Symi wedding at Agia Marina for Casey and Alex, with ceremony at Analipsi chapel. Photography and film by arChive.
The wedding
Casey and Alex flew from Philadelphia and turned their wedding into a week of fun and vacation in Symi. A welcome dinner above Horio with the harbour stretched out below, a day on the Poseidon cruise, a pre-wedding party at Petalo. The bride's preparations took place at the Old Markets in Megali Strata. The ceremony was at Analipsi, the small chapel on the bay near Nimmos that you reach only by boat. The reception followed at Agia Marina with taxi boats running guests across the water. The party lasted till early in the morning when the boats took the last of us back.
Our approach
A wedding in Symi is always rewarding for us. We made a habit of getting lost in secluded beaches and hidden alleys just to capture a texture, a color or a shadow. Half of this wedding's locations were reached by boat. Light, schedule, gear, all of it had to adapt to the specific demands. We covered the cruise the day before, both preparations, the chapel arrival and the reception, each with its own pace. Analipsi is the kind of ceremony location that puts a specific accent to your photos. The chapel sits alone on its bay, and the only thing we had to do is stay discrete and let the event speak. Agia Marina opened up later in the afternoon, the taxi boats running between bay and beach, and the party found its rhythm very soon. Photography and film ran together across the days, the way we work every event that we cover.
Related work
For our work in Symi visit our dedicated page Wedding photography in Symi
CREDITS
Wedding Design & planning: Eventions
Florals: Symi flower
Sound & lighting: Kanakis audiovisual systems
Rentals: Castello rosso
Invitations & favors: Tsaldaris luxury crafts
Artwork: Vassilis Sperantzas
Wedding cake: Stani
Dj: Loukas Toumbakis
Band: Leonidas band
Menu: Pantelis
Pre wedding Cruise: Poseidon
Prewedding venue: Petalo
Wedding Venue: Ayia Marina
