Blair and Gustavo New Orleans Wedding at Southern Oaks and the French Quarter

Sep 4

Blair and Gustavo came from California to New Orleans for Jazz Fest weekend and married at Southern Oaks Plantation. The film does not treat the city as a postcard taped onto a reception. Southern Oaks holds the vows, the columns, the carriage. The French Quarter holds the streets, the jazz, the second line energy, the neon. One New Orleans destination weekend. Two rooms of the same story.

Adam Grumbo Wedding Films is an Austin studio. Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio stay on the calendar as regular Texas work. New Orleans is the destination version of the same brief: arrive early, learn the light on the Mississippi, let NOLA streets take half the frame, and still land on faces when the party gets loud.

Watch the film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BxNcd-5saI

Venue: Southern Oaks Plantation. Videography: Adam Grumbo Films. Photography: Desirae Marie. Hair and makeup: Ingrid (@fixated_hair). Jazz musician: Alica Renee, also known as Bluuwise. Florist and planner were not listed in the film credits, so they are not invented here.

The banner is the Southern Oaks night. Blair and Gustavo kissing between white columns while the wedding party cheers. Plantation brick. Warm lanterns. New Orleans destination work that still puts the couple in the middle of the frame.

Blair and Gustavo kissing at Southern Oaks Plantation in New Orleans with wedding party cheering between white columns at night — Kiss at Southern Oaks. Wedding party roaring between the columns.

Pull tight and Blair is all smile. Leaf earrings. Gustavo soft at the edge. A New Orleans wedding film still has to win on faces before it wins on steamboats and balconies.

Tight portrait of Blair smiling at Gustavo at their New Orleans wedding, leaf earrings and boutonniere in warm light — Tight on Blair. New Orleans close work that has to hold.

Before the plantation, the weekend announces itself on the street. Jazz Fest banners on the lamps. Red streetcars. Palms down a New Orleans boulevard. Blair and Gustavo timed their wedding for the city at full volume.

Jazz Fest banners and red streetcars on a palm lined New Orleans street during Jazz Fest weekend — Jazz Fest banners. Red streetcars. Palm lined New Orleans streets.

From the river the French Quarter reads as a skyline. Steamboat Natchez cutting gold water. St. Louis Cathedral on the rim. If you are weighing a New Orleans destination wedding, this is the honest establishing cut: Mississippi first, city second, vows later.

Steamboat Natchez on the Mississippi River at sunset with the French Quarter skyline and St. Louis Cathedral — Steamboat Natchez at sunset. French Quarter and the cathedral on the rim.

Then the sound that belongs to these streets. Alica Renee, also known as Bluuwise, on a vintage mic under wrought iron. French Quarter jazz is not a playlist choice. It is geography.

Jazz singer with vintage microphone on a French Quarter street under wrought iron balconies in New Orleans — Jazz on a French Quarter street. Vintage mic. Wrought iron above.

Southern Oaks Plantation is the other half of the destination. Peach facade. White columns. Spanish moss hanging over warm lanterns. Austin couples who fly for New Orleans often want this exact sentence: historic house, live oaks, a porch that photographs like a vow.

Southern Oaks Plantation mansion in New Orleans with white columns, Spanish moss, and glowing lanterns in the oaks — Southern Oaks Plantation. White columns, Spanish moss, lanterns in the oaks.

Inside that house the vows land. Blair in a strapless gown. Gustavo reading from a slip of paper. White florals behind the officiant. Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio weekends stay close to home. A Southern Oaks ceremony is the New Orleans destination version of the same promise.

Blair and Gustavo exchanging vows at Southern Oaks Plantation in New Orleans with white florals behind them — Vows at Southern Oaks. Blair and Gustavo, white florals behind.

Daylight French Quarter work keeps the people small against the place. Hand in hand past peach shutters. White boots on the sidewalk. NOLA streets do half the cinematography when you let them.

Blair and Gustavo walking hand in hand past peach shutters on a French Quarter sidewalk in New Orleans — Hand in hand on a French Quarter sidewalk. Peach shutters. White boots.

Pull the city into silhouette. St. Louis Cathedral through Spanish moss. Gold light on the French Quarter. Destination language is not a keyword list. It is a frame that could only be New Orleans.

St. Louis Cathedral silhouette at sunset through Spanish moss over the New Orleans French Quarter skyline — St. Louis Cathedral through Spanish moss. New Orleans destination light.

After dark the sidewalk goes second line. Drums. Metal lids as cymbals. Motion blur on a French Quarter wall. Jazz Fest weekend energy is not a caption. It is in the percussion.

Street percussionists with drums and metal lids on a French Quarter sidewalk at night in New Orleans — Second line energy on the sidewalk. Drums and metal lids at night.

