The Wedding of Christina & Chris

Christina booked her wedding more than a year ago, and I think I've said this before but she was my first official destination wedding, but my last destination wedding of 2009. Funny how things work out.

Christina and Chris got married mountain side in Gatlinburg, TN... a little town affectionately called the gateway to the Smoky Mountains. The backdrop for the wedding couldn't have been more perfect. A clear view of the Smoky Mountains directly behind them, it had rained every day in Gatlinburg that week, accept on Christina's wedding day! The cabins where the families stayed were very very beautiful, fully decked out even with a mini movie theater! It was such an awesome experience.

Christina, thank you SO much for having Wes and I a part of your wedding day!

Now, for some of my favs from the day and a slideshow at the end.





Beautiful, right!

Tags: Florida Destination Wedding Photographer, Gatlinburg, TN Wedding Photography, Destination Weddings, Smoky Mountain Weddings, Smoky Mountain Wedding Photographer

Kati & Corey | Engagement Session

When Kati chose the song colors, as her slide show song I went through and re-edited a few of her photos with a technique I've been wanting to try for a while.

I met Kati at church years ago, she's 110% adorable and can sure work a camera. Her and Cory met at church, he's the keyboardist for the worship band at their church. They are a very funny, loving and awesome couple!

I can't wait for their wedding in November!

Revamps, again.....

Well I wanted to do these at the same time, and it'll likely only be a day or two before the blog matches the website.... so please excuse the difference between the blog and the site for a bit while it gets updated.... here is what the new logo looks like!



I'm such a dork, I was on the phone with Wes just chit chatting and instead of clicking publish preview, I clicked publish site, then couldn't find the version of my old site. So, there we have it LOL!

Look for the new blog in the next couple of days!

Kelly & Brad's Wedding (sneak peak)

Kelly and Brad tied the knot last night out at Jacksonville Beach and had their reception at Sawgrass Marriott, Kelly's colors were a very simple black and white (which I loved of course) Their wedding is actually the same wedding weekend as my wedding. Wes and I had our ceremony July 1st 2006. So when Kelly was booking she mentioned that she wasn't sure I'd be available because it was a holiday weekend, and I told her Wes and I did the same thing to our families... LOL

With out further ado.... Here are a couple of sneak peaks from their beautiful day...












Tags: Jacksonville Beach Wedding Photography; Sawgrass Marriott Weddings, Black and White Weddings, Ponte Vedra Beach Wedding Photogrpahy

Christina's Smoky Mountain Wedding (sneak peak)

So, I've been home all of oh.... two hours, and I'm posting sneak peaks!

Anyway, Christina booked her wedding more than a year ago and asked me if I'd be willing to go to Gatlinburg, TN to do it. She was my first official destination wedding. I've been to the mountains a couple of times but mostly in the winter, or just driving through them on my way elsewhere. I must say that they are really very pretty....

I snapped this before the anyone arrived for the ceremony, what a backdrop for a wedding huh!


Chris is from Canada, so they hung a Canadian flag and an American flag...


And my fav shot from the day...


Tags: Destination Weddings, Tennessee Wedding Photography

Kati & Corey | Sneak Peak

When Kati modeled for BT almost a year ago I knew that I wanted to shoot her wedding!!! No matter when that was! The girl can completely ROCK a camera! I wanted to leave them (and you guys of course) with some sneak peaks before we left for Christina's wedding in TN this afternoon.... So, for your viewing pleasure a sneak peak of Kati and Cory's engagement session. (There were too many good ones to choose from!!!)















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Christina's Brial Session

I had an awesome bridal session with Christina the other day... and since they aren't getting married till later on in the month I can't post any of the photos here... accept this one!



I loved the flowers at our location!! they were so pretty... I also took advantage of having a lighting assistant at the shoot to do some cool lighting and give her some BT style photos.... Check out the BT blog and tell me which version of this photo you like the best.

Kelly & Brad are Engaged | Jacksonville Beach Photography

I asked Kelly & Brad the general questions about how they met, when they knew they were in love etc etc... Part of my general process getting to know the couple. When I asked the question how did you two meet Kelly's first words were not very romantic... I beg to differ, then again my definition of romantic might not be the same as everyone elses.

Kelly and Brad happened to be in the same place at the same time one night in grad school and somehow struck up a conversation with each other. They talked and danced all night, when the night was over they walked back towards their homes jumping in all the rain puddles on the way. To me, that sounds like quite the perfect meeting.

Their story Brad staying by Kelly's side for 3 days while she was sick in the hospital & Brad asking Kelly to move from New York to Florida. When Brad finally asked Kelly to marry him he drove them out to the beach to the spot he had chosen before hand and drawn a heart in the sand and the words "marry me." Going to the beach was a routine thing for them so when he pulled champaigne and glasses out of their beach bag it caught Kelly completely off guard. Brad even wrote down the exact time he popped the question!

Yeah not very romantic... ;)

They were all smiles for their engagement session, playful and loving. Brad and Kelly are a beautiful couple and I can't wait for their wedding in July!

Shannon & Zach's Island Wedding (sneak peak)

Full post coming soon of Shannon and Zach's beautiful Island wedding.... But for now... here's a couple of my favorite photos...









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The Wedding of Heidi & Justin

Heidi & Justin were married at the Casa Marina in Jacksonville Beach. It was a beautiful day! Most everything went down with out a hitch! Many thanks to Mary, our wonderful coordinator! Here are some of my favorite shots from the day and their slideshow at the end. Enjoy!
























And check out Their sweet custom logo provided by: Yours Truly.... They had a custom aisle runner provided by Couture Wedding Boutique but due to massive amounts of wind we couldn't keep it in the aisle so I wanted to share the design with everyone somehow!


**Warning** there is slight nudity in the following slideshow (nothing too offensive though :D)