The wedding, at the gorgeous Addison location did present Ashley with plenty of opportunities to panick due to schedule issues serious enough to force us to split the family portrait sessions into THREE chunks… yet Ashley was the image of calm.  Brian is indeed a lucky man…  he got himself a gorgeous bride with nerves of steel!

Here’s a sneak peek of the wedding.  Enjoy those photos. 

I hope you enjoyed this sneak peek. The full set will be ready within the next 5 or 6 weeks.

Incredibly fun couple, incredibly fun wedding.

We wrote about our experience a bit in our sneak peek, so we’ll leave you to the images soon…  however we did want to mention once again that we had a fantastic time photographing your wedding.  Your wedding featured the first time ever we heard the Jurassic Park theme during a wedding ceremony, one of the most amazing mother-son dance photos ever… look below, how amazingly sweet mom’s glance on Andy is …. our favorite pj photo to date (you’ll have to figure that one out yourselves) the first time a couple actually ASKED for FLARE (yes!) our first Bridal Session at Vizcaya and our first blue wedding shoes!

Villa Salcedo was a gorgeous wedding venue, we look forward to being back.

This was also our last Canon wedding, which alas, meant the last time we used our beloved 35L … and yes the “favorite PJ shot” was shot, of course, with the 35L

behold, the equally gorgeous, equally fun Natalie and Andy!

for more images of the bridal party as well as some more dancing shots (find yourself!) see our facebook page

The full set is up on the proof site.

Once again guys, thank you so much for trusting us with documenting this glorious beginning of your new life together.  It was amazing to share the day with you and your families.

Lisette and Alessandro Di Sciascio

You get an incredible evening punctuated by moments of emotion that take your breath away… and a crazy fun party, all wrapped in one.

Here is a sneak peek from their special day…. watch the blog for much more coming soon!

Oh yeah… and of course… if you’re having THAT much fun… who knows what might happen… maybe even Lady Gaga might show up…

I could write a lot of words about Jim and Krystin. I will say this: the day I shoot my last wedding I will probably spend some time thinking back to the years doing this and undoubtedly I will think back to fun clients, the crazy clients, and the most amazing clients. There is no doubt in my mind that these two will occupy a special place… and while it may seem cliche’ to say this I really do hope that we manage to keep in touch, maybe bump into each other when life allows it… anyway, those of you who are reading this are most likely their family and friends, so you know what I’m talking about.

It’s been a long time since Jim first asked if someone would shoot engagement photos for him and Krystin. It wasn’t really supposed to work out either… he was looking for someone in St. Augustine… a full 5 hours away. I volunteered nonetheless figuring I could stay with family in Palm Coast. Life intervened and before you know it I was shooting their engagement in Miami, in gorgeous Vizcaya and then down to South Beach. Oh they weren’t engaged at the time, Jim surprised Krystin in the middle of our “vacation portraits” wink wink. Oh and I hired an awesome photographer friend, Tony Schreiber to shoot the engagement with me… just to make it doubly-epic.

Fast forward what seems like a lifetime and Lisette, Tony (Jim and Krystin decided to go for the “Signature Second” option) and I were on a plane bound for Virginia.

It was such an awesome experience. Walking into the Salon and hugging Krystin as not just a client, but a friend who was getting married that day (we’re facebook friends and had chatted many times about the wedding and about silly stuff as well), and of course meeting her mother and sister and the rest of the bridal gang.

The shot above was taken from outside the Salon.  Kudos to whoever keeps those windows clean.  Great job!!!

Throughout the set here and of course in the full set that’s now live on the proof site you’ll see some amazing photos by Tony and some epic captures by Lisette… she probably won’t read this, so I’m going to take an opportunity to say how proud I am of the dedication she’s been putting into helping our business take leaps and bounds forward. I won’t identify all the shots taken by them but I’ll point out a few that I really love.

Here’s one Lisette took from the opposite angle that i took the one above:

I loved the idea she had so I had to get a shot of her in action:

Tony’s shot

Tony again

Tony on left, Lisette on right… love them both!

Lisette… ok I’m done identifying shots … and talking for that matter… images until the end, and closing words.

The end.

