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Wild Oak runs about a hundred and twenty guests at full tilt and reads more like a private home than a wedding venue. The garden ceremony space sits between two stone walls; the patio reception runs string lights against an apricot orchard at the back of the property. The proportions stay human, which is the whole point.
We shoot Wild Oak the way we shoot a backyard wedding: a long getting-ready hour with the bridal party in the upstairs suites, an intimate first-look on the gravel path, and a portrait session that uses every corner of the orchard while the sun drops behind the walls. The space rewards a documentary edit (small frames, hands, footwear, the dog who came to the ceremony) more than a sweeping landscape one.