Wedding First Look | Katie & Ryan | Estancia La Jolla

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.