May 19, 2021

Intimate Riverbanks Zoo Botanical Gardens Wedding
Megan and Calvin

Columbia, SC LGBTQ Friendly Couple with Rainbow Umbrella at Riverbanks Zoo Botanical Gardens

Intimate Riverbanks Zoo Botanical Gardens Wedding

I’m so excited to share with you Megan and Calvin’s Botanical Gardens wedding and all their memories hear in Columbia South Carolina. Megan and Calvin are such a wonderful pair, and I adored being their wedding photographer. I want to take a moment to walk you through their intimate Riverbanks Zoo Botanical Gardens wedding and show you all of their beautiful moments and memories.

Riverbanks Zoo Botanical Gardens Wedding Details

Getting Ready for their Wedding Day

As you normally do, we begin the day with photographing the couple’s details. After capturing a few images of the bride’s dress and their invitation suite, Megan got ready for their day and first look.

Riverbanks Zoo Botanical Gardens Getting Ready Wedding Photos

 

Riverbanks Zoo Botanical Gardens Intimate First Look

It was so incredibly sweet to witness Megan and Calvin sharing their first look on their wedding day. They chose to read letters back to back that they wrote to each other before seeing one another in their wedding day. I love to document moments like these so much!

Riverbanks Zoo Botanical Garden LGBTQ Friendly Wedding First Look

Botanical Gardens Wedding Photos

Then we began to explore the Botanical Gardens grounds for portraits of Megan and Calvin together as a couple. The Riverbanks Zoo Botanical Gardens is such a perfect venue to photograph couples on their wedding day or for engagement sessions because this location is just so stunning!

Riverbanks Zoo Botanical Gardens Wedding Couple Photos

We spent a good bit of time working together with the couple’s small wedding party, family, and a very cute rainbow umbrella Megan brought along prior to their ceremony.

Riverbanks Zoo Botanical Gardens Wedding Photos

I absolutely adore when couples choose to move forward with the first look before completing all of their portraits, yes even family, before their ceremony. It allows for a couple to enjoy their photos more stress-free, and for everyone to get to the reception more quickly after the ceremony!

Intimate Riverbanks Zoo Botanical Gardens Wedding Ceremony

Riverbanks Zoo Botanical Gardens Wedding Ceremony

Botanical Gardens Magnolia Room Intimate Reception

Megan and Calvin celebrated with their friends and family in an intimate reception within the Magnolia Room at the Riverbanks Zoo Botanical Gardens. They shared an incredibly sweet first dance as a newly married couple, enjoyed toasts from their wedding party members to them, and just being around friends and family for a bit.

Riverbanks Zoo Botanical Gardens Wedding Reception in the Magnolia Room

Riverbanks Zoo Botanical Gardens Wedding Reception in the Magnolia Room

We ended the night with a few photos in the light rain with Megan’s super cute rainbow umbrella.

Riverbanks Zoo Botanical Gardens LGBTQ+ Friendly Wedding Photos

I hope you enjoyed this look into Megan and Calvin’s Riverbanks Zoo Botanical Gardens wedding! Megan and Calvin were such a joy to work with them photograph, and I absolutely loved being their South Carolina wedding photographer.

Jess

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