Blooming Memories and Gia's Cafe grand opening party!

Last night I had the pleasure of attending the grand opening party of Blooming Memories and Gia's Cafe over in Sanford. Gia's catered and the Italian food is to die for! (High praise coming for an Italian girl like myself!)

Owner Don Mathews talks to guests at Gia's






Yum!




So if you're in the area, stop by and check them out - both stores are officially open for business on Monday!

Blooming Memories & Gia's Cafe
5040 W State Road 46
Sanford, Florida
1-866-60-BLOOM

In Print: ISLANDS Magazine April/May 2008

Seems like just yesterday that I was freezing (by Florida standards!) while shooting the Ash Street Inn on Amelia Island! Pick up the new issue of ISLANDS and see the results!

Engaged: Kristen + Miguel

Kristen and Miguel made a weekend of it and drove up from Boca for their engagement session! And holy cow were they troopers! It was 60 degrees and windy as all get out!

We wandered around the downtown area a bit (and if you're a Lord of the Rings dork like I am, you'll squeeeee with delight like I did when you see the hobbit hole!)







Just before sunset, we hung out in the bait shop near the end of the pier to warm up. I love this shot of Kristen and Miguel! They're listening to one of the shopkeepers telling us the story of how he met his wife on that very pier!



Cue amazing sunset (check out that wind!) and fade to black.


Can't wait to photograph your wedding in December you two!

Ashley + Jason: soon to be wed's!

Ashley and Jason are college sweethearts who are getting hitched next March! Jason's finishing up law school and Ashley is an editor at a travel magazine (does it get any cooler than that?) We had fun playing on the beach, despite the wind and the cold!



Jason did good with the bling!

Callie + James: Forever

So I finally got caught up on other stuff and had a moment to check out my images from Callie + James' wedding. I always enjoy second shooting for other photographers because it gives me an opportunity to play and come up with some fun images.



A private (pun fully intended!) moment for James just before the ceremony


The flowers were gorgeous!


but not more gorgeous than the bride!


I love their excitement as they came into the reception!


Coolest guestbook ever! James is a musician, so they had everyone sign an acoustic guitar!


On each table, they had little booklets with info about everyone in the wedding party!


mmm.... cake



All right, I'm off to the beach for some engagement sessions! Check back tomorrow for a sneak peek!

James + Callie

So this past weekend I shot at James & Callie's wedding in St. Augustine with my new friends Krystal and Andrea of Mint & Sage Photographic Artists. It was a gorgeous wedding and we had so much fun shooting it. I haven't had a chance to comb through all my shots (though Krystal has!) hence the lack of a full post here, but you can see the slideshow on M&S's blog.

Who needs sleep?

When you can shoot fun stuff like this! Between traveling back and forth to St. Augustine for a wedding Saturday and a bridal show today, I've had about 6 hours of sleep total in the past two days and I'm runing on empty. But I love my job and cool images like this make lack of sleep seem not so bad! More to come soon from Callie + James' St. Aug wedding!