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Bridal Tips: Anniversary Portrait Sessions

Anniversary portrait sessions with your hubby or wife are the perfect way to celebrate a one year, five year, or really any year milestone! Within just the first year, you would have taken the honeymoon of your dreams, potentially purchased your first home together, began married life, and may have even started your family or a new career.  For this month’s bridal …

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Fahima & Kyle’s Cypress Grove Estate House Wedding

Fahima and Kyle tied the knot during their Cypress Grove Estate House wedding in Orlando, Florida.  The two envisioned an outdoor ceremony filled with hanging moss, a romantic warmth, and lakeside vows.  Their indoor reception space was filled with photos of loved ones from both near and far, to remind their guests that they were at home and welcomed.  Marsala …

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Caitlyn & Nicholas’ Tavares Pavilion on the Lake Wedding

Caitlyn and Nicholas tied the knot during their Tavares Pavilion on the Lake wedding in Tavares, Florida.  The two envisioned a Florida wetlands theme filled with floral natural to our state, surprises of little gators from place card settings to post cards, and a beautiful mossy green color scheme. Nicholas first met Caitlyn back on December 31st back in 2011 …

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Brianna & Christopher’s Palmetto Riverside Bed & Breakfast Wedding

Brianna and Christopher tied the knot during their beautiful Catholic ceremony at St. Joseph Catholic Church and partied the night away during their reception at the Palmetto Riverside Bed and Breakfast. From traditional to modern, each venue tied in perfectly together. My sweethearts first met at their place of work. Chris at the time was actually Brianna’s manager, but they …

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Orlando Family Reunion

Orlando Family Reunion The Wesp family met me out at Lake Louisa State Park for their adorable family portrait session.  Mary, the leader of the pack and in charge of wrangling everyone up to meet for photos, planned a beautiful day filled with individual family portraits, group portraits, and couples portraits. I love how families can come together from across …

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Kristine & Anthony’s Mahaffey Theater Wedding

Kristine and Anthony tied the knot during their Mahaffey Theater wedding in St Pete, Florida.  Big brunchers, the two envisioned a daytime wedding reception that fit their style along with an outdoor ceremony overlooking the water.  Situated next to the Dali Museum, the two location share a gorgeous greenery space that was perfect for their ceremony along with a beautiful …

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Brittany & Matthew’s St Pete Engagement

Brittany and Matthew met me out in downtown St Pete for a botanical garden engagement session.  Scoping out the area before, we had been planning their session for some time and I couldn’t wait to finally meet my sweethearts in person. Having met over eight years ago at work, the two reflect back now about how they mutually felt it …

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Connie & Casey’s Up the Creek Farms Wedding

Connie and Casey tied the knot during their beautiful wedding at Up the Creek Farms in Malabar, Florida.  Surrounded by their loved ones, the two celebrated with their friends and family as they said their vows and danced the night away. Life seems to always have a plan laid out for you, whether you know it or not in the …

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Allison & Chris’ Leu Gardens Engagement

Allison and Chris met me out in Winter Park at beautiful Leu Gardens for their darling engagement.  The two will be tying the knot this November at Cross Creek Ranch located in Dover, Florida.  The gorgeous greenery, pastel roses, and other florals set the tone for a romantic session. It seems like time has flew by the two first met. …

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Connie & Casey’s Lake Louisa State Park Engagement

Connie and Casey met me out at Lake Louisa State Park for their engagement session.  Between the palm brush ground coverage and beach, our session ended up feeling more tropical than woodsy – love how dynamic and beautiful Lake Louisa is for our couple backdrop! Casey first met Connie in 2009 at Outback Steakhouse where they were both working at …

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Bridal Tips: Wedding Coordination & Planning

Wedding coordination and planning is a frequent topic we are asked about by our brides.  It can be overwhelming to both plan out your entire day, along with picking vendors, in addition to the actual set up when the big day comes.  Partnering with my sweet friend Katy from Coastal Coordinating for this month’s Bridal Tips, we are going to …

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Shelby & Tyler’s Downtown Mount Dora Engagement

Shelby and Tyler met me out in the heart of downtown Mount Dora, not far from where Shelby’s mom lives, for an adorably cute engagement with their pug puppy Thor.  Between the sun setting and the little shops we found to use as a backdrop along the way, their session was filled with stunningly sweet moments. My sweethearts first met …

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Nathaly & Hansel’s Leu Gardens Engagement

During a holiday trip down to visit Nathaly’s parents, Nathaly and Hansel made a quick trip to Leu Gardens for their engagement session, along with their two daughters.  The beauty of the gardens weathered the storm so well after our recent hurricanes, and it was such a treat to act as a little tour guide for my out of town …

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Ericka & Jason’s Country Engagement

Ericka and Jason met me out at Jason’s childhood home for a few engagement portraits before taking me over to their family’s local cow pasture where they raise the cutest, furry brown and black cows.  Just a few acres away from the pasture, the two will be building a home of their own and shared their first date under the …

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Paige & Dominic’s Kelly Springs Engagement

Paige and Dominic met me out at Kelly Springs for their Florida spring inspired engagement.  The two color coordinated in marigold orange and fun prints.  I love how the pop of color against the changing colors of the leaves works so perfectly! Back in September of 2012, Paige’s friend invited her to tag along for her boyfriends hockey game.  Little …

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Taylor & Chris’ Orlando Engagement

Making the journey from up North to the sunny state of Florida for the holidays, Taylor and Chris stopped by for their beautiful engagement session in Orlando at Mead Botanical Gardens.  It was so great to meet my sweethearts with just under a year left until their big day. Taylor and Chris met back in the Spring of 2011 while …

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Bridal Tips: Formal Portraits

Below are three great options to picking your perfect formal portrait option based on your family! Option One – Both Sets of Parents Together Partner I – newlyweds, parents, siblings with families, grandparents Partner I – newlyweds, parents, siblings Partner I – newlyweds, parents Partner I & II – newlyweds, both sets of parents Partner II – newlyweds, parents Partner …

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Sherri & Michael’s Banyan Estate Wedding

Banyan Estate Wedding Sherri and Michael tied the knot during their Banyan Estate wedding in Malabar, Florida. The two envisioned a day field with fun from karaoke to dancing, along with a softer theme of tons of floral, pastel blush, ivory, and gold tone colors. How They Met Their story began when Michael saw Sherri for the first time walk …

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Erin & Trenton’s Club Lake Plantation Wedding

Erin and Trenton tied the knot during their Club Lake Plantation wedding in Apopka, Florida. It has been an incredible journey getting to know the Netzorg family from capturing Trenton’s sister Rebekah’s wedding, to Trenton’s sister Dayna’s family portraits, to both Erin and Trenton’s senior portraits. Along this journey, these two sweethearts have become dear friends of mine, along with …

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Bridal Tips: Wedding Stationery

Wedding day stationery should definitely not be overlooked!  From the moment your guests receive your Save the Date to your wedding invitation, you will be setting a tone of the style of your wedding day.  Traditional, whimsical, or contemporary, your wedding stationary will provide guidance on your wedding for guests ranging from your color theme to the dress attire, and so much more. For our April …