Miami Destination Elopement Photographer | Miami Beach Botanical Garden Intimate Wedding | Emily + Ethan

Earth Centered Bohemian Wedding | South Florida

Emily and Ethan's intimate family ceremony at Miami Beach Botanical garden was a dream! When I first spoke with them on the phone we realized what a small world we live in . Emily is from Raleigh, NC and grew up down the street from where I lived! They live in New York, but treasure the South Beach neighborhood. Their vision was to combine their Christian and Jewish backgrounds with their current shamanic journey. They pulled it off effortlessly! While getting ready we got to hear about how Emily and Ethan met at school in New York, fell in love in Miami Beach at Art Basel, and how they've been able to support each other through job changes and life goals. They both love to travel, fine dining, yoga, and exploring. They've both embarked and committed to a life of transformation together.  This started when they both left our toxic NY jobs to discover and pursue their passions. Ethan started teaching yoga this past year, Emily is following Peruvian shamanic practices, and their now working on a new online business venture selling all natural plant and mineral based tinctures and supplements. 

I'm a big fan of first looks because the couple gets to speand a few moments together to take it all. Their Japanese Garden location was full of emotion and love. It was especially special because he proposed to Emily in the Japanese garden at the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens during the Cherry Blossom festival. 

Earth elements were important and they started their wedding ceremony with cleansing sage and sacred palo santo. Their ceremony table had crystals like pink quartz for love and passion, clear quartz for power, moon stone's the milky radiance of this crystal represents tenderness, and is believed to bring lovers closer together, and green calcite will help you to create the energy of abundance so that intentions can blossom into realities. They also included several traditional Christian and Jewish sacraments like blessing wine, walking around each other seven times to signify breaking down walls, and breaking glass in remembrance of the shattering of the Jewish temples.

Their intimate, micro wedding was a treasure to be a part of and I adored witnessing the blending of family, faith, and love! They made the entire day a personal love story and celebration and their new chapter together. Thank you for letting me join in the festivities! 

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