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Hey there everyone, we are back with another amazing blog featuring one of our amazing couples, Linda & Kevin. These two are just about as fun as a couple can get. A few weeks back Rodney and I shot their engagement session out on Jacksonville Beach, this time we are back, subtract out the waves and seagulls, and add in a beautiful church, wild friends and family, and you end up with one amazing wedding ! (I didn’t mention the epic remake of “Thunder” by ACDC, and Warren G stopped by as well….those images speak for themselves:))

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After the beautiful ceremony, Both Linda and Kevin realised that it was now time to celebrate and party it up. They first got things started with a “Gator Chomp”. Rodney was so excited to be near Gator fans that he started them down the path of Gator calls.

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Before the reception we captured a few more shots of just the two of them and I think we got what we were looking for :)

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Rodney and I had a blast photographing Linda & Kevin’s wedding, they def. are a fun couple to be around. We hope you enjoyed this peak into Linda & Kevin’s wedding, stay tuned for more updates and blog posts, coming soon :)

Until Next Time…Brian

Part 2 of S&R’s crazy weekend found us at the Ritz-Carlton of Ameila Island.  A fantastic wedding venue; perfectly suited for Juan and Kristen.  Now S&R has been grateful to photograph this couple from proposal to vows, and we’ve enjoyed every minute of it.  And if you’re ever fortunate enough to meet them, you’ll immediately understand why.

Now both the ceremony and reception were on the green, under the midday sun.  But luckily for us, there was plenty of thin cloud cover to soften the light…which made our jobs much easier.  The heat still came through, though, so our suit jackets didn’t make it to the wedding.

Speaking of light, we all know that window light is perhaps among the best you can use to light your bride (or ANYTHING for that matter).  And the Ritz had PLENTY of it.  Add in the aforementioned clouds and we have ourselves the perfect softbox.  Now add in a gorgeous bride and you have the easiest portait gig ever.  Next to impossible to get a bad shot.  Seriously.  And as an added bonus, they didn’t even need much convincing to take some pics on the beach afterwards!

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It doesn’t get much easier than this, folks.  And we have nobody but Juan and Kristen to thank for that. :-)

–Rodney

Hey everyone we have got a very cool story for you :)

The e-mail showed up Thursday evening with the contents simply asking for some wedding details, after Rodney sent the 1st reply with the information requested, we got a reply asking if we were available for Friday night, not even 24 hours away ! Of course Rodney and I checked over our schedules and got back to our soon to be client right away. We knew from the details that followed that this would def be a night to remember

Here’s the set-up…Photographers – Check, Private dinner with Chef – Check, Custom menu – Check,  Amelia Island romantic weekend – Check, Elaborate proposal plan – Check, Getting the girl to say Yes – ….see for your self

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Its a YES ! Congratulations to Juan and Kristen ! Juan may just get the award for most romantic guy around but Rodney and I plan on leaving some of the details out when we tell our wives (Don’t want to look bad :) ). The proposal dinner was at the very cool Salt restaurant inside the Ritz Carlton in Amelia Island. A big thank you goes out to Anastasia for all of her prep work behind the scenes to get Rodney and I up to speed on Juan’s elaborate plan and for showing us the cool inner working of the Ritz! We also want to thank Juan for asking S&R to be apart of this very special moment as well as Kristen for going along with the intrusion of the photographers taking pictures of the food prep for the hotel…never did Rodney and I imagine we would be taking pictures of snap peas !… but as we always say…whatever it takes to get the shot :)

Until next time…Brian

Baughman – Abacano Wedding

January 17, 2010

“It’ll be here before you know it.”

No joke.  At our first consultation with Kim back in August 09, their wedding was barely a blip on our iPhones.  Don’t get me wrong, it was a very important wedding for us (myself especially), but S&R was so busy during those 5 months that we barely saw more than 2 weeks ahead.

Well I did have a baby in November.  So perhaps that’s partly responsible. :-\

Why was the wedding so important?  Well I’ve known Kim since the 2nd grade, and lived down the street (literally) from her for over half my life.  I knew pretty much all of her side of the guest list, not to mention my very own parents were in attendance as well.  3 of my own groomsmen were there (one of which is her brother).  Even my wedding photographer was there.  Oh, and my sister did her makeup.

Crazy, huh?

So yeah, this was important. Kim has been, and will forever be, like my 2nd sister.  And I treated this wedding as such.

This was our first of many 2010 S&R weddings at the beautiful St. Joseph’s Catholic Church.  But hopefully, our last with record low temps.  We did try to get some pics of the guys out front in the cold, but that didn’t last very long.  Did manage some keepers.  Note to self:  buy gloves.

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After the ceremony, we successfully beat the limo to the reception at the Renaissance Resort at the World Golf Village in St. Augustine (http://www.worldgolfrenaissance.com/).  A tremendous venue, all of which was decorated to perfection by frequent S&R collaborator Unforgettable Events (http://www.theunforgettableevent.com/).  I got a nice pano shot of the reception hall; too large to post here, though.

But before the bridal party made it’s way inside, Brian and I again tried to get some shots outside.  Seriously: BUY GLOVES.

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The temps continued to drop through the night, but we were able to pull Kim and Ben alone outside for some more shots.  Alcohol must have like some kind of miracle warming agent. :-P

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A great ceremony; a fantastic reception……and Kim deserved every second of it.  Ben is a lucky man.

Congrats, Mrs. Claus.  Much love :-)

–Rodney