Themed & Editorial Weddings

When your wedding is a world of its own.

A 1920s Gatsby ballroom. A Middle-earth forest. Two brides down the rabbit hole into Wonderland. Every one of these is a wedding Paola has actually photographed. Bring her your wildest idea.

A Real One

The Great Gatsby wedding.

Feathers, gold, and champagne light. A couple who wanted their day to feel like stepping into 1925, and a photographer who knew exactly how to make the frames feel that old-world glamorous.

The details, the drama, the shine, shot like the editorial spread it deserved to be.

Rita and Eddie entering their 1920s Great Gatsby wedding reception, arms raised in celebration
The wedding party in emerald and black tuxedos as the couple kisses at a Gatsby wedding Guests in full 1920s attire lounging like a Gatsby portrait The bride in a fringe flapper dress and the groom posing under the lanterns A black and white portrait of the flapper-era wedding party

Rita and Eddie's Roaring Twenties, in full swing.

Why She Can Hold A Big Idea

“A concept, a vision, brought into reality. Every fabric, every choice, means something. I love reading all of that and building the photographs around it.”

Paola Ohlson
A Lord of the Rings themed couple lit by red light and smoke, the bride in a mithril crown
A Real One

The Lord of the Rings wedding.

Deep green woods, cloaks, and candlelight, a wedding pulled straight out of Middle-earth. The kind of day that lives or dies on whether the photographer can match the mood the couple dreamed up.

She met it, frame for frame, and made it feel like a page from the story itself.

The wedding party as warriors of Middle-earth A sign with the Tolkien blessing The couple kissing in the forest, the bride in a silver circlet The bride in an elven gown and silver circlet
A Lord of the Rings ceremony, an Elf king and his bride with Gandalf The bride with her elven bridesmaids Hands joined during the ceremony
Two black rings engraved in Elvish script

“May we be as wise as Elves, as merry as Hobbits, as faithful as Dwarves, and as brave as Humans.”

A Real One

The Alice in Wonderland wedding.

Two brides who turned their day into Wonderland, tea-party whimsy, impossible color, a story you fall right down the rabbit hole into. Playful, romantic, and unlike anything else in her portfolio.

Proof that the boldest idea makes the most unforgettable photographs, and that love writes its own rules.

Two brides at their Alice in Wonderland wedding, one kissing the other on the temple, holding pastel bouquets
An Alice in Wonderland bride reflected in a round looking-glass among books A bride with a rose-gold crown, finger to her lips, beside a tree with a hidden key An Alice in Wonderland bride in a lace gown holding a ribbon in the woods Two brides raising their bouquets in celebration before a hedge of empty gold frames

Through the looking glass, a hidden key, and two brides who wrote their own rules.

Your day, plus the magic a themed day needs.

A themed wedding is booked as one of Paola's standard wedding collections, so you never pay a theme tax on the photography itself. For the extra magic, the vision calls, the shot planning, the coordination with costumers and set pieces, there is a simple Creative Direction fee, from $500. You are paying for artistry and planning, not an inflated day rate.

Proposed structure for Paola's review.

No Idea Too Wild

Bring her the day only you could dream up.

If your wedding is a world of its own, that is exactly the kind she loves most. Tell Paola what you are dreaming up.

Dream It Up With Her