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View of Aegean through a squeare wall hole in Mykonos port
Story
wedding
Place
mykonos
Couple
Melodie & Yoann
Location
Elia Beach - Elea Estate

Wedding in Elia, Mykonos

A wedding in Mykonos for Melodie and Yoann, hosted at Villa Elea overlooking Elia Beach. Photography and film by arChive Visual Storytellers.

The wedding

Melodie and Yoann married at Elea Estate, a villa set above Elia Beach with two infinity pools and a small white chapel by the water. The civil ceremony took place in front of this sea view, with the reception spread across the villa's outdoor dining and entertainment spaces overlooking the Aegean. The venue's scale gave this wedding group room to move. Twelve bedrooms across multiple levels meant the couple's guests stayed on site for the full weekend, carrying the day from ceremony through to a reception that ran late into the night above the water.

Melodie and Yoann had travelled from Canada for their wedding, and Mykonos was their first experience of Greece. The island gave them warm light through the ceremony and a cooling evening wind as the reception carried on, the kind of shift in weather the island is known for.

Our approach

Melodie and Yoann's guests were staying through the weekend, so their wedding was one part of a longer stretch of time together, and we worked to reflect that rather than treating the ceremony as the only moment that mattered.

The civil ceremony took place on a veranda patio by the pool, with open sea in front. From there the light changed constantly, morning warmth giving way to the cooler wind that moves in as evening approaches, and we worked with that shift rather than against it, letting the reception's later hours carry a different mood than the ceremony had.

Working within a villa this size meant space was rarely a constraint. Multiple levels, indoor and outdoor areas, and the two pools gave the day several distinct settings without ever needing to leave the property, so the images build a fuller picture of the wedding than a single backdrop could.

Related work

For our work across Mykonos visit our dedicated page Wedding Photographer Mykonos, and see the couple's film at Wedding Film Mykonos.

Black-and-white illustration of a seated frog figurine.

PHOTOS

White chapel domes and a marble cross overlooking the Aegean Sea in Mykonos.
Rocks beside the infinity pool at Elea Estate, with sailboats in the bay below Elia Beach.
Wedding rings in an open wooden box beneath a bronze frog figurine.
Melodie having her bridal makeup applied in a bright room at Elea Estate in Mykonos.
Black-and-white photograph of a woman adjusting the back of Melodie’s wedding dress.
Close detail of a woman fastening the jewelled ankle strap of Melodie’s bridal sandals.
Black-and-white moment of a man waiting at the top of the villa stairs as Melodie approaches in her wedding dress.
A man in a grey suit kisses Melodie’s cheek before her wedding ceremony.
A man helps Yoann fasten his tie on the villa terrace overlooking the Aegean Sea.
Wide view across the infinity pool towards Melodie and Yoann’s civil wedding ceremony at Elea Estate.
Guests seated for Melodie and Yoann’s outdoor wedding ceremony overlooking Elia Beach and the Aegean Sea.
Melodie throws her head back laughing while holding Yoann’s hand during their wedding ceremony.
Black-and-white photograph of Melodie and Yoann listening to a reading, framed by guests and olive branches.
Yoann places a wedding ring on Melodie’s finger during their sea-view ceremony in Mykonos.
Melodie and Yoann share their first kiss as newlyweds, with the Aegean Sea behind them.
Melodie proudly shows her wedding ring to guests as the officiant smiles beside her.
Guests shower Melodie and Yoann with rose petals as they walk back down the aisle at Elea Estate.
Black-and-white portrait of Melodie and Yoann embracing, framed by stone pillars and wooden beams at the villa.
Intimate close-up of Yoann kissing Melodie’s forehead after their wedding ceremony.
Melodie holds her bouquet beside the infinity pool while Yoann stands on a lower terrace, with the Aegean beyond.
Melodie and Yoann smile at each other in an embrace above the Aegean Sea at Elea Estate.
Close romantic portrait of Melodie touching Yoann’s cheek as they kiss.
Black-and-white bridal beauty portrait of Melodie looking down towards her wedding ring.
Close bridal beauty portrait of Melodie’s eyes above her softly blurred white bouquet.
Black-and-white portrait of Yoann smiling in the foreground, with Melodie holding her bouquet softly blurred behind him.
Mykonos Wedding Elia Beach | This wedding took place at Elea Estate above Elia Beach in Mykonos, with a civil ceremony on the villa's poolside veranda and a reception carrying into the evening. As wedding photographers in Mykonos, Melodie and Yoann's day is one of several we have covered on the island, each with its own character depending on venue and specific conditions. We regularly take over weddings held in private villas, using the location and intimacy of these settings to produce imagery tailored to the couple and the venue itself. This story covers the ceremony, the villa's grounds and pools, and the reception through to late evening. arChive Visual Storytellers photographs and films destination weddings across Greece and worldwide.
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