Thanks guys for being so awesome. Thank you for trusting us with creating a document of this wonderful new beginning. Thank you again to Krystin’s mom who thoughtfully packed a bagged lunch for the three of us as well… thank you to everyone in the bridal party for being so cool to work with, and for not making fun of me for the catastrophic slide down the side of the mountain (LOL). And for laughing at my jokes, and for never getting enough of “Sexy Tiger, Sexy Tiger!”

Ciao!

Alessandro and Lisette

Oh yeah… all the photos are on the proof site. Click here and go to Weddings… and then on to Jim and Krystin’s gallery.

We knew we’d have  great time shooting this wedding for two reasons… because we had a blast with them during their engagement session (they brought a lot of ideas to the table) and because we knew quite a few of the people in this wedding were people from another awesome wedding we shot about a year ago.  We were NOT disappointed.

Here’s a longer-than-usual sneak peek… a bit long in the making too actually… (we’re still adjusting to our switch to Nikon so the processing is still taking quite a bit longer than before) enjoy!

Oh… you will have to come back once the set is done as among other things this wedding featured the most emotional mohter-son dance we’ve ever shot.  J and his mom were so incredibly adorable!!!!

Everyone in South Florida knows that address and dreams of a Wedding at the Ritz Carlton South Beach. Andrea and Adam and their guests flew a combined 2,537,790 miles to all be here for Andrea and Adam’s wedding.

Ok, so I may or may not have made up the number there, but a lot of guests flew in from the U.K. and a lot of others flew in from all over the U.S. I’m pretty sure the only ones who drove to the wedding were Lisette and I

The wedding was spectacular. If you’re friends or family of the couple you already know what a stunning and cute couple they are. The bridal party and many of the other guests at the reception were welcoming and fun… I had a blast with the guys when they were getting ready … we had the long-tie crisis, which resulted in a lot of laughs and eventually in a solution so astonishing I can’t even bring myself to write about it.

Ok, I’ll stop talking now. Here’s the sneak peek from Andrea and Adam’s Northeast US meets UK wedding at the Ritz Carlton SoBe.

Enjoy!

What a stunning couple!

You’ll have to wait to see more but we thought we’d give you a little apetizer while you wait

Natalie and Andy are one of those couples that … at the end of the wedding… we’d like to pack up and take home with us … adorably, ridiculously sweet, full of energy and oh soooo good looking! They’re both SCAD graduates, and they’re both a hoot.  I mean, seriously… who has a wedding cake with wizard figurines? Who says “we want flare in our photos!” ? Who plays the theme to Jurassic Park as one of the entrance songs? Awesome people do, that’s who!

By the way… if you’re a couple like that… that enjoys photography, don’t take yourself too seriously, and can tolerate me saying that you’re a geek just like me… talk to us, you just might be our ideal clients

Anyway… Wedding and reception both took place at a venue I hadn’t been to before, Villa Salcedo in Coral Gables. It was gorgeous, it was fun, it was full of emotions (most incredible best man speech ever… the guy was so full of emotion at one point I had to put my camera down and wipe my eyes too.

I’m getting ahead of myself… this is just a sneak peek! So… Peek: Wedding pictures, gorgeous people in 3, 2… 1

Natalie looked stunningly regal against the Vizcaya backdrop. She’s got that simply elegant look that might remind some of one of our most popular first ladies… yeah I’m talking to you Andy… better get started on that political career I guess – LOL.

Ok, no more words… just our gorgeous bride in this sneak peek.

Enjoy these photos of our most recent, stunning bride!

A first for us, the ceremony was performed in three languages:  English, Spanish and ITALIAN!!!!!  I coudln’t believe it… it’s as if I was back in the old country, even though I knew I was just a few blocks away from hallandale beach.  Immediatelly after the wedding we ran home, kissed our little ones goodbye and raced to the airport to catch our flight to WPPI (Wedding and Portrait Photographers International) … the whole time on the flight, all I could think of was that I wouldn’t be able to see the wedding images for days!

Here they are!

Yes, your eyes aren’t playing tricks with you… you are in fact looking at the reflection of Luis and Eliana kissing on the bridge

Hey guys!  Thank you so much for trusting us with your wedding photography.  it was a pleasure and an honor!