A Great Gatsby Wedding at Heritage Bay Country Club
Naples, Florida ✦ Heritage Bay Country Club Wedding Film
A Great Gatsby Wedding at Heritage Bay Country Club
Anna & Michael’s wedding photo & film — old money glamour, messy documentary heart, loose editorial style.
Some couples hand us a Pinterest board. Anna and Michael handed us an era. The Great Gatsby — gold leaf, jazz, champagne towers, the particular kind of glamour that looks effortless because someone spent a fortune making sure it would. That was the brief for their wedding at Heritage Bay Country Club in Naples, Florida, and from the first frame of their film, you can tell we didn’t just decorate around the theme. We built the whole story inside it.
This is old money meets fun, polish meets mess, a beautifully composed shot followed immediately by someone’s aunt laughing too hard at the bar. That tension is the whole film — and it’s exactly the kind of contrast we live for.
Why Heritage Bay Country Club Was Built for a Gatsby Wedding
Heritage Bay Country Club sits behind the gates in Naples, the kind of property where the lawns are too green to be accidental and the architecture has that old‑establishment confidence baked in. Swaying palms line a gazebo ceremony space. The ballroom carries chandeliers that catch light the way a 1920s supper club would have wanted them to. It’s manicured, private, and unmistakably upscale — which made it the perfect canvas for a couple who wanted their wedding to feel like it could have been thrown by Jay Gatsby himself, minus the tragedy.
For a videography and photography team, a venue like this gives you both halves of the story for free. The grounds and ballroom deliver the grandeur — wide, symmetrical, glowing. And because it’s a real, lived‑in country club instead of a stage set, it also gives you the candid texture: golf carts in the background, real conversations at real tables, a room that feels alive instead of staged for a magazine spread.
Old Money Meets Fun: Anna & Michael’s Vision, Shot Two Ways
When a couple says “Great Gatsby,” most vendors hear one note: opulence. Anna and Michael wanted something more layered — the glamour of the era, but with their own personalities left completely intact. Classy on the surface, genuinely fun underneath.
“Old money world meets messy documentary, loose editorial.”
The old money world
- Wide, composed shots of the Heritage Bay ballroom and chandeliers
- Gold‑and‑ivory tones pulled straight from the 1920s palette
- Formal portraits with real architectural weight behind them
- A score and pacing that nods to jazz‑age elegance
The messy documentary
- Unposed reception chaos — real laughter, real spills, real joy
- Loose, editorial framing instead of stiff symmetry
- Photo and video working together to catch the same fleeting moment from two angles
- An edit that lets the night’s actual energy lead, not a script
That’s the throughline across everything we shoot at Adorn Weddings: nostalgic meets curated chaos, editorial home movie meets cinematic film. Anna and Michael just happened to give it a theme as bold as Gatsby to play inside of — and the result is one of the most distinct films in our portfolio.
Photo & Video, Working as One Story
We shot both photo and video for Anna and Michael’s wedding, which let us do something we love: build a single, cohesive vision instead of two teams independently documenting the same room. The photography leans into the glamour — still, composed, gallery‑worthy. The film leans into motion and sound — the toast that got the whole room roaring, the exact second the band kicked into the first dance. Together, they tell the full story of a day that was equal parts elegant and unhinged in the best possible way.
Looking for a Wedding Videographer or Photographer at Heritage Bay Country Club?
If you’re planning a wedding at Heritage Bay Country Club, or anywhere across Naples and Southwest Florida, and you want a team that can shoot both your photo and film with one unified creative vision — we’d love to hear your story. Adorn Weddings shoots cinematic wedding films and editorial photography throughout Florida, Southern California, and destination locations nationwide, built around how your day actually feels instead of a one‑size‑fits‑all package.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where is Heritage Bay Country Club located?
Heritage Bay Golf & Country Club is a private country club wedding venue in Naples, Florida, featuring a gazebo ceremony space, manicured grounds, and an elegant ballroom for receptions.
What makes Heritage Bay Country Club a good fit for a Great Gatsby‑themed wedding?
Heritage Bay’s palm‑lined grounds, gazebo, and chandeliered ballroom offer the kind of established, upscale elegance that pairs naturally with a 1920s, Great Gatsby‑inspired wedding aesthetic, while still feeling like a real, lived‑in club rather than a staged set.
What does “old money meets messy documentary” mean as a wedding style?
For Adorn Weddings, it means pairing polished, formally composed photo and video coverage with candid, unposed documentary moments and a loose editorial edit, so the final story captures both the elegance of the day and its genuine, lived‑in energy.
Does Adorn Weddings offer both photography and videography?
Yes. Adorn Weddings provides combined photo and video wedding packages, allowing one creative team to capture a couple’s day with a single, cohesive vision across both mediums.
Does Adorn Weddings film weddings in Naples, Florida?
Yes. Adorn Weddings shoots cinematic wedding films and editorial photography throughout Naples and Southwest Florida, in addition to other Florida markets, Southern California, and destination locations nationwide.
