Terry & John | Sunken Gardens Engagement Session
Terry really wishes she could have the wedding at Sunken Gardens, so we’d be damned if we didn’t give her some portraits there :) This awesome couples lives in New York and we were thrilled that we got to hang out with them not only last October but again this week while they came into town for their engagement session! They are a tad bit geeky like us (comic books and the like) but they haven’t seen Avengers yet (gasp!) so we’ll have to talk again after that happens. If anyone ever wants to come to the office for a beer and talk about comic book movies just let us know ;)
Not only were these two awesome cuddlers, barely needing any direction at all, but they are definitely people we could talk to for hours on end. We really wish they were local so we could have them over for 5 hour dinner parties. Less than 5 months until the big day!!!
Jyoti & Romy | Indian Engagement Session on Sunset Beach
Jyoti and Romy will be having their 4 day wedding celebration in Seattle in just a few short weeks! They both love the beach (they even considered having a beach ceremony) and the couple will be living here on Florida’s west coast after their nuptials. We took them to sunset beach which has a variety of really cool locations and I love the traditional Indian attire that Jyoti wore for the first part of their session. The green and pink looked fabulous against the sand and water. These two were so sweet and were wonderful company for this gorgeous Saturday on the beach!
Bridal Inspiration | Provence
Back in December we were asked by MMD Events to shoot a series of Styled Inspiration shoots, 4 sets total, to be submitted to different publications and blogs. I absolutely love doing inspiration shoots, especially with this dream team of vendors, but because everyone requires exclusivity we have to wait until each one is published before we share it here. Well two of the four have been published so far so I get to start sharing! Provence was a french country inspired theme and we had the pleasure of being featured on one of my favorite wedding inspiration blogs, Elizabeth Anne Designs, a few weeks ago. I love the details from this set- the bouquet and the jewelry in particular. Ring shots are some of my favorite to capture on a wedding day so shooting the bling that International Diamond Source provided us was so much fun.
Set and Lighting: MMD Events / Styling and Florals: Amanda Allen Designs / Bridal Fashion: The Dressing Room / Jewelry: International Diamond Source / Hair & MU: Jess Waldrop
Anniversary Promotion!
Many of you know that Evan and I are celebrating our 5 year Anniversary this month! (That means we’ve been together 10 years- crazy!!!) Well we wanted to celebrate and add a little something-something onto the wedding package of anyone who sends us an inquiry from now until May 20th. You don’t even have to officially book with us this week, just shoot us an email/fill out our contact form/or even send us a facebook message and let us know that you saw our promotion either here or on Every Last Detail and you’ll be eligible for the package upgrade! That easy. We still have some prime weekends available in 2012 and are booking for 2013, so let us know your date! And if you have any suggestions of awesome local places for us to have dinner that night let us know that too :) We can’t wait to hear from you!
Brenda & Glen | Destination Wedding on St. Pete Beach
Brenda & Glen are the ultimate beach bums and parrot heads…. except they live in Ohio. So a destination wedding in Florida made perfect sense. Bring along 40 of your closest friends & family and you have yourself one helluva party. Not even the 25 mile an hour winds deterred this group from having a blast the entire day. All the little details of this wedding were amazing… from Brenda wearing her grandmother’s and father’s wedding bands, to every guest putting on a Browns jersey during the reception (the couple met tailgating) – this was one of the most high energy weddings we have ever been able to capture!
And of course we had our super fun Studio Booth set up for the guests!
Congrats again to Brenda & Glen!!!
Venue & Catering: Grand Plaza on St. Pete Beach / Cake: Cakes by Carolyn / Florist: Cheral Floral / Steel Drums: Bob Lyons / Officiant: Rev Tom Greene
Brenda & Glen’s Studio Booth | Tampa Wedding Photo Booth
Everyone who told me that a Monday wedding would be mellow was so wrong. We literally almost set the beach on fire, for serial. Here are a few shots from Brenda & Glen’s photo booth at The Grand Plaza on St Pete Beach. This group was a riot, we had so much fun. Can’t wait to share shots from their wedding soon!
If you were part of the wedding and want to see & download your photos, visit http://brendaglen.carolineevan.com/#/studio-booth/
Alison & Nick | Engagement Session at USF Botanical Gardens
Well we had a crazy weekend with some very weird weather between the thunderstorms over the weekend, the hurricane force winds during our wedding Monday and now the unusually cold weather. Luckily when we met Alison & Nick for their engagement session at the USF Botanical gardens we managed to avoid all of the rain and had a fantastic session with beautiful light and this adorable couple.
We should have been prepared for just how cute they’d be, since they are friends with Morgan & Morgan who tied the knot in October :) Alison & Nick couldn’t keep their hands off each other and just radiated happiness. To us, a session is the highest level of success when Evan and I leave even more in love with each other than when we started.
I absolutely love this shot. I can tell a lot about a couple just by the way they hold hands, and this is how Evan and I hold hands :)
Brenda & Glen | Sunken Gardens Engagement
Monday, Monday. It’s still the weekend for us in a sense because we are on our way to the beach soon for Brenda & Glen’s destination wedding on St. Pete Beach. They are from Brown’s country up in Ohio, and after they came into town this weekend we got to spend some time with them and get some engagement portraits at Sunken Gardens.
Happy wedding day!
Lauren of Every Last Detail | Headshots
We recently had a fun event for our fellow wedding pros for our friends in the business that were in need of updated headshots. One of our fabulous industry leaders that took us up on the offer was Lauren, of Every Last Detail. Not only does she feature all kinds of wedding inspiration, she also writes tons of helpful articles for brides to help them in planning their big day.
Well Lauren has been a huge part of growing our business over these last years, I wonder sometimes if she even realizes how much she has helped us. From featuring our work often to collaborating with us on many past (& upcoming) projects, she even helped us book a few of our first weddings. We were fortunate to meet her in 2009 (before she became a big deal and all) and I am so lucky that this pretty lady has become on of my dearest friends. The truth is she is so down to earth that you would never know she runs a national wedding blog. When it came time for her session I knew I didn’t want to just do normal old headshots. Lauren is such a warm, caring and fun person & it was really important to me that we capture that. Plus, she was the best subject ever (lay on the grass in my dress, sure!) and we always have a blast when we get together- whether it’s for work or to vent. Lauren, thank you for all that you do :)
Vanessa & Richard | St. Petersburg Engagement Session
Well Spring is here and so is wedding season (with Summer fast approaching). We got to hang out with Vanessa & Richard this weekend during their engagement session and they are just too cute for words. They also share our love for Uncharted (a video game that the boys play that is like a movie so the girls love watching- if your man loves gaming and you do not, definitely check Uncharted out). They are just so much fun and easy-going, these two needed no direction for their date in the park which included a flannel blanket, a rose and bench that are all a very important part of this couple’s story.
These two actually grew up in the same neighborhood and reconnected during a chance meeting. Richard is a total romantic- and their first real date consisted of a picnic on a bench in downtown St. Pete with a gorgeous view of the water. Well you know those people that go around to couples and sell them flowers? Well Richard shoo-ed one away because he wanted alone time but it turns out Vanessa really would have liked a rose. So she gave Richard an obvious hint. (She may have also suggested the romantic picnic). Fast forward and Richard was proposing to her in this same spot and now they will tie the knot in May!
Such a beautiful couple with a beautiful love, we can’t wait until the wedding!
