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I recently photographed the engagement session of Lisa and John in Cooca, Florida. Near the historic Cocoa Village is a collection of small parks — Riverside Park and Lee Wenner Park.
John and Lisa had a fun picnic themed engagement photo complete with homemade cupcakes, sandwiches, and wine. They’ll be getting married next fall in Jacksonville, Florida.
Please enjoy the images from the photo session!
Several months back, I posted an article about the importance of hiring a makeup artist for your wedding(link). If you have a chance, I do strongly recommend reading the article. Every bride I know that hired a professional makeup artist, was very happy with their decision.
I am pleased to announce a very special fall promotion. If you book a wedding package before December 21st, I will include a makeup artist for your engagement photo session. Makeup will be provided by Makeup by Rae of Orlando. I had the chance to work with Rae on some recent work, and she does a fabulous job.
This promotion is limited to engagement sessions in the Orlando area. For more details, please contact us.
I recently posted an entry to the blog from a portrait session I did with Molli and Logan. They were a great couple who met several years ago at the Ohio State University. They had contacted me about setting up a couples’ portrait session, and they were very interested in doing an extended premier session.
The previous post showed the start of our portrait session. Molli and Logan recreated a photography session from the 1940s, complete with bright colors, red lips and perfect hair.
We stayed at Rollins College in Winter Park for the second portion of the session. Molli let her hair down, and they both changed in to clothes a lot more common for a portrait session of a couple today.
We revisited a lot of the same locations around Knowles Chapel in Winter Park. We also headed to the old oak tree outside of Rollins Hall. I can’t imagine how old (or heavy) this tree is with two steel beams holding up its’ biggest branches.
We concluded our portrait session the following morning at Cocoa Beach. We met at the Cocoa Beach pier just after sunrise for a swimsuit portrait session. This is also around the same time that Cocoa Beach experienced a huge influx of jellyfish along the coastline. So, needless to say, the photo session was a bit of a challenge, especially because the coast guard was recommending against going in to the water. That still didn’t prevent us from an hour long shoot along the shoreline.
It ended up being like three different photo sessions over two days. We all had a great time during the photo session and Molli and Logan ended up with hundreds of pictures out of it.
Please let me know if you’d be interested in doing a premiere engagement photography session. I have a lot more great ideas and I’m open to yours as well!
You can also see the first half of this portrait session by clicking here: Molli and Logan – A Couples Portrait Session – Winter Park – Part 1
As I mentioned in a recent posting, I am now offering premiere engagement sessions. These extended portrait sessions are longer than the typical sessions. It usually allows for several wardrobe changes as well as shooting at different locations. I’m going to be announcing a promotion soon for my premiere engagement photography sessions. So, keep an eye out for that!
I recently did a premiere couples portrait session with Molli and Logan. The couple met several years ago at the Ohio State University, where they were both attended, and have subsequently graduated from. Molli is currently a graduate student at University of Central Florida in Orlando. While Logan moved out west after graduating from Ohio State.
We chose to do the first part of the portrait session at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida. Rollins College is the oldest university in Florida, founded in 1885. After checking out the grounds of the university, I know that the portrait session had to take advantage of the amazing architecture at the school.
The couple looked AMAZING in the 1940s style outfits that they wore. Molli, in her red dress, looked as if she had just popped out of a 1943 Coca Cola advertisement. Logan was a natural in front of the camera. The chemistry between these two was fantastic.
We took a lot of the photos around the grounds of the gorgeous Knowles Memorial Chapel. Built in 1932, Knowles Chapel is a beautiful piece of architecture and the grounds around the outsider were gorgeous. I have since put Knowles Chapel on my wish list for wedding ceremony locations that I want to shoot at.
There were so many great pictures over the course of their photo session that I’m going to be breaking up the pictures into three parts. I decided to play around these first photos as well, making them look a little more faded, giving them a classic feel.
I hope that you enjoy these images!
You can also see the second half of this portrait session by clicking here: Molli and Logan – A Couples Portrait Session – Winter Park – Part 2
When Denise and Glenn arrived to their engagement session wearing a Philadelphia Phillies t-shirt and jersey, I know we were going to have a good time! Glenn proposed to Denise last year at a special dinner aboard a Panama Canal cruise. He told me that even though he knew the cruise was during the baseball playoffs, he knew Denise was the one and didn’t care that he was missing playoff baseball.
Their Orlando wedding is almost a year away and many of the details for their day are already planned. Although many men step back and let their fiancée plan the wedding, that’s not the case with this couple. Glenn is as much involved in the planning as Denise, even as much as creating his own account and participating in discussions on the wedding message boards.
We chose to do their engagement session in Celebration, Florida because of all of the fun features in the downtown area, including an unexpected visit from an alligator (ah – the fun things Florida has to offer). It’s such a beautiful town and one of my favorite places to spend a Sunday while walking my dogs. I have photographed several weddings in Celebration before (including the Bohemian Hotel Celebration), however this was the first time I have done an engagement session there.
Glenn and Denise participated in one of my premier engagement sessions. Premier engagement sessions offer more than conventional engagement sessions, and it allows for travelling to different locations. It also gives a chance for the couple to change in to several different outfits. For this session, I met the couple in the late afternoon and we were taking photographs long after the sun had set.
In talking to Glenn and Denise beforehand, we were discussing ideas for the photo session, and I had asked if they were willing to possibly jump in to the fountain. They were excited about that idea and even had some of their own. I do think the water was a couple degrees colder than they were bargaining for though.
I hope you enjoy these photos and I’m looking forward to their wedding next year!
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Denise and Glenn – A Celebration, Florida
Premier Engagement Session
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Fall Promotion – Wedding Photography
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