Heather and Jonathan tied the knot during their Orlando Science Center wedding. From a beautiful ceremony overlooking Lake Formosa, to family photos under a dinosaur, and a rooftop reception under market lighting overlooking the city, every moment was beautiful and exciting! Our day started off meeting Heather and her girls at the Embassy Suites hotel for a few getting ready …
Jaclyn and Cody’s Lake Eola Engagement – Captured by Samantha
Jaclyn Heckle and Cody Allums met me out at beautiful Lake Eola for their downtown engagement in the heart of Orlando. Since the two were down to try any spot I recommended, I thought we would venture to Lake Eola Park for a fun session. My lovebirds actually met while Jaclyn was working aftercare at her school. At the time she had …
Jessica & Tyler’s Universal CityWalk Engagement
Jessica and Tyler met me out at Universal Orlando City Walk for their theme park inspired engagement. The two love spending quality time together having fun and enjoying date days at the park riding rides, dining out at CityWalk, and just having a blast together. My sweethearts actually met at Ball State University in Indiana when they were both in graduate school. The professor had …
Scott & Raul’s Gold and White Orchid Garden Wedding
Scott and Raul tied the knot during their Orchid Garden wedding in downtown Orlando on Church Street. You may remember my sweethearts from their downtown engagement underneath the iconic Church Street bridge and at their stunning wedding venue. The two actually started dating 27 years back when they met by chance at Winter Park Lanes. Scott at the time was …
Kara & Curtis’ Bowing Oaks Plantation Wedding
Kara and Curtis tied the knot during their Bowing Oaks Plantation wedding in Jacksonville, Florida. The two envisioned a day filled with friends and family celebrating, partying, and toasting to the start of their journey together. Located in the historic Bayard area, Bowing Oaks Plantation sits on five acres of rolling green lawns and sprawling oak trees. Beautiful rustic features on …
Danielle & Trey’s Cummer Museum Engagement
Danielle and Trey met me out at The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens in Jacksonville, for their beautiful engagement, which ended on the water at Memorial Park. My sweethearts actually met at the University of Florida when they were both attending graduate school. A mutual friend happened to show Danielle a picture of Trey and thought they would be the perfect match! As …
Jeanne & Josh’s Dickson Azalea Park Engagement
Jeannie and Josh met me out at Dickson Azalea Park in the heart of Orlando for their outdoorsy engagement along with their adorable pup Baylor. I just love how personal their shoot was in including their pup and their love of books at the end of our session! College sweethearts, Jeanne and Josh’s story began through their mutual friend Emily raving about Josh …
Kelsey & Alex’s Rustic Navy Timacuan Golf Club Wedding
Kelsey and Alex tied the knot during their beautiful wedding at Timacuan Golf Club. You may remember my sweethearts from one of their two, yes two!, engagements. The first was at Highland Manor for a rustic vibe and the second was at New Smyrna Beach where Alex proposed. However as much as I loved their engagement sessions, their wedding was the …
Heather & Jonathan’s Casa Feliz Engagement
Heather and Jonathan met me out in the beautiful downtown area of Winter Park at Casa Feliz for their engagement session. Heather just loved the beauty of Casa Feliz and the quirky, fun, small town vibe of Winter Park. Jon and Heather actually met on 4th of July at a friend’s celebration party. It was by chance that they both …
Tina & Daniel’s Downtown Winter Garden Engagement
Tina and Daniel met me out in the historic little town of Winter Garden, Florida for their engagement session. It was my first time meeting my sweethearts and after speaking with Tina over the past few months, I was so excited to finally give them both a big hug in person. Tina and Daniel actually met back in high school during their junior …
Cassie & Ruben’s Mead Botanical Garden Engagement
Cassie and Ruben met me out at the beautiful Mead Botanical Garden park located in the heart of Winter Park for their engagement session this past week. With the approaching storm, we really lucked out with some absolutely divine light and a breezy overcast day for their shoot. My sweethearts actually met at work while passing one another in the hall. The two …
Nicole & Andy’s Wooton Park Anniversary
Nicole and Andy met me out with my team for a beautiful and fun training session / styled shoot at the quaint Wooton Park near the Tavares Pavilion in Tavares, Florida. My second shooter Lyssa H. and videographer Samantha S. tagged along, while we training on finding the perfect light or as some call it ‘chasing light,’ our style, and …
Jenna and Brian’s Walter Jones Historical Park Engagement – Captured by Samantha
Jenna Duncan and Brian LaMendola met me out Walter Jones Historical Park in Jacksonville, Florida for their engagement, which just so happened to be the place Brian proposed. My two sweethearts actually met at church back home, but it wasn’t until Brian saw Jenna in passing during her freshman orientation at the University of Florida. Brian worked up the courage to message …
Kasey’s Lake Mary High School Senior Portraits at Stetson University
You may remember my gorgeous senior Kasey from a few of her sister shots with her sister Maddy during Maddy’s senior portraits at WB Equestrian. We planned out for the twins to have separate sessions that represented their personalities and location of choice. Maddy’s equestrian inspired shoot was perfect for her love of horses, while we headed over to Stetson …
April & CJ’s Leu Gardens Engagement
April and CJ met me out at their beautiful wedding venue Harry P. Leu Gardens for their engagement session. The two loved the idea of having both their wedding and engagement photos in the same location since it was just so beautiful and would be so neat to see two monumental occasions captured in a place they love. April and …
Emily & Tim’s Tavares Pavilion Wedding
Emily and Tim tied the knot during their Tavares Pavilion on the Lake wedding located in the heart of downtown Tavares, Florida. I feel like the Heavens were shining down on their love with so many special moments from a sun shower that began right when they shared a first kiss, to several rainbows all around the venue, and finally the night ending with …
Bridal Tips: Shoes are a girls best friend…
For this month’s edition of Bridal Tips, I thought I would cover the ever so fabulous topic of wedding day shoes! Verses getting into the details of the types of shoes such as kitten heels and pumps, I wanted to focus more on different types of bling, color, and fun options you can choose from to tie in with your …
Disney Bounding Family Session
It is always such a joy when I get to spend time with my favorite little girls Laila and Livia. For Livia’s four month session, we spent our time with her adorable cousins, aunts, uncles, and grandparents celebrating her cousin’s birthday. I am sure you quickly recognized a few Mickey and Minnie inspired outfits, as they were celebrating the birthday …
Jeanne & Gerald’s Bok Tower Gardens Wedding
Gerald and Jeanne tied the knot during their beautiful Bok Tower Gardens wedding outside among the oak trees by the Singing Tower. The two have to be one of my most ‘go with the flow’ couples ever when I first met Gerald in his workout clothes setting everything up. Jeanne was a ball of nerves and excitement ready to start …
Brittany & Jason’s Firefighter and Nurse Engagement in Baldwin Park
Brittany and Jason met me out in the heart of Baldwin Park for their puppy love engagement session. The two brought along their beloved pup Austin who is a four year old golden retriever that as Brittany puts it, turned them “into crazy dog parents,” because of how much they adore him. My couple actually met when they were “window shopping” on Match.com as they …