Erica and Patrick had an amazingly beautiful wedding at Kapok Special Events in Clearwater.  It had been a few years since I’d shot at Kapok, and I’d forgotten just how impressive it is!  They have gorgeous gardens complete with Italian fountains and statues, and well as a Grand Ballroom with a gorgeous balcony looking down on it.  Every time you turn around there’s another awesome opportunity for photos. 

Congratulations and best of luck to Erica and Patrick!

Woo-hoo, I’m so excited to launch my new blog.  This should be a huge improvement over the old one… although I must admit, I think I became quite attached to that one… I’m almost (ALMOST) sad to see it go.  In any case, the new blog will allow for some search features, as well as much larger photos.  And when you’re a photographer, large photos are important!  Oh, and it also has that really cool rotating header at the top (surely you noticed that, right?). 

Luckily I was able to import the posts from my old blog, so they’re all here, below this entry.  But any posts from here forward will have the new “look”.  Enjoy!

And since I can’t post without a photo, here’s one of my little guy from a few months ago. 

Well, technically it didn’t strike the entire household, just one of us. But his suffering was enough On Saturday night we spent 4 hours in an urgent care pediatric clinic because Ryan’s fever spiked to 105. Yes, 105. After much bloodwork, an IV of antibiotics, and no answers, we went home. Sunday morning he was clearly still very sick, and back to the doc we went. This time (different doctor) they realized he had pneumonia. So he got to lay in Mommy’s bed and watch TV, which of course wasn’t as cool as watching TV in the living room, because Mommy’s TV doesn’t have 32 episodes of Dora The Explorer tevo’d (is that a word?).

So… these pics were taken right after Sunday’s doctor visit. He was so lethargic and just laid there looking like he was going to pass out any second, yet when he saw the camera, he still managed to cheese it up. Totally made me laugh, so I thought I’d share. Don’t mind the horrible pics, all the lights were off in the room.

Elisa, Matt and their families made the trip to Florida from Kansas City, so they could have a beautiful beach wedding on Honeymoon Island. The wedding was small and intimate, with only family and close friends in attendance. Afterwards, they headed to a restaurant in Dunedin to enjoy each other’s company.

These little cuties were eight days old during their photos, and they were such dolls. They slept very well for us, so we were able to get a good variety of poses. I love incorporating mom and dad in newborn photos, and I had a blast with these!

Mom, Dad, and Grandma… enjoy your sneak peek!

Baby “E” is 4 months old and such a cutie - I love his smile, his big eyes, and his adorable hair!

Mom and Dad, enjoy your sneak peek!

My wonderful, fantastic and beautiful friend Patti tied the knot with her honey, Matt, on Saturday. They had a small family-only ceremony at Phillippe Park, and everyone went out to dinner to celebrate afterwards.

If anyone looks C-O-L-D in these photos, it’s because they were! It was quite a chilly evening, but all went well and the ceremony was beautiful.