Nathaniel Thompson's Photography Blog: dana and bryan's destination wedding at old bahama bay resort on grand bahama island

dana and bryan's wedding at the fabulous old bahama bay resort on grand bahama island was crazy good! crazy because it rained and rained and rained! good because it always seemed to let up at just the right time, and when it did the sky was awesome for photos. norm and i had so much fun over the 5 days we were there with dana and bryan. we felt so welcomed by them, as well as by their friends and family. it was fun to shoot a destination wedding in the bahamas too. most of my destination weddings have been in mexico - which i love! i've been to mexico so many times, that i almost feel like i grew up there. and i'm always looking forward to my next fish taco or huevos rancheros. so, being in the bahamas was a very unique experience for me. i loved learning about the conch! its a way of life there. they take boats out and free dive for it, and there is so much of it everywhere. they serve it at every meal in every way possible. from conch salad (delicious! kind of like ceviche) to conch chowder to conch and chips i loved it all. and the conch shells are everywhere - they line the shoreline, there are jetty's of conch shells (pics coming with the trash the dress post). i asked if they're worried about the conch becoming "fished out." but, the locals assured me that they are careful to only harvest the large conch and let the young ones grow - and that they don't use S.C.U.B.A. gear, to cut down on the number they're able to collect - and that they've been doing it this way for as long as they can remember. ok, probably more information than you wanted. now, on to the pictures. the first two are of the wet rehearsal dinner...

on the day of the wedding, it rained all day - right up until 15 minutes before the wedding started. and, it held off long enough for us to take pictures. then when the reception started, it began to rain cats and dogs again. talk about amazing timing!