Jennifer and Stephen – Miami Engagement Photographers – Sneak Peak

Fastest sneak peek ever!  We actually finished shooting this session not two hours ago… but I decided I’d do whatever I could to try and beat the clock and get a sneak peek out while Jennifer and Stephen were still at their engagement party they went to immediately after the session.  Here’s to hoping I made it 🙂

The session was nothing short of awesome, including such amazing things as getting chased off the premises by a barbaric hotel guard; falling into an incredibly dangerous man-eating-plant (that was pretty hilarious); and just creating amazing photos with these two beautiful peeps!

No more words.  Ladies and Gentlemen…. Jennifer and Stephen!

engagement photography of Jennifer and Stephen in Miami, FL from Lisette and Alessandro Di Sciascio of Di Sciascio Photography, South Florida wedding photography from Fort Lauderdale wedding photographers.

engagement photography of Jennifer and Stephen in Miami, FL from Lisette and Alessandro Di Sciascio of Di Sciascio Photography, South Florida wedding photography from Fort Lauderdale wedding photographers.

engagement photography of Jennifer and Stephen in Miami, FL from Lisette and Alessandro Di Sciascio of Di Sciascio Photography, South Florida wedding photography from Fort Lauderdale wedding photographers.

engagement photography of Jennifer and Stephen in Miami, FL from Lisette and Alessandro Di Sciascio of Di Sciascio Photography, South Florida wedding photography from Fort Lauderdale wedding photographers.

engagement photography of Jennifer and Stephen in Miami, FL from Lisette and Alessandro Di Sciascio of Di Sciascio Photography, South Florida wedding photography from Fort Lauderdale wedding photographers.

Guys, we had a fantastic time with you, thanks for trusting us to create these for you! Enjoy your party and your vacation!

Stephen, thank you for your service to our country.

Jennifer and Stephen – Miami Engagement Photographers

One of our largest engagement session posts ever. We had SO MUCH FUN with these guys and managed to get so much variety in the set  that I just couldn’t bring myself not to share all of our favorites 🙂

We hope you guys enjoyed your vacation and that you’ll enjoy seeing these now. Engagement portrait photography is one of our favorite things to do, and when the clients are as fun to work with as you it’s doubly so!

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engagement photography of Jennifer and Stephen in Miami, FL from Lisette and Alessandro Di Sciascio of Di Sciascio Photography, South Florida wedding photography from Fort Lauderdale wedding photographers.

engagement photography of Jennifer and Stephen in Miami, FL from Lisette and Alessandro Di Sciascio of Di Sciascio Photography, South Florida wedding photography from Fort Lauderdale wedding photographers.

engagement photography of Jennifer and Stephen in Miami, FL from Lisette and Alessandro Di Sciascio of Di Sciascio Photography, South Florida wedding photography from Fort Lauderdale wedding photographers.

engagement photography of Jennifer and Stephen in Miami, FL from Lisette and Alessandro Di Sciascio of Di Sciascio Photography, South Florida wedding photography from Fort Lauderdale wedding photographers.

engagement photography of Jennifer and Stephen in Miami, FL from Lisette and Alessandro Di Sciascio of Di Sciascio Photography, South Florida wedding photography from Fort Lauderdale wedding photographers.

engagement photography of Jennifer and Stephen in Miami, FL from Lisette and Alessandro Di Sciascio of Di Sciascio Photography, South Florida wedding photography from Fort Lauderdale wedding photographers.

engagement photography of Jennifer and Stephen in Miami, FL from Lisette and Alessandro Di Sciascio of Di Sciascio Photography, South Florida wedding photography from Fort Lauderdale wedding photographers.

engagement photography of Jennifer and Stephen in Miami, FL from Lisette and Alessandro Di Sciascio of Di Sciascio Photography, South Florida wedding photography from Fort Lauderdale wedding photographers.

engagement photography of Jennifer and Stephen in Miami, FL from Lisette and Alessandro Di Sciascio of Di Sciascio Photography, South Florida wedding photography from Fort Lauderdale wedding photographers.

engagement photography of Jennifer and Stephen in Miami, FL from Lisette and Alessandro Di Sciascio of Di Sciascio Photography, South Florida wedding photography from Fort Lauderdale wedding photographers.

engagement photography of Jennifer and Stephen in Miami, FL from Lisette and Alessandro Di Sciascio of Di Sciascio Photography, South Florida wedding photography from Fort Lauderdale wedding photographers.

engagement photography of Jennifer and Stephen in Miami, FL from Lisette and Alessandro Di Sciascio of Di Sciascio Photography, South Florida wedding photography from Fort Lauderdale wedding photographers.

engagement photography of Jennifer and Stephen in Miami, FL from Lisette and Alessandro Di Sciascio of Di Sciascio Photography, South Florida wedding photography from Fort Lauderdale wedding photographers.

engagement photography of Jennifer and Stephen in Miami, FL from Lisette and Alessandro Di Sciascio of Di Sciascio Photography, South Florida wedding photography from Fort Lauderdale wedding photographers.

engagement photography of Jennifer and Stephen in Miami, FL from Lisette and Alessandro Di Sciascio of Di Sciascio Photography, South Florida wedding photography from Fort Lauderdale wedding photographers.

