Anya and David's Wedding

This past weekend Hank and I photographed the wedding of Anya in David. We travelled from Tampa to Chappaqua, New York, to photograph the lovely wedding. Anya and David are now honeymooning in Hawaii and I'm frankly jealous. I wish I could have stowed away in their luggage :)

Anyway, here's a sneak peak of the wedding. I'll be sharing some more images soon.



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WPJA Win!

I have some very exciting news to share. I recently found out that I won second place in the Getting Ready category of the WPJA's quarterly competition. This is a great honor because the Wedding Photojournalist Association is so highly respected. Please check out the website if you get a chance. They've got such great information about hiring a professional photographer as well as tons of other resources.



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Megan's Shower

Last weekend I helped by hosting a shower for my good friend Megan. I posted images from Megan's pregnancy shoot a bit ago. Megan is due to have baby Ian early next month. Soo exciting. Megan and James are going to be great parents. I can't wait to meet little Ian. I wonder if he'll be born with a kilt? I certainly hope so!

On another note, I'm heading out to New York City today to photograph Anna and David's wedding this weekend. Please send me an email at info@studiobluimages.com for any inquiries or try my cell phone. I'll be blogging from that wedding as soon as I can.



Some yummy treats.



These are the shower gifts I found at the fabulous soap store, Milagros, which is located in Hyde Park. They have blue baby feet in the middle and are scented with a white tea fragrance. They even made custom tags for Ian. Very soothing and very adorable. Thanks for the suggestion Leslie!









Before the shower, Megan donated her hair to Locks of Love. Pretty adorable, eh?



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Christina and Matt's Engagement Session

For their engagement session, Christina and Matt chose a park close to their hearts. During their dating days, they both enjoyed a lot of time at John Chestnut Sr. Park in Palm Harbor. They enjoyed taking in the scenery. Believe me, that park screams of scenery! It's soo beautiful and serene. It made photographing Christina and Matt that much more fun. We even had a stalker squirrel who followed us along the boardwalk looking for food. To Christina and Matt, I had a lot of fun with the two of you and I'm looking forward to your wedding in December!















I couldn't resist sharing this photo of Matt and his new little buddy :)











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Second Shooting for Abigail Seymour

This past weekend I had the pleasure of being the second shooter for Abigail of Abigail Seymour Photography. I had a blast with her photographing Marcus and Jennifer's wedding at the Beach Club at the Ritz Carlton in Sarasota. Abigail is a blast to work with and I learned so much about business from her. The wedding itself was lovely. The sky was bright and the details perfect. 

This was the last of the weddings I planned on second shooting for. Next week I'm off to New York to photograph the wedding of Anna and David and then later in the summer I've got weddings in Chicago and Savannah. I have another wedding to blog about soon as well as a few other shoots and pictures from Megan's shower!

I've really appreciated the opportunity to second shoot for such stellar photographers and such great business people. To Abigail, Susan, and Dave, Thanks soo much for sharing such great advice and the opportunity to watch you work!

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Assisting Susan Stripling

As I wrote before, this year as I'm growing my business, I wanted to do a bit of assisting to learn from some of the best wedding photographers in the business. A few weeks ago I had the opportunity again. I was asked to assist Susan Stripling again to photograph the wedding of Lauren and Robert in Riverview, Florida. It was a delight. Susan is the an amazing photographer and business woman. She travels the world photographing weddings and makes the most amazing images. I hope that as I journey along in my business I can put into practice all that I have learned from her. Thanks Susan!

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Pregnancy Shoot with Megan and James

In addition to photographing a wedding this weekend, I'm going to be hosting a baby shower for my good friend Megan. To prepare for the shower, we did a short photo session at Megan's house and at the lake down the street. When we were talking about the shoot, all Megan mentioned was that she wanted to do some yoga poses in front of the camera. I was happy to oblige. Right after the shoot, Megan donated most of her hair to Locks of Love. Soo cool, I did it last year and loved it. But we'll definitely have to shoot more after Ian's born cause she's gonna look completely different.  

Here's some fun photos from the shoot. You can really see why I love Megan and James and think they're such great friends!



This is perhaps my favorite photo of the entire shoot. Greta just jumped up on the couch to join in on all the fun.



Greta's favorite thing to do is to lick. Guess you could of guessed that in the last photo! In this photo, she's secretly eyeing me to see if I'll get close enough for her to lick my lens.











This is Stan, of the duo Greta and Stan. I absolutely love those two dachsunds. We always talk about introducing our dogs but we're afraid they might not get along. Oh well, someday.

















I had to add this photo in of my fabulous husband entertaining everybody. If I didn't have a camera, I'd be climbing a tree too!



Check back for pictures from the shower.

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