Posts Tagged ‘Grayton Beach’

The C. Family ~ 30A Beach Portrait ~ No Tar Balls! ~

July 16, 2010

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!

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The “W” Family ~ No Oil in Destin Beach Portrait ~

July 11, 2010

Big waves and beautiful skies was the backdrop for the “W” family beach portrait in Destin recently. Little “W” had a blast exploring the beach and of course….running! Well, at that age, it’s what they do!! But they look so cute when they run off into the sunset! Anyway, they were a beautiful family and we had a blast photographing them. Now you can enjoy their images.

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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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Rachel and Field’s 30A Wedding~ 10.24.09

October 29, 2009

Rachel and Field made an adorable couple. With her elegant dress and grandfather’s military ring on her flowers, Rachel was ready for her big day. The entire wedding was an event woven with love by friends and family. Rachel’s step-mom created the fall themed bouquets and her aunt let them use her palatial beach home in the 30A district of Santa Rosa Beach as well as the community pool for the reception. Other family and friends did things to help with the wedding and finally the bride’s brother escorted them all out in his full military blues. It was a fantastic sight to see! The wedding went off without a hitch. Their young son Tucker wasn’t all that sure about the rings, but behaved like a champ! At the reception a dance-off ensued and there was even a dancing tribute to Michael Jackson complete with the reenactment of his “Beat It” video well choreographed gang style fight. The heaters kept the night warm and laughter flowed though the air as Rachel’s little sister toasted the couple by asking them to bring her a niece. It was priceless

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Rachel is calmed by her bridesmaid after being given her grandfather's ring to have for the wedding as he something old.

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Field's first look at Rachel

YES!!! Go Buckeyes!!!

Re-choreographing the "Beat It" video...hmm...should have been "Beach It" to keep with the beach wedding theme!!

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Tucker was adorable!!!

Oh Rachel what are you whispering to Field?

Tucker with a little guidance was a great ring bearer!

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Boy was that COLD!!

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Adding Hot News to those Cool Weddings!

September 28, 2009

Hey all of you engaged couples all over the country…can you guess what I am about to announce just by looking at the headline? Oh I bet you did, it’s the hot discounts for all of you cool couples with fall and winter weddings!! I know what you’re thinking, how sick it would be to get some awesome wedding photography for a discount. But how much of a discount could it really be? Try 30% for weddings between December 1, 2009 and March 30, 2010!! Let me excite you some more…you could be getting over a $2,000 discount. Yes, I said it….you can get over $2,000 off on a fantastic wedding package by an award winning, fun, hip and experienced photojournalist …unbelievable!! imagecollage Hurry, book now!! There are a very limited number of weekends until March 30th when this offer expires!!

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The B. Girls

August 8, 2009

I love a good sunrise session! The Gulf is calm and the colors are awe striking! Anna and Sarah had on the prettiest sea foam green dresses that made the colors of nature just pop out at you! Their beach portrait session went great and they had plenty of time to play in the Gulf of Mexico by their South Walton condo the rest of the day!! _I0Y9234 LJ0T1899

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Bonanza of Beach art

August 5, 2009

Wow, time flies when you are having fun!! I didn’t realize that I am so far behind in blogging. So, here we go again minus one shoot I’ll blog on a special date Whet your appetites folks!! It’s bloggapalooza!! _MG_3429 copy
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The W. Family comes Grayton Beach State Park

July 30, 2009

Sometimes we are blessed to have clients who are almost like family. I’m not sure how long Regina has been bringing her children and their families to see me, but I would venture it’s been about five years. It’s been a blast to see the older grandkids get bigger, the little babies become young children and even a couple of new additions down the road. And next year there will be a new little boy to add to the mix as Jen and Collin are expecting!!! I’m so excited Add in Holly and her clan along with Randy and Regina, it’s a whole lot of fun!! I look forward to next year! _I0Y4921 _I0Y5401 copy _I0Y4850 _I0Y4948 _I0Y5131 _I0Y5088 copy _I0Y5514 copy _I0Y5305 _I0Y5584 _I0Y4790 copy

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Wedding Photojournalists Association Quarterly Contest

July 26, 2009

Here we go again. Gosh, everything falls on the same dates I swear!!

In case you didn’t know, I have been selected as one of a very small handful of photographers in the Florida Panhandle to be honored with membership to the Wedding Photojournalists Association. There are only five photographers in the entire Panhandle of Florida and southern areas of Alabama and Georgia who have been chosen to become members of this elite organization.

Here is a blurb from the WPJA to brides and grooms that describe their membership:

WOULD YOU TRUST FOREVER TO JUST ANYONE?

The WPJA puts the world’s best wedding photography at your fingertips. We offer a new perspective on wedding photography – quietly capturing the real moments as they happen for the bride and groom.

It is our goal to use photography to tell the story of your wedding day, not dictate it for you.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Membership in the WPJA depends entirely on photographers meeting our high standards for inclusion. OneCANNOT simply pay his/her way into the WPJA. We emphasize this is NOT another ad-driven wedding web site.

Anyway, it is time for the second quarterly contest. Our catagories are:

1)Getting Ready

2)Ceremony

3)Reception

4)Kids being kids

5)Ring Details

6)Emotion

7)Emotion

8)Cake Cutting

9)Transportation

10)Creative Portrait

11)Trash the dress Portrait

No Photoshop special effects may be used, no textures or filters. The images except for the rings and the creative portraits must be just as we found them.

Below you’ll find my entries … Post comments below to let me know what you think!! wpja_ban100c anistario wallet copy IMG_0780 copy LI0Y2639 LI0Y3065 copy LI0Y4630 LI0Y7292 LI0Y7463 copy

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NWFPP Salon Competition

July 25, 2009

So, here we go again. Right in the middle of a huge beach and wedding season I have to get images ready for the Northwest Florida Professional Photographers competition. These are the images I am thinking of competing, let me know if you can think of any of your favorited I may have missed!! Leave a comment below to let me know which ones you like!! 1amandaoak
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