Silver Swan Bayside Wedding Photos | Katie + Matt

July 13, 2017

Katie and Matt had the picture perfect wedding day at Silver Swan Bayside complete with a blast of a party, loads of smiles and a beautiful sunset.

The Couple

From Katie: “We both went to the St. Vincent Pallotti High School. We knew of each other but did not have the same group of friends as Matt was one year older than me. I was on our High School cheerleading team with Matt’s sister Jaonie and his cousin Sarah. After college, we started to frequent the same get-togethers and began dating.

Matt recently started a new job which allowed us to finally go on vacation during the summer months. When Sarah (Matt’s cousin) and Nick (Sarah’s husband) invited us to stay with them down at the Duplex in the Outer Banks for a week, we were beyond excited. Both sides of the Duplex were packed all week with Matt’s family members coming and going. Towards the end of the week, after many family members had already left, we decided to go dinner at Basnight’s Lone Cedar Café. This was nothing out of the ordinary as dinner at Basnight’s became a yearly tradition during our annual fall OBX vacation. After dinner, Matt asked me if I wanted to walk through Basnight’s vegetable and herb garden. This too was something we had done every year after dinner. At the end of the garden there is a pier that Matt suggested we walk out onto. Matt walked me down to the end of the pier, pulled out a ring and asked me to marry him! I immediately said YES! We then called our family members and friends who were so excited to hear about the engagement. While calling our family members, it became very apparent that everyone knew about Matt’s plan to ask me while we were in OBX except for me. Thank you to everyone who kept it a secret! And a special thank you to Matt’s family members vacationing in OBX with us who were awaiting the proposal the entire week and never let it slip.”

The Wedding

Katie started her day getting ready at Tangles Salon with the ladies in her life and it was obvious from the first moments of the day that we had a fun crowd and lots of love on our hands. It was a hot day, and we all sweat our butts off together but it was completely worth it to watch these two lovely people tie the knot and make beautiful portraits for them. Congratulations to Katie and Matt! Here are a few of my favorites.