J & M Married in Miami...

J&M had such a great wedding, first St. Peter & Paul has to be one of the most lenient churches, the priest was so sweet and told us we could be any where even on the alter.
I started off the day with J at her suite at the Double Tree Grand in Downtown! WOW what a beautiful location. The girls were soo relaxed, when I went to the boy's suite. The TV was on full blast and the groom was super nervous that everyone would not make it on time. However they did let me get some great getting ready shots which does not happen often. After the ceremony we did some quick shots on the marina, and then it was back inside the doubltree for dancing.
Sandra from Jolie Event Design was great, her website is: JolieEventDesign.com.

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Ana & Brian's Wedding

You probably remember Ana & Brian from their Lincoln Road shoot.
The fabulous wedding was put together by the creative minds at Eventsonabudget.com.
Pink and gold was the theme at the Botanical Gardens.
The beautiful ceremony took place at St. Patrick's on Miami beach. One of my favorite places to shoot at, great lighting.
This wedding was definitely about dancing, dancing and more dancing.
Everyone had sooo much fun.
We have had trouble uploading using blogger so we will be updating the blog with only 3 favorites, the rest will be available by following these instructions:
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Fun Family Portraits at Matheson Hammocks

Well let me start off by saying, it could not have been any hotter. To add to the heat there was an absence of a breeze. However you wouldn't know it with this family.
They were so cool and calm, we breezed by (no pun intended) this shoot.
They were so sweet and such a great bunch. They also came beautifully coordinated. Leishah which you may remember from her summer Belly session, joked that they looked like the brady bunch!!! Too funny. I actually loved the outfits.
Norma & Heriberto have 4 beautiful daughters, one of which already has a baby of her own, yes her hair is really that beautiful shade of orange you see.
Enjoy some favorites from this session.

Monica & Danny...

This was a super FUN engagement session. I had the pleasure of meeting both Danny and Monica at our initial meeting, most of the time grooms don't come. I knew from our first meeting that they were sooo in love. They truly blew me away on their session. They had so much fun with each other, I did not have to do a thing. Here are some of my favorite shots from our Sunrise on South Beach session.

Fisher Island Dreamy Maternity shoot

The day was so beautiful. The story actually starts off back on Valentine's day, I get a call from one of our bride's cousins explaining that a friend would be calling me because he wants to give his wife a very special Valentine's present. He then explains she is pregnant and he had overheard her talking about maternity photos. He really wanted for her to have this. He made up a card for her that night, where he printed out a photo from my site and explained she would be having a session with me... isn't that sweet... I teared up when she told me the actual story. Vanessa & Johnny suggested Fisher Island as the perfect spot for their maternity session.One of my favorite parts was the ferry ride in my car... ok enough day dreaming. Vanessa is soo pretty and such a great model, she did everything I asked her to do. The day was beautiful, don't know if I can say that enough. Johnny and Vanessa are going to love their little girl so much, she is coming soon and will be her in a couple weeks! Here are just some of my favorites.

Beautiful Bonnet House Wedding

Keri & Gary got married this past weekend at the beautiful Bonnet House in Ft Lauderdale.
The event was beautifully designed by White Light Event Design.
The wedding location was beautiful. I had never shot photography for a Jewish ceremony. It was beautiful. The Rabbi spoke beautifully. My favorite detail was the theme of the wedding or better yet the slogan, it was written on the fabric on the Chuppah: "I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine." Keri's matron of honor mentioned that Keri had found this in a store before she even had met Gary and mentioned that one day she would use that phrase at her wedding.
And so it was.