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Elisa+Anthony

On Saturday Elisa and Anthony were married. They have to be the two most easy going people I think I’ve ever met. Here it was Elisa’s wedding day and she was as calm as could be. The day started out with some photographs of Elisa and the girls getting ready at her mom’s house. Janie Coey helped me photograph the wedding and she started out at Anthony’s getting pictures of the guys clowning around getting ready. Janie is a fantastic photographer and I am so glad she was available to be there.

The wedding was beautiful. Around 200 family and friends attended and the reception was a blast! A particularly memorable moment was the mother and son dance. I’ve seen quite a few but Anthony and his mom had the most emotional dance I’ve ever seen.

Here is a video and a few pictures from their day

Elisa+Anthony - the pictures

Being in D.C. last week didn’t give me a chance to get Elisa and Anthony’s engagement pictures posted.  Thanks for being so patient.  I think you will be happy with the results.  I’m really looking forward to your wedding in October.  Check out the slideshow here.

Elisa+Anthony’s engagement session

Later today I will be meeting with Elisa and Anthony to take some fun pictures of them before their wedding which will be Oct. 18.  I haven’t had a chance to meet Anthony and it’s been a while since I last met with Elisa so we are going to meet at a coffee shop first and chat for a while.  Check back in a day or so to see the their pictures.

Ashley+Marc

Ashley and Marc were married at the SandPearl Resort on Clearwater Beach, Florida.  Many of their friends and family came down from Virginia to share in their celebration.  Marc and his groomsmen were all graduates from Virginia Tech as were many of the guests based on the reaction to the VT fight song that the DJ played!  I didn’t get a chance to ask Ashley were she went to school but when the DJ played the Florida Gator’s fight song she was doing a big gator chomp with her arms.  Ashley and her bridesmaids are featured in a previous post with Laura Lee Designs Bridal Bags.  I photographed this wedding on behalf of Bella Pictures along with Cristiana Garcia and I am looking forward to working with her again, she is a fantastic photographer and a lot of fun to work with.

Ashley and Marc, thank you for inviting me to photograph your special day and I wish the two of you many happy and healthy years together.  Here are a few of my favorite images.

Cassie+Chris - 08/08/08

I’ve known Cassie for a long time and was VERY excited when she asked me to photograph their wedding.  Chris has been working in Iraq for the past couple of years and is finally home.  I want to thank Theresa Marie from Theresa Marie Photography for helping me.  Holy cow, Theresa, your images are awesome!  Cassie and Chris, I look forward to seeing you all again soon.  Here are a few of their images.

Stephanie+Matthew

On June 28 we photographed Stephanie & Matthew’s wedding for my good friends at Sky Photo Group.  The wedding was in Daytona so my wife, Nancy, went along to be my 2nd photographer.  We live in Tampa and haven’t been to the east coast in a while so we were especially looking forward to being somewhere different for a change.  

We started by taking some photos of the Stephanie and the girls getting ready.  Stephanie was a stunning bride!  After the ceremony and the formal pictures with the family and bridal party we went over to the beach to get some pictures of just Stephanie and Matthew.  The beach can be a challenging place for photos, especially in mid-afternoon when the sun is so bright but we found a place outside the hotel where they were staying that provided the shade we needed.  The ceremony was at the Palmetto Club and this is when things got REALLY fun.  Stephanie, Matthew, and friends definitely celebrated their wedding!  

Stephanie and Matthew, Nancy and I were honored to be able to photograph your wedding and the start of your lives together.  We wish you many years of happiness!  

Oh, yeah, enjoy snowboarding in Chile…we’re so jealous. 

Laura Lee Designs handbags

Last weekend Cristiana Garcia and I photographed Ashley and Marc’s wedding at the Sandpearl Resort on Clearwater beach.  It was a beautiful wedding and I will post more about Ashley and Marc in a follow-up.  This is about the Laura Lee Designs handbags that Ashley and the bridesmaid carried.  Marc’s sister Alison “AT” works for Laura Lee and had these very cool Bridal Bags for the girls.  According to AT each of the Bags had over 3,000 beads sewn onto it!  It seems that these are the smaller bags and that some of her creations have 25,000-30,000 beads!!  Folks these are really works of art.  Check out the link above to Laura Lee’s site and be sure to read her About section, it’s a really interesting story of how her designer business came to be.

Alison, I’m glad I was able to get a few of these special shots for you.

 

 

Melissa+Jake

These are a couple of pictures from Melissa & Jake’s wedding.  We really had a great time photographing their wedding.  My wife cries everytime I play their slideshow.  She says they look like an All American couple.  Anyone who has met them knows exactly what she is talking about.  Congratulations Melissa & Jake, I’ll be posting more soon.  Their slideshow can be found HERE

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