Jarelis “Getting Ready”

Besides the father-daughter dance, the bride’s final preparations are one of my favorite parts of the wedding day. Friday’s wedding at the Casa Monica with Jarelis and Hank had the perfect set-up for bridal prep- a calm bride, a gorgeous uncluttered room, and perfect window light. Just lovely.

dress relected in the armoir

Jarelis getting her make-up done

Her favorite niece Alexandra looks on as Jarelis gets her make-up done.

Bride's reflection in a hand mirror

Mom helping Jarelis with her gown.

Diem Kieu and Nino

Last week, I had a family session scheduled for a mom and her son- Diem Kieu and Nino. Hubby/daddy is deployed in the military and they wanted to capture some images to present in a nice album and send to him while he’s away. There is a wonderful organization called Operation:Love Reunited that matches families with photographers for this reason. So, we meet at the park and stumble across this gorgeous butterfly garden. Nino started picking flowers for mom. It was really sweet and I loved how the flowers framed mother and son. So, I take this opportunity to post a few pics and salute our military troops and their families.

Mother and Son, pictures for Daddy

Mother and Son, pictures for Daddy

Ryan and Josh engagement session

Ryan and Josh are a couple who live in Alabama and are planning a wedding in Jacksonville next month. While they were in town last weekend finishing up some wedding planning details, we squeezed in an engagement session downtown at Memorial Park. We had a gorgeous evening with wonderful light…even though the mosquitos did try to get us I’m looking forward to next month and their wedding at Epping!

Ryan and Josh engagement session

Ryan and Josh engagement session

Ryan and Josh engagement session

Maureen and Jeremy’s Wedding

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of photographing Maureen and Jeremy’s wedding at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church and their reception at the Marriott Salisbury in Jacksonville, FL. After a traditional wedding mass, the happy couple joined family and friends for dinner and dancing. Congratulations to Maureen and Jeremy!

Floral designer- Kelley’s Bloom Room
Entertainment/DJ- Alan Franco, DJ Connection
Cake- Edgewood Bakery
Video- Tiffany Video

Simply Maureen

St. Joseph's Catholic Church wedding

Maureen and Jeremy

The rings

Kelley's Bloom Room did an awesome job with decor and floral design!

First dance

Morgan-Urban Cowgirl Chic

Don’t you just love this dress? As soon as Morgan arrived with it I knew immediately what type of session we were going to create for this city girl living in Kansas City! I call it Urban Cowboy Chic. Love it!

Makeup by Tricia

Urban Cowgirl

Morgan rockin' the pink pin-up umbrella!

Urban Cowgirl-Morgan