Archive for July, 2008

Recent Baby and Toddler Portraits

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

The past couple of weeks we have had a bunch of babies and toddlers in our studio for portraits! It has been so much fun using all of our new backgrounds!

baby girl

baby girl

baby boy

baby boy

baby boy

baby boy

little girl

baby

little girl

little girl

little girl

baby girl

little girl

newborn

newborn

baby girl

baby girl

baby girl

baby in daddy's tie

baby boy

baby and grandpa's compass

Ritz Carlton Naples Wedding

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

Janna and Jason were married in Naples, Florida. Their ceremony was held at St. Ann’s Catholic Church and their reception was held at the Ritz Carlton. Janna got ready at the Pelican Bay condos. We got some great pictures of Janna inside.

bride

bride

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brideTheir cocktail reception was held outside in the Tea Garden at the Ritz Carlton. They had a great selection of different seafoods and refreshing cocktails.

Ritz Tea Garden

sushi

crab

cocktails

Janna and Jason had some lovely beach pictures of them and their bridal party.

bride and groom on beach

bride and groom kissing

bridal party

They had an intimate reception beautiful decorated in white - white curtains, white linens, white couches, white flowers…

reception room

The ring bearer was one of our favorite subjects for the evening…

ring bearer

ring bearer

ring bearer

In addition to their cake, they also served beatiful little tarts.

cake cutting

dessert tarts

wedding cake

The most unique feature of their evening was their ice sculpture…a martini luge!

martini luge

martini luge

Grandezza Country Club, Estero Wedding

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

Nicole and Shawn were married on May 31, 2008 at the Grandezza Country Club located in Estero, Florida.

Here are some of our favorite getting ready photos…

Wedding ring

Wedding ring

engagement ring

bride looking out of window

For the ceremony, they had these cute fans set on each chair.

fans

Grandezza has beautiful spots for pictures. This spot had great palm trees in the background.

bridesmaids

bride and groom

bride and groom

At the reception, Nicole and Eric had chocolate covered pretzels as well as little photo albums as party favors for each of their guests!

pretzels

photo album

Their cake was lovely…but check out their groom’s cake!

wedding cake

grooms cake

Here’s a great picture of the bride and groom during their first dance.

first dance

Verandah Country Club

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

Melissa and Trent were married at the classy Verandah Country Club located in Fort Myers, Florida.

Verandah sign

Here are some of the getting ready photos:

bride jacket

bride and flower girl

For their boutonnieres, the groomsmen had pipes!

pipes

pipe boutonnieres

groomsmen

The wedding ceremony took place outside in a beautiful area shaded wonderfully by some large Florida oak trees.

wedding ceremony

groomsmen

bride and groom kissing

At their reception they served Norman Love chocolates, located in Fort Myers, but known nationwide!

Norman Love Chocolates

bride and groom dancing

wedding guests

wedding cake

South Seas Resort Wedding

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

On May 3, 2008 Maureen and Alan got married at the beautiful South Seas Resort located on the very tip of Captiva Island. Here are some of our favorite images from the wedding…

They had frisbees made with their names and wedding date for all their guests!

frisbee

wedding rings

starfish ceremony decor

South Seas Resort has a lovely boardwalk for pictures!

bride and groom on boardwalk

For their table number cards they had pictures of the two of them from different places that they visited together.

table numbers

At their reception they had these lovely dessert parfaits in addition to their beautiful wedding cake.

dessert parfaits

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Captiva Island Wedding

Friday, July 18th, 2008

Tonya and Victor were married June 18, 2008 at the quaint Tween Waters Inn located on Captiva Island, Florida.

Instead of wearing the traditional white wedding gown, Tonya wore a beautiful tea length blue and beige lacy wedding dress. It was lovely on her!

wedding dress

Tween Waters Inn

They had an intimate ceremony on the beach where we took a few images of the wedding couple.

kiss on the beach

walking on beach

Tonya and Victor

At their reception they had an asian theme for their decor.

table signs

fortune cookie

Instead of having a wedding cake, they had scrumptious little cupcakes!

cupcakes

Castaways Beach and Bay Cottages, Sanibel-Captiva Island Wedding

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

Susan and Jeff were married at the charming Castaways Beach and Bay Cottages located where Sanibel and Captiva Islands meet. A perfect place for an intimate wedding.

wedding dress

rings

rings

bride and groom walking on the beach

La Playa Beach and Golf Resort, Naples Wedding

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

Laura and Brandon were married at the peaceful and luxurious La Playa Beach and Golf Resort located in Naples, Florida on June 20, 2008.

wedding dress

getting ready

engagement ring

La Playa

La Playa 

They had a lovely ceremony located on the lawn and formal bridal party pictures on the beach.

wedding ceremony

beach pictures

Their reception was held indoors in a lovely beachfront banquet room.

table decor

party favors