Rebecca and Justin: Engagement Photo Reveal

Rebecca and Justin did their engagement photos really close to their wedding date so we didn't get a chance to edit all of them before we shot their wedding. But, what an amazing journey it has been with them so far! Rebecca and Justin got all dolled up in 1950's wear for their engagement session and I got us into this awesome place to shoot at! Justin wore a Fedora and some awesome wingtip shoes and Rebecca went shopping online and got a couple of cute pin-up style dresses. I sent her to the amazing Amanda Craft for hair and make-up and they showed up looking unbelievable.

Rebecca and Justin came over tonight to see their photos. They were nervous because they are both overly critical of their own selves so they thought they would only like a couple pictures but they said they liked 41 out of 43! So, yay for that!

They smiled and giggled as they watched them on the slideshow in our living room and it made tears of happiness swell up in my eyes! Rebecca and Justin, we love you guys and we can't wait to do your wedding photo reveal, to shoot your day after/ trash the dress session in November and to design your amazing album!

Without further ado, I give to you.. the hot, smokin', rockin' awesomeness that is.. Rebecca and Justin!











































































Mwah!!



Until next time....

Eve and Dan - Wedding First Look - Saint John, Virgin Islands

Eve and Dan flew Latanya and I into Saint Thomas for their destination wedding. From Saint Thomas, we took a ferry over to Saint John and spent the day capturing the love between these two. Eve's mother and father were the only guests for this small, intimate affair so we got to do a "first look" and had tons of time to go take pictures elsewhere.

These are just from their first look for now. More to come very soon so check back to see the entire reveal.

From atop the roof of Eve and Dan's gorgeous villa, I looked down and saw this stunning view of Saint John.

I knew I wanted to do the first look there but Eve said I'd have to convince Dan because he is deathly afraid of heights. The white part of the rooftop (the only flat part) was only about 5 feet wide and after much convincing, Dan agreed to stand about midway so about 3ft. This was far too close for me to frame them with the background in the shot so I climbed the slanted part of the roof (you can see a tiny piece of it in some of the photos). Dan teetered out and the poor guy was terrified but that all seemed to dissapear the moment Eve tapped him on the shoulder and he turned around and looked into her beautiful eyes.

I give to you, Eve and Dan's First Look!







AWWWWWWWWWWWWWW !!!!!!!



Eve was frickin ridiculously adorable in this next photo! You can feel her excitement jump through the screen and grab you by the heartstrings!



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I did a vintage warmth edit to all of the first look photos but I especially loved it on the close ups of Eve and Dan. There are regular color pop versions of these also but I am choosing to show the vintage-y edits. :-)





Back to regular color..





And more vintage baby!





That's all folks.. Until next time..

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Alina's Trash the Dress: Photo Reveal

I have been waiting for so long to finally get to Alina's Trash the Dress photos and be able to edit them and now they are finally done! I just smile so big when I look at these pictures that I cannot contain the joy I feel and the accomplishment I feel with the transformation of them from their original state into that of artistic imagery.

Alina brought the energy on set and along with that, she brought a pair of awesome cowboy boots, some rockin Ed Hardy shoes, a colorful bicycle and some red heels and super fun sunglasses. It was because of the additional styling items that it added that perfect touch to this already amazing shoot.

We, after many months of playing tag with the owners, were able to shoot at this rockin' car junkyard and within it, there were so many photo opportunities. It was a blazing hot day, mid afternoon and the dirt was blowing all over the place and caused a haze in the air and was getting into my camera but we didn't care. We just kept shooting. I cleaned the camera, fixed the haze in photoshop and fell in love with these unique images.

Alina, thanks for being a trooper and bringing your energy to the shoot. We had so much fun shooting your wedding and then your Trash the Dress session. If you ever want to come back to Tampa and finish trashing it, let us know!!

Without further ado, I give to you... the reveal!!

(P.S. There's like a million photos and some I couldn't choose between b/w or color because I did extra enhancements to the b/w photos too so I am going to post both for some of them! :-) ....)

Hope you enjoy!



















and the same one as above but in color. I couldn't make up my mind which one I liked better. I love them both for different reasons!



You would think this girl has modeling experience! I swear, she brought the hotness to the shoot and outshone the bright, sweltering sun!









Color or black and white again? Tough choice. Normally I always prefer color over b/w because color just pops to me but I did contrasty editing and made the black and whites skies almost black to bring mood into them, to create drama and to make Alina really pop out in the photos and it worked so I love them equally!!









Alina's white parasol was another perfect touch for a few awesome photos!







Alina has legs for days. Even in those cowboy boots. She held nothing back and did every crazy pose I asked her to do and it shows!













Alina's new hubby, Donald loves VW's so we spotted this gem out in the junkyard and snagged a photo with it just for him!



Pouting because her groom wasn't there on the day of the trash the dress session.. Alina's pout is soooooo frickin adorable!





Alina then broke the bike out of her tiny car and put it together and put on her Ed Hardy sneaks and we took a few shots right before we ran out of gas and called it a day...



Loved the shadow of her in this shot..



And a close up shot of those kickin shoes!



My favorite from the bicycle shots...



And riding into the horizon... last shot of the day..



That's all folks. Until next time......