Today I am taking you to gorgeous West Sussex for the wonderful wedding of Karina and Luke who were married on 31st June on west wittering beach in Chichester. They had 110 guests, and planned their wedding over the space of about 2 years. The day took place on the beach that Karina visited many times as a child, so it held extra meaning to them. The reception then took place at Karina’s parents garden, where they held a chilled reception, full of lots of dancing and lots of smiles. Matt Ryle photography was there to capture the day for us.
The first big family get together after covid so it was highly emotional and everyone made the most of being together and danced the night away. The most important thing for us was to bring our friends and family together to have fun! 
How they met 

Met on Tinder in 2014 when both lived in London. Moved to New Zealand together in 2017, back to UK in 2019 pregnant with our first child. Our June summer beach wedding was officially an unofficial ceremony on west wittering beach – (where Karina went regularly as a child and has lots of happy memories. Luke’s best friend was the ‘celebrant’ then we had the wedding breakfast and party in marquees in Karina’s parents’ house’s garden in West Wittering –  and neighbours garden for the party (fence was taken down for the occasion).
The proposal

We were living in New Zealand. We went Paddle Boarding around some beautiful bays with a ...