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Alexandra and Antonio’s wedding day got us off to an early start, which was a nice change of pace, but more importantly means we missed the rain, at least until the ride home. We were so glad it held out for our bride and groom, and everyone was able to enjoy a view of the city from the reception. Congratulations the newlyweds!
Sara and Ben’s beachside wedding took place at the Hilton Bentley Miami/South Beach hotel, and what can we say….a beautiful couple and a beautiful day made this wedding nothing less than spectacular. We had never met Sara and Ben in person before the wedding day, so we didn’t know what to expect–but when you see these two interact you just feel the love! After a short beach ceremony, this couple had a lovely reception and their guests just straight up danced the night away! We had a great time putting this film together and we hope you enjoy it!
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So weird when our friends change their name! We cut no corners with Jason & Stephanie’s engagement session as we tackled Miami traffic to get down to the ghetto (where else can you get graffiti?) before finishing up in Key Biscayne with an amazing sunset. Andrea has the pleasure of shooting the photography for this couple and I am honored to be the Best Man in Jason’s bridal party! Wahoo—I get to party as Andrea works 
Can’t wait for their wedding in February!
We have been looking forward to Farah and Arshad’s fantastic two day Indian celebration for some time and September came quick! We finally got the meet the awesome couple just a few days before at their last minute engagement shoot and a few days later they were married!
We photographed Friday evening’s events at the Eden Roc Resort in Miami Beach on Friday and this was the first of its kind for us…..lets just say we’ve never photographed a groom getting showered in mustard and ketchup and whip cream..and whatever else these guests were pulling out of their pockets! Actually one of the first guests went to throw an egg at Arshad, and he missed, and where does it go? Bam hits me on my leg and splatters all over my pants….have to say that discouraged me just a bit to get too close to the action! But you know us we did get gutsy and jump in there many times (we just planned our angles better from there on out!).
Their wedding on Saturday was at Eden Roc before heading over to the amazing Vizcaya Gardens for their evening reception celebration. Tamara Cohen and her crew from TC Event Design did a great job turning Vizcaya into a grand reception in a matter of only hours! It looked spectacular so kudos to her and her crew for doing some serious organizing and planning to make this event go as smooth as it did! Their crew rocked it!
Congrats to Arshad and Farah! You guys are awesome! Here is a few Andrea picked for the blog. Enjoy! ~Ryan
First a few from Friday night:
And now a few from Saturday’s event:
Omar and Elizabeth were GREAT to work with at their engagement session last week! We typically shoot about an hour for e-sessions, however this couple wanted a taste of everything Miami has, so we started at the lovely Vizcaya Gardens and melted for an hour and a half (its a shame this garden closes at 4:30…too early!) and got some fabulous images there before heading to our 2nd stop….at Bayside marketplace where we got a few more downtown photographs. This was our “in-between” location that we chose to let time go by before we were heading to get some fantastic sunset shots with the miami skyline in the background. Omar was like the best guy ever for hanging in there for such a long shoot—almost 6 hours! The funny thing was that he took longer than Elizabeth before each location to change and get ready…whats up with that Omar! The evening was totally worth it as Omar and Elizabeth are going to be overwhelmed with so many great photographs to choose from! I can’t wait to photograph this couple’s wedding in 2 months! ~ Ryan
Yamile and Eddie made a bad situation a great situation! They were told not too long ago that their venue double booked their date! Bad news for the couple since that just makes things so stressful, but they found the magnificent Trump International and booked their wedding there and everything worked out just great! The location was beautiful…and of course so were the images!
~Ryan & Andrea
When Christina and Felix called us several months ago and booked us for this wedding, we knew it was going to be a lot of fun! I mean, the Four Seasons, Miami, the weekend after Thanksgiving…I mean who isnt in a good mood around that time of year? Fresh off some new ideas, and in the realm of Felix’s ”must have” downtown ”feel” he wanted with this film, Jennifer and I were off all over Miami getting some additional footage for this film. Jennifer always gets stuck driving on these shots while I usally am getting the footage, so I have to acknowledge her driving skills since its not the easiest driving in downtown Miami. Not many of you know Jennifer, but she is our lead editor we lock in the dungeon to edit our films (just kidding about the dungeon), and she does a fantastic job at putting together a majority of our films along with a little help from me here and there. Anyways, here is our latest trailer….Christina & Felix..Take a look!
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What a great day to have a rehearsal party..on New Years Eve! This couple married January 1st at the Westin Colonnade hotel in Miami was our first wedding of the year (obviously). We were looking forward to this wedding since we had a few weeks off for the holidays and my sister-in-laws wedding. After tying the knot we got some great portrait journalistic images outside on Miracle Mile and such. We love this hotel and this couple was so sweet…it was a great day! Ryan will post their video in a few weeks, but until then enjoy some fabulous images!
~Andrea
Albert & Melissa wanted us to travel to Miami for their engagement shoot so we decided to shoot at the lovely Vizcaya. Ryan and I made the trip down and after about 2 hours of shooting we were pushed out by the security guard since it was closing time….we couldnt stop taking more portraits Of course, the grounds are beautiful, and with this great looking couple the shoot went amazing….so I ended up with like 50 images to blog, a good problem right? I picked out about 15 or so to show today…and then if the couple agrees, I think we have a new sample engagement session album coming your way to peek at as well! Then you will see all 50 images and an engagement album!
~Andrea
