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Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Tiffany and Chris – Crestview Florida

Come One! Come All!

This wedding was amazing to be apart of and my first carnival themed wedding! Another first for me was shooting at a new venue that was just opened up for events this past year. Funny thing is…is that I have passed this beautiful house since I was 12 always stating that I would love to live there one day and 15yrs later I was able to shoot a beautiful wedding at the Jernigan House.

Tiffany wanted every part of her special day to be unique and fun. They had popcorn popping and the smell of cotton candy was in the air. All of the bridesmaids wore different styled black dresses and fabulous multi colored shoes of their choice! The groomsmen wore suspenders with bow ties and newsboy caps….with the exception of Paddy who had to wear a sweater vest, but the squeaky wheel always gets the grease right?!(I kid..I kid) Paddy and Lily actually approached me to shoot this wedding a few months ago and of course I was honored that they would chose me to photograph their best friends wedding. You should go check out their work…their pretty dang awesome and drop dead sexy.

Well, back to the details…..another first for me was during the ceremony they opened up part of it to praise and worship. Ugh…yea..pretty amazing and such a beautiful moment. This wedding was a beautiful celebration of two people coming together along with their family and friends. Congrats Tiffany and Chris! On with the show…

It’s not a double rainbow, but it is still pretty neat how it showed up.

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Monday, November 15, 2010

Toni and Sam Florida Wedding Photographer

Toni and Sam have tied the knot! The weather was beautiful and the location was very unique. This particular plantation has never hosted a wedding so I was excited to check it out. Toni and Sam wanted a low key fun wedding with no fuss. Toni wore a fabulous knee length dress and Sam was able to do what a lot of grooms do not get to do…wear what he wanted! Yes…you read that right..Toni let him decide what he wanted to wear. This is rare folks.lol Enough talk and on with the show. Congrats Toni and Sam! Thank you for allowing us to be apart of your special day.

Toni and Sam from Sheena Ratliff on Vimeo.

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Monday, September 13, 2010

Jordan and Annalisa Florida Wedding Photographer

Jordan and Annalisa …Married!

I met Jordan and Annalisa a few months back through my very good friend. My friend has a way of convincing me to do just about anything for her and it just so happens Jordan is her brother-in-law and she decided to give them an extremely generous gift…me….just messing…she hired me to shoot their wedding. So.. I was 7mths pregnant photographing this wedding on a Friday in August…I was pretty much not taking a whole lot of work because of the heat and my beautiful figure was ever so changing. Of course getting to know these two made it all worth it.

Jordan is going into the military soon and they wanted to be able to get married in front of all of their friends and family. Everything took place inside which was great because of the heat. Annalisa wore a beautiful gown and for her something old she wore her grandmothers pearls…which was such a beautiful moment for her grandmother to help her put them on. Of course any wedding day can be a little hectic, but Annalisa kept her calm and of course Jordan like most grooms didn’t let it phase him a bit. These two are very relaxed and comfortable with one another…almost seasoned pros at this whole being together forever business.

The rain would come and go so we had very little time to take photos of just the two of them. We decided that we would meet up when they got back from their honeymoon to do a session. I have included a few highlights from the wedding and the awesome session we had after.To Jordan and Annalisa…May every day you spend together be even better than the last. Congrats!

Jordan and Annalisa from Sheena Ratliff on Vimeo.

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Monday, July 26, 2010

A Love Story Destin Photographer

I love these photos. I love this couple. David and Beth have been married for 12 yrs and they wanted an anniversary session. If you saw the lovely photos from their wedding…you would understand. I love it. They were so young and cute…they still are…just much more fashionable now. They know I couldn’t write this blog without commenting on their old wedding photos.

A little bit about these two crazy kids…David is my personal one man geek squad if that’s possible and the one person who probably comments on every single blog. He is a very encouraging person and his family I am sure feel very blessed to have him around..for the most part. Beth is a super talented woman who makes killer cakes and her chocolate frosting puts me in a sugar coma, but I can’t resist it. She will have a bakery up in the next few years so you know I will be raving about it when it happens..for now email me if you want an awesome cake for a birthday or special occasion and I will pass your info along. These two crazy kids have 4 kids….need I say more…they needed a day of just the two of them enjoying each other. It was an honor to share in this special time with them and Beth gave David a really nice wedding band to replace his old one too. Also a little kid was having a birthday on the beach as we were leaving and she was turning 12…strange huh. Crazy stuff!

Sooo…if you have tacky wedding photos and want to retake some fabulous anniversary photos…contact me. We will have a blast and yes I might make you jump in the water.

David and Beth from Sheena Ratliff on Vimeo.

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Sunday, June 6, 2010

Sam and Toni Mini E-Session

I love catching up with old friends and lately I have done just that. Toni and I went to high school together and share a lot of great memories. I am super excited for Toni and Sam! I cannot wait to shoot their beautiful fall wedding! I love catching people being silly and of course they tell me..you better not use that, but really it’s too funny to pass up. Toni loves me. She won’t get mad. This couple likes to have fun and for what’s worth Sam does not like being in front of the camera, but he did it just for Toni. Oh how he suffered.