Weddings are expensive affairs – you need to spend a pretty penny on everything including fancy caterers, the venue, the florists, the wedding dress, the makeup/hairstyle artists, the photographers, et al. However, if you change your perspective a bit, then you and your spouse-to-be can have a unique wedding at an extremely low cost.
How, you ask? Get married underwater!
Yes, this isn’t a new trend that’s become all the rage, but started out as far back as 1954! Bob Smith, a diving clown, and Mary Beth Sanger, a synchronized swimmer, an adventurous couple say ‘I do’ in an underwater ceremony, and the incredible black and white photographs of the same have come to light. Both their professions are related to water, and it couldn’t have been more perfect!
Image source: John Dominis—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images
Suggested read: These underwater wedding portraits are absolutely stunning!
As the couple says ‘I do,’ underwater, one of the pictures shows guests in the viewing center witnessing the wedding through a clear panel, into the pool. The amazing pictures show how the bride and the groom stayed down underwater too – with lead weights strapped to their bodies. Diving weights were also attached to the skirt of the bride’s wedding dress and in the groom’s shoes to help them balance underwater. Also, the groom placed a wax cardboard under his shirt in order to keep it stiff underwater.
Image source: John Dominis—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images
The black and white photographs are stunning in themselves, and they clearly show that the whole underwater wedding ceremony was planned meticulously, down to the last detail. Whether it’s the 1950s or the current day, a unique wedding is sure to stand out.
Take a look at the rest of the images from the set here:
Image source: John Dominis—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images
Image source: John Dominis—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images
Image source: John Dominis—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images
Image source: John Dominis—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images
Image source: John Dominis—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images
Image source: John Dominis—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images
Image source: John Dominis—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images
Image source: John Dominis—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images
Would you go for an underwater wedding ceremony? Do you think that would appeal to you? If not an underwater ceremony, what other unique ways would you want to get married to your partner? Tell us in the comments below.
Featured image source: John Dominis—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images
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