We won Bride's Choice Awards for 2012!!!

I want to thank all of our amazing clients that contributed to writing stellar reviews about Pure Emotions Photography and won us this years Bride's Choice Awards for the third year in a row!!!

The artist in me would not be able to do what I do if it wasn't for the amazing couples that come into my life and entrust me with one of the most important day in theirs. I am so grateful to be able to do what I love more than just about anything else on the planet as my profession every single day.

2011 was filled with amazing things for us. We were published on Lemon and Lavendar. We were featured in Rock N Roll Bride. We were featured in 3 different spots in the inspiration boards for Grace Ormonde Wedding Style Magazine !! We recieved two print publications in Pin Up America Magazine, one of them a 2 page spread and the other, a full 4 pages!!! We recieved Bride's Choice Awards in 2011. And, we recieved a print publication in the Don Cesar Saint Petersburg Wedding Guide. There are many other smaller things we were also included in.

The point of mentioning all of these wonderful accomplishments is to say that I'm not comfortable here. I want to continue to grow and become even better. There are so many areas that offer room for improvement and I aspire to get better and more creative and more unique each and every year. My clients inspire me and I can't help but hope that I inspire them a little bit too.

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Emily and Les's Engagement Reveal: Tampa Wedding and Engagement Photographer

Emily and Les are from Texas and they are flying in for their Florida wedding on July 2nd which will take place in Anna Maria Island. While they were here a couple of months ago, they left an entire day open in their schedule to do engagement photos with us!

We took photos at the University of Tampa and at the Columbia Restaurant in Ybor. Emily looks at Les with a love and trust in her eyes that is absolutely unique and breathtaking. I feel so honored to be entrusted with their love story and I really can't wait to photograph their wedding in a few short days!

Please enjoy the slideshow for Emily and Les's engagement photos. Feel free to turn your speakers on and press play when you're ready! Enjoy!

Cortney and Jerry's Country Engagement Sneak Peek - Tampa Wedding and Engagement Photographer

Cortney and Jerry wanted to do something a bit different than my usual style for their engagement photos. They wanted something reflective of their personalities with a Western/Country themed location. We spent a lot of time searching for the perfect backdrop and finally we hit the jackpot when Cortney lucked upon a really awesome place.

Jerry, like a lot of grooms isn't a huge fan of getting his photo taken but he was very cooperative and we were able to get some fantastic shots! This is just a sneak peek for now of some of our favorites from their engagement session, so enjoy!







We normally do the ring shot on the wedding day but I just had to grab this one during the engagement session for it's unique scale! :-) Isn't her ring absolutely gorgeous!?!










For this shot, we were almost out of daylight so we put an off camera flash behind Cortney and Jerry to rim light them and separate them from the dark background.


Until next time...

Melissa and Nathan's Wedding Sneak Peek : Tampa Wedding Photographer

Melissa and Nathan flew in from New York for a wedding at the Grand Hyatt in Tampa. Their guests flew in from all over the place to be a part of their big day. You may remember Melissa and Nathan from the fabulous IKEA engagement session we did with them a few months back.

Melissa and Nathan opted to do a first look and it was absolutely beautiful! More details and information coming soon. But for now, here are a few sneak peek photos from their special day!

Ingrid and Emrah "The rain can't hold us down" Tampa Engagement and Wedding Photographer

Ingrid and Emrah flew into Florida from another country to get married here. Since they were only here for a few days and had hired me to photograph their wedding, they also wanted to squeeze an engagement session in. The only day we could do it during their stay, mother nature decided to give us the worst weather of the entire year.

So, we decided to turn their engagement session that was planned for outside at a beautiful park into a studio engagement session. I have to say that shooting an engagement session in a studio was a challenge since I am such a compositional and artistic photographer. But, the moments and close up shots that we were able to get in the studio were awesome between Ingrid and Emrah! These two love one another so much!

Please click play on the slideshow to view their photos.

Published!!

Happy Monday everyone! This morning, Lemon and Lavender, a popular and fabulous blogsite published Melissa and Nathan's fun IKEA engagement session!!! I am so happy that they got featured because as a photographer, this is one of my favorite sessions. It was fun and different and most importantly, Melissa and Nathan were completely in love and were able to fill all the inbetween moments themselves.

To see the feature, just click here!

Tampa Engagement Photographer : IKEA : Melissa and Nathan's Reveal

Melissa and Nathan contacted us to photograph their wedding for May of 2011. They're planning their entire wedding from New York, where they both live. They had already done an engagement session with a local NY photographer that encompassed the city that they both love.

So, when they decided to book us for an engagement session when they flew into town to meet with and select other vendors for their wedding, we knew we wanted to do something different and unique. Melissa and Nathan's Manhattan apartment is decked out in furniture from IKEA and they both have a young spirited attitude and love to have fun together. So, we decided to call in a favor with one of our friends at IKEA to get permission to do their engagement session there.

We are the first photographers in our area to do an engagement session at IKEA and we were only able to find 3 other sessions blogged about an IKEA engagement session anywhere in the world! So, we just love how unique this shoot was!

We had an absolute blast. We took photos all over the place and did silly things. This was one of my favorite engagement sessions ever!

We hope you enjoy the full reveal slideshow!!

Tampa Wedding Photographer : Natalie and Deb's Hindu Prep and Ceremony

Natalie and Deb had a couple of days of wedding festivities. It all began on a Friday with Natalie's Mehndi ceremony which you can see a few posts below! On Saturday, the morning started early with the preparation for the Hindu ceremony and then led into the Baraat which was followed by the Hindu Ceremony. Later that afternoon, Natalie and Deb changed into American attire for their American ceremony which was followed by a full reception.

The following photos are from the Hindu prep and ceremony. Photos of the American ceremony and reception coming soon!





































































































Until next time...