Jessica and Hugo are tying the knot in January, so of course they first are having engagement portraits! We met up with this couple in downtown Las Olas in Fort Lauderdale before finishing up at the beach. Super excited about this couples wedding at the Boca Resort in January!
Our 2011 senior season kicked off yesterday with Lisa from Jensen Beach High School. We have the rest of this month and next month almost completely full with 2011 High School Seniors. We will be shooting seniors consistantly through the next 6 months, and we are looking forward to a rockin 2011 season. If you are a senior, call the studio at 772-283-6807 to setup your sa-weeet senior session with us. You won’t believe the incredible imagery we’ll get for you!
Talk about a miracle….this beach wedding almost never took place on the beqach due to bad weather all day! I woke up that morning and there was a tornado watch for most of South Florida and I remember thinking there was no way they were having their wedding on the beach. It was raining when we got there, and raining when we left, but somehow it cleared up for about 45 minutes for this fantastic beach wedding to take place. I have to say, I much rather shoot a December beach wedding than a May one…it was beautiful outside. This couple had a lot of fun at their wedding and between the DJ, the cigars, the buffet, the “fun/photo wall”, and everything else that was happening at this party, the guests were having a lot of fun! Christie from Pelican Grand Resort kept did a great job organizing and making sure everything went off without a hitch! Congrats to Kevin and Vanessa!
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On our way to our New Years Eve wedding, Andrea and I met up with Ruth and Claudel for a beautiful afternoon e-session in Miami. After our stop at their wedding location, Fairchild Tropical Gardens, where we spent almost an hour (goes by quick there!) creating some amazing portraits for the two of them, we headed to Key Biscayne for some rocking sunset shots in the water. It was a bit chilly this evening but that didn’t stop Andrea from pushing me into the water and helping with the lighting. Ruth and Claudel are such a nice couple and can’t believe their wedding is coming up already in March! Yeah!
~ Ryan
Heather was quick to jump on this date on our schedule and secured this date many months ago, and now her wedding is only 10 months away! Andrea is slowly catching up with some blog images and next on the list was this lovely couple from Georgia. We should just buy this section of the beach for our shoots….its our couples favorite location for shoots! Once again….Andrea’s favorites!
Well, this session almost didnt start because Vernon and I were watching some football on the bigscreen in the HD Theater, but Kadian and Andrea somehow got him out of the studio and off to their session on the beach! What sports, because it was COLD that evening but they were troopers and although it was frigid out the weather was nice! It will be a nice change of scenery for this wedding as we head north (yes north not south!) for this wedding in Orlando at the Ritz Carlton. We look forward to it! Here are some of Andrea’s favorites from the session, enjoy!
~ Ryan
What’s not to love about this family? I had such a blast shooting this session with these guys and I was so happy to be able to capture these great moments. Anita, I think you did amazing, you would never know from these images that you were uncomfortable in front of the camera, you are a natural! You are certainly blessed with an amazing family, call me when you have grandchildren! -Andrea
This was a very special wedding for me since it is my sister’s husband’s sister. That makes sense, right? I am so honored that they included me by letting me be there to photograph their day. I know we were all a little worried with the little rain showers we kept having in the morning, but it luckily held off and let us have beautiful weather for photographs and for their ceremony at the House of Refuge in Stuart. We then headed over to Fins Restaurant by a very full boat… well okay we didnt go the whole way on the little boat, we actually switched over to a fabulous sailboat for the rest of the way. I am so happy for you Michelle and Grant and I hope they like the images!
Ahhh, Lunchables and Champage… the lunch of champions!
Alright guys, SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOT?!?
Alright, I am a bit partial… he is my nephew! Isn’t he adorable?
Grant’s Mom just can’t wait for the ceremony to start!
A cool infrared image… I never get to use my infrared camera it seems, so it was fun to play a little with it!
Not only are Guiselle and Andres’ amazingly hott, but they make for one sexy seductive photo shoot! This was SO much fun for me, it’s not that often I get to do stuff like this and I would like to do more! I can’t wait for their wedding because I just know Guiselle is going to be one drop dead gorgeous bride! By the way, I am sorry for using so many exlamation points in my blog posts, I am just so excited about all that we have going on around here!!!!
We had Jennifer and Bill’s Wedding this weekend in Marco Island (I will be posting a few of their images soon). Ryan, Katie, and I had the pleasure of staying at the Marco Island Marriott, it really is such a beautiful resort and a great place to have a wedding for any of you that are still looking for a venue. We have stayed here many times before and we always have the greatest time. One of the great things about the west coast is it’s unbelievable sunsets, and since we drove down a day early, we decided to play a little! Of course my sister Katie (whom most of you know as my assistant on all of shoots) made the perfect model. I would die to be able to do something like a “trash the dress” or an adventurous engagement couple here. Let me know if any of you are interested! We will make a mini vacation out of it!
