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Our friends Keith and Brianna Madia took some photos of us in the Utah Desert | Collaboration with Rue De Seine
If you saw some recent posts (Part 1 and Part 2) or follow us on Instagram, you’ve already seen what we were up to with our buddies Keith and Brianna Madia (and their dogs Bucket and Dagwood!) out in the desert earlier this summer! Brianna and Keith have been together for 10 years and they planned a few simple, desert adventure days to celebrate! Brianna knew she wanted some photos too, so over a year ago she texted me to save her a date for her and Keith to “stand in a canyon and read some words to each other” this summer. As the date got closer and we actually started planning, Brianna told me she was considering getting a Rue De Seine dress to wear, and I reminded her that Rue De Seine would be LUCKY to have her wearing their beautiful dresses 😉 Sure enough, we got in touch with their marketing team and they loved our idea, so we got to collaborate with them and pick out three beautiful wedding dresses for Brianna to wear out in the desert. She had originally fallen in love with one dress, but once they arrived and she tried them on, her favorite ended up being the one I picked out (that she wasn’t so sure on when we ordered them!! What can I say — I know wedding dresses 😜). Brianna decided to keep the third (favorite) wedding dress a little bit of a secret from Keith and save it for the canyoneering day. On our first day, we photographed the first two dresses in two remote desert locations. Brianna is going to write the blog post for their “wedding” day, but I decided to share the other dresses as their own posts because each dress (and location) is so unique and can be inspiration to any boho bride wanting to plan a desert elopement! Oh, and if you missed part one and need to catch up, here it is:
Keith + Brianna Madia’s Vow Renewal, Part 1 (Rue De Seine’s West Gown)
Keith + Brianna Madia’s Vow Renewal, Part 2 (Rue De Seine’s Nahla Gown)
KEITH + BRIANNA MADIA’S VOW RENEWAL, PART 3 (RUE DE SEINE’S AEGEAN GOWN)
If you need an intro to who Keith and Brianna Madia are, you can find them in some of our previous blog posts:
An Adventure session in the desert (the first time we ever hung out!)
An interview with Brianna Madia
A follow-up interview with Brianna Madia (a year later)
or, Follow Brianna Madia on Instagram
These photos were extra fun for us because well, we were IN them! One of the days we were hanging out with Brianna and Keith in the desert when, after a few hours sitting in the sun sipping wine, we had the brilliant idea of “trading places” and I put on Bri’s dress, we handed a camera to each of them, and we ran out into the dunes for a really fun, really funny photo session!! I wish we had video of it, because there were a lot of moments of them going “we’re really doing this!!!!” and us going “what are yall doing!!!” hahaha it was such a blast. Miraculously ;) They got some keepers, and now they’re some of my favorite photos of us! It was such a fun memory, and wearing the Nahla dress in the windy Utah desert was such a treat.
Photographers: The Hearnes Adventure Photography
Bride’s Dress: Nahla Gown by Rue de Seine
Florals: Tellurian Events
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The Hearnes Adventure Photography is run by Abbi and Callen Hearne, a husband & wife wedding photography team with an emphasis on adventure. Unless stated otherwise, all blog and social media posts are written from the perspective of Abbi! Our photography style is adventurous, full of stoke, and centered around telling a true story. We are nomadic wedding photographers living on the road, which allows us to photograph your adventures anywhere in the world. We especially love the sierra mountains in California, southwestern desert in Utah, and the glacial landscape of Alaska. We have updated passports and are willing to travel anywhere in the world.
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