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Marie’s mom called me from Ohio because her daughter wanted to have her senior pictures done at their second home in Carillon Beach. She said her daughter was beautiful, fun, had a great personality and wanted some Florida style out of the ordinary images for her senior portraits. Well, she was right!! Marie is funny, beautiful and intelligent! We had a blast! I hope you enjoy her images as much as I enjoyed photographing them!

I love this image! It is just relaxed with a natural laugh and a free spirit strand of hair!

Her boyfriend Matt was a hoot! And an awesome softbox holder!

So much fun!

You may remember Kelly and Brian’s wedding dress trashing session. Yes, that was amazing!! What is even more amazing and beautiful was the ceremony a few days earlier (yes, I like to edit my dessert before the main course) that made them husband and wife!  There ceremony was awesome. The heavy line of thunderstorms that were rushing towards the beach just stopped and dissipated right before the wedding. It was simply wonderful! The reception was equally as fun at 790 on the Gulf with the music of Chuck Lawson in the background. And let me tell you, he is one talented musician! The guy can play guitar, sing do instrumentals and even has the steel drums to make you feel as though you are on a Caribbean beach!! Love it! Enjoy Kelly and Brian’s images. They are a beautiful couple and we wish them many decades of bliss together!

  • Music: Chuck Lawson
  • Reception: 790 on the Gulf
  • Wedding Coordination: Destin Wedding Company

    I love this image!! So much fun!

    Brian's son will steal some hearts on day for sure!

    Chuck rocks it out!

As the sun was rising over the beautiful Gulf of Mexico, Kelly didn’t have to worry about getting any oil at all on her wedding dress. She was ready to trash her dress, but more along the lines of frolicking in the water with her sweet loving husband Brian. We started out utilizing the beautiful sunrise on the jetties. The water was calm and a gentle sea breeze allowed her dress to flow adding drama to her images. Soon the anticipation got to all of us, it was getting warm and it was time to create some wet wedding attire art! I have always seen folks shooting their trash the dress sessions either above or under the water. I wanted to be the first to shoot both views at the same time. And you know…I loved it! I hope you do as well! Enjoy!

The light breeze was wonderful!




The P. Family was awesome! We had a good time, it was one of those evenings with the cobalt sky and random WWII military stunt planes flying above giving us our own private show. The big fluffy clouds floated by and the sun graced them with a wonderful tint from the sunset. It was a great evening. Well, except for the fact that during the shoot the doctors office called me to tell me my husband was being admitted to the hospital. It was no surprise, but still threw me for a loop a bit. Thank you to the P. Family for being understanding when suddenly I became the biggest airhead on the planet in the middle of the shoot…LOL  I am happy to say that the hubster is now home and doing well. I appreciate everyone who has posted expressing their thoughts and prayers. And I am also happy to show you the P. family 2010, enjoy!

I love the little ghost crab. What a cute little fella!

The H. Family was a ton of fun! They came to me in Grayton Beach on Scenic Hwy. 30A to do their family beach portraits. All of the kids were so well behaved and although it looked as though the sky could open up and storm at any minute, we didn’t experience a drop of rain to temper our beach fun! With the scare of oil and start of school, the beaches were deserted. It looked more vacant than the dead of winter, but it was fine for us. We used all of the beach as a canvas for their beach portraits! I hope you enjoy them!

Oh my gosh,  when New Orleans Times-Picayune photographer Scott Threlkeld called me to ask if I would be a subject for a story on businesses along the Gulf Coast adversely affected by the oil spill I was so nervous! I am always the person BEHIND the camera, not in front. He drove over from New Orleans last week to video and photograph me as I did a beach session. I was excited in the fact that folks indeed could see in person that there really is no reason for them not to come down and enjoy our beaches. Our sand is as white as ever and the water oh so inviting! I toyed for a moment on wearing my F BP shirt (that would be Florida against BP, don’t get any ideas), but then thought maybe not! My clients for the evening, the A. Family have come to me for several years and they were excited to be profiled in the story. It was also fun to see in a video how I shot the images and then the images themselves. Thankfully the majority of video is of their family and NOT me!! LOL Thank you Scott!!! We had a great time and made some fun images. I hope folks will see that we are still open for business and will come down for a great fall vacation! Please check out all of the folks interviewed for the story and enjoy the images from the A. Family!

There is Scott running in the background!

As I write this I am a little bit optimistic! I have seen no sign of oil (tar balls or otherwise) along our beaches for about two weeks. You don’t know how happy this makes me! YAY! But now it’s time to get up off of the beach and begin blogging. I just can’t say enough about these families, they were all so wonderful and awesome! And a few of them are celebrating over five years in a row coming to me for their family pictures! I am so honored to be able to say that. Anyway, enough of the chit chat, let’s take a look at some great families on our oil free beaches!!

I was really looking forward to this beach portrait session. The M. Family, what more can you ask for? They are great looking people who are really fun! Now that’s my type of family session for sure! I met them when I shot their daughter’s wedding. Wow, talk about fun as well!! And now the whole family was together again this summer and we got to have fun on the beach. We didn’t have to worry about any tar balls or odor either, it was simply perfect! Please take a moment to enjoy their images!

You know with three daughters all so beautiful, they have to be a great looking couple!

And handsome couple they are indeed!! I think Mom looks like Sandra Bullock!

Eighty days after the oil rig explosion in the Gulf, the beaches of South Walton County and Grayton Beach are still as beautiful as ever! The C. Family came down to have their beach portraits made and had a new member! Keeping with family tradition she runs pretty quickly too!! LOL  The girls have grown so much, it is always fun to see how much the children change through the years. We had a great time and the sea oats are almost fully in bloom offering yet another backdrop in the beautiful wonderland we call the Emerald Coast.  Come on down and visit our beaches!

Sometimes you just don't want to hang with your sisters!

I love a good hot sexy couple that is sooo in love with each other even after kids! J and B are that couple. Not only are they a beautiful couple on the outside, but they are also as beautiful on the inside as well! J wanted to surprise her sweetie with a special shoot for their anniversary, hmmm think he was surprised? Enjoy their images, I think they had fun making them! Happy third Anniversary J and B!!

Tell me they aren't adorable together!