Filmmaker and photographer Izak and Slater host a Harbour Island Wedding
Izak is a filmmaker. Slater is a photographer. When two people who spend their lives behind a lens decide to get married, they are not going to settle for wedding photography that checks boxes. They are going to know immediately when something is off and they are going to know immediately when something is right.
They chose Abby Jiu Photography. All three of us.
On the venue
The Other Side by the Ocean View Club on Harbour Island in the Bahamas is the kind of place that does the work for you if you let it. Pink sand beaches, island light that shifts throughout the day, a pace that slows everyone down the moment they arrive. Izak and Slater found their dream venue here and built a whole week around it.
That is worth noting. Not a day. A week. Seaside dinners with fresh local fare, people gathering and dispersing and gathering again, the island becoming a character in the celebration the same way a hangar or a mountaintop can when the setting actually means something to the couple.
On having three photographers
This was one of those rare weddings where we sent the whole team. Abby, Lisa, and Keila were all there.
It does not happen often and it is not right for every wedding. But for a week-long celebration on an island with a couple who understands photography intimately, it made complete sense. Three photographers meant nothing was missed. It meant the couple could be fully present because they trusted completely that everything was being covered from every angle.
The result is a gallery that feels less like documentation and more like immersion. You do not just see what happened. You feel the warmth of the sun, the sound of the water, the specific energy of people who love each other gathered somewhere beautiful with nowhere else to be.
On what made this day work
Izak and Slater were completely present. That sounds simple and it is actually the hardest thing. They were not thinking about the shots. They were laughing, crying, dancing, looking at each other in the quiet moments between the big ones. Because of that the photos pull you in rather than just showing you what things looked like.
That is always the goal and it is not always achievable. It requires a couple who trusts the process enough to let go of it. Izak and Slater had that trust in abundance, which makes sense given who they are. They know what good photography requires. They gave us everything we needed to do our best work.
On the three-photographer experience
For couples planning a multi-day destination wedding or a larger celebration where the weekend itself is the event, having more than one lead photographer means nothing gets missed. Not a lead and a second shooter, but multiple photographers with the same eye, the same standards, and the same approach working across the entire weekend simultaneously.
At Abby Jiu Photography we do this for a small number of weddings each year when the fit is right. If you are planning something that feels less like a single day and more like an experience, it is worth a conversation.
Planning: Little Island Design | Venue : Ocean View Club | Florals : Little Island Design | Entertainment: Maradona Sings and Fadda Chippy | Catering : Other Side Hotel | Paper: @chereeberrypaper