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Erin + Tom : Fairy Tale Wedding at Walt Disney World

May 3, 2019 by Jensey 1 Comment

They were set up by their mothers. <3

All part of the same circle of friends in Siesta Key, Erin and Tom’s moms planned for Erin to join Tom’s family on a VIP tour at Walt Disney World. Sparks flew immediately, and they spent their first evening together at Top of the World Lounge at Bay Lake Tour watching Wishes… and subsequently staying up talking until 2am! I love that their wedding day brought this story full circle when they ended their day with a dessert party overlooking the Magic Kingdom fireworks. :)

Stacie of Fairytale Hair and Makeup did her usual magical job. <3

Erin gifted Tom Mickey cufflinks! <3

You know it’s a good day when you start the morning with a view of your wedding venue. <3

I love these photos of Erin writing Tom her wedding day love note, but can we talk about those SLIPPERS?!

First look time! :) First with Dad…

… And then her girls! :)

I looooooved how their ballroom turned out! Jamie was their planner and she did such a phenomenal job! :)

First dance magic. :)

Erin and Tom were engaged on the Grand One Yacht, and we were able to sneak away for some photos there during the reception! :)

Choreographed father daughter dance! :)

Erin and Tom, thank you for lettings us be a part of your day!! We wish you all the magic in the world! :)

Jenna + Tyler Wedding Part I : Grand Floridan Wedding

April 30, 2019 by Jensey Leave a Comment

Jenna and Tyler. <3

I love all of our couples, but boy do I love the ones who can roll with changes. Being an Orlando photographer, more often that not, we’re faced with Plan B’s. Maybe the heat is more than our bride anticipated, maybe there’s a freak cold front that brought 40º temps in March. More often than not, it’s rain. :( I feel like I spent more time on my phone watching the weather radar than ever on this day- Hoping and praying it’d just disappear, but instead, it just kinda threatened all day. Just about everything was moved- their cocktail hour, reception venue- Even Illuminations was canceled! We’ve never seen that happen!

But you’d never know it by being around these two. They took every change in stride and kept everyone else’s spirits up in the meantime! And with Disney, even the backups are pretty darn great. :)

I’m so excited to share photos from this wedding! From the classic silhouette of Jenna’s dress to her ponytail up-do at the reception, I felt like we were photographing a wedding for People Magazine! We loved getting to know their families and how crazy these two are for each other. Enjoy!! <3

These dapper gents!! <3

Nate *always* gets my most favorite relaxed portraits! Don’t even try to tell us you’re not photogenic- You just haven’t met Nate’s camera yet! :)

Reactions to seeing their girl in white! <3

Beauties. Every single one of them. <3

Whenever I see a bird before a wedding at the Grand, I assume it’s one of Cinderella’s checking to see if our bride needs help getting in her dress (she did not.) Thank you, bird! <3

Pleeeeeease click here for the rest of this beautiful day! <3

Lauren + LA : New Year’s Eve Backyard Wedding in Orlando, FL

April 22, 2019 by Jensey Leave a Comment

The most perfect New Year’s Eve backyard wedding you ever did see. <3

When we’re talking to someone we’ve never met and they find out Nate and I are wedding photographers, the biggest question we ever get is about bridezillas. (We don’t have any!) Then it’s something along the lines of, “how do you sacrifice every weekend?!” Then the conversation turns into a bit of a choose your own adventure book: I can either smile and shrug, or try to explain we don’t photograph 52 weddings a year, more like 25. And of those 25, some of those are Disney weddings that take place during the week. And some of *those* are even 6am start times on Wednesday mornings!

Another question we’re often asked is if we’ve had couples divorce, followed by some tasteless joke about how awkward it would be to photograph someone’s wedding again. Well, we’re in the wedding business. And yes, unfortunately people get divorced. I *do* think that we’ve had less couples break up than others, but yes- In 13 years of business, we’ve seem some casualties. And yes, we’ve also had the extreme honor of photographing favorite brides… Again.

See… Sometimes happily ever after doesn’t happen the first time around; sometimes it takes a little more time to find that perfect fit. And while divorce isn’t something I wish on any of our couples, I cannot explain the immense honor it is to be asked to be a part of the next chapter. To know that we did our job to the point that to them, another photographer isn’t even an option.

I went back and forth on whether or not to even mention that. Because today’s post is about Lauren and Leigh Ann. The family and life they’ve built together. But I felt remiss if I didn’t talk about the past a little to explain the joy I felt seeing these two together. Happy. Complete.

Lauren and Leigh Ann, thank you for the greatest honor a photographer could have. We love y’all!!!!