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Natalie & Danny | Romantic Wedding at the Heathrow Country Club

Sep 30 at 2:22 pm

Heathrow Country Club | Lake Mary, Florida

Natalie and Danny’s wedding was the first day of the rest of my life as a photographer. “Why the melodramatic opening line?” you may ask. Well, it’s because this was the first event that I got to shoot using the Canon 5D Mark II + 50mm f/1.2L and it was magic. My world was opened up to new possibilities and I got to see what a big difference equipment makes. Nate and I are huge advocates of the theory that photographers should be able to take amazing shots with any equipment but, you really can’t beat the quality of the images I have been able to take with this little machine. Of course clients like Natalie and Danny help…

Natalie and Danny had a gloriously romantic wedding and reception at the Heathrow Country Club in Lake Mary. Every detail was gorgeous and Natalie and Danny have taken a spot of one of our all time favorite couples to shoot. You may remember them from their engagement session in St. Augustine. They are both so much fun, completely in love with each other, and not afraid to be vulnerable and goofy in front of us or our cameras.

I wish I had the words to tell you how much fun their reception was. The entire crowd danced, and by danced I mean they were fire burning on the dance floor! This wedding was one for the record books. Thank you so much Natalie, Danny, family and friends for inviting us into your lives and making us feel so welcomed. We hope you enjoy these as much as we enjoyed making them…

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Biggest monogramed shot glasses ever…

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Gown by Alfred Angelo Bridal

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GORGEOUS

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These beautiful bouquets by Cheryl’s Distinctive Creations

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My favorite detail: guests poured one scoop of sand into each vase prior to the ceremony. The vases were then carried to the altar.

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One of my favorites, ever.

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Let’s talk for a minute about this cake by Michael Anthony Cakes… DIVINE! HEAVENLY! GORGEOUS!

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Interwebs, meet Danny. He was excited. It was his wedding day. ;)

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  • Rebecca:

    I love the getaway car shot. Awsome! And gorgeous groom shots (the bride is beautiful too, but sometimes she – not Natalie in particular, but bride in general – gets all the camera love.) Excellent job with the balance here!

  • Leandra:

    That getaway car picture is so classic and amazing all at the same time! I love it… the color, the moment, everything.

  • Fotografo matrimonio Milano:

    Great Job really nice pictures.

  • ohana photographers:

    “excited it was his wedding day” HI larious!!! love it!

  • Amber - Smitten:

    great wedding!!!! i love the one of her leaving in the car! great job guys! great job!

  • maria lang:

    oooh gorgeous! and that cake! amazing! great work guys!!

  • Danni Staats:

    Amazing…… all I can say is Amazing.

  • khristen:

    FAB job as always guys! The car is the kewwwlest!!

  • Katie Fields:

    Love, love, love these shots! My fave has to be the getaway car shot. As always, amazing work!

  • Karen:

    This is amazing. I love the lighting on the garter (I think?) moment. And the symbolism between the older hands and theirs made me want to cry! You know you’ve reached your ideal when you move people emotionally.

    Kudos!

  • Megan:

    Gorgeousness, as always!!!! Your photos get me so anxious.. 31 days!

  • Michelle Guzman:

    Love that venue. Your photos are great as always!!!!!

Tuesdays with Nate | The New Hotness

Sep 29 at 2:22 pm

Well we did it. I didn’t think in the beginning that it would happen, but we got a new (to us) car and we are both completely in love with it. It began a few months ago when Becka’s car (our shared ride) started making a strange popping noise every time we turned to the left. The popping turned to snapping and then progressed into a continuous noise of death so loud that neither of us could talk on the phone while traveling at speeds higher than 15 mph or even to each other without nearly shouting. And the most recent developments… sporadic AC failure, and a mysterious oil leak. We were at a point where it was becoming dangerous to continue driving it. We were at an impasse. With the crazy busy nature of our fall schedule and all the driving it promised, we couldn’t risk such an unreliable vehicle. To fix or to trade?


