"...just to clarify: you don't want me to shoot you guys while you're getting ready? What about the rings and your gown?"
"Nah. It's just a dress anyway. Just shoot us candidly as we go hiking before the ceremony. It's one of the things that we really enjoy doing!"
...and so, we hiked all the way up to Pangulasian Island's view deck an hour or so before the ceremony - 40 minutes in total including a 5-minute 'cameras and smartphones down, I want to take this all in' moment - trading the usual pre-wedding 'getting ready' stuff (including the first look!) for something that's more worthwhile and meaningful for Chris and Icelle.
Wedding photos Chris and Icelle's beach elopement ceremony on a rainy day in El Nido. Candid and chill elopement wedding photography x @redsheepphotocinema featuring location photos of El Nido Resorts Pangulasian and Cove 2 in Lagen Island in El Nido, Palawan, Philippines, January 2018. Color remastered using redsheep Chromavibe 160M and Luminoir 800M++ June 2020.