Anya Kernes
Anya Kernes
Anya Kernes
Anya Kernes
Anya Kernes
Anya Kernes
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Anya Kernes
A 1990s dress that went ivory on its own. Had to keep it that way.
Anya Kernes
Anya Kernes
Anya Kernes
Anya Kernes
Belgian lace, handed down through the family.
Anya Kernes
Anya Kernes
Anya Kernes
Just my mother and me, walking in together.
Anya Kernes
Anya Kernes
Anya Kernes
Six o’clock, under the oaks, high tide in the river behind us.
Anya Kernes
Anya Kernes
Anya Kernes
Anya Kernes
Anya Kernes
Cocktail hour on Bohicket Creek was a dream.
All our arrangements were from flowers native to Wadmalaw Island.
Anya Kernes
Anya Kernes
Anya Kernes
Anya Kernes
Made by our favorite bakeshop in Charleston, Weltons.
Champagne and cake in the tent of our dreams set the night off right.
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Anya Kernes
Anya Kernes
Anya Kernes
Anya Kernes
Anya Kernes
Anya Kernes
Anya Kernes
Anya Kernes
Anya Kernes
Lots of shoeless dancing with my best friends and family.
Anya Kernes
Anya Kernes
Anya Kernes
Sparklers, petals, and a flat sprint to the car.
Anne
& Matthew
We got married at Sunny Point Farm on Wadmalaw Island, in the same field where Matthew’s parents and grandparents celebrated their weddings.
Saturday, April 11, 2026
Sunny Point Farm
Wadmalaw Island, South Carolina
Our
story
We both grew up in Charleston and went to the same high school, a few years apart. I didn’t properly meet him until I photographed his sister’s wedding.
Two years later, on the pink sand of Harbour Island, right after I finished shooting a wedding, he proposed.
Our
day
Anne & Matthew
Saturday, April 11, 2026
By the
last dance
that night,
something
had
started.
Getting Ready
The First Look
Walking In
The Ceremony
Cocktail Hour
The Tent & Cake
The Party
The Exit
Just Married
A & M
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Photography
Anya Kernes
Planning, design & floral
Gathering Events
Cinematography
Gather Films
Hair & makeup
Meg McMillion Beauty
Dresses
Vintage 1990s Catherine Rayner, Alexandra Pijut, Lein, Lucia Zolea
Vintage sourcing
Vionette Vintage, Atlanta
© Anne rhett 2026
Anya Kernes

Anne
& Matthew

Saturday, April 11, 2026

Anya Kernes
Anya Kernes

We got married at Sunny Point Farm on Wadmalaw Island, in the same field where Matthew’s parents and grandparents celebrated their weddings.

Saturday, April 11, 2026
Sunny Point Farm
Wadmalaw Island, South Carolina

Our story

We both grew up in Charleston and went to the same high school, a few years apart. I didn’t properly meet him until I photographed his sister’s wedding.

Two years later, on the pink sand of Harbour Island, right after I finished shooting a wedding, he proposed.

Anya Kernes

Our day

Getting Ready

Getting Ready

A 1990s dress that went ivory on its own. Had to keep it that way.

The First Look

The First Look

Belgian lace, handed down through the family.

Walking in

Walking In

Just my mother and me, walking in together.

The ceremony

The Ceremony

Six o’clock, under the oaks, high tide in the river behind us.

Just married

Just Married

cocktail hour

Cocktail Hour

Cocktail hour on Bohicket Creek was a dream.

the tent & cake

The Tent & Cake

Made by our favorite bakeshop in Charleston, Weltons.

the party

The Party

Lots of shoeless dancing with my best friends and family.

the exit

The Exit

Sparklers, petals, and a flat sprint to the car.

A & M
Photography
Anya Kernes
Planning, design & floral
Gathering Events
Cinematography
Gather Films
Hair & makeup
Meg McMillion Beauty
Dresses
Vintage 1990s Catherine Rayner, Alexandra Pijut, Lein, Lucia Zolea
Vintage sourcing
Vionette Vintage, Atlanta

© Anne rhett 2026