s first words when I met up with her and James at Hotel Budir on the day before their wedding.

Those were also my exact thoughts as I drove up to the north western part of Iceland from Keflavik Airport earlier that morning, cruising between glaciers and wild horses on the narrow and isolated roads of the Snaefellsnes peninsula. The sun was blazing on the snow capped mountains and it was nothing less than magical.

With this experience still fresh in mind, I’m prepared to agree with Sophia. This has to be the best job in the world.

Here are a few frames from Sophia and James’ wedding day in Budir, Iceland.

/Jakob

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Records and garden parties sought with impeccable taste. Stories to share about shaking hands with the person who handemade their shoes to fit, or the woman in who custom made their piñatas. Knowing the perfect hat and going out to find it for a wedding.

Yes, Shareen and Lee are a rare breed. The type of people who have a sense of timeless class that isn’t common. They probably have fantastic handwriting, but we didn’t get to know them that well to find out.

Their wedding was a special treat that we savoured from the morning when Shareen started getting ready in Penticton into the evening dancing at Linden Gardens, where Lee was spinning most of the records. The entire day was a meticulous, and at times it felt like we stumbled upon a ritzy garden party in the 1920s.

Weddings like this get us excited. They’re one of a kind indeed.

Shareen and Lee’s wedding was featured on Junebug Wedding.

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Instant photography is awesome. And Asia amazes me every time.

/Jakob

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It was serendipitous how we were able to meet Abby and Albert in Bali.

How they found us was by pure luck, the fact we were able to fit their session into our trip there was simply good fortune, and the connection Albert has to Vancouver was completely ironic. The world worked in mysterious ways to allow our paths to cross, and spending the day with them topped off a dream-like voyage to Bali.

It was on the last full-day we were there that we spent the day with the two. We first met in Ubud at their resort, and from there drove north to the rice terraces, then south to finish the day at Tegal Wangi Beach.

The flow of our day together was all Abby, and her knowledge of Bali made this all happen. She knew the driver who we used from previous trips, she knew the insane secret beach we visited at sunset, she was familiar with the rice terraces, and overall we were just along for the ride. She weaved us through a culture that is still very foreign to us, and one we cannot wait to revisit.

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Neither Lisa or Ryan labelled their wedding with any particular theme, but water was woven into their day in many ways. Ryan, along with his family and friends, sailed up British Columbia’s Sunshine Coast on the boat his grandfather built by hand, for example.

The harbour below the West Coast Wilderness Lodge was where the sailboat moored, and the party at the venue above was was something else. Lisa and Ryan brought a band in from North Vancouver and the deer antlers were flying all over the place. Their wedding was exactly the type of all-day celebration we love to photograph.

Lisa and Ryan’s wedding was featured on The Norwegian Wedding Blog.

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Yes, Zun and Mark, we are excited about your inquiry. Yes, Zun and Mark, we are stoked about going to Indonesia for your wedding. Yes, Zun and Mark, we are trying to play it cool about how ridiculously pumped we are about all this. 

We have shot weddings all over the world in the past couple of years, but we’re still far from immune to the excitement of booking these crazy destination weddings.

About a year after Zun and Mark first email us about their wedding plans, we arrived in Bali. We had a driver pick us up and take us to Ubud, a culturally-rich little town in the centre of Bali. It was extremely hot and humid with smells all around us that we had never experienced, and we knew right away that we would have no problems spending time on this island.

On our first day with Zun and Mark, we explored Ubud together, and on day two we joined their families to experience Zun and Mark’s multicultural wedding. The morning of their wedding started early with two ceremonies – one for Zun and one for Mark – and later in the afternoon we drove to through the mountains to the Brahmavihara Arama monastery in the northern parts of Bali, for a wedding blessing from a Buddhist monk.

Bali got to us bigtime, and we will definitely be returning one day.

Day 1.

Day 2.

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