Aviva and Patrick were married on the open-air terrace at the Rusty Pelican near Key Biscayne, Florida, with the Miami skyline behind them. A rainstorm rolled in during the ceremony, but the bride pressed on through a few raindrops, photographed by Acromatico, a family-run South Florida studio.
Aviva and Patrick said their vows on the waterfront terrace at the Rusty Pelican, looking out across the water toward the Miami skyline. A rainstorm was heading their way, and a few drops landed on the bride's gown, but she stayed the course and the ceremony went ahead as planned. Despite the weather, she got the day she had dreamed of.
This wedding carried extra meaning for Acromatico: we were married in the same exact spot at the Rusty Pelican almost three years earlier, so photographing Aviva and Patrick here let us relive our own memories. It is a place that stays close to us, and we always love taking pictures there.
“Despite the rainstorm that was coming our way at the beautiful Rusty Pelican in Key Biscayne, Aviva and Patrick still got married on the beautiful terrace with the amazing Miami skyline views.”
Good to know
The Rusty Pelican is a waterfront venue on Virginia Key, reached by the Rickenbacker Causeway that links mainland Miami to Key Biscayne in Miami-Dade County, Florida. Its position across the water gives the terrace its signature feature: an unobstructed view back toward the downtown Miami skyline, which becomes the natural backdrop for ceremony and portrait photographs.
Aviva and Patrick's day is a useful reminder that South Florida summers bring fast-moving rain. An open-air terrace ceremony is stunning, but couples marrying here should confirm the venue's covered backup options and build a little flexibility into the timeline. As this wedding showed, a passing storm does not have to define the day.
