Before the groom was about to exchange vows with his bride, he wanted a little downtime with his groomsmen. India Earl captured the group of guys playing croquet on the Lost Coast in Humboldt County, California, just before they all headed down to Black Sand Beach for the ceremony.

“The groom and his guys had a tradition of playing croquet,” Earl explains, “so it only seemed fitting to play on this cliffside overlooking the ocean 5 minutes before the ceremony, which is why they were late as well!”

(Shot on a Canon 5D Mark III and 35mm f/1.4 lens at f/2.2, above 1/2500th of a sec. and ISO 400.)

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