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Naomi + Markus [Married]

December 30, 2009 Posted in wedding

Ceremony site: Calvary Chapel Ft. Lauderdale – Boca Raton Campus
Reception site: Boca Dunes Golf and Country Club

We were so excited and honored when Naomi and Markus wanted us to photograph their wedding in beautiful south Florida. I was even MORE excited after the wedding because of the beautiful weather, beautiful locations, amazing families, fellowship and awesome celebration that occurred during that day!

There are a lot of images in this blog post so please sit back and enjoy!

To start things off, here is the beautiful bride and groom on the beach. More of this series later.

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The day started off at Naomi’s parents beautiful home where everyone was getting ready.

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The lion definitely likes what he sees!

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Markus and Naomi wanted to do the “first look” before the ceremony like we encourage all of our clients to do! Always such a special time.

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The ceremony was held at the beautiful campus of Calvary Chapel Boca Raton!

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Markus’ boy band shot!

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Naomi and her beautiful girls!

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After the ceremony, we headed to the beach! Loved this location!

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Big thanks Jenna for coming out with us to help! We had a blast!

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Always awesome to see a granddad with his granddaughter. This was no exception. Loved it!

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Naomi’s dad gave one of the most moving speeches I’ve heard. Amazing.

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With all of the activity all around us, this game must have been REALLY fun to play.

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Love sparklers.

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Thank you Markus and Naomi for allowing us to be an intimate part of your big day. We’re forever grateful and hope we did your incredible wedding justice! Enjoy!

Amber + Nick [epic]

November 12, 2009 Posted in wedding

Last weekend we made the journey across the US to the amazing state of Wyoming to photograph a delayed wedding session for Nick and Amber! This is one of their favorite places in the country and it was their dream to have wedding photos in this meaningful place…where they were engaged.

Heather and I were so glad we flew. Not only because we didn’t want to be in a car with a toddler for 30 hours but because it was so beautiful seeing the mountain ranges from the sky. I’m sad I didn’t have my camera out but taking care of Alana on the flight was a full time job and we couldn’t afford to carry anything else!

This was Heather and my first time to go to Jackson Hole, Wyoming and we were just blown away by the beauty and majesty there. I was secretly hoping to see Harrison Ford there but no such luck. He must not have gotten my message that we were coming into town.But we did see elk and two bull moose fighting and although I had to avoid stepping into Bison patties, we never got to actually see one.

We wanted to take the main photos on Saturday but it was extremely cloudy and there was a bit of snowfall. So we spent the day scouting for locations and calculating the best time to be at each place. Those pics are coming soon!

So on Sunday, we woke up around 5:30am and got out the door at 7 to be in our first location around 7:30. It was around 23 degrees outside. When the wind wasn’t blowing it didn’t feel that bad. But unfortunately the wind did blow a lot… making my subjects VERY cold. More on that later. Let’s get to the pics!

Here we are at the Grand Tetons! Incredible mountain range!

Eat your heart out, Ansel Adams.

Love the Snake River in this photo!

Nick and Amber were so cold, they were shaking and bumping into each other. They thought that was hilarious. Look at the wind blowing through Nicks hair. What troopers!

These fields we found near Kelly, Wyoming. A dream to photograph in!

Incredibly cool aspen trees. You’ll see more of these in a post from the previous day.

Oh my daughter’s poor hair. The weather is so dry that it caused major static and we should have used hair spray on it! Haha. But what a cutie, isn’t she?

Couple of moose we saw. A few moments after this photo was taken they decided to fight. Fortunately my camera has video capabilities so I switched over. You can check it out here.

Back to the fields at Kelly with Nicks family and closest friends…

Nick and his dad.

Amber and her girls!

Love this photo!

Alana with her aunt.

Thanks for looking! Be sure to check out more of our trip soon!

Erika + Michael [wedding]

November 6, 2009 Posted in wedding

Had the wonderful time photographing Erika and Mike’s wedding! They’re such beautiful people inside and out. It was just fun hanging out with them and their families for their big day. They only found me a couple of months ago and I was glad I had this day still open to them. So glad they found me. I really had a blast getting to know them better while doing their engagement session and knew their wedding was going to be a special one. Boy was I right.

Here are a few of my favorite images from the wedding! Check ‘em out!

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