Hope Town Bahamas Engagement Session – Abaco – Katie & Luke

I am posting Katie and Luke’s Hope Town Bahamas engagement session backwards, as I already posted their wedding.  We had a wonderful week together.  The day of their GTKY session rained all day until about 35 minutes prior to dusk.   We ran out to the boat dock on the other side of the island with my remote gear wrapped in zip lock bags because of the drizzle.  The sunset was amazing and we finished up their session in the pool at their house.  Special thanks to Tim (aka DJ Naptime) for helping assist the shoot.  I will be posting some of their reception at Trust next week and we have so many weddings and GTKY sessions to share from the past few weeks!

Shooting a GTKY session in Hopetown means working around the island on its own terms. It rained all day until about 35 minutes before dusk. We grabbed the gear, wrapped the remotes in zip lock bags to protect against the drizzle, ran across to the boat dock on the far side of the island, and made the most of every minute of light that opened up. There are no cars here. You move by golf cart or boat, and the boat dock offers a sightline across the harbor that you cannot get from anywhere else on the island. When the sky cleared it was exactly the kind of light you wait all day for.

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Hope Town Bahamas engagement session on a boat

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Tim, who goes by DJ Naptime, helped assist the session and kept everything running smoothly in the rain chaos. We finished in the pool at their rented house as the light faded out, which ended up being one of the quieter and more intimate parts of the whole trip. The wedding itself took place the next morning. If you want to see that day, their Hopetown wedding post has the full gallery.

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Location: Boat dock and private residence, Hope Town, Elbow Cay, Abaco, Bahamas
Assistant: Tim (DJ Naptime)

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