Lapland Wedding Photographer Kittila
Destination Wedding Photography // Lapland Snow Village Wedding of Nico and Rik
Where do I even begin with this one?
I met Nico and Rik on 20th July 2012. I remember this because it was when I was photographing Tima and Gary’s wedding in Knutsford – Rik was Gary’s best man that day and I sat at Nico’s table for dinner. I just thought they were utterly brilliant, hilarious people madly in love with each other, and I told them in no uncertain terms that whenever they get married, I wanted to be there.
Well I was there. I was right there in the Ice Chapel of the Snow Village just outside Kittila, Lapland on the evening of Monday 13th January 2014 when Nico walked in to marry Rik. She had just arrived on a reindeer led sleigh ride with her mum by her side and Rik was standing, tears in his eyes, wearing his military number ones, as she took her place proudly by his side. That moment right there will live vividly in my memory for a very very long time.
In fact, the whole weekend will stay with me forever – Nico and Rik made me feel like an old friend, more than just a wedding guest, and much more than just their wedding photographer. They made me part of their wedding adventure and for that I am bowled over and truly, truly thankful. I stayed with them, their parents and closest friends in an incredible castle lodge at the Snow Village and it was an amazingly brilliant experience from start to finish – seeing the Northern Lights on our first evening, announced by the waitress as we ate dinner, followed by a mad scramble to get outside as soon as possible to catch a glimpse of one of the seven natural wonders of the world. Amazing. What a memory that is.
It is just so humbling to be invited into peoples lives in this way, and made to feel so welcome. I often am guilty of taking this job a little bit for granted I think, but I genuinely find it incredible that this is what I get to do for a living, whether it’s Lapland or closer to home, and I thank Nico and Rik for giving me this experience and I wish them all the happiness in the world for a long and happy marriage ahead.
Here’s their adventure in a few photos.
Lapland. I miss you already.
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Wow….. the colours, the compositions, the moments…. just wow!
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As expected it’s all great ….. BUT…..that first and last shot, you’re killing me – AMAZING!
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Stunning mate, love them.
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WOW….just WOW!So magical and perfectly captured, and the light!!!
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Just amazing from beginning to end.
Love them all – think you might have nailed that one 😉
And ain’t nobody gonna beat that dress shot!
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Fantastic pictures. in such difficult lighting circumstances. Keep the good work up.
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Yes, you are! Ridiculously good dude!
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Fabulous x
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Oh. My. God. Check this out.
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Story telling at its best. Just wonderful
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WTF
Wow dude!
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Oh my goodness… pure magic Mr Johnson. Absolutely Incredible work.
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What an amazing wedding! And an amazing photographer to capture it! Love love love the light in the snow portraits 🙂
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Wow. Utterly beautiful! What an amazing experience it must have been. Amazing work xx
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honestly, I think I have something in my eye…. the shot of the bride arriving at the altar on the arm of her mum is just the stuff! Loved that shot of the dress hanging in the trees too. Flippin awesome dude. Magical.
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FANTASTIC PHOTOGRAPHY , BRILLIANT PHOTOS AS USUAL, WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND HIM TO ANYONE.
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Absolutely astonishing work Adam. Look forward to keeping an eye on some more your work throughout the year. 🙂 all my best
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Adam. This is truly stunning. The one image that I love is the day after session, the bride on her own. I wish I had taken that shot it’s just amazing. Everything about this wedding is beautiful. I love your work..x
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Wow so good from start to finish. 🙂
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Perfect dude, what an amazing experience
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Holy shit dude, you smashed it! This must have been a tricky beast to shoot but you have blown me away! Love you man x
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Unbelievably beautiful. Truly stunning
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It helps having good models 😉
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Absolutely incredible. Most Amazing snow wedding and photography!!!
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Amazing photos of my beautiful niece Nico and hubby Ric
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smashed this one right out of the park. Stunning stuff Adam….absolutely stunning
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This is unacceptably too good Adam!! Its not fair that you show this kind of work, please stop!!!
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Outstanding images.
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What an amazing wedding and location to photograph. Truly stunning work.
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WOW Adam! As you say, what an incredible adventure… a completely unique experience that you’ve captured superbly well. You’ve coped with a very tricky set of lighting conditions, including various colour casts, and of course low light, producing a wonderful memory of what was obviously a fantastic wedding. Love the silhouettes you end with too. Beautiful.
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WOW Amazing pictures and location!
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Oh, my. Wow! Can’t believe that location. An Ice Chapel? Absolutely stunning images. I’m particularly drawn to the first one.
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Amazing Wedding , Beautiful shot : )
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THIS IS AWESOME