Downtown Austin Texas The Mansion Wedding
The Mansion is a wedding venue nestled just a minute away from University of Texas in Downtown Austin. This beautiful wedding between Ashley and Cody was beautiful in all the ways every couple wants. Both are so sweet and kind, vibrating high and attracting the best kind of people. The energy was so light and full of love, being present was truly an honor for everyone there.
Venue: The Mansion
Wedding Coordinator: Better Than Perfect Planning
Florist: Flor Amor
Catering: Pascal Catering
Bridal Gown: Brickhouse Bridal Houston
HMUA: Lavish Beauty ATX
Videographer: Sarah Andry
A Grooms Story:
What did you first think when you met your now wife Ashley?
'“Ok so there was a good while where I knew of Ashley but hadn’t yet really gotten to know her, and in that time I mainly thought of her as the highly attractive woman I would see on occasion. Eventually though, I ended up having a few conversations with her during the spring semester of our junior year at UT and really found myself feeling a connection between us. In fact, that semester I would take a certain route to the bus after one of my Tuesday/Thursday classes, because I knew I’d run into her eating lunch with a mutual friend of ours at a certain spot. That summer I found ways to hang out with her or be in a group where she was, and as I did, my interest in her continued to rise until eventually in early August I asked her out!
"Right away, I noticed that I felt very at ease with her, like I could tell her anything (which I did) and that she would listen and engage with me thoughtfully (and she did). Further, I got to know her on a whole new level, not only her thoughtfulness but her ambition and sense of humor and the fact that she loves to snuggle and all the rest of it. In the end, we fell in love and eventually decided we wanted to get married. The rest is (quite recent) history!”
Ashley wanted to do a ‘First Look’ and texted me that he agreed to it! But Cody had not idea it would be a fake one!
Meanwhile, Ashely’s getting ready photos were so precious. She was BEAMING!
Juiceland
I met Jennifer at JuiceLand Hyde Park location on a weekday afternoon. She literally showed up in exactly what I hoped to see her wearing, very cute and simple to keep it down earth, cropped top and jeans.
I wanted to take on another location that seemed ordinary and turn it into art. Jennifer has had some modeling experience and was wonderful to work with. We vibed really well together even making her laugh by hyping her up during the photo shoot.
The staff was so nice and the shop was pretty empty we basically had this back room to ourselves. This backroom was beautiful, floor to ceiling windows bringing in a lot of natural light, a bar facing out one window, and a collage of flyers and brochures hanging on the wall that made for a great backdrop. This location also included a small record store, which is why I chose this location in particular. It’s the biggest one I think in all of Austin and it has a legit selection of records to flip through and buy!
This location was really fun for me because I absolutely love natural light so shooting by the window was so fabulous and the records really was the cherry on top. I would be down to do another shoot there again with someone else, there was a lot of space that we didn’t use and still ended up walking away with a lot of great images.
Thank you to Jennifer for being so open to the idea and cooperative and fun during this photo shoot!
