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Keith and Katie’s Wedding ~ 8.21.10 Sandestin Hilton ~

August 29, 2010

Keith and Katie’s decision to have a morning wedding at the Sandestin Hilton was a wise one. The sky was a brilliant cobalt blue and the clouds were the kind you could pick out of the sky like cotton candy. They chose to become husband and wife on the outside deck of the Hilton and then have a nice brunch reception. Under the tall palms they said their vows in front of friends and family who had traveled from all over the United States to come to the wedding. Mark and I shot the wedding and reception, while Monika worked magic with the very popular photo booth! Nouveau Flowers created a total fairy tale effect for both the wedding and reception and made a wonderful setting for a very attractive couple. I think their arch was one of most exquisite I have seen. Blair and the staff of the Hilton worked in the temperatures soaring in the 90′s to make sure everyone had what they needed and the wedding would be perfect. Jordan from Savior Faire Weddings rocked the coordination as she checked time schedules and made sure everything was just perfect!

Venue: The Sandestin Hilton
Flowers: Nouveau Flowers
Hair and Make up: Make me blush
Wedding Planner: Savior Faire Weddings
Harpist: Katie Ott
Band: Jim Armstrong/Prime Time Entertainment
Officiant: Randy Medlin

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Kelly and Brian’s Inn at Crystal Beach Wedding Still oil free beaches

August 17, 2010

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!

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Heather and Lee ~ Fort Walton Beach Wedding ~

June 8, 2010

Oh man, Heather and Lee’s wedding was awesome! It took place in a little white gazebo at the end of a peninsula in the Choctawhatchee Bay. The sun was wonderful but not to hot and the water sparkled all around with a smattering of palm trees to just give that isle of paradise look! Inside the yacht club it was a festive pink with black accents. Very pretty!

Heather was simply a dream in her dress with fun sassy pink heels! Lee and the boys were very handsome in their tuxedos and everyone had a blast at the reception dancing with B Boy Productions!

Enjoy their wedding images!

You know he won't be taking that ring off!!

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Stevie and Keith E-Session ~ The Smith Filling Station Florala, AL

May 27, 2010

Totally my favorite pic!

When Stevie and Keith came to see me about photographing their wedding they had some very definite ideas about their engagement session. Both of them are vintage car enthusiasts and both of them had seen a vintage filling station somewhere on Hwy. 331. That is where they wanted their engagement session. Well, that didn’t exactly make it easy. I had to research where the filling station was and then I called a local photographer to see if he knew the owner. Thank goodness he did! I called the owner who was so excited they had chosen his either father or grandfather’s station for their shoot, that he had it all cleaned up and ready to go for us when we got there! It was even more amazing than I had expected! We shot some totally awesome images there and then went on to explore the rest of downtown Florala. Of course it was hard not to notice the police car that passed by our locations I would say about every five minutes. But then again, the entire town was closed because it was Sunday, so I guess we looked pretty menacing with our photo lights and Florida tags taking over their downtown area. You can’t really blame them for being protective. Anyway, the shoot went great! Stevie and Keith did awesome…now it’s time to enjoy their images!

This is just so sweet!

Another one of my faves!

Really, tell me with a straight face you could resist photographing this image!

Sexy sky!

Checkin' out the bling!

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Alison and Eric’s Wedding ~ 30A Destin

May 23, 2010

Alison and Eric had a fun wedding packed with family and friends in a little neighborhood off of the famous 30A in Santa Rosa Beach. It is the type of quiet beach neighborhood that has attracted celebrities like Sheryl Crow to own homes there. Eric’s mom did all of the table decorating. She was simply amazing!! Like really, she could do this as a profession! All of the decorations were based on things Alison loved in wedding magazines and Eric’s sister did the best scrapbook style ornament tree ever! It must have taken her weeks! It was beautiful! The cupcake tiers were also made by family friends. It was truly a team wedding! Even the dog participated for a moment as the co-flower girl! All in all everything was beautiful and worked out so well. Alison wrote me a few days after the wedding telling me that into the night after we had left, the whole wedding party ended up in the pool!!

The dish was set in a bed of live lemon grass. Very cool!

