Last summer we got hired to photograph a very unique Swiss wedding in Schaffhausen, a small adorable city up in the mountains in the north-east of Switzerland. The trip was full of adventures, and we will certainly have stories to tell for many years to come.
The newlyweds came out of the city hall and were greeted in a hockey manner by the groom’s team. After being hit by pounds of rice the bride and groom were taken on a small voyage to the next venue in a vintage car. Ohh.. that car. What a beauty!
Despite many obstacles we had faced that day that included major equipment failure, and complete weather disaster, we are very happy with the way the photos came out. Pauline, our lovely bride who was in her last week of pregnancy turned out to be a brave little trooper and braved the elements and the grueling day schedule, and had the time and the energy to look her very best.
The Swiss Germans have this interesting wedding tradition: guests write down on a postcard some sort of a chore they would like to perform for the newlyweds, attach the postcard to a balloon and let it fly. Whoever in the area finds these postcards wherever/whenever the balloons land has an obligation to drop those postcards in the mail. Once the bride and groom receive the postcards they can call up on the guests to perform the chores they promised in the card. Kind of cute.
The venue was an old wine house (factory), with an enormous wine press in the middle of the room, built in very traditional regional style. The food was outstanding and there was a lot of it – everything was made on the spot by friends and family.
