Back home in Germany, everything was ready for their big reception of wedding 2020 till the moment when last-minute new Covid-19 restrictions forced Ana and Marc to cancel their party.
Sad and disappointed, they followed their friend’s recommendation and headed to Chania, Crete for their honeymoon. After all, they thought they would combine their holidays with at least, a romantic photo session, may the occasion arise.
Under the magical influence of Crete, Ana and Marc asked for more. They decided that they did not want to put their wedding plans on hold any longer as Crete felt like the right place to celebrate their marriage.
A thoughtful service of their hotel in Crete arranged our meeting and so directly discussed all details for the organization of this romantic autumn elopement were polished up.
The couple set their hearts on the unique wedding location, being a Greek historical stone chapel hidden among hills of olive groves in the Chania area.
The joy, hope, and excitement accompanied those wedding plans made in 48 hours.
To customize at most with a short period of time, we followed the color palette that Ana and Marc initially chose for their German wedding celebration with a Cretan twist of adding to the bouquet and floral ceremony centerpiece a cut pomegranate fruit – a symbol of life, beauty, and fertility.
The autumn day of this micro wedding was bright and warm. Afternoon ceremony with a rich “rain” of red rose petals, exchange of vows, breaking the pomegranate fruit for future luck prolonged into happy toasts and romantic evening.
Everything felt natural without fuss and stress of the past canceled wedding plans.
Ana and Marc embraced their small wedding with elegance, charm, and pure happiness of being together in the right place at the right time.
It was a wedding that meant to take place in Crete!
Wedding planner: Crete for Love
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Three generations come together and unite for a memorable family photo shoot on the island of Crete in Greece. All three families flew in from the States for a vacation in Rethymno Crete. They rented a private seafront villa to celebrate the grandparents 50th anniversary.
Grandkids, siblings, wives husbands and grandparents for a 2 hour photo session.
My goal as the Rethymno photographer Crete was to capture images with each family separately then all together then to make a buch of combinations with just siblings, grandparents with their grandchildren, cousins and whatever else we could come up with.
And in the end they were challenged to jump in the pool. And the challenged was accepted.
Three generations come together and unite for a memorable family photo shoot on the island of Crete in Greece. All three families flew in from the States for a vacation in Rethymno Crete. They rented a private seafront villa to celebrate the grandparents 50th anniversary.
Grandkids, siblings, wives husbands and grandparents for a 2 hour photo session.
My goal as the Rethymno photographer Crete was to capture images with each family separately then all together then to make a buch of combinations with just siblings, grandparents with their grandchildren, cousins and whatever else we could come up with.
And in the end they were challenged to jump in the pool. And the challenged was accepted.
Three generations come together and unite for a memorable family photo shoot on the island of Crete in Greece. All three families flew in from the States for a vacation in Rethymno Crete. They rented a private seafront villa to celebrate the grandparents 50th anniversary.
Grandkids, siblings, wives husbands and grandparents for a 2 hour photo session.
My goal as the Rethymno photographer Crete was to capture images with each family separately then all together then to make a buch of combinations with just siblings, grandparents with their grandchildren, cousins and whatever else we could come up with.
And in the end they were challenged to jump in the pool. And the challenged was accepted.
Spring has arrived in Chania Crete here in Greece and the bridal mood is fresh, vivid and youthful.
Anastasia is wearing handmade dresses from Athina Tsolaki and shoes from Katerina Savrani, while running around the village of Embrosneros of the Apokoronas region.
The photo shoot started at our private Wedding Venue Crete and continued in the village streets with a stop at the kafenio with the locals.
Credits:
photos: @andreas_markakis
dresses: @athina.tsolaki
shoes: @katerina_savrani
model: @anastasiepav
makeup & hair: @zoimantafouni
location: Markakis Estate / @markakisestate
Spring has arrived in Chania Crete here in Greece and the bridal mood is fresh, vivid and youthful.
Anastasia is wearing handmade dresses from Athina Tsolaki and shoes from Katerina Savrani, while running around the village of Embrosneros of the Apokoronas region.
The photo shoot started at our private Wedding Venue Crete and continued in the village streets with a stop at the kafenio with the locals.
Credits:
photos: @andreas_markakis
dresses: @athina.tsolaki
shoes: @katerina_savrani
model: @anastasiepav
makeup & hair: @zoimantafouni
location: Markakis Estate / @markakisestate