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engagement photography of Jennifer and Stephen in Miami, FL from Lisette and Alessandro Di Sciascio of Di Sciascio Photography, South Florida wedding photography from Fort Lauderdale wedding photographers.

engagement photography of Jennifer and Stephen in Miami, FL from Lisette and Alessandro Di Sciascio of Di Sciascio Photography, South Florida wedding photography from Fort Lauderdale wedding photographers.

engagement photography of Jennifer and Stephen in Miami, FL from Lisette and Alessandro Di Sciascio of Di Sciascio Photography, South Florida wedding photography from Fort Lauderdale wedding photographers.

engagement photography of Jennifer and Stephen in Miami, FL from Lisette and Alessandro Di Sciascio of Di Sciascio Photography, South Florida wedding photography from Fort Lauderdale wedding photographers.

engagement photography of Jennifer and Stephen in Miami, FL from Lisette and Alessandro Di Sciascio of Di Sciascio Photography, South Florida wedding photography from Fort Lauderdale wedding photographers.

Of course you’ve probably seen a few of those in the sneak peek.  The complete set is uploading to the proof server as I publish this.   It will be available by clicking here and then going to the Weddings area.

Josie and George – Engagement in Miami

Had an AWESOME time photographing and spending time with a great couple down in Miami a couple of weeks ago.  I thought I’d start the set with a silly “look at us play supermodel” because this couple was so much fun and had such great chemistry that I figured I’d start with something silly … obviously decided to complement the over the top expressions with some very in  your face over the top processing 🙂

The engagement shoot started at Virginia Key Beach.  I’d never been there before and it was quite the treat to see all the great photo opportunities hidden there.  Where do we start…  ok let’s see:

Gorgeous people amongst the vegetation:

more gorgeous people, vegetation… and FLARE!

peek-a-boo… I see you 🙂

orange, orange, everywhere! …. and you know I like my orange right? 🙂

a change of outfit and a quick stop back in the “jungle” part of the beach…

and then off to the beach itself…

Back into the previous outfits and off to another location for some sunset photos….

and dancing with the moon

a quick change into eveningwear and the engagement photography session moved to Lincoln Road in South Beach.

We saw this cool elevator with a glass back and decided to take some playful shots with that…

after shooting from the front of the elevator we moved to the back where we shot quite a few “caught while otherwise distracted” shots 🙂  Here’s one we turned into a panoramic sequence

and here’s one that was super-steamy…

Now the thing was that due to the speed of the elevator and how dark it was I had to prefocus the camera and basically wait for them to appear out of nowhere and take the shots…. of course we had a few surprises… for instance this one time they were supposed to go by while wrapped around each other like pythons in love (if you found this page while searching for information about the reproductive habits of leg-less reptiles don’t blame me, blame google) but instead they showed up with a family:

and of course they played their own jokes on me as well… behold… SuperGeorge and WonderJosie!

Once we were done with the elevator we headed off onto Lincoln Road where we found a few nice spots to shoot in…

Josie and George,

Thank you so much for being the awesome people you are… I am so glad Joe put us in touch (Joe you rock man!)  I can’t wait to shoot your wedding in May… Josie, you’re going to be a spectacular bride and George… well you’re already on heck of a lucky guy so I guess you’ll be a lucky guy in a tux 🙂

You can see the rest of the photos on the proofs site

I close the set with one of my favorite photos ever:

Krystin and Jim – Live Engagement in Miami

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How to even begin to contain my enthusiasm?  A great guy, a gorgeous lady with a sense of humor and enough “in on the guy geekyness” to let her play with the boys, a fantastic photographer hired to help make this a smashing success and three stunning locations.  And that’s not even considering that this was our very first “live” engagement!

Thank you Jim, for entrusting us with this most special of moments.  I sincerely hope to have exceeded your (but more importantly Krystin’s) expectations 🙂

The opening shot above was taken from an undisclosed location in one of the most dangerous areas of Miami (yes really) which however has the benefit of showcasing Biscayne bay’s fantastic’s Skyline.

