Halloween Oddities Inspiration Shoot

What’s Halloween without a little bit of spookiness? This styled shoot from Rach Lea Photography and Ivory and Beau takes the Spanish moss that’s native to Savannah, GA and uses it to add an eerie, almost swamp-like effect that’s perfect for All Hallows’ Eve. We love that the “groom” brought his own pets to the shoot for an unexpected treat!

From the stylists, Nicole and Adrienna of Ivory and Beau: My best friend, Rachel, who is now getting married was dying to model for us and her tattoos inspired us to come up with an edgy, funky and darker wedding inspiration. With that are our starting point we came up with the theme of oddities and skulls. The Paris Market and Graveface Records had some amazing skulls and taxidermy pieces that we used for decor elements. For the flowers we wanted really dark elements and used a staple of Savannah and Savannah weddings, spanish moss, in a much darker way than normally seen.

The shoot took place at an old dairy farm, which has an almost haunted feel to it. Savannah is known for being a haunted city so it fit really well but in a completely different way than vendors normally portray Savannah. For an added treat, our guy model brought his 2 pets: a boa constrictor and a pitbull, which were perfect touches for the theme, except for when the boa constrictor decided to slither on the table… 🙂 For the bride we modeled her in an assymetrical funky short dress from Faith Thornburg with a tulle and fishnet Twigs & Honey veil and we have Milan Day Spa do a faux hawk with intertwining braids.

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Shoot Location: Savannah, GA / Photographer: Rach Lea Photography / Event Stylist and Bridal Dress: Ivory and Beau / Venue: Old Dairy Farm / Dress Designer: Faith Thornburg / Veil: Twigs & Honey / Hair: Milan Day Spa / Makeup: Lindsey Wirht / Mugs, Flatware and Other Table Props: The Paris Market / Taxidermy Props: Graveface Records & Curiosities / Videographer: CINEMoBIUS / Wedding Invitations: Shelby Bittinger / Boa Constrictor and Pitbull: Guy model’s pet