I am so happy for my friends at Unique Designs! A year after launching their original site, they just re-launched a SEXY brand new site, with invitation photos by yours truly.  :)

You should definitely go check out their site for some inspiration and send them an inquiry if you are looking for an invitation designer.  Everything is gorgeous, but some of their designs just absolutely blow me away!

Also, to celebrate the launch they will be giving away some free goodies from local vendors and well, who knows what else.  So head over to their BLOG for details.  Later in the week I have a little goodie I donated to the fun too.  Today, it’s from Celebration’s Catering.

All Virginia really wanted were some warm and sunny images.  During their engagement session, we finished right as it began to downpour.  Their wedding day rained on and off all day as well.  Luckily they were awesome about it, and so we went to do a mini After Session for some images in the morning light for about 20 minutes.  It was still a little overcast (haha!), but they chose a gorgeous area near a lake so we were able to pull it off perfectly.  

So the style here is warm and sunny; which is not only a representation of the feel we wanted, but of their beautiful relationship and how genuine they are with everyone.  I have truly enjoyed being able to share so many moments with both Virginia and Ben.

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I have actually known Megan and Seth since high school when we all graduated from Sebastian River High School.  Megan was around when I first used a SLR (professional type of camera) and then became photo editor of the yearbook that we both edited on.  When I moved back to Florida about a year ago, I got an adorable Facebook message and we were able to reconnect and talk about her wedding plans.  It takes me so wonderfully happy that now we’ve both married our high school sweet hearts.  I adore you two, Megan and Seth!  Enjoy the preview from the day!

Megan and her mother at the salon:

They made their own bouquets, and the maid of honor was quite adept at it!

The men preparation:

The beautiful Ceremony beachside:

And since Megan LOVES black and whites, here’s the same uber image in black and white:

A few romantic portraits after the Ceremony:

And of course the Reception, which was right inside, was just absolutely superb in the beautiful details and warmth of friends and family.

Sometimes through the editing process I end up with more favorites, and here’s another image I just had to share from Chan & Tim’s session!  The passionate hand in the hair just makes me think: “rawr!”

We interrupt your regularly scheduled weddings for an engagement session preview!  Chan and Tim were able to have a deliciously long engagement session at several locations in Gainesville with me.  The best part?  Chan brought tons of outfits and accessories and let me dig through them to decide…  So we agreed on her uber cool peacock dress with peacock accents.  I just love the peacock trendiness!  

On the left: Our version of American Gothic.

On the right: Their inability to be serious.  :)

Of course being in Gainesville we made the Stadium rounds too!

Next we went to the most horrifically mosquito-infected park near Lake Alice EVER.  We were all itching and in pain for the next week at least.  But it was so worth it.  :)

I know I just posted tons of ring shots from Virginia and Ben’s wedding yesterday, but I just have to say… I LOVE ring shots!  Especially when the bride lets her gorgeous ring hang out with a fish for about 20 minutes.  More from this wedding to come soon.  :)

Virginia and Ben’s wedding was exceptionally personal in a beautifully touching way.  A close friend officiated the Ceremony, close friends and family were everywhere, and most all of the details were handmade.  

We started the day at Scissors in the morning to get some hair done.  You can tell it was early by a few key hints in this image, haha:

The officiant had the vows and Ceremony outline in a gorgeous notebook and was studying them all day.  :)

After the hair salon, some of the bridal party and both Virginia and Ben spent some time at their house preparing the music list, etc. 

All the relaxing time also meant I had extra time for fun ring shots!

Some of the preparation of the men:

Although the Baughman Center is pretty common in Gainesville~ it for a reason!  Even though it was rainy and somewhat dark, the Center was still beautiful.  And Ben and Virginia kept up their good mood regardless.

My second shooter for the day, Jeffrey French, ran to the back and got this awesome wide shot of the Baughman Center for me. 

I LOVE this emotion right after the first kiss!  Take note: THIS is how you do it!  :)

Romantic portraits after in the rain… scroll down to the previous post to see a few more:

We were also able to get a few shots in the butterfly garden at the Natural History Museum since that is where their Reception was… but unfortunately, it was raining outside… and apparently they let it rain in the rainforest as well!  So we had to run through pretty quickly.  And I had to make Jeffrey scare some butterflies into view!

As I mentioned earlier, the details were handmade and absolutely full of personality.  Here are a few from the Reception.  They made the seating cards out of these adorable birds:

The center pieces/table markers on the tables were handmade as well, with images from their engagement session as well of images of nearly every guest on the table that they were assigned to.  It was so thoughtful!

And some more images from the Reception:

Thanks so much for letting me be part of your day, Virginia and Ben.  You two are SO wonderful!  I can’t wait for our sunny session!  :)

Just a few quick shots from some headshots (and a couple wide portraits) with Roshni.  You may recognize her from a recent session with her boyfriend, and we met up again for a few extra shots.  Who wouldn’t want a pretty Facebook profile image?  :)

Why be upset when it rains on your wedding day?  

You’ll have to come back soon to see the rest!