Here it is….the moment all of you have been waiting for. We may even add some more images that I may have forgotten!! It’s the Mari’s Paradise Images best of ’09 Wedding Photography!! Oh okay….so you have me. I do love all of my couples and it took SOOOO long to cull through images for the best of. I wanted to put them all online, but well…I don’t think anyone has time to look at ALL of those images! So without further ado…here they are!!!!
Posts Tagged ‘Panama City Beach Wedding Photography’
Oh the fun and awesome wedding couples of ’09
January 6, 2010Kelly and Andy~ Camp Helen/Panama City Beach Wedding 10.17.09
October 25, 2009Oh my gosh, when I met with Kelly, andy and Kelly’s mom over a year ago, I knew their wedding was going to be fun and crazy! And I was right! Monika and I began the morning photographing at Kelly’s parents house surrounded by her family and bridesmaids. It was a time of laughter, excitement and sentimental moments. Then it was off to Camp Helen State Park. If you have never been there, it is simply beautiful! Located at Inlet Beach, the park has a wonderful feel of old Florida. The wedding guests were kept cool by the winds from an incoming cool front which was wonderful for them, but played havoc on the unity candles and gave all a good laugh. Andy was all smiles as he saw his beautiful bride walking down the aisle. His smile stayed throughout the day as he watched her. It was so nice to see! The “pre-reception” was at Camp Helen State Park after the wedding and was followed by the actual reception at the Breakers in Panama City Beach. The wedding party was great! Everyone was a lot of fun and it was amusing to watch folks look at Andy’s brother and best man who is a dead ringer for Armageddon actor Steve Buscemi. I admit, I had to look twice as well. Enjoy the images of their fun day!




The guy on the far left is the one who looks like actor Steve Buscemi.























Adding Hot News to those Cool Weddings!
September 28, 2009Hey 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!!
Hurry, book now!! There are a very limited number of weekends until March 30th when this offer expires!!
Dixi and Tracy Engagements
August 19, 2009Dixi and Tracy just crack me up. They are the couple that just has fun and enjoys life.
They came out to a wonderful park in Panama City near the historic downtown area with their adorable boys in tow. We hit the park, the beach, the marina and even saw some crazy kind of renegade rock crab on land!
I found some really cool things to photograph in the area and we had a wonderful time on a Sunday morning.
Enjoy!









The W. Family comes Grayton Beach State Park
July 30, 2009Sometimes 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!









Wedding Photojournalists Association Quarterly Contest
July 26, 2009Here 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!! |
NWFPP Salon Competition
July 25, 2009So, 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!!







Sabrina and Mavi’s Beautiful Panama City Beach Wedding
July 22, 2009Sabrina and Mavi took their vows on the Beach in Panama City Beach and then dined and danced with family and friends at the Bay Point Marriot. It was a beautiful wedding, they wrote their own vows and celebrated the sweetness of love with candy favors for all.
I think they have a great start and a lifetime future together. If you take each one aside and ask them about the other, they’ll just blush and smile saying all the most wonderful things about each other. It was so cute to see!! And Mavi was always the first to lend a loving hand to his beautiful wife and fix her dress when needed. A true gentleman!

Here is one of Mavi's GQ type of shots as a surprise for Sabrina!


















































