Karitas & Gylfa flew in from Iceland with their four children, close family and a group of friends for their wedding at La Finca Resort. They chose one of the finest wedding venues on the Costa Blanca, and a place that rewards couples who want elegance without stiffness.
What stayed with me from this wedding was something I didn’t expect. The children behaved like little adults — calm, present, part of the day. And the adults? They let go completely. By the time the night was over, ties were gone, shoes had disappeared and the dance floor looked like nobody had a flight home the next morning. That balance is rare. It usually means the couple got something right.
If you’re researching weddings at la Finca Resort, this is what one of them actually looks like — from early morning preparations to the last song of the night.
Getting Ready at La Finca Resort Hotel
The morning started inside the hotel rooms at La Finca Resort. Both sides of the family were getting ready at the same time — champagne open, children moving between corridors, that particular kind of excitement that only happens on wedding days abroad.
Karitas spent the morning with her closest friends and family. Her father helped with the final details before the ceremony. Meanwhile, Gylfa and the boys kept things simpler — sunglasses, blue bow ties and a relaxed atmosphere that felt more like a Sunday morning than a wedding day. That Icelandic coolness under the Alicante sun was something.
One detail that stood out: the elegance was never forced. Everything shone at exactly the right level. Not too much, not too little. The guests dressed beautifully but wore it lightly — which, if you’ve ever photographed weddings, you know is harder to achieve than it looks.
An Outdoor Ceremony at La Finca Resort — With Their Own Priest
Karitas & Gylfa didn’t use the venue’s standard ceremony setup. They brought their own priest from Iceland. That detail tells you everything about how they approached the day — nothing was left to chance, and nothing was borrowed from a template.
The ceremony took place beside the iconic fountain walkway at La Finca Resort, surrounded by Mediterranean gardens and palm trees. Guests arrived in light summer clothes and sunglasses. A live musician played beside the ceremony space. The whole thing felt relaxed in a way that’s genuinely hard to plan — it just happened because the right people were in the right place.
The children walked in first. Calmly, confidently, like they’d done it a hundred times. Then Karitas came through the geometric gardens with her father, and the guests on both sides of the fountain path watched in silence. That silence before a ceremony begins is always the best part. Nobody was checking their phone.
October in Alicante still gives you warm light and dry skies. For destination weddings at La Finca Resort, that outdoor ceremony beside the fountain is one of those spaces that photographs beautifully at any time of day — but in the late morning sun, with that Icelandic priest and those perfectly dressed guests, it was something else entirely.
Couple Session on the Golf Course — Ten Minutes, No Drama
I keep the couple session short. Always. Not because I’m lazy — because I’ve watched too many couples spend an hour away from their guests and come back slightly exhausted when they should be glowing.
For Karitas & Gylfa, we used the golf course at La Finca Resort. Late afternoon light, open space, olive trees and one of those golf buggies that somehow makes every couple look like they’re in a film. In under ten minutes, we had everything we needed.
They didn’t need much direction. There’s a version of couple portraits where the photographer talks constantly and the couple performs. This wasn’t that. They were just themselves — and that made the images work. The Mediterranean backdrop did the rest.
Cocktail Hour and Wedding Dinner at Espacio Augusta
After the ceremony, everyone moved to Espacio Augusta. Karitas & Gylfa arrived by golf buggy and were welcomed with applause, music and glasses already in the air. The cocktail hour did exactly what a good cocktail hour should do — it gave people time to breathe, reconnect and switch from ceremony mode into celebration mode.
The dinner that followed was genuinely one of the most enjoyable receptions I’ve photographed at La Finca Resort. Speeches that made people cry. Speeches that made the same people laugh thirty seconds later. A surprise video. Stories from Iceland. Football memories. The kind of room where you forget there’s a photographer in it.
That’s what I’m actually looking for during a wedding dinner — not the formal toasts, but the reactions. The couple’s faces when someone says something unexpected. The guest in the corner who’s been holding it together all day and finally lets go. Those are the images that matter years later, when the flowers and the menu are long forgotten.
You can see more of what this venue looks like across different weddings in this full La Finca Resort guide — including other couples, different lighting conditions and the full range of spaces the venue offers.
The Party at Suite Lounge Club
After dinner, everyone moved into Suite Lounge Club — La Finca Resort’s private nightclub.
Karitas & Gylfa opened the dance floor with their first dance, accompanied by a live saxophonist. Within about four minutes, whatever formality was left in the room had completely dissolved. Ties disappeared. Shoes were abandoned. The Icelandic side of the family, it turns out, does not need much warming up.
A live funk band kept things moving while the DJ filled in between sets. Suite Lounge Club works for this because it’s a real club space — soundproofed, properly set up, not a hotel ballroom with a DJ wedged into the corner. You can actually feel the bass. And these guests used every bit of it.
For me, this part of a wedding is where the camera almost becomes irrelevant — in the best way. Nobody’s thinking about photos. Nobody’s posing. It’s just people who love each other, completely in the moment, and my job is simply not to get in the way of that.
If you want to see another wedding at this same venue, this post shows a different couple at La Finca Resort — different time of year, completely different atmosphere, same incredible space.
Planning Your Wedding at La Finca Resort?
La Finca Resort in Algorfa works so well for destination weddings because it solves the main problem most international couples face: you need a venue that handles everything — accommodation, ceremony, dinner, after-party — without making the day feel like a package deal.
Karitas & Gylfa’s wedding is a good example of what’s possible here. An Icelandic priest, a fountain walkway ceremony, a ten-minute golf course portrait session, speeches in two languages, a funk band and a proper club night — all in one place, all within walking distance, all on the same day.
My approach at La Finca Resort is to stay out of the way as much as possible. Short couple session. Relaxed direction. Documentary coverage during the parts that matter most. The venue and the people do the work — I just make sure the camera is in the right place when they do.
If you’re planning a wedding at La Finca Resort and want to see whether my work fits what you have in mind, I’m happy to hear about your plans. No pressure, no sales pitch — just a straightforward conversation about your day.
The best wedding photographs don’t happen because everything was perfectly planned. They happen because someone was paying attention.
