Jennifer and Shawn are married!

Ceremony:  San Marco Preservation Hall

Reception: River City Brewing Company

 

American Idol....JACKSONVILLE!

First let me just say that I am a HUGE American Idol fan.  I love the show and refuse to miss an episode.  One of my best friends, Shane, is a amazing singer.  He was selected to take part in the "Fox 30's Jacksonville Idol".  They allowed 400 people to try out, and 2 were going to be selected to have an automatic audition on the 13th when Idol comes to Jax.  Though he wasn't one of the 2 selected, he was second place in his group (and almost first...one of the judges hesitated on her scoring).   These are photos from Fox 30's website:

I wasn't allowed to go in with them, but you better believe my ear was glued to the window to listen.  I was so proud!!!!

So wish us luck as we go do it all again...at the real thing on the 13th at Jax Memorial Arena with the other THOUSANDS of hopefuls in the miserable heat.  Can't wait!!!

Denise and Tim's Engagement Session at Cummer Art Museum

What fun we had!!   

I get down and dirty too.  We really didn't get dirty... :)

This proposal pose was Tim's idea.  So romantic!!

 

Edwards Family Photos

   

   

I'll definitely be adding to this post!

I've always wanted to post the funny photos that come out of sessions.  We cut up and have fun for most of the session so there's bound to be some laughing pictures, funny faces, or funny joke stuff.

He was jealous that I always have the girl sit ont he guy's lap...

The wind changed, and they got soaked by friendship fountain...

I don't know what this face is all about...

THIS is definitely one of my favorites!!!!  NO IDEA what he's doing!

 

We laughed for quite a while at this one.  He won't be able to live it down.

Notice the hole in Jame's jeans?  Yeah, it wasn't there when we started.  A wave came in and I was yelling for them to move.  He tried to grab his fiance and they both tripped and fell...except he ripped his jeans and had a bloody knee.  Their wedding was the following Saturday, and they had to spend quite a while on their knees during the ceremony.  He was miserable.

There is a bee that would NOT leave us alone!!!  Although I will say, they stayed very calm!

Michael was very clear about not wanting cake in his face...as we can see from the knife to Teresa's throat!  Never a dull moment around those two.

And yes, these two are using a SWORD to cut their cake!

I have to hand it to Jacqueline for getting him this good.  I LOVE a crazy cake feeding!

I have tons of funny pictures.  I'll be posting more.  It just takes me forever to search through thousands of them!

Kaytrina and John's Engagement

We had such a blast today!  I've been very blessed with such amazing couples...and these two are no exception.  Most sessions end up feeling more like just hanging out with old friends that I've known forever rather than a  'photoshoot'.   As you can probably tell, they chose the fort in Saint Augustine. 

 

Info from the knot

First of all, I LOVE the knot.  I'm addicted to the magazine and website even though I'm not planning a wedding (obviously)!    :)   It always has so many helpful tidbits of information.  As a vendor with the knot, they send us fun facts about all sorts of stuff.

 

Our Typical Florida Reader:

She's Smart

Average Age 29

96% are college educated or higher

She's Professional

89% are employed full or part-time

She's affluent

Average HHI: $98,500

She'll be engaged for over 10.3 months, on average

30% of our Florida readers were engaged for 13 months or longer

She's in charge

Florida brides pay 44% of their wedding day expenses

She loves TheKnot.com too!

On average, spending over 5 hours per week on TheKnot.com

YOU GO GIRLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

New Website

I've been debating moving towards a flash website for quite sometime...and I finally just jumped in!  Hopefully it will cure the SLOW load times of all those photos and make it easier to view the galleries.  If you see anything not functioning properly, please let me know.

Enjoy!!!!