Naturally, my taste in automobiles varied greatly from that of my fiance and searching for a used car was not going so well. Becka limited our color options to white, black, and silver and was extremely picky about body design while I cared more about cost, power, and how the machine ran. I doubted that we would ever find anything and tried to talk her into just biting the bullet and forking out the cash to fix up the old Saturn. A few weeks later she sent me a link to a 2003 Pontiac Vibe located at a dealership in St. Augustine. A dealership that, without her knowing, I had grown up by and actually new the staff at. We made an appointment.


Well, by now I’m sure you can guess how it ended. After only a slight panic as we raced the clock to beat bank closing time, we signed the papers, transfered the titles, and drove off in this little beauty that our good friend Melanie Watson so affectionately named The Silver Bullet. Becka said goodbye to her old Saturn and we’ve been falling in love with our new Bullet ever since. Now we just need a new CD player so we can play music from our iPhones…. ;)


A last hug goodbye for the ol’ Saturn. Becka’s first and only car. She was a little sad to leave it there I think.

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Yes she wore boots. Yes it was approximately 135 degrees outside.

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Jingle them keys, go on jingle them keys…

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Tell me… what was your first car? When did you have to say goodbye to it?

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  • Becka:

    @Uncle Steve Be still my heart! Did my Uncle Steve just read and comment on our blog?! ;) I can’t wait to see you guys in November. CANT WAIT! xoxo

  • Steve Irwin:

    My first car was a 1969 Mustang . I left it IN the telephone pole. Not fun but will never forget it. Love you sweetie! You look good in anything. Uncle Steve

  • Janaye:

    I still have my first car. It’s a Honda Accord ’97 and it has 235,000 miles on it. Only major thing replaced was the transmition which didn’t die until 190,000. lol. My car’s a trooper! or more like the Energizer Bunny. It keeps goin’ and goin’ and goin’….

    Have fun with your new car! :D

  • carrie:

    CONGRATS! Getting a new car baby is something I enjoy, happy for you & looks like you are happy!! :)

    I totally loved this post for totally selfish reasons… and oh how I (I mean my bank account) wish I had kept my first car till it had died (on it’s own… I actually ended up killing it). Bear with me, I am a HUGE car lover and this post has inspired a bit of reminiscing…

    My first ride was an ’85 Silver Toyota Celica with the pop-up headlights. I thought it was SO cool. I ended up rolling it 3 months after I got my license, it was totalled.
    #2 ’85 Toyota Corolla, white, also hatchback coupe with pop-up headlights. Again, thought it was the coolest.
    #3 92 Toyota Paseo, red, no pop-up headlights but also very cool in my book…except for the fact that the little red sporty number tended to make me a cop magnet… not for dates, for tickets.
    #4 2001 VW Passat Blue Anthracite… my first brand new car, I felt like I’d made it as an adult. If only I’d realized I didn’t need a horrendous car payment to feel that way. Had this car the longest of any other before or after… it was a GEM!
    #5 2005 Chrysler Crossfire – Quarter life crisis car – purchased immediately after very unpleasant divorce. It made me feel better. I felt cool again.
    #6 2005 VW Touareg, black. Purchased a short two months after buying my house and realizing that I could only fit a can of paint in the Crossfire… not handy when you have bought a fixer upper and your 2nd home becomes Home Depot :) I loved this car more than any I’ve had. I want it back & I dream of it daily. DAILY.
    #7 1999 Subaru Outback, Silver. Purchased out of a feeling of needing to be financially responsible and not spend half of my paycheck on a car payment, exorbitant gas cost, etc. Oh practicality how I abhor thee. Being practical is sooo unglamorous, sigh ;) hee hee
    #8 tbd but I can assure you there will be one within a year. I love cars, I’m addicted to cars, I get bored with cars hence I will end up with yet another notch in my car ownership belt.

    Thanks for initiating the trip down memory lane :) xoxo

  • Becka:

    @Courtney I was totally sad leaving me car even though it was old and broken. As we pulled out of the dealership I looked at Nate and said “It doesn’t have feelings right? It’s not feeling abandoned right now right?” and I was only half joking. ;)

  • Chantel:

    My first car was a teal 1995 Plymouth Neon. I loathed the sight of it for the years I drove it and was excited to sell it. It truly taught me a lot about what is under the hood of a car since I was always getting stranded when the thing broke down.

