Sneak peek: Crissy & Matt vero beach wedding

It was a very bright and hot day for a wedding, but nonetheless, that did not stop Crissy and Matt from having tons of fun on their wedding day! Here's a little sneak peek of the day. I had such a wonderful time second shooting with Jennifer Werneth :)

Anniversary photos

I very much want to say 'Vacation pics' as the title of this blog. But sadly I cannot. I cried and thought about it everyday, which made me cry all over again. I'm very sad to say that for the first time, I had a malfunction with one of my memory cards. The very one that I used to take a bunch of photos from our vacation week. I'm happy that there weren't any wedding photos on it, but it just makes me so frustrated and super angry at myself for not being able to do anything about this situation. I've tried recovering the photos but no luck there :(

Like my husband does: He points his index finger to his forehead and taps twice and says "It's all in here". IT'S NOT THE SAME!! I fire back, but I know he was just trying to make me feel better. The brain fails you sometimes and as time goes, those memories aren't as fresh anymore. but then again, the same goes for unreliable memory cards...*sigh*

Well now that my rant is over, I'd like to share just a few of the photos we do have that Jennifer Werneth took for us. One of the things I wanted to do during our anniversary week is have some nice photos taken. Our wedding were the last professional photos, which Jennifer also photographed by the way :) So who else to look to than her for updated photos. I've also been wanting photos for my website and profile so this was a perfect time to do them. I LOVE how they came out but here are a few of my favs:

If you're on my facebook, you may have seen this first one already :)

AnnMarie & Chanel graduation!

Congrats to my good friend Chanel and her mom AnnMarie!! All their hard work paid off as today was their graduation ceremony from college! They were both looking forward to this day for a long long time and I felt so happy for them that they finally achieved their goals. I was able to snap a few lovely photos just outside the ocean center before the ceremony started. They both looked so beautiful! See for yourself :)

Here is AnnMarie.

Daughter and mother graduating together :) Very special day!

Here's just part of the family. We will be getting together with all of them soon to get some more great shots!

On Vacation!

Tomorrow is our two year wedding anniversary! I can't believe how fast time has gone by, but we are excited and ready to celebrate our anniversary week. Tomorrow we have a shoot planned for us. I really wanted updated photos of us both so I can't wait for that. And for the majority of the week, we are off to orlando and will be staying at a resort there and hitting the theme parks! It's something we do often every year and we never tire of it :) Here is where we will be going:

It's been like twelve years since I last went to Epcot. Can't wait!! :)

Anthropologie {April 2010 Catalog)

Holy cow!!

I cannot express in enough words how in love I am with the 2010 April Catalog from Anthropologie.

...and it's not because of the clothes.

...well maybe a little because of the clothes.

They have really pretty clothes. Not really in my budget though :(

The reason I am totally impressed with this catalog is because of how it is layed out!! Yes, the layout in this catalog is EXACTLY how I love to have my engagement albums designed, and even some of my wedding albums!

1. It's not cluttered at all.

2. Because of reason #1, the magazine focuses on big pretty images, which in turn, focuses on what they want to sell, clothes.

3. Clean design. Lots of negative space which makes the catalog very fashiony.

4. Layout. I love love their layouts for this magazine. With each turning page, the images are placed in a very creative manner while still keeping it clean and focusing on the images. Even though the design is simple, each page has a totally different layout, therefore, makes the whole catalog so much more interesting and attractive.

See for yourself!! Here are a few of my favorite layouts from the April 2010 catalog. I'm definitly inspired.

Colleen and Oscar - Wedding at the Casa Monica Hotel

Colleen and Oscar decided to do things a bit different. They had their beautiful wedding at 9 in the morning!! I was soo excited when she told what their plans were because I've always wanted to shoot a wedding where when everything was set and done, it would still be daytime and have the rest of the day to do other things. And this is exactly what we did. After their reception at the Casa Monica Hotel, we were able to roam around St. Augustine for a little bit to shoot alot of their portraits. Don't they still look beautiful after all that dancing?! It was around 4:30pm and still very bright and hot outside. So we took shelter at the Lightner museum and there was plenty of good diffused light in their will all the beautiful trees and architecture of the museum. When we finished, Colleen and Oscar changed into casual attire and they were able to spend the rest of the day with their families in St. Augustine for the weekend. I thought that was such a neat idea! Oscar had alot of family who flew from Peru and friends from Ft. Lauderdale and so did colleen.

This was my first time shooting a wedding in downtown St. Augustine and I LOVED IT SO SO MUCH! St. Augustine is full of life and there are so many beautiful spots for photos, you'd need like an entire day to cover it, if not more! My AWESOME second shooter Norman and I arrived very early to scout out a few locations before I met with the bride. I always like to do this for all my weddings because you can sort of have an idea of where you want to shoot. That way, when it's time to take the photos, you don't have to waste time and think about where the good spots are.

On to my favorite photos of the day!...

I loved Colleen's maggie sottero dress. It was in a vintage champaigne color with lots of lace and intricate details.

This photo was taken in the hotel lobby of the casa monica. They have these huge oversized couches that kinda suck you in when you lie down, but so comfortable! Colleen stepped out of her reception for a bit and we snatched this photo :)

The first dance..

Father and Daughter

Mother and son. I like how she is peeking here to look at the camera

On our way to the lightner museum for photos :) I love this place!

Colleen and Oscar sneak peek

Colleen was a GORGEOUS bride and Oscar looked super sharp in his awesome tux! Can't wait to share more of their wedding but for now, here is a little sneak peek of the bride before the ceremony :)