Making the Most of Some Rain!

On my engagement shoot with Lindsay and Shane we had some unexpected showers and decided to work with the rain, and I'm so glad we did!

Harper at 6 Months

It has been so amazing documenting Harper's life, it's hard to believe 8 months ago I was photographing her in her mommy's belly!  Here are some of my favorite shots from our 6 month portrait session.  Check out the cool borders I now offer with the collection prints.

Beverly Hills Engagement Session

James Farhat and Rema Awad set their wedding date for Sept. 27, 2009.  Since James currently lives in Jacksonville, FL and Rema lives in LA, they decided to have their engagement sessions on both coasts!  Here are a couple shots from our Beverly Hills shoot.

Check out the view of downtown LA!

4th of July Hometown Wedding

I had the privilege of photographing Jamie Roach and Bryan Montemarano in my hometown of Dubuque, Iowa over the 4th of July weekend.  Jamie and Bryan's vision for their wedding was truly magical and made for a weekend to remember.  I asked Jamie and Bryan to share their vision for their wedding with me so that others could get inspired as well.

"Our goal was to show all of their friends and family from other cities and abroad how lovely and lively the midwest can be.  We appreciate the history of the area.  We also knew we wanted a full weekend of celebration, so the 4th was perfect.  We started with our location, my aunt and uncle's winery on the Mississippi, built in the late 1800's.  We made the connection to Art Noveau with this period, which influenced our flowers and other things and symbols, such as peacock feathers.  We followed the history of the period letting Art Deco and the 1920's and 30's influence our creative choices, especially the French influence on the Deco- lavender in our flowers, food, of course, Champagne, and even a 1930's car to boot

Our ceremony and luncheon invite list was intimate with close friends and family, and we wanted to perpetuate a feeling of warmth, so we had food served family style and had wine and champagne, homeade iced tea and lemonade on the tables in ice sculptures to keep them cool.

There was a firework show the night after our wedding, and we took our friends on a Mississippi River Cruise the day after our ceremony.

The following night we had our "bon voyage" reception, to which we invited more, had a 1940's-style big band, and brought in some other influences that say something about our personal likes-Mediterranean tapas, gelato served in ice sculptures, cupcakes, Cava, homeade sangria.

We exited at the end of the night to rice, lavender and sparklers....and to many, many guests saying they wanted to come back every year on our anniversary!"

Caught in the Middle!!!

While photographing Josh and Joni Maret's wedding February 9th, I ended up in the middle of the dance floor surrounded by their conga line, it was hilarious!  Mario (my wonderful assistant)  snapped this shot (good one Mario!!)   It was so much fun!  Hey photographers like to conga too!!!

We were Voted the Best!!!

We were voted one of the best photographers for North East Florida and the Pan Handle!!!!  We will be featured in the March 2008 issue of The Knot!!!

A special thank you to all the brides that voted for us!!!!  You guys make it all worth it!!!

One of My Favorite Albums of 2008!

One of my favorite albums of 2008!!!!! Press Play to see the photo album slideshow!!!