Venue notes · Escondido

Filming a wedding at Ethereal Gardens

Filming a wedding at Ethereal Gardens in Escondido: stone walls, climbing green, a little white bridge for the first look and an evening that turns pink. Notes from Zach + Madelin's film.

Ethereal Gardens is built for photos and film: textured stone walls, climbing green and a small white bridge. In Zach + Madelin's November wedding, the first look happened on that bridge, with Zach turned around and Madelin walking up to him, and the ceremony ran down an aisle lined in white flowers.

Light

Between the stone and the greenery, the garden stays soft in daylight. After dark the reception went pink, with the couple's name lit on the wall, which reads beautifully on camera.

Every venue is different

Every venue is different. I adapt coverage to the venue, the couple and their budget, backyards included.

A couple on a bench against the stone wall at Ethereal Gardens

White roses at the ceremony arch, Ethereal Gardens

Zach + Madelin at the garden gate, Ethereal Gardens

Real weddings at Ethereal Gardens

Zach + Madelin — Ethereal Gardens, Escondido

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