Where to start? Sara and Juan have become so close to our hearts since we first met them so many months ago. Not only are they just really cool people in general (Sara was the first person to beat Nate in our fantasy football league this year and Juan is a chef at one of the city’s most loved restaurants!) They instantly helped us break down the barries of “hey I don’t really know you” and let us see them for who they really are. They aren’t afraid to laugh big and laugh hard and be goofy just because there are people with cameras around and we LOVE that because now, when I look through these images from their wedding, the smiles captured are absolutely contagious. You can’t look at a photo of Sara laughing and not smile yourself, because the laugh is so big and so REAL. If ever there was a day to let your happiness flow free, it’s on your wedding day…

Stephanie and Patrick don’t live here. But their families do. And in fact, Patrick’s parents have an amazing home filled with the most gorgeous antique vignettes so well styled you’d swear you walked right into the pages of Town and Country Magazine. It was the perfect backdrop for Stephanie and Patrick’s intimate, elegant backyard wedding. When you have a location like this at your disposal you don’t go looking for something else.

Stephanie did an amazing job of putting together elements to create a wedding that was both elegant and relaxed. And with the help of the event coordinators at Tickled Pink Brides (who are fantastically fun) the wedding day went off picture perfectly. We can’t say enough how sweet everyone in both families was to us and how welcoming they were by inviting us into their home on such a special day. We hope you enjoy seeing Stephanie and Patrick’s big day as told through our cameras…

This is one of the biggest wedding posts I’ve ever done. I couldn’t help myself. I just love this wedding. I love the details. I love the emotions. I love how Amanda and Adam completely trusted us to tell the story of their day however we say fit. I love how Amanda and Adam had a hand in almost every aspect of the day, from the paper goods designed by Amanda herself to the hand scribed details all over the reception by Adam (he even drew the tree that they used for their “guestbook”!). There was an implicit trust granted to us from Amanda and Adam and that trust allowed us the freedom to really get into their story and tell it in a meaningful way. We hope you enjoy this glimpse into their day as you celebrate this holiday of thanks with your families!

xo,
Becka & Nate

I love that Nate caught this shot of everyone watching our slideshow. *swoon*

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]]> http://www.studio222photography.com/blog/2011/11/amanda-adams-wedding-at-bella-collina/feed/ 5 http://www.studio222photography.com/blog/2011/10/one-of-my-favorites-beth-adam-in-historic-st-augustine-florida/ http://www.studio222photography.com/blog/2011/10/one-of-my-favorites-beth-adam-in-historic-st-augustine-florida/#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2011 18:22:42 +0000 Becka http://www.studio222photography.com/blog/?p=9516 This is one of my all time favorite weddings. I’ve been waiting to post it for various reasons. One of which is because I knew words would fail me and I was hoping that some great description would come to me but it didn’t. So I’ll have to let the images do the talking.

But first let me say that this was our first brunch wedding and it was on a rooftop in historic St. Augustine Florida. (At the White Room, to be exact.) And it was just all kinds of adorable. Beth loves how fancy hats are so she teasingly requested that guests don some sort of fancy little hat and surprisingly to her, almost everyone did! Some guests even rented authentic vintage ones from a nearby shop!

Also, this wedding is full of favorite images of mine but perhaps one that takes the cake is the series that Nate captured of Adam while he was all ready and waiting to see Beth for the first time.

He sat in silence on a concrete bench wringing his hands in nervous anticipation and the images from that moment are just captivating. Because that’s what this is all about- moments. The ones you want to remember forever and the feelings that were attached to them. I hope that Beth is always able to look back and know how tenderly she has been loved by Adam.

I hope you enjoy the story of Beth & Adam’s wedding day…

It’s always extra special when we shoot the wedding of someone who was in a past wedding of ours. Tracy was a bridesmaid in Francesca and Pasha’s wedding. And Francesca was down with us in Punta Gorda as a bridesmaid in Tracy and Justin’s wedding. Keeping it in the family, you know how it is.

But my favorite thing about this wedding was how many sweet father/daughter moments seemed to pop up throughout the finished photos. Tracy and her father had so many funny, tender, sweet, and special moments throughout the day… most of them going un-noticed by most the guests. I’m so happy to have them captured in these images so that they can always remember the special bond they had that day, and so that their family can see the moments that were happening behind the scenes on the big day.