Siegel Thurston Photography

Katie & Ryan’s Scripps Forum Wedding was a truly fun occasion. When looking to have a beach wedding in San Diego the Scripps Seaside Forum stands out as a modern and unique venu with lots of versatility.  We love that the sand and the Scripps pier are just steps away from the ceremony cite allowing everyone to get their toes a little sandy after the i do’s.  A few of our favorite things that Katie and Ryan did to make this place uniquely theirs for the day was hang white globe lanterns around the outdoors, they set up their monogrammed bean bag toss area next to the bar, and place a flower petal design down their aisle.  Ryan even slaved for months crafting an IPA and a Whit beer for their guests to enjoy.  They were complete with custom wedding labels.

As far as summer beach weddings in San Diego go the weather is frequently a mystery to us.  You just have to pray to the sun gods and cross your fingers.  Katie and Ryan’s family must have been crossing a lot of fingers on their way over here from the east coast because the sun happily came out for their wedding day before disappearing into a gray overcast funk for the rest of the weekend.

There was definitely a lot of fun to be had at this wedding and we can’t be happier for Katie and Ryan.

Right after the ceremony is a great time to get a photo of everyone at the wedding. Katie and Ryan’s custom brewed wedding beer.
I loved the hand made DIY nautical pillows.

Katie and Ryan pampered themselves before their wedding, as they should, by staying at Estancia La Jolla.  Katie, her sister and her mom relaxed and got ready in their lovely suite over looking the pool while Ryan cracked a home brewed beer with his best man across the courtyard.

We are always super excited when our couples decide to incorporate  a wedding first look  into their day.  It gives the couple the chance to have a unique and special moment together where the groom gets to see his beautiful bride in her incredible wedding dress for the firs time without having to stand on his tiptoes to see over all their guests heads.  He can whisper to her how beautiful she looks and take a long moment to hug and hold her.  There is always laughing, smiling and sometimes crying during a first look.  Katie and Ryan had their first look infront of one of Estancia’s most iconic wedding ceremony locations.  She walked down the spanish steps, tiptoed up to him and tapped Ryan on the shoulder.  His look of happy surprise was priceless.

We all leisurely  wondered around the grounds of Estancia photographing while Katie and Ryan laughed and chatted enjoying their extra time together.

When it was finally time to leave the paradise of Estancia and head over to the wedding a beautiful vintage white Bentley came to pick up Katie and her Father.  We always recommend traveling vintage and traveling in style!

I’m seriously in love with Katie’s lace Monique Lhuillier wedding dress. Katie’s sister gifted her and her mother the cutest custom dress hangers she found on Etsy.

Luce Loft is a wonderful urban space in down town San Diego.  One of the great things about this space is it’s versatility for events from birthday parties to elaborate weddings.  It’s an open loft style building with a built in kitchen and a sweet up stairs interior balcony.

We partnered up with Sandra from Sandra Nicole Designs and Amanda of Thorne Artistry to create a fun bridal styling photo shoot using the unique aspects of the Luce Loft space.  The concept behind the shoot was to show how different accessories,  jewelry and hair styling can make a single wedding dress look so very different.

Check out what these amazing ladies came up with.

Look one has a modern edge to it between the jewelry and the clean simple hair styling.Look two is a more romantic and vintage esque feelThe third and final look incorporated a veil to show how that changes the look of a wedding dress.

Venu | Luce Loft 

Hair and Makeup | Thorne Artistry 

Accessories | Sandra Nicole Designs

Wedding Gowns | Dahlia Bridal

Model | Brie White