Kaitlyn + Doug’s Alpaca Wedding

Kaitlyn and Doug’s wedding sparked a tsunami of creative fireworks in my heart. I mean it was an ALPACA wedding! Alpacas everywhere. You can’t top that. Baby alpacas, giant alpacas, and one insatiably curious alpaca that is near and dear to my heart now and kept photobombing their wedding photos with an open mouth full of grass.

From a wedding photojournalism perspective this was as inspiring as it can get for me. The bride even got to hold a baby alpaca named Speedy for their wedding portraits. That’s normal. In fact, I want this to be my new normal, shooting weddings at the Vermont Wedding Barn at Champlain Valley Alpacas in Bridport, Vermont.  I think Kaitlyn has a natural alpaca mothering aura because Speedy hung around in her arms for a really long time and gave me tons of time to take photos.

It also helped that Kaitlyn and Doug are one of the sweetest couples I’ve met, super easy-going, full of fun and laughter. Their families and friends were all cut from that same cloth. Doug, who is a native Vermonter, moved to San Francisco on a whim where he immediately met Kaitlyn at work who hails from the Los Angeles area. The two now live in VT.

They had this amazing outdoor ceremony that completely teased them with rain. The drops started to come down right as Doug was walking down the aisle. It really seemed like the sky was going to open up and you could see the look in everyone’s eyes. And then suddenly it all just stopped and they had a completely gorgeous ceremony complete with dramatic clouds. At the end of their ceremony the alpacas escaped as they were walking down the aisle and raced along the road with them as they processioned onto the reception area. These alpacas were very mischievous that day and that was such a treat. I loved everything about this exciting, inspiring and quirky free-spirited farm wedding in Vermont.

Kaitlyn and Doug, thank you so much for having me come along for the adventure!