Rustic-Chic Barn Wedding | Samantha & Alex

Samantha and Alex’s rustic-chic barn wedding was so dreamy!

From a best friend’s perspective…

Let me first off say how much I adore Samantha & Alex. I am slightly biased about this wedding because Samantha is one of my best friends.

When Alex came into her life, Samantha became starry-eyed. Any time she would talk about Alex, she would have the biggest grin on her face at all times! She would always gush about Alex and she would talk about him being her absolute best friend!

When I finally got to meet Alex for myself, I could see why she gushed about him so much. Because quite frankly, Alex is absolutely perfect for her in every sense. He was made for her!

Alex has made Samantha the happiest I have ever seen and I am so insanely happy for these two!

Now, from a photographer’s perspective…

These two are the real MVPs! Thanks to the pandemic, they had to change their wedding venue and wedding date last minute. Wedding planning can be stressful enough, but they handled their wedding planning (along with planning with the pandemic) with grace!

What I loved about their wedding is

That it gave off this “rustic-chic barn wedding” sort of feel. Of course, the barn made it pretty rustic. But the burgundy and mauve colors brought everything together to give the wedding a modern and chic feel to it!

Their wedding day

On the morning of their wedding day, Samantha was pretty quiet, soaking in every possible moment as she got ready for her big day! Upstairs, Alex was pretty excited because he was about to marry the love of his life! They were both a little nervous, just because there was rain forecasted to happen right around the time they were supposed to say, “I do.”

Luckily the rain held off until after the ceremony so they were able to have their wedding outside in the garden! Fast forward to the ceremony, with her dad by her side, Samantha walked down the aisle to the instrumental version of “tale as old as time” from Beauty and the Beast. Alex and Samantha had the cutest smile as they met at the end of the aisle.

Surrounded by their closest family and friends, Samantha and Alex said “I do” and officially became Mr. & Mrs. Knowles!

At the reception, Samantha and Alex danced the night away with all of their friends and family! What was sweet about this reception, though, was the mother-son dance. Halfway through the song, Alex’s mom stopped the music so that Alex and his stepmom could dance the remainder to the song. Everyone bawled, including me!

What was also cool about this rustic-chic barn wedding was the “LOVE” letters in the back behind the dance floor. It reminded me of how they pushed through the obstacles and setbacks with the pandemic to get to their wedding day, and they did it with grace and LOVE!

Thank you Samantha and Alex for letting me be apart of your special day! I absolutely loved working with you two!

Without further adieu, here is a sneak peek of Samantha and Alex’s rustic-chic barn wedding!

Make sure to leave some love in the comments for this beautiful couple!