  • Megan:

    Congrats on the new car!! Such an awesome feeling, huh?! My first car was a 2000 VW New Beetle. I loved her! She went away when my dad decided to trade in my mom’s 2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee and I asked if I could trade the Beetle in and take the Jeep instead… and he actually agreed. My dad can be a pushover when it comes to me sometimes! :)

  • Katie Fields:

    God, Becka, you are SO friggin CUTE! Rockin the boots! Can’t wait to see the “Silver Bullet” – miss you guys!

  • Mel McLellan:

    My first car is still sitting in our driveway. It hasn’t been driven in years but the ol’ 91 honda accord is still with us in all it’s glory! :)

  • courtney:

    LOL Ooops I meant the ‘radiator’ was broken. ;)

  • courtney:

    OMG my first car was a 1992 Ford Probe. It was a piece o’sheet, for realz. But I drove it for about 3 years because its all I had and I couldn’t afford a car payment! By the time I got rid of it it had no working windshield wipers (rain-x saved my life) the driver’s side window would not roll down, and the radio was broken so I had to drive in the summer time with my heat on full blast so my car wouldn’t overheat. Is it weird that I was sad to say good bye to it when I finally could afford to buy a new car?! LOL
    Congrats on your new set of wheels!

  • andrew boggs:

    my first car was a 1998 ford taurus, the front bumper was held on witch duct tape and zip ties. had a leaky sun roof, trunk leaked. and the mirrors were different colors from the rest of the car. It was a pimp ride though. Its what i drove my wife around in for a long time.

  • Tira J:

    My first car (on my own) not from the rents was a 1987 Acura Integra. I LOVED that car. I had to say good-bye because my newly minted fiance bought me a 2000 Acura TL. Well, I paid for half. :) I still see those old Integra’s on the road and wonder….. Last I heard, my brother’s friend who I sold the car to, wrecked it after having it for 6 months.

  • khristen:

    My first car was a Chevy Malibu. It was a great first car.. until that lady pulled out in front of me and my “go, go gadget brake pads” didn’t work.Now I’m still rockin a Chevy- trailblazer style!

  • hayley:

    Ooo geez…a 2001 Suzuki Esteem that i paid cash for at age 16.
    It was ghetto, but i loved it. Had to say goodbye when some idiot rear-ended me at a stop light going 45 miles an hour. I was lucky.

  • Becka:

    @Alissa I laughed out loud at that.

  • Alissa:

    Score–nice little whip!

    My very first car is not even nearly as embarassing as my current car. I tell you the truth–I currently drive a 1990-something Ford Escort station wagon. Not unlike the lady above me, it goes about 30 mph without shaking. For a long time (I’ve been driving this bad boy for a few years now) I didn’t care at all how lame it is. But only recently am I starting to realize how much it sabotages my sex appeal. All I need is a canvas bag of library books and a straw hat and I’m a total grandma!

  • Cheryl:

    LOVE the new car!!! Sad to see the old one go… My first car was a 4 door Toyota, 1975 and I wrecked it within the first month away at college…. Got a Toyota Celica GT, liftback and had that until after Rebecca was born… Time flys…..

  • Savannah Kenney:

    ’87 Ford Escort… went about 30 mph without shaking, anything over that it was like being in a blender. Got to say goodbye to it when my gracious aunt upgraded and decided to gift me her Honda Accord!

Erica & Brent | Engagement Photos in an Abandoned Theme Park

Sep 28 at 12:22 pm

Erica and Brent are our new muses. They are both way cooler than Nate and I so we get bumped up a notch by association. These two nearlyweds own one of the coolest places to have a brew in Orlando, Red Light Red Light. When we first met with them Nate brought up the idea of shooting their engagement session in an abandoned theme park. When they answered yes without even thinking twice, we knew this was a match made in heaven.