The photos below were shot at Vizcaya

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My favorite photo of the day:  (Jim and Krystin have a large canvas of this in their home!)

engagement photography of Krystin Gokey and Jim Ryan at Vizcaya and South Beach in Miami, FL from Alessandro Di Sciascio of Di Sciascio Photography, South Florida wedding photography from Fort Lauderdale wedding photographers.

engagement photography of Krystin Gokey and Jim Ryan at Vizcaya and South Beach in Miami, FL from Alessandro Di Sciascio of Di Sciascio Photography, South Florida wedding photography from Fort Lauderdale wedding photographers.

engagement photography of Krystin Gokey and Jim Ryan at Vizcaya and South Beach in Miami, FL from Alessandro Di Sciascio of Di Sciascio Photography, South Florida wedding photography from Fort Lauderdale wedding photographers.

Photo by Tony Schreiber:

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engagement photography of Krystin Gokey and Jim Ryan at Vizcaya and South Beach in Miami, FL from Alessandro Di Sciascio of Di Sciascio Photography, South Florida wedding photography from Fort Lauderdale wedding photographers.

engagement photography of Krystin Gokey and Jim Ryan at Vizcaya and South Beach in Miami, FL from Alessandro Di Sciascio of Di Sciascio Photography, South Florida wedding photography from Fort Lauderdale wedding photographers.

engagement photography of Krystin Gokey and Jim Ryan at Vizcaya and South Beach in Miami, FL from Alessandro Di Sciascio of Di Sciascio Photography, South Florida wedding photography from Fort Lauderdale wedding photographers.

engagement photography of Krystin Gokey and Jim Ryan at Vizcaya and South Beach in Miami, FL from Alessandro Di Sciascio of Di Sciascio Photography, South Florida wedding photography from Fort Lauderdale wedding photographers.

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engagement photography of Krystin Gokey and Jim Ryan at Vizcaya and South Beach in Miami, FL from Alessandro Di Sciascio of Di Sciascio Photography, South Florida wedding photography from Fort Lauderdale wedding photographers.

engagement photography of Krystin Gokey and Jim Ryan at Vizcaya and South Beach in Miami, FL from Alessandro Di Sciascio of Di Sciascio Photography, South Florida wedding photography from Fort Lauderdale wedding photographers.

engagement photography of Krystin Gokey and Jim Ryan at Vizcaya and South Beach in Miami, FL from Alessandro Di Sciascio of Di Sciascio Photography, South Florida wedding photography from Fort Lauderdale wedding photographers.

engagement photography of Krystin Gokey and Jim Ryan at Vizcaya and South Beach in Miami, FL from Alessandro Di Sciascio of Di Sciascio Photography, South Florida wedding photography from Fort Lauderdale wedding photographers.

engagement photography of Krystin Gokey and Jim Ryan at Vizcaya and South Beach in Miami, FL from Alessandro Di Sciascio of Di Sciascio Photography, South Florida wedding photography from Fort Lauderdale wedding photographers.

engagement photography of Krystin Gokey and Jim Ryan at Vizcaya and South Beach in Miami, FL from Alessandro Di Sciascio of Di Sciascio Photography, South Florida wedding photography from Fort Lauderdale wedding photographers.

engagement photography of Krystin Gokey and Jim Ryan at Vizcaya and South Beach in Miami, FL from Alessandro Di Sciascio of Di Sciascio Photography, South Florida wedding photography from Fort Lauderdale wedding photographers.

And here is me taking the shot above (photo by Tony Schreiber)

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engagement photography of Krystin Gokey and Jim Ryan at Vizcaya and South Beach in Miami, FL from Alessandro Di Sciascio of Di Sciascio Photography, South Florida wedding photography from Fort Lauderdale wedding photographers.

engagement photography of Krystin Gokey and Jim Ryan at Vizcaya and South Beach in Miami, FL from Alessandro Di Sciascio of Di Sciascio Photography, South Florida wedding photography from Fort Lauderdale wedding photographers.

After finishing up at Vizcaya we moved to the southernmost tip of South Miami Beach.

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Giant Monster Ring attacking the cargo ship? 🙂

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engagement photography of Krystin Gokey and Jim Ryan at Vizcaya and South Beach in Miami, FL from Alessandro Di Sciascio of Di Sciascio Photography, South Florida wedding photography from Fort Lauderdale wedding photographers.

Krystin showing off her Mortal Kombat moves!!!  Jim … totally paralyzed by fear 🙂

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engagement photography of Krystin Gokey and Jim Ryan at Vizcaya and South Beach in Miami, FL from Alessandro Di Sciascio of Di Sciascio Photography, South Florida wedding photography from Fort Lauderdale wedding photographers.

engagement photography of Krystin Gokey and Jim Ryan at Vizcaya and South Beach in Miami, FL from Alessandro Di Sciascio of Di Sciascio Photography, South Florida wedding photography from Fort Lauderdale wedding photographers.

engagement photography of Krystin Gokey and Jim Ryan at Vizcaya and South Beach in Miami, FL from Alessandro Di Sciascio of Di Sciascio Photography, South Florida wedding photography from Fort Lauderdale wedding photographers.

My second favorite shot of the day:

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