One last day :-(

I LOVE shooting here so much. I'm already looking forward to my next trip. I'm flying tomorrow and I'll be back in the studio on Saturday. I am lucky though, I do go back to the Sunshine State!! So I won't complain!

Hello from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico! We photographed Mike and Melinda's wedding yesterday and I am still beat! We have taken so many amazing pictures. The setting for this wedding was something out of a movie. It was at Las Caletas, a tiny island with no electricity, only lite by candels... literally, thousands of candels. It was amazing! I'll be sure to post lots of pix, so check back!

11 days till Tiffany's due date! We can't wait!! Today Tiffany's mom came into the studio so Tiffany could take her portrait. I snapped a few quick shots of Tiffany in the studio too. I'll post a few.

Next week I am going to be in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, photographing Melinda and Michael's wedding. I'm really excited about the trip, but Keegan had better wait for me to return!! No coming early Keegan!

What a fun couple! Terry and Kelly were a blast to photograph. They had an intimate ceremony on the beach on Sanibel Island. My good friend, and officiate, Nan Deslems from A Romantic Island wedding, performed their ceremony and made the florals too. One of the neatest things with small groups (they had 6 guests) is that we have all the time in the world to wander around the island and create amazing images. We found this rustic old Florida path and had to take advantage of it. Kelly was so beautiful and they were both so much fun, I found endless inspiration photographing this adorable couple!

Last night Mike and I got to celebrate our birthdays with a group of friends at Harold's in Downtown Fort Myers. We had such a fun time. We pretty much took over the restaurant! Thanks to all of our friends who joined us and to Harold for preparing amazing dinners! Oh, and sorry to the 2 other tables that probably thought they were going to have a quite night out ;-) At least we only do it once a year!

Yes, Mike guessed the answer to the Impressions trivia question. Both Mike and Richard Avedon have the same birthday, May 15th. And they also both have great hair ;-) And of course they are both great photographers too!

Okay Mike, now you can officially say you've been compared to Richard Avedon!

Now, Impressions trivia question number two: Guess what tomorrow is!!!

I had a funny one recently. I was at a wedding taking my pictures and my assistant was checking off the brides must have photo's as we went along. This particular bride had given us a 3 page typed list of must have shots. She was so sweet and just wanted to make sure everything was captured, but there were so many specific shots, it sort of reminded me of a scavenger hunt! Anyway, we got most of the way down the list and realized that we had overlooked one, "Groomsmen walking like Pat Rack". Hmmm, I felt really stupid, but I had no idea who Pat Rack was. My assistant googled Pat Rack on his phone, there's a clown named Pat Rack... did they want to walk like clowns? No. As it turns out, it was a typo, they wanted to walk like the Rat Pack, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin... that made a lot more sense! And made for a good laugh.

After thinking about that day, I was thinking of ways to make a more effective list, so here you go:

1) Things like "the first dance", "the cake cutting", "bride and groom coming down isle" etc. are kind of obvious. AND, they just make it harder to pick out the ones that are things we may not have known to get, like you with Uncle Bob.

2) Try to keep your list to what is very important, leave some room for creativity from your photographer.

3) Review the list, make sure you didn't miss anyone and make sure you don't have your groomsmen walking like Pat Rack ;-)

With Mike and I both having weddings every weekend, and sometimes more than one wedding per week, I don't always get to post pictures from every one in the blog. We've had some really beautiful events with some of the most adorable couples that have slipped by the blog. Laura and Brandon are one of those couples. I photographed them 2 months ago in Fort Myers. We really loved everything about their big day. Their entire group was a treat to work with. They are one of those couples that are just so in love that capturing that in photographs was natural. As I told them when we said goodbye, I would photograph their wedding every weekend!

Mike and I usually go in separate directions most Saturday nights, each photographing a different event, but when there is an opportunity for us to shoot together we love it. James and Jaimie's wedding was one of those events. Mike and I had a blast shooting and got some truly amazing pictures! Mike is such a creative photographer, I just love the images he comes up with. I took a quick glance to pick a few for the blog and realized I had selected 89 pictures! I usually try to pick 5 or 6 that stand out, 89 might be too many! So, I had to narrow it down a bit. But I did go ahead and post a few fav's. Check them out! Such a sweet couple and a great day, James and Jaimie were really a treat to photograph!