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Choose Mikael!!! Julie and Mikael Lamber are the ideal pair when planning your wedding. I say wedding, as not only was the team successful at orchestrating all elements for photography, they were also a tremendous help with planning my wedding. They truly took the time to understand the bride and groom, and wanted to make our special day a dream come true. J To be honest, the first thing I booked was the photographer. As soon as I got engaged to my wonderful husband Chris, we sat down and discussed where and when we could get married. We knew we wanted a Caribbean wedding, but had no idea which island to choose. As photography was my main focus for the wedding (yes, not even the dress!!!), I began searching photographers from different islands. I started my long journey looking at reviews, resorts and portfolios of photographers. I searched through Puerto Rico, Antigua, Bahamas, Jamaica, you name it. Most photographers on the islands seem to use the same person that goes around your dinner table taking pictures. In other words---- not a photographer (More like your grandpa taking a picture of you in front of his old truck)! On top of that, most resorts only allow you to use their in house photographer --- the ‘dinner photographer’. I started to find some great photographers from each island. Some photographers had some nice pictures along the water—but seemed too cookie cutter for me. When I stumbled upon Mikael’s portfolio I almost fainted. Not only was every photo breathtaking and stunning, but he had photos that belonged in a magazine. As I clicked on his work, I was amazed to find so many sunset, cliff side, trash the dress, and so many more photos that you wouldn’t believe unless you see for yourself. I knew I was going to whichever island Mikael Lamber resided…ST. LUCIA! I can go on for days about my experience working with Mikael and his wonderful wife Julie. Through constant email interactions and even a skype session, everything was set in place for the wedding. I finally booked my stay at Villa Capri and began setting up my wedding day and wedding festivities. Mikael would email and check constantly to make sure the times and places we decided to take pictures would be ideal. When I finally arrived in St. Lucia, Mikael and Julie sat down to meet up with myself and my husband to go over the final plan. By the time the wedding day was here, Mikael came extra early (way before our contracted time) and took our rings to photograph before starting our session. He took several pictures of my dress hanging, getting ready shots, and photos of the area. We decided to take first impression pictures at the Villa and drove to Pigeon Island for more pictures before the wedding. Mikael walked us around the entire island taking so many incredible shots between ruins, the beach with waves crashing behind, and so much more. He drove us back to the Villa to freshen up before the ceremony. For the ceremony,Mikael was jumping all around to get varied images of guests and bride/groom. When the ceremony concluded, we took many photos with family and friends (we had developed a list of pictures prior to arriving). We also took shots along the water as husband and wife with footprints in the sand before heading in the car for sunset photos. At first, it was a little strange going down an empty/bumpy road that didn’t look like it was going anywhere near a beach! Oh how we were wrong, this place was incredible and was perfect for sunset photos. After sunset, we had our reception back at Villa Capri and Mikael stayed much later than our contract agreed upon. We had a “trash the dress†session the next morning and could not be more excited. Mikael took us down the road to a cove with a beach. He had us follow him over rocks and through water, in between waves crashing. My husband and I kept looking back at one another thinking how this man is crazy and couldn’t believe how high we were on rocks in our wedding attire. I brought some props so it was fun to have a veil blowing in the wind on top of jagged rocks along the waters ledge. It started to drizzle (which I thought would be a damper) but Mikaeltook us over to the other side of the cove where there was a hammock swaying off the side of a cliff overlooking the water. This area was incredible as you also had to time the waves crashing in order to reach the hammock. Our contract said 2 places. I thought the cove was 1, and our next location at the top of a cliff looking over the ocean and mountains was the 2nd. Oh how I was wrong! After going to the second location (with magnificent views taking crazy pictures), we went to the beach where we did our sunset photos the evening prior. This is where I jumped completely in the water and had a blast floating with my husband. There was even a wild horse on the beach! I can seriously go on for days about my experience with Mikael and Julie. To this day, we still keep in touch and I would love to go back to St. Lucia for an anniversary and meet up with Mikaeland Julie again. I have a disk with over 700 photos on it that I look at constantly. I am still having a hard time picking my favorite, therefore I have yet to send our photos to family (and my wedding was in November!). I am thinking of making photo books for family as there are too many amazing pictures to choose from. My advice to brides to be—buy photo canvas deals when you see them! I have made so many canvases that surround my house from the wedding (my house looks like an art gallery J) I can not stress enough at how amazing my photos are. If you want your friends and family to constantly say "Ohhh Ahhhh", then you definitely want Mikael to take your photos. I have to contact Julie and Mikael again, as they said I would be featured in Caribbean bride!! Wedding: 11/22/12

I'm getting married at the Villa in November 2012!!!

Hi! My name is Brittany. I am currently looking into St. Lucia for my wedding. If anyone could give any tips for a newcomer to the wedding search it would be greatly appreciated!!!!

Hi! I am recently engaged and looking into a St. Lucia wedding! I am super excited and still trying to figure things out and want to thank you all in advance for all the ideas and advice! I contacted a travel agent-- which was no help and is only making this decision harder. If anyone has any tips on just getting started I would love to hear them!!!!