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Colt : Downtown Winter Garden Family Session

August 16, 2016 by Jensey Leave a Comment

Friends, meet Colt; the little bug here squinching his face and making this one of Nate’s favorite family portraits! :)

Colt’s sweet momma found us on Instagram(!!!!). She reached out to us after being in need of some official family portraits and her wedding photographer left Florida. I never wish that for someone, knowing how dear our couples are to me, but I’m secretly so happy to have them as part of the Root Photography family now! :)

We met up in our favorite portrait location, downtown Winter Garden, for some play time!

All photos below taken by Nate. <3

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One of my favorites!!!!!!

This blue wall is always my favorite backdrop for Nate photos, but especially when you pair it with piercing blue eyes!!

Hi, Colt! <3

Colt, we had so much fun with your sweet family and hope to see you again next year! <3

Kelsey + Christian : Orlando Florida Wedding Photographers

August 15, 2016 by Jensey 5 Comments

Their mutual love of a Japanese video game brought Kelsey and Christian together as teenagers, and finally they’re married! :)

These two planned their Disney wedding from Oklahoma, and not only was this trip special because they were getting married, but also because it was Christian’s first visit to Walt Disney World!

We loved getting to know this sweet couple and Kelsey’s sweet family. Her family is full of Campbell’s Soup employees, and they surprised us at the end of the evening with a Campbell’s soup onesie, pacifier, and “Future Campbell’s Soup CEO” bib for Baby Root! <3 <3 <3

I love that they had custom cocktail napkins at the bar with random facts about them as a couple. :)

It was a rainy one, y’all (which only means tons of good luck!), but luckily Kelsey had two of the most dapper men on hand to help out! :) Caaaaaaan we talk about the back of this dress for a minute? Thanks. THANK YOU, COORDINATING MONORAIL! <3 Yeah.. About that rain. :/ But see those smiles?! Kelsey and Christian FTW!!

Jesus loves me, this I know! <3

I love this shot Nate grabbed of Kelsey and her dad practicing for their big number!

I told you it was a big number! ;)

Then this off-leash dog stopped by! :)

Kelsey and Christian, we loved getting to know y’all!! Can’t wait to share the rest soon! <3

Deborah + Aleš : Lake Mary Events Center Wedding in Orlando, Florida

August 9, 2016 by Jensey 2 Comments

When Deborah and Aleš met playing tennis at a league last year, it didn’t take long for them to realize they’d both found someone special. After all, their first date lasted 8 hours! <3

Aleš is from the Czech Republic and last summer, he brought Deborah home to meet the family. One year later, and his family was flying here for their Florida wedding. Not all of Aleš’s family spoke English, and even though some of the day might have gotten lost in translation, it was a beautiful thing to see how happy everyone was for these two. Deborah doesn’t speak much Czech and her new mother-in-law doesn’t know English, but there is already so much love between these two from their mutual love of Aleš.

Their wedding at the Lake Mary Events Center was absolutely gorgeous. I couldn’t get enough of the happy pink and blue palette and THAT. CHUPPAH. <3

We loved this vendor team so much, and huge props go to the incomparable Lana of Fairbanks Florist based out of Winter Park. Lana was a ball of sunshine and I’m so glad we finally got to work together! :) This was our second wedding with Susan Southerland of Just Marry! and the day went so smoothly with her at the helm. And while I could go on and on about how much Deborah and her family adores Susan and loved working with her and she did a great job and yadda yadda yadda, but I will more importantly point out that Susan has a vast knowledge on Pokemon Go and helped me level up while we ate our vendor meals! ;)

Of course, Jeffrey Stoner was there to film, and wedding days with Jeffrey never, ever feel like work. Jeffrey, thank you so much for sending Deborah our way- We had such a wonderful time and can’t wait to do it again. (Seriously, Root brides- Go check out his page and book him for your wedding!!)

And now, on with the photos! <3

I love seeing our guest books at weddings. :)

I MEAN. <3 Quoted from FairbanksFlorist on Instagram : “I put a lot of thought into the design. I created 18 individual floral arrangements which were all individually attached to the chuppah and after the ceremony we took the individual arrangements and put them on either side of the nine tall reception centerpieces to complete the table centerpiece design!”

My favorite part of the ceremony- Their rabbi let them whisper sweet things privately to each other while he spoke to their guests.

MAZEL TOV! <3

One of my faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaavorites!

Just the most perfect. <3

Jay Edwards of Liquid Entertainment was both the DJ and in charge of the uplighting. Between his, Susan’s, and Lana’s talents, the room looked so magical! :)

Loved their choreographed first dance! :)

Seriously- It feels like summer camp every time we work with Jeffrey! <3

Deborah and Aleš, it was such a joy. Thank you so much for letting us join your wedding adventure! Mazel tov! <3

Deborah + Ales : Rollins College Engagement Session in Winter Park

August 4, 2016 by Jensey Leave a Comment

Seeing as Deborah and Ales were married last weekend (!!!!) and their wedding preview post will be going up in the next week or so, I thought it’s probably a good time to share my favorites from their engagement session around Rollins College Campus. It felt like it’d been forever since we’ve shot around there! :)

This first one is my faaaaavorite! <3

Deborah and Ales, we can’t wait to share wedding goodness soon! <3