Lloyd and Garland, Saint John, USVI Part I

Photographing Garland and Lloyd's wedding was an unforgettable experience full of family, friends, fun, music, laughter, tears, dancing, flowers, delicious food and unbelievable views everywhere you look!

The wedding festivities began Thursday evening with a sunset cruise on a catamaran departing from Caneel Bay. The views were breathtaking complete with hours d vours and plenty of rum punch!
Friday the rehearsal dinner was held at the Island grill in Cruz Bay. The evening was full of music and lots dancing thanks to the fabulous latin band headed by Gilberto de Paz!
The wedding ceremony was held on Saturday at Caneel Bay on a overlook with a view of Turtle Bay and a reception following at the Turtle Bay Estate House. The day was spectacular complete with a perfect sunset for photos!
I can't thank Garland and Lloyds family enough for trusting me to capture their unforgettable wedding in Saint John!
Here are some of my favorite shots from the wedding festivities!

St. Mary's, Georgia Wedding

Nick and Tara's wedding held in historic St. Mary's, Georgia was full of character and style!  Their ceremony was held at the stunning Orange Hall in downtown St. Mary's.  After the ceremony we took the Rolls around downtown for photos and ended up visiting one of the countries oldest graveyards, which made for a gorgeous background!  Congratulations Nick and Tara!

   

Inspiration: Peacock Feather!

I couldn't wait to post photos from this past weekends wedding.  Jessica Carantaza and Nick Stevenson were married on February 21st, 2009 at St. John's Greek Orthodox followed by a reception at the Jaguar Stadium.  As you can see Jessica found her inspiration for the wedding from a simple peacock feather which was reflected in every detail from the jewelery which Jessica made herself to the hair pieces, floral design and reception decor.  Bravo!!!

Jessica's stunning makeup was by Kimtasha and floral designs were created by Shea Hopely.

 If you love Jessica's jewelry as much as I do you can see more of her designs on her website "dear georgette".  A link to the site is listed to the right under "preferred vendors".  Finally, I must give credit to the wonderful Christina Kopecki who kept everything running smoothly the entire day.  Christina is also one of my "preferred vendors"and you can link to her website from my vendor list.

Tim and Amy's Save the Date

I had so much fun at Tim and Amy's engagement session, we took photos in Riverside by the river and then around some of my favorite hidden spots in San Marco and ended up with a good variety of photos to choose from.  Tim and Amy decided on a postcard for their Save the Dates so their friends and family could have something to put up on their fridge.  

Curren Davis' Birth Announcement

How adorable is little Curren Davis, born to Christian and Becky Davis on Christmas eve!  He sure is expressive for being only  2 weeks old!  Below is a copy of the birth announcement I designed for them.

Morgan and John's Engagement Session

I had soo much fun photographing Morgan Blakeslee and John Starks engagement session at their family's ranch. They have a stunning field of daisies that was a dream to photograph and we had a friendly armadillo keeping us company the whole time!  We ended at their dock on the Intracoastal where John proposed to Morgan...how romantic! I can't wait to photograph their upcoming September wedding in Charleston, SC!!!

NYC Wedding Published in Florida Times Union

The Florida Times Union did a write up on Kristin and AJ Simonetta's destination wedding in NYC.  The title of the article was: "City Girl and Country Boy Wed in Big Apple".  This wedding was a photographers dream come true,  thanks Kristin and AJ!!!

 

Here is the photo featured in the article and an excerpt:  

"On Sept. 6, Kristin and A.J. said "I do" on the lawn in front of an old dairy in Central Park. Kristin picked that spot because of the view of Manhattan's skyline.

Two days before the wedding, Jamie Weingarten shot engagement pictures of the couple in Soho, on the Brooklyn Bridge and in Times Square. She also took bridal portraits of Kristin in her wedding dress walking down Fifth Avenue"

You can see more photos from the wedding below!