Stephani + Brahian

So this couple right here are near and dear to me and I am so happy I had the honor to take their engagement pictures!  I've known Stephani since she was about 2 years old and I've know Brahian since he was about 12, but in different circles and in different times in my life, and in a strange turn of events, they're getting married!  Ok, its not as crazy as it sounds, but when I think back on how I had no idea who Brahian was when Stephani was 2 and how he had no idea who she was when he was 12, it just blows my mind how it all came together! A little backstory...

Stephani and I grew up in the same church, until I was about 18 when we left to help my family start a Spanish church.  Enter Brahian...  Brahian started attending our Spanish church and we attended together for about 5 years when we decided to go back to my old church again and Brahian followed along. He was just a kid back then at 18.  But, as always, God always knows what He's doing! 

Brahian is not only a good friend, but a brother to me.  We've been through a lot together and I am so proud of the man he is today and all the things he has accomplished with his life!  He's an amazing example of perseverance and strength!  And Stephani has become a sweet friend in my life as well and I am glad that I have gotten to know her better because of Brahian.  What's funny about that is that her older sister and I were best friends growing up and now I have the chance to be good friends with Stephani.  And since she's marrying Brahian, she is like family as well! 

Brahian & Stephani, I'm so excited for you guys!  I know your future is bright and amazing!  I pray that God continues to use you both and that you do great things for His Kingdom!  Thanks for letting me capture your love!  And here's many, many more happy years full of love! 

Shanks Family

The Shanks family are some very sweet, very awesome people!  It is apparent from the people around them they are very loved.  And their little boys are also adorable!  Hudson knows what he wants and when and he's quite the charmer!  And little baby Landen is soooo sweet!  All together they're an adorable family.  Thanks Shanks family!

Raymond Family Mini

This awesome father/son duo were the best!  Kevin's sister is my friend and co-worker and she gifted this session to her brother for Christmas.  It was so much fun and you can really see the love and bond these two share as father and son.  You can tell that Zayden adores his dad and wants to do everything he does.  And he's also full of energy!  So cute!  Thanks guys for letting me capture your love!

Hutching's Family Mini

I'm once again catching up with my blog posts!

Here is a family that I love dearly and was so excited to finally get to capture!  Andrea and I have been friends since we were 15 years old in summer camp.  She grew up in Jacksonville, FL, but we remained friends through the years and would see each other at church conferences and such.  Well, God is good and gave her a great man who lived in Orlando!  And now she lives super close to me and they have the cutest little girls who have such striking red and platinum blond hair!  Adorable and sweet little girls who are both full of personality.  I hope you love this session as much as I did!

Andrea, love you girlfriend!  May God continue to bless your family!

Marin Family mini session

I was delighted when Adriana contacted me for family pictures! The Marin Family and I go a few years back.  They are some awesome and sweet people!  And their little girl... she's a photographer's dream!!  She smiled and posed and played along like this was her personal photo shoot!  But alas, this wasn't about her, haha!  Her husband Jonny's family were all going to be in town, which was something that hadn't happened in a long, long time because they all live in different parts of the world and she wanted to surprise them with family photos.  How sweet!  So Jonny, his mom, brother, and sister got some beautiful family pictures to go along with a sweet reunion!  Thank you for allowing me to capture such a precious family time!

Baez Family Session

I had completely forgot to share this family session I did not too long ago!  This is the Baez Family.  Elle Baez is a local photog who contacted me to do their family pictures and its always an honor to be asked by another photographer.

We met up at Urban Wetland Park, which I had never been to nor heard of.  And it was beautiful!!  Its like a piece of beautiful paradise in Orlando.  A beautiful lake surrounded by gigantic trees.  Simply beautiful.  So I'm so glad Elle found it and that we got to meet.  The Baez family is pretty awesome and fun!  Their little girl is so sweet and a dream to take pictures of!  Thanks for letting me capture your family!

Duncan-Wilson Wedding - Cincinnati, OH

I am so happy that I got the priviledge to photograph Lindsey and Nate's special day.  Lindsey is hands down one of the sweetest persons I know and anyone who knows her would agree.  We met a few years ago when she came down to Orlando for the Disney internship program.  She was a friend of a friend and started attending my church.   We clicked immediately and I love her! She is just as beautiful on the inside as she is on the outside and her happiness is contagious!   It was a sad day when she had to move back to Ohio, but God knows everything and she found her someone special. I don't know Nate as well as I know Lindsey, but from what I saw, he completes her.  They are perfect together and his love for her is obvious. 

So about a little less than a year ago, Lindsey contacted me and asked me to photograph her wedding saying she wanted no one else.  Well... no pressure.  haha!  And the day finally came and I got to fly out to Ohio for the first time!  (Which I found to be beautiful and picturesque, by the way).  It was a beautiful day!  ...Until about 2 hours before the ceremony and then it started raining.  But, they totally worked it out, made a few re-arrangements and it was just as beautiful! 

Lindsey and Nate, I wish you nothing but happiness and love for years and years to come. 

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Meyers Newborn Session

I finally got the chance to sit down and blog about this sweet baby and her family!  I am honored that I was asked to photograph them.  A little backstory...

I have often posted about a group of mom friends I have from an online forum.  We all have the same age kids from August 2012 and have become fairly close, although we've never met.  So I was honored when I was so graciously recommended to the Meyers family by one of those sweet mom friends of mine, Court!  (She also happens to be my blogger mom friend from A Life From Scratch.  Check her out!) She is very good friends with the Meyers from Chicago!  So one day I get a phone call and it was Joshua and they were going to be in Florida for the birth of the sweet baby girl they're going to be adopting and they wanted to do a newborn session after she was born.  I was so excited!  What a sweet, joyful thing to get the chance to capture!

The Meyers family are as genuine and awesome as they come!  I immediately felt at home with them in the midst of the chaos of getting ready for the pictures with a newborn & a 2 year old and Joshua telling me their amazing stories about adopting their two precious daughters.  I am so happy that they chose me.  The love is very evident in that family and I hope God continues to bless their sweet home!

Frymier family mini session

Its been a while since I've posted a session!  But I'm back!  The summer kinda slows down for me cause in Orlando, FL its just so hot to be doing outside sessions.  But I did a mini session give away to get things moving again and the Frymier family were the winners!  I've photographed this family before and they're always so awesome to work with.  Not only are they a beautiful family inside and out, but sweet, and amazing to work with.  And I just love little Levi; he is a friendly little guy who doesn't meet a stranger!

On a side note, we did the session in historical Mt. Dora, FL which I just love!  Its a cute little town with so many perfect pictures spots!  Unfortunately, this day, they were doing road construction right smack dab through the main street. :(  We made due though at a local historical house and a dessert shop!