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Alison and Eric E-Session ~ Rosemary Beach, FL

May 17, 2010

Alison and Eric were so easy to work with and so much fun! Since they were a destination wedding, we did their engagement session at the most astounding Rosemary Beach only two days before their wedding. Everything worked out great! We had beautiful light, fun kids who let us use their bicycle and even a delightful resident who allowed us to use his roof top patio to photograph. Everything was perfect! Enjoy their fun engagement session and keep an eye on the blog, their wedding will be up here this week!

I love this fountain!

I managed to get this out in time for their wedding cards!

The rooftop patio

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Mary Catherine and Waylon~ St. Simons Church/The Emerald Coast Conference Center

May 14, 2010

This was their first look at each other. It was awesome!

What a cute couple!! Mary Catherine and Waylon decided to see each other before their wedding. With three photographers on the job, we got a full view of their love and emotion from the meeting. It was simply awesome! Their wedding was at one of the prettiest churches in the area. The St. Simon flower guild really could have competed with any florist in the area on their alter displays and the wedding party bouquets were done in perfect matching harmony by Nancy Krenkel and Ann Wallace. I’m not knocking any local florists by any means. I’m just saying that the guild did a great job on the alter! The wedding was picture perfect. The flower girls and ring bearers did their jobs flawlessly and the service was intimate and beautiful. We were able to utilize three different views of the ceremony and also use a remote camera in the alter area to capture the moments as they came. Then came the fun! Their reception was at the Emerald Coast Conference Center on Okaloosa Island and it looked like a royal ball! There was wonderful uplighting as well as some of the most ornate table centerpieces I have seen in a while. While Mark and I worked the reception, Monika rocked the photo booth outside. Everyone did a tremendous job and now it’s time for all of you to enjoy the images from Mary Catherine and Waylon’s wedding!

It's not fun til the whole wedding party kisses!

"Five little monkeys jumping on the bed, one fell off and bumped it's head!"

Priceless!!

Putting down her flower petals!

Precious!

Our remote "alter cam"

Putting down her flower petals.

Husband and wife at last!

Mary Catherine putting on the moves!! You go girl!

The flower girl has now left the dance floor!

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Mary Catherine is getting Married!!!

May 8, 2010

By the time you read this Mary Catherine will be a Mrs.! How exciting is this? I have been waiting and waiting to blog her full bridal session. I mean how could you not be excited as a photographer? She is gorgeous and the flowers are amazing! I am so excited as well to be photographing her and Waylon’s wedding at the Emerald Coast Conference Center as you are reading this. I know you can’t wait to see those images

In the meantime enjoy these of a beautiful bride on the inside and out!

Thanks to her mom and sister-in-law for pulling the azaleas for me

These smelled amazing!

Love the shoes!

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MJ and Justin’s Wedding~ The Emerald Grande Destin

May 3, 2010

MJ and Justin. Now they are such a cute couple! Maybe I just have a certain kinship to MJ because we both are a bit lower to the ground than most folks!! Okay, if you can’t laugh at yourself, who can you laugh at huh? Anyway, when they say that dynamite comes in small packages, they mean MJ! She is a smart and beautiful girl with the most fun spunk and attitude you can find in a bride! And Justin, he likes to have fun as well, but he is a little more reserved. Together they make a beautiful couple. Their wedding was surrounded by friends and family from everywhere. Most of MJ’s family and friends came from Hawaii to celebrate the wedding. If absence makes the heart fonder, than distance makes the friendships stronger as her girls made her laugh and have fun. Take a little time and enjoy some images from their special day!

I love these shoes!

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Michelle and Matt’s Wedding ~The Inn at Crystal Beach~ Destin, FL ~4.03.10

April 5, 2010

Michelle and Matt are quite a match. Michelle has been a client of mine for a couple of years and has always been as beautiful on the inside as she is on the outside. So when she asked me to be her wedding photographer I was thrilled!

She and her equally wonderful fiance’ now husband Matt are so compatible together. She watches him with bright and happy eyes and gushes with glee as she talks about him, and he would walk barefoot across hot lava for her I am pretty sure. The both love and respect one another and it shows.

Michelle chose the beach behind the Inn at Crystal Beach as her wedding location. 790 on the Gulf inside the inn was the reception site. The weather was perfect and the sunset amazing for the wedding. You could have not asked for a more beautiful setting or day. Enjoy their images, they are a cute couple!! Monika and I had a blast capturing their awesome wedding moments!