While I love shooting weddings here in the Eugene area, getting away from Oregon’s winter weather is great …especially if one ends up in the warm, sunny climes of Cyprus! Lucia and Sjoord (he’s Dutch, she’s a Dutch Cypriot) were married along the shores of the Mediterranean Sea. After the ceremony each guest was afforded a chance to light one of these miniature hot air balloons and watch it take flight over the moonlit water. I can’t imagine this being legal here in the States, especially in Oregon during a long hot summer, but they surely looked spectacular as they trailed out along the night sky.