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Lauren + Keith : Wedding Part II

January 25, 2012 by Jensey 4 Comments

Continued from Lauren and Keith’s Wedding Part One! :)

Lauren and Keith’s ceremony and reception were held at the Longboat Key Club and Resort. Before we knew it, it was party time! :)

Such a sweet touch- Lauren hung paper lanterns above the dance floor.

Miss Emily, the maid of honor, reading her speech off her phone. :)

Alpha Delta Pi chant/ cheer/ wedding song thing. :)

My favorite moment of the night- This little guy was stealing the show with his dance floor somersaults…

… And this ring bearer was totally jealous of all the attention. Look at that face!!

Sometimes I think bouquet toss photos are more fun when you can’t see the flowers. ;)

I know it’s hard to believe, but this gorgeous gal is my little sister!

The dance floor was crazy! So much to shoot.

My sister’s old roommate, and our hopefully someday-bride, Sarah. <3 Random fact: Sarah was actually a guest at a wedding we photographed nearly 5 years ago, before she even met my sister! She spotted herself on our old website one day. :)

Last dance, Dirty Dancing style. No brides were harmed in the making of these photos!

Lauren, I love you!!

I love that more and more of our couples are doing this- Lauren and Keith shared a private moment in an empty ballroom while their guests got set up for their grand exit. :)

Lauren and Keith, we love you guys!! Thanks for the fun wedding!

More blog posts featuring Lauren and Keith! <3

Lauren + Keith : Wedding Part I

January 24, 2012 by Jensey 8 Comments

Words can’t express how much I adore Lauren Paige. When upcoming brides are constantly commenting on the blog, talking about us on Facebook, and telling us how excited they are for the wedding, well… That in turn gets us crazy excited for the wedding! Lauren is one of my little sister’s sorority sisters, and I’m hoping to become their official ADPi wedding photographer, because I love those girls. :)

I’m pretty sure this is the definition of a perfect wedding day. Did I mention it was like 70 degrees that day?!

So sweet. :)

Bows are my favorite. Lauren’s gown for the win!

Nate’s favorite. :)

Lauren, you are gorgeous.

Lauren must have picked her bridesmaids based on their good looks, because they were all so perfect! :)

This flower girl couldn’t keep her hands off the ring bearer!

Married face!

Keith was such a stud!

My favorite. :)

Lauren’s wedding day timeline gave us plenty of time for portraits of the two of them around sunset. No first look needed! :)

Lauren and Keith’s cocktail hour included a few games of cornhole for their guests. :) Click here to see part two of this beautiful wedding!

Kim + Mike : Wedding

January 13, 2012 by Jensey 2 Comments

A few times a year, we begin photography at a local spa. The great thing about these locations is that, by their nature, they’re very calm places. We like that. :)

So we started the day with a very calm Kim and about 30 minutes into the day, we realize one of our past brides is working at the front desk! And I don’t mean we shot her wedding 4 months ago, it was more like 4 years! There’s no photo, unfortunately, but it was nice to see you Lea!

A little bit of hide-the-bride in the nursery and down the aisle we go!

I don’t remember his name, but their pastor was amazing. :) When Nate remembers something that was said, you know it was good!

If you follow us on Twitter at all, you might remember something about a zoo wedding in November. This was it! In our ~6 years of weddings, we’ve never had an opportunity quite like this. Thank you, Kim and Mike!! :)

As any blog reader knows, I’m a big proponent of the first look. It usually helps smooth out the wedding day timeline. But then there are days like this where we have over 90 minutes for portraits before the reception! While we took Kim and Mike around for photos, their guests got to explore the zoo. So cool!

Kim was a dream to work with all day- Light rain didn’t phase her at all when we arrived at the Brevard Zoo, and when she suggested we go into the aviary for photos in her wedding gown, my jaw dropped!

In the back of my head, I’m thinking, “You know what birds do, right?!” Those of you that know me well know that birds and I don’t exactly get along. As in, Nate would probably have to escort me out after 15 seconds, and there would have been tears, screams, and blood. Hello, haven’t you seen The Birds?! Oh, and no photos would have been taken.

I gladly passed off my camera to Nate and went to play TinyTower on a bench. ;)

Luckily, no one else in the wedding party must have seen Alfred Hitchcock’s movie, or they were incredibly brave, because I love these photos Nate got!

FAVORITE!

Brushing the bird off her shoulder like it was nothing. Kim, you’re amazing!

Pretending to feed the giraffes since they never showed up. :(

Love me some Baobab trees!

During the first half of the cocktail hour, this little guy was brought out to entertain the guests. For the second half, a sloth came out to… do slothy things.

“Helloooo, we’re married people now!” I can only assume this is what most couples internally chant as they’re being introduced.

Just as first looks have increased exponentially because our brides are reading the blog, so have private last dances! While all the guests are outside preparing for their sendoff, the couple spends one last romantic dance together in an empty room.

Kim and Mike, thank y’all for being such a dream to photograph! AND FOR THE ICE CREAM!!! :)