Category Archives: Bridal

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Amy’s Bok Tower Garden Bridals

Dad assisting again :) .  A few weeks ago Dad had a great time photographing Amy’s bridal session. We recently posted about Amy and Evan’s fun wedding (also did their engagement session) and now that the wedding is over we can share these pictures of Amy without having to worry about Evan taking a peek before the big day!

Bridal sessions are a great way to capture images of the beautiful bride without the wedding day time constraints. Dad met Amy, her mom and grandma at the wonderful Bok Tower Gardens. Despite being blown around by the wind and being attacked by an over zealous swan (dad even had his shoes pecked at) they found some great locations to photograph the awesomeness of Amy. Enjoy!

Stacy Trashes Her Dress…Or At Least Gets it Wet.

The Monday after Stacy and Chi’s wedding, they went out to the beach with dad for a Trash the Dress session.  Despite the name of these sessions, the gowns usually survive without any damage :)   Trinity Wedding Video was there to capture the fun.  Stacy and Chi were fantastic and dad had a great time!

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Elaine Back in the Dress

Sunday evening dad met Elaine and her husband for a session in Ybor.  Elaine wanted some edgy, urban style pictures back in her wedding gown.  The three of them explored the streets of Ybor as the sun set and ended the session enjoying the city lights.  Elaine looked so pretty and was great about getting a little dirty for some pictures :) .

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Back in the Dress

While we were in DC, dad got to have fun with Kendra who got back in her dress for a bridal session in Georgetown.  Kendra and Brandon were married in Tampa in November and Kendra wanted a few more pictures in her gown.  Who wouldn’t when it is a gorgeous Jim Hjelm gown (JH8814 from the Jim Hjelm bridal Spring 2008 collection)!  Mom was looking through the Jim Hjelm website and when she saw the gown she recognized it right away as the one Kendra wore.  She looks stunning in it!

The weather was very cold and there was even still snow on the ground but Kendra was awesome.  Looking at the pictures you can’t even tell that she is freezing so much that her fingertips went numb!

Kendra, dad loved doing the session so don’t feel like you were “dragging him away” at all!  It was a highlight of our trip for him to get to take some beautiful pictures somewhere new.  Thanks for braving the weather for the session!

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Brie’s Bridals

Wouldn’t Brie’s Bridals be a cute name for a gown shop or something else wedding related? On Monday dad got to hang out with Brie again for her bridal portraits in Tampa. He did an engagement session with her and Rich last month in Orlando and that was a lot of fun so he knew this would be a good time as well. Brie brought her mom, her mother-in-law to be, a bridesmaid, and a friend making her own entourage! Everyone was really nice and dad can’t wait to see them again at the wedding in just a few weeks.

Brie wanted us to put some of her pictures on the blog and said that Rich wouldn’t peek before the wedding and ruin the surprise (so Rich if you are reading this, DON’T!) so here are a few of Brie’s Beautiful Bridals. Sorry, we couldn’t resist the alliteration.

The wind picked up Brie’s veil and sent it flying across the whole sky!

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Just a few weeks until Rich will be able to see Brie as a bride as well. He is a lucky guy!