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]]>The history of this beautiful home is interwoven through this family and it made for the perfect venue. Jenny's great-grandparents, Howard and Anna Durbin Sands Showalter, bought the home back in 1923 and transformed it from a Folk Victorian Farmhouse into a stunning Tudor Revival home. You'll see a beautiful portrait of Jenny's great-grandmother on the staircase that we recreated on Jenny's wedding day as well.
From the flowers, to the music, to the food, and every detail in between, this was an incredible wedding.
Congratulations Matt and Jenny!
Wedding Planner: Anna Christine Events
Catering: Arthur's Catering
Florist: Flower No 5
Cake/Dessert Bar: Sugar Buzz
Music: Beautiful Music
Rentals: Orlando Wedding and Party Rentals
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Charleigh was so incredibly amazing for her newborn session. I had to share some of my favorite images of this bundle of sweetness.
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Embrie was a perfect princess for her 3rd birthday session at Magic Kingdom. Her parents planned such a special day with 3 beautiful outfits (her mom even made one of them!!). It was so fun to hang out with Embrie as she embraced every character and soaked up all of the love and attention. It couldn't have went any more perfect. From Rapunzel, to Belle, to Tink, and even meeting Mary Poppins on the way to Aladdin's carpet ride (one of her favorite rides!), it was all perfection! Dream big little one.
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Meet sweet baby Lincoln. He was such a perfect baby for his session and gave so many adorable expressions.
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This precious baby smiled so many times during her session. She was perfect to work with and her big brother was the best helper. Everyone is smitten and rightfully so! Here are some of my favorite images from her studio session:
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Summer lovin, having a blast.
Lily, you're one in a melon! Happy almost first birthday!
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Precious Madison arrived weeks early and still weighed over EIGHT pounds! Her big brother, Brody, is smitten, as well as her parents.
Here are some of my favorites!
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Come to find out, this same bench at the lighthouse is where these two started dating! And even more amazing, the dad told me that he made the lighthouse into a puzzle and used that to ask her to marry him. Y'ALL! If this isn't the sweetest thing in the entire world, I don't know what is!! And I had no clue when setting this spot!! So ridiculously adorable.
We literally did this entire session in like 17 minutes (give or take 2 minutes). The storms were building, so we rushed a tad (okay, a lot....), and I talked a million miles per hour (but that's normal.... hahahhaaha) and it turned out amazing! Here are some of my favorites!
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Sunrise sessions are such a favorite for me. I love the quickly changing sky, so different in every image. The beauty of the ocean, the sky, the sand -majestic. Families getting up and traveling to the beach at this hour is absolutely worth it. I love every image from this session. Here are just a few:
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Layla is having a Frozen themed birthday, and her dress was so beautiful on her at the Magic Kingdom! Her mom and I are already planning her pictures for her next birthday. Can we top this? You'll have to stay tuned next June to see!
"Hands down, this is the best day of my life." - Olaf
A dream is a wish your heart makes - Cinderella
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]]>Being among the wildflowers, so beautiful you can see. Playing as a child, there's no place she'd rather be. The wind and earth so freeing, the landscape full of color. In a field of wildflowers, where childhood befalls her.
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Now, I normally don't give the first few warm-up images to my clients, because sometimes the kids are a bit more spooked, but this one made me smile way too much. Not only am I giving it to mom, I felt the need to blog about it.
This is normal. Kids are a bit confused sometimes as to why this photographer they don't even know wants them to hang out in a field, be happy, all whilst she's making clicking noises with a black box.
This is where the fun begins. And the magic, miracles, and craziness also start.
*Disclaimer* This doesn't always work on every child, but 95% of the time it does.
Implementing my magic, miracles, and crazy self (plus mom being an awesome help), and here's the next frame:
Now we are getting somewhere!!!
And then the next:
Folks, these kids are only 2 and 1. Amazing children!
And now they are totally warmed up, like 2 minutes later, and we have a quick, easy, gorgeous 1 year milestone session for Brennon, with some timeless portraits with his big sister, Bristol.
My advice - Trust your photographer. Go into a session without high expectations because we all know that kids can turn at any time. But the key, again, trust your photographer. Your photographer will give you prep to help guide you through a session. Your photographer knows the crazy cards. Your photographer wants the pictures to be just as amazing as you want them. And your kids truly want to have a good time. After all, portraits are to capture moments in time. Why not let them evoke playful memories as well? Relax, have fun, and enjoy capturing life.
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Fresh flowers + a bit of a woodland setup + adorable kiddos = a ton of cuteness captured!
It was a blast photographing these two again. Such sweet and respectful siblings. I love how much fun they had in our 15 minute session together.
Here's some of my favorite images:
Here are some of my favorite spots:
1. Mount Dora/Eustis
2. Mount Dora
3. Tangerine
4. Sanford
5. Leesburg
6. Leesburg
7. Leesburg - Woodsy
8. Leesburg
9. Tavares
10. Clermont
11. Winter Park
12. Winter Garden
13. Umatilla (additional small fee for use of this private property)
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]]>It has been a blessing photographing her throughout her 1st year milestones, too. Most recently, this whimsical cake smash. She had so much fun playing with her unicorn and tasting cake for the very first time. By the way, her mom made this adorable cake! Sage loved it so much she even hugged the cake. Complete preciousness.
Happy birthday, Ariyah!
Their maternity session was just a few days ago and the weather was absolutely gorgeous. Mount Dora has such beautiful scenery and is a perfect setting for photos. We wrapped up the session with a beautiful sunset (which always makes me want to do a silhouette portrait)! Now we patiently wait for baby's arrival. I am looking forward to meeting that little schnookums <3
February 25, 2017 was a gorgeous day in Inverness at Lakeside Ranch. This venue was stunning, and the details, decor, and bridal party were just as beautiful. I couldn't decide which images to post as a sneak peek, so I decided to make this blog post with some of my favorites.
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]]>Eddie's mom has the best ideas for sessions, and I was thrilled when she wanted to do a lumberjack theme. On top of that, she brought a smash cake that looked like a stack of pancakes!!!! Pretty sure he was more interested in eating the lantern though!
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I loved photographing Kara and her beautiful family. She is a very talented hair stylist, too! You can find her salon here.
If you would like to book a sunrise beach session in Volusia County, please contact me here.
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I had a blast photographing the Tuckers again, especially their little girl. She is so spunky and fun, and not afraid of the water. This makes for some very joyful images.
For these sessions, parents can bring in an outfit (or two), jammies, and a cake for baby (or babies!) to smash. I normally only post 10 images or so in a blog post, but I had way too many favorites and went a little click happy adding in pictures to share. Happy birthday, sweet babies!
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I love when clients want to incorporate things that are important to them in their session. Callen's dad is a firefighter, and mom had some great ideas for our photography session.
Here are some of my favorites:
Romper is a custom from Blu Monet and cake is from KatieCakes Boutique Bakery.
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