I was so excited to photograph this family in Rosemary beach located right on 30A. I talked with the beautiful Mother you see in the portraits below and she was so enthusiastic and excited to have her family photographed. I couldn’t have asked for a more fun and loving family to photograph. Thank you all for allowing me to be apart of such an awesome time in all of your lives! You laughed at all my jokes and I know I am really not that funny, so that makes you my kind of people. 
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I am super excited about this blog. I had an amazing time photographing this beautiful couple. I couldn’t have asked for a more laid back bride and groom. If you look closely you will notice how Ciara scrunches her nose and shrugs her shoulders when she looks at Kyle. She turns into this giddy little school girl and you can tell that “I love Kyle!” was written all over her folders in school.lol If you think she is adorable when she looks at him…you should see the way he looks at her. He almost pauses to take it all in and he gets this little smirk on his face. If I had to guess..he gets the same giddy feeling, but would rather not show his giddy little school boy side to everyone.lol Thank you Ciara and Kyle for allowing me to photograph such a special day. It was such an amazing event to document and watch unfold. You both have such loving families and I can’t wait to see what the future will hold for you both. A big thanks to my second shooter for the day Tiffany Sims of Tiffany Sims Photography. Enjoy.
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Ceremony Site: Eden State Park
Reception Site: Embassy Suites Destin Florida
Event coordinator and Decor: Uniquely Created
Cake: Lolo’s Cakes and Sweets
Videographer: Lewis Cinema
This family is sooo beautiful! I loved every minute I photographed them. I knew Katie a little bit from a few years back and I love how people from the past come around again. I even worked in the same building as her Mom and I remember her Mom bragging on her.
When you fall in love and get married..it’s the greatest thing. When out of your love comes a sweet little baby….you can’t even describe how you feel. I believe these photographs just scratch the surface of how much joy Mr. T brings to his Mommy and Daddy. Enjoy. 
I love showing up to a portrait session with a large family and they give me those looks. You know…those looks like “I don’t know how your going to photograph all of us with these kids?!” type looks.lol I have a few tricks up my sleeve and I love a good challenge! It was a blast hanging out with this tight knit group. It is so nice to see such a strong family bond. You could feel how much this family loved one another. I will admit that the dark clouds all around us had me nervous because the radar said it was clear of rain, but it’s Florida right?!lol I think the darks clouds made everything stand out and to me the beach was a perfect back drop for this fun family! I hope you enjoy taking a look at this beautiful family as much as I enjoyed photographing them.
This wedding was so laid back and beautiful. The ceremony took place in a pecan orchard and the reception was right in front of their home. I don’t know if you could have picked a better back drop for such a special day! It’s funny how I got this wedding. I had never met Shelley and I was already booked by her sister Tiffany my fellow photographer friend who second shoots with me! I expected Tiffany to take the reigns of this special event because she is super organized and she don’t play.lol When I met Shelley I couldn’t stop laughing because they are complete opposites! Tiffany is more reserved and Shelley is loud and crazy like me. I kept thinking to myself….”no wonder Tiffany likes me!” I wondered how Tiffany could even handle me sometimes, but little did I know Shelley has conditioned her for crazy people like me to come along in her life!lol
I love laid back weddings. Everything about this wedding was clean and simple. The beautiful arrangements on all of the tables were hand crafted by Shelley’s beautiful Mother and all of the ladies flowers as well. Shelley wore a beautiful dress with some pretty sweet cowgirl boots…would you expect anything less from a cowgirl? Her hair and make up were stunning along with all of her fabulous ladies in their very summery bright dresses. The colors and flowers really popped out in the beautiful green grass. The ceremony was very private and filled with love. The reception is where I don’t think Bill and Shelley sat down for more then 5 minutes! They have so many friends and family! I can’t tell you how kind they both are and how much everyone cares for them. It truly was a wonderful celebration of two people coming together.
Well, enough about every little detail! Thank you to my friend Lily of Paddy and Lily Photography for second shooting with me! Congrats to Shelley and Bill! Thank you for allowing me to photograph such a special day! I hope you enjoy these photographs as much as I enjoyed taking them!
Dresses-David’s Bridal
Hair- Crystal Powell- 850.398.3411
Make-up- Paint Me Pretty
Catering- 98 BBQ
Cake-Say Cake
Rentals-RSVP Weddings
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