Nate firmly believes that this is our best photo shoot to date and literally draped himself over my shoulder the entire time I was sorting through these images going “Oh my gosh, Becka…. Oh! Oh… look at that one…” I know that Erica and Brent are to blame. Not only did they look drop dead amazing and had a great chemistry and adventurous spirit, but they were also willing to risk being chased out by police to shoot in the one place we knew would be perfect for their session. When I emailed Brent to confirm the date and time (and double check their bravery) his response was, “I don’t think there’s any other way to celebrate an engagement and coming wedding than with a little breaking and entering!” (Note: We didn’t actually break anything, the door was wide open. And there was no official signage telling us to stay out. That’s as good as a neon WELCOME sign as far as we’re concerned.)

I was actually the big baby since I’m a goody two shoes and practically jumped at every snap of a branch or chirp of a bird as we wandered through the abandoned theme park overgrown with flora and artistically enhanced with graffiti. But Erica and Brent were down for anything (and Nate was like a kid in a candy shop) and because of that we got some of the most epic engagement photos we’ve ever taken. I CANNOT wait for their wedding next year!

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Nate’s FAVORITE

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15 Bonus Blog points to the first commenter who can tell me what wonder of the world they are standing on ;)

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My FAVORITE

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tenderness…

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*OFFICE WARNING: Music is ON* See Erica & Brent | Portrait in Motion in HD at vimeo.com.

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  • Kristen:

    Welp, these are amazing. AWESOME job!

  • Becca:

    OMG!!! It looks more interesting now than it did when it was a functioning park :) The light in the pictures is so fantastic!!!! Love it!!

  • Brandy Burridge:

    Drooling at my screen looking at these fabulous pictures! I think I might need a bib.

  • Becka:

    @Megan… it would be a kick a$$ place for a “Trash the Dress” ;)

  • Megan:

    Very neat photos!! This woulda been really cool for our shoot, wish we had known about it! Not that I don’t LOVE LOVE LOVE our shoot though ;)

  • Amy Starks [Starks Photography]:

    That field shot with the flare looks like a slice of rural heaven. So awesome!

  • ohana photographers:

    abandoned amusement parks kick ace!!!!

  • alli:

    best.engagement.shoot.ever.

  • Stefanie Warren:

    My favorite is the “Who even knows? Not me” portrait. Beautiful- and where the heck is that??

  • Brandi:

    These are super rad. What a fun location and adorable couple. Great style!

  • Andrea [bella eats]:

    What a fabulous place to shoot! You guys are so creative, I love it. And I LOVE Erica’s outfit!

  • Kylene Gay:

    I thought for sure I’d be the first one with the right answer! But do I get bonus points for knowing the NAME of the abandoned amusement park? I went there on a 6th grade field trip, that’s the only way I would have thought “Great Wall in Orlando?” Love it!

  • Megan:

    . Nice shots, love the one under the awning, with them in the broken circle! A new scene I haven’t seen in there. Check out my skating pics in there in the Verbs section of my site, and blog!

  • danielle:

    These are my favorite photos of two of my favorite people! Multiple high fives!

  • khristen:

    truly amazing shots here guys!! Damn Morgan for guessing the Wall, lol :) (j/k)

  • Becka:

    @Jensey Thanks!

  • Jensey!:

    You guys. Seriously. I can’t stop looking at this post. :)

  • Mel Watson:

    Awesome session guys! We did moving portraits at our engagement sessions this weekend too!!!! So much fun! Love the great wall of china. High five to you both!

  • Becka:

    @Lynn We thought the same thing. It was surprisingly clean. We think that the city is secretly maintaining it a bit.

  • Tanya:

    THE GREAT WALL!

    LOVE these photos. Love Erica and Brent even more. (Erica baked a ton of mini-cupcakes for my husband’s and my one-year wedding anniversary!)

  • Ashley McCormick Photography:

    Beautiful photos you two! And I love the music choice for the video ;) Gotta love Twilight!

  • Lynn:

    Love them Becka! (and Nate!) Reading the description, I thought it would be a little grungier at the park. You need to come visit Detroit some time! Beautiful images, the light is amazing. Love the one in the amphitheater!

  • Morgan:

    Would that be the Great Wall of Orlando-China? What a fabulous idea for a location.

  • Becka:

    @Liz… nicely done! And at record time! ;)

  • Liz:

    Great Wall of China ;)

    These are freaking AMAZING!!!!! Love them all

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