Take a look at Liz and Charles’ fabulous Tampa wedding at Palma Ceia Golf and Country Club. It was a perfect Florida day for this incredibly fun couple. Congrats Liz and Charles!
To view their entire wedding gallery, go HERE. Password is the couple’s last name. Happy Friday- oh and HAPPY BIRTHDAY to ME. Yep……I am THAT kinda girl! lol!
Could not have asked for a better day to photograph the C family! Tiffany, Larry, and their two boys were just a pleasure to work with and it was special time for them to be together while their oldest son was home from college. Check out some images from their Tampa family session!
The light was beautiful where we were and this session allowed Tiffany to squeeze in some quaility time with her boys.
I love the color scheme going on with their outfits, it perfectly compliments the beach!
Want to know one of the latest trends in wedding photography? Well, for you future brides it involves a lot less clothing than your wedding gown. Boudoir! This isn’t just your typical boudoir session though, it is revolved all around you and your special day and can be a great suprise gift for your husband to-be (isn’t he lucky!). Every bride on her wedding day is looking beautiful, feeling fabulous, and is most likely preparing for the event at a great location. The hotel or room you are getting ready in can be the perfect backdrop, so why not take advantage of all the glitz, glam, and pampering you are receiving that day and slip on something sexy. You may be thinking, “Are these risque photos right for me?” Let me just say that boudior sessions are all about making sexy-classy. These photos will hardly be X-rated (rather PG-13) and will only be showing off the necessary amount of skin (think Victoria’s Secret, not playboy). We want to be leaving room for the imagination! Want to be part of this popular trend? Slip on something seductive and give your man a gift he will never forget!
Numbers, ratios, and basically math were never my thing in high school or college. When I took bio-statistics in grad school I thought my mind would explode. I realized I am much more of a visual person, so when I became a photographer ratios started to make alot more sense to me. Basically, digital imagery is captured at a 2:3 ratio (what you think of as your basic 4×6 small print). Any larger print at that ratio will not have anything cropped out of the original image- say for example a 16×24 or 23×30. The way I photograph, I tend to try to visualize the end piece of artwork in mind as I am shooting, so I do not have the mentality of “I will crop it later”. This could get tricky as we start getting creative with larger portraits. See below:
So how do we handle this dilemma when it comes to wall art? Simple! All of our wall art comes custom sized. For example, most people think of a 20 inch piece as a 16×20, right? However, if you look above you will see that a 16×20 cuts off a large portion of the original image. Sometimes this works, but sometimes it does not. As your artist, I want to have the creative latitude to be able to crop however I want, and not jam your images into a size that does not fit. So if a 20 inch piece will fit best in the wall space where you want to hang your artwork, we crop the short side of the piece to fit the crop in the most aesthetic manner. I may design it as a 14×20 or a 13×20- but the long side will still be 20 inches. Since all of our wall art comes framed or canvas gallery wrapped, you do not have to do any work or worry about trying to find a frame to fit that size as your piece will arrive perfectly sized and finished, ready to hang on your wall. We will even send our handy man to your home to hang your artwork for you! Hope you found this to be helpful!
Such an incredibly sweet love story for these high school sweethearts, as they got married at the Tampa Embassy Suites on the 12 year anniversary of their first date…to their high school junior prom! It’s so heart warming to see the deep and true love they have for each other, and it is amazing to see how their family and friends all adore each other as well (since they have all essentially grown up together!) Another huge bonus of why I cannot get enough Mari and Brett…..the are GATORS (we did their Gainesville engagement session at the University of Florida…gotta love that!)
A little surprise that Mari had planned for Brett….but for his eyes only! Here is a little tease…
The precious flower girls and junior bridesmaid!
Our groom-to-be, Brett!
And the groomsmen
Mari, you are seriously stunning!
Mari’s dad wears his heart on his sleeve…especially when he saw his daughter for the first time as a bride.
Our bride and her bridesmaids
Patrick captured this image of Mari’s bridesmaids. I kind of LOVE it!
Finally after 12 years…our bride and groom!
Did I mention these two are huge Gator fans? Well, so much so that they entered the reception to the Gator fight song doing the Gator chomp! They then had a 12 minute long choreographed dance to a series to popular songs from the last 12 years. It was crazy fun!
CONGRATS Brett and Mari on your beautiful wedding day and wonderful life ahead. We were honored to be there to capture your love story.
Thanks to Mari and Brett’s wedding team who helped make their wedding day so memorable and special: Wedding gown and Bridesmaids dresses: CC’s Boutique, David’s Bridal, and Bella Bridesmaid, DJ: Shawn Dunning (Vocals Unlimited), Hair Stylist and Make-up: Carole Errante and Lisa Callone (Salon 101), Ceremony site: Lee Rodriguez at Embassy Suites Downtown Tampa Convention Center, Videographer: Greg Huskin (AvStat Media), Florist: Hassell Florist (Kristy), Photobooth: Prints Charming Photo Booth (Tiffany), Cake Pops: Angie Croft at Pop Goes the Party, LLC, and of course…Wedding Photography: Andi Diamond Photography
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