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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

Filed Under: Disney, General, Weddings Tagged With: dftw elise, dftw pamela, disney's wedding pavilion, feature, grand floridian wedding

Jenna + Tyler Wedding Part II : Reception at Epcot’s China Pavilion

April 30, 2019 by Jensey Leave a Comment

Continued from Jenna and Tyler’s Wedding Part I! :)

After their ceremony, it was on to portrait time around the Wedding Pavilion! :)

This liiiiiight! <3

5 minutes of downtime sure does look different now vs. 2 years ago! Super quick video call with Ollie to tell him goodnight! <3

Their reception was supposed to be outside in Italy but got moved indoors to China for bad weather. They absolutely took it in stride though, and I kinda love that we got some portrait time in a pavilion we’d never shot in before!

Jenna’s ponytail was my favorite!!! :)

Anytime you have a Disney attraction sign behind you during a wedding moment- I call that a win! :)

Jenna and Tyler’s wedding day was also his birthday! Jenna surprised him with a special cake and everything! :)

Teamwork makes the dream work! ;)

Jenna and Tyler, we loved loved working with y’all. Thank you for the honor!!!!

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Alexis + Miranda : Light Pink and Gold Princess Rainy Wedding at the Grand and American Adventure Rotunda

February 4, 2019 by Jensey Leave a Comment

If you’re a loyal blog reader, you *may* recognize Alexis and Miranda from their Disney Springs engagement session with Nate last year! Remember this cute moment?!

Anyway, since editing those photos, I’ve been so excited to photograph their wedding daaaaay! And it finally came and I cannot wait to share photos. Here we gooooo! :)

The girls got ready in the Grand Floridian Villas. Alexis and Miranda had their hair and makeup done together, but split up when it came time to get dressed!

I spy with my little eye… <3

One shoe from each bride. ;)

Alexis requested her dress be photographed with the Mary Poppins fountain in their lobby and I was mooooore than happy to oblige! <3

First look time!!! As you’ll soon find out, their day was full of rain and tornado warnings (no.. seriously!) but I’m so happy we got a break from the sprinkles for this moment! :)

Then they did separate first looks with their fathers, and this one of Alexis with her dad just makes my eyes well up immediately!

And then THE moment I’ll never forget. Ever. The photos you see below will forever be burned into my wedding memories as long as I live.

It all started out well enough… We got word that awful weather was on its way so we had cut portraits shorts and get our brides in Cinderella’s Coach *immediately.* And we did…

Hooray! What a happy, special time! And then….

… Y’all, it was a MONSOON. I’ve never seen anything like it! As soon as their bums hit that velvet seat, the skies opened up and this happened! I’m so happy they had umbrellas to block the openings from sideways rain! But I mean is it just me or is it still a little magical?! <3

That poor driver!!

Don’t worry, Alexis and Miranda made it safe and sound to their ceremony at the Wedding Pavilion! :)

Alexis and Miranda’s officiant was Renee from A Lovely Ceremony, which meant their ceremony was unique! Instead of a unity candle, they opted to have a lock ceremony! An iron tree wall hanging sat on an easel with a lock on it. The lock is a one-time use lock with no key to symbolize the commitment they made. :)

Bare feet with their aisle runner! <3

Getting a first look of their empty reception hall! The American Adventure Rotunda is truly one of my favorite venues!

Alexis’s favorite moment from their wedding day- A practice first dance before their guests arrived. :)

Look at those loving parents watching on! <3 <3

The rain took another break to let us shoot some fireworks photos!!

Love this one right before their bouquet toss. :)

THE BEST WAY TO END A WEDDING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Alexis and Miranda, thank you for having us for your dreamy rainy luck-filled wedding!! We love y’all!! :)

Filed Under: Disney, General, Weddings Tagged With: american adventure rotunda, disney same sex wedding, disney wedding, disney's wedding pavilion, epcot italy isola, feature, grand floridian wedding, orlando same sex wedding

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