Sunglasses, sea breeze and a white arch

This elopement was built around a sea breeze and a pair of dark glasses. No guests, no speeches, just a planned list of places we wanted to visit in one afternoon.

We started on the beach for the soft light, moved to a garden arch and finished at a coloured wall that the couple had picked from a magazine.

The beach

Pebbles, low scrub and the sea close by. The wind made her skirt do the work, and the sunglasses meant they could relax without squinting.

The arch

A white arch with hanging cords stood in a grass field. They stood in it, I stood back, and the cords moved in the breeze behind them.

The wall

A warm orange wall, a pink velvet sofa and a bunch of white tulips. We took ten minutes there and kept all of it.

The glasses came off for the last two frames. I kept one of those, in black and white, as the album cover.

Credits

This is sample content for the Second Shooter template. The story is invented, and the photographs are Pexels photos, listed below with their photographers, so each caption describes only what is in the picture.

• Featured photograph, Olcay Ertem, Pexels licence

• A kiss on the cheek at the top of the beach, his glasses on, Olcay Ertem, Pexels licence

• Foreheads together on the pebbles, Olcay Ertem, Pexels licence

• A twirl at the water's edge, her sleeves puffed in the wind, Olcay Ertem, Pexels licence

• Walking the shoreline with her bouquet low, Olcay Ertem, Pexels licence

• In front of a white arch with a fence and flowers, Olcay Ertem, Pexels licence

• At a macrame arch, his hand on her cheek, Olcay Ertem, Pexels licence

• The bride in a gold mirror, glasses on, Olcay Ertem, Pexels licence

• A pink velvet sofa on an orange wall, he sits and she stands behind, Olcay Ertem, Pexels licence

• The bride with white tulips, the groom behind her, Olcay Ertem, Pexels licence

• The last frame, foreheads together, in black and white, Olcay Ertem, Pexels licence