Back at Southern Oaks the columns take them again. Film grain. Lanterns. Blair and Gustavo between the white pillars. Plantation architecture is the quiet twin of the French Quarter party that follows.

Blair and Gustavo embracing between white columns at Southern Oaks Plantation in New Orleans, vintage film frame — Between the Southern Oaks columns. Film grain on a New Orleans night.

Up on a French Quarter balcony the guests cheer the street. Wrought iron. Brick. A star in a deep blue sky. New Orleans destination films owe you this height: people watching NOLA from the rail, not only from the dance floor.

Guests cheering from a wrought iron balcony on a French Quarter brick building at night in New Orleans — French Quarter balcony. Wrought iron. Guests cheering the street below.

On the Southern Oaks steps the gown catches air. Twirl between columns. Brick porch. Warm sconces. The plantation night is still a dance before anyone hits Bourbon.

Blair and Gustavo twirling on the brick steps of Southern Oaks Plantation between white columns at night — Twirl on the brick steps. Southern Oaks columns holding the frame.

Then the carriage. White horse. Red velvet. Blair, Gustavo, and their son riding past Southern Oaks columns and string lights while guests watch from white chairs. A New Orleans wedding film that skips this Southern Oaks signature is missing a chapter.

White horse drawn carriage with Blair, Gustavo, and their son in front of Southern Oaks Plantation columns at night — Horse drawn carriage at Southern Oaks. Columns and string lights behind.

The French Quarter party is the title of the film for a reason. Neon. Crowded sidewalk. Blair in full gown, Gustavo in rolled sleeves, standing in the middle of a NOLA street like the city cleared a lane for them.

Blair and Gustavo embracing on a neon lit French Quarter street at night in New Orleans — Neon French Quarter night. Blair and Gustavo in the middle of the street.

Ceremony close again at the Southern Oaks door. White floral wreath. Soft kiss. Warm glass behind them. Destination weekends still need a quiet vow beat between the river and the second line.

Blair and Gustavo kissing at the Southern Oaks Plantation doorway with a white floral wreath behind them — Kiss at the Southern Oaks door. White floral wreath. Night ceremony light.

Layer Blair with the French Quarter itself. Cathedral spires through her silhouette. Gold hour on New Orleans rooftops. When a California couple chooses Jazz Fest weekend, the city becomes part of the portrait.

Double exposure of Blair with St. Louis Cathedral and French Quarter rooftops at golden hour in New Orleans — Blair layered with the French Quarter. Cathedral spires in the gold.

Bourbon Street keeps the percussion going. Cymbals. Snare. Pink light on the wall. A sign cut off at Bourbo. Second line energy for a wedding film is not a stock clip. It is filmed on the same weekend as the vows.

Street musicians with cymbals and snare on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans at night — Bourbon Street percussion. Cymbals, snare, pink light on the wall.

Dip and kiss in the middle of a crowded French Quarter street. Confetti on the asphalt. Phones up. Jazz Fest weekend noise around a formal gown. That is the epic New Orleans destination cut Blair and Gustavo asked the film to hold.

Blair and Gustavo dipping for a kiss on a crowded French Quarter street at night in New Orleans — Dip and kiss on a crowded French Quarter street. Jazz Fest weekend energy.

One more river beat before the night ends. Steamboat Natchez docked. Hotel Monteleone glowing. Mississippi gold on the water. Austin is home base. New Orleans is how far the calendar goes when the land and the streets are the point.

Steamboat Natchez docked on the Mississippi with Hotel Monteleone and New Orleans skyline at sunset — Natchez docked. Hotel Monteleone glowing. Mississippi gold.

Last still: Southern Oaks reception in motion. Crystal chandeliers. A bouquet raised into blur. The party under plantation light after the French Quarter has already done its work.

Crystal chandeliers and a raised bouquet in motion at the Southern Oaks Plantation reception in New Orleans — Chandeliers and a raised bouquet. Southern Oaks reception in motion.

If you are planning a wedding in Austin, we are based here. Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio are regular work. If the day is a New Orleans destination weekend at Southern Oaks Plantation, a French Quarter party on Jazz Fest weekend, or anywhere the streets and the land share the cut, we will meet you there.

We welcome everyone. Straight couples, LGBTQ+ couples, interfaith families, California guests flying in for NOLA: if you want a film that feels like Southern Oaks and the French Quarter instead of a generic highlight reel, we would be honored to make it.

Credits again, only as listed: Southern Oaks Plantation; Adam Grumbo Films; Desirae Marie; Ingrid (@fixated_hair); Alica Renee / Bluuwise.

The film:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BxNcd-5saI

adam@adamgrumboweddingfilms.com

719-964-6971

Adam Grumbo Wedding Films

Austin and destination wedding videographer

Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, and New Orleans destination weekends wherever you say I do