Happy Holidays!

Although a few days belated I just wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas - I hope it was fantastic and everyone got to spend time with the ones they love. This has been an incredible year of learning and change for me and I am so excited to see what next year holds. I am just so unbelievably thankful for everyone in my life who supports me, encourages me, and keeps me moving on in running after my passions with photography and life.

God has blessed me beyond belief this year and I'm so excited to see what unfolds this coming year. So to you and all of your loved ones from me and the ones I love (the picture above is of the ones I love the most - my fiance Jesse, his dog Molly, and of course, my favorite pair of red shoes!)... MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Good friends, good music, good life.

Friday night I had the pleasure of hearing a fantastic concert at a local venue here in St. Petersburg. A friend of mine has been following their music for quite some time now and invited me to come check it out and I am so glad I did.

There is just something about really good live music that is like hot chocolate to my soul on a cold night... there aren't quite words to explain the feeling it gives me but I just feel like everything is right with the world and life is so good. Anyhow, I thought I would share the beautiful music with you, along with a slideshow of pictures from a dear friend's wedding I had the privilege of photographing.

Here's to Heather & Ryan... and fantastic music.

Check out their slideshow here.


Check out Andy Zipf and his music here... if you ever have the opportunity to see him in concert GO! He is on tour right now with Damion Suomi and Lauris Vidal who are also very worth looking up.

Kristina & Eric - Engagement Session

Meet Kristina and Eric - an amazing, adorable and fun couple who are getting married in a few months. I drove over and spent the afternoon with Kristina and her mom and just fell in love with them both, they are so cute and stylish and have such a wonderful family. We started out with her bridal portraits - which I can't show you for obvious reasons, but I can say, she is going to make one breathtaking bride. Then her fiance Eric came and we did their engagement shoot at Bok Tower Gardens which is where they got engaged.

I am genuinely excited for their wedding and am so glad to have met them both. Here are a few shots from their session...

If you can't tell by now, I love shoes, and I love shoe shots... I had to include this one - look how fabulous her shoes are!











This is such a cool shot because the tree in it is right where he proposed!

shout out to etsy!

I just have to say - etsy.com is fabulous. Just thought I would share this fun little link for a hand knit newborn cap because ONE it is super cute and TWO my pictures were used in the ad for it! You can check it out here.

I hope everyone is having a great week and catching up on their holiday shopping and activities - I have lots of great stuff to share from the past few sessions I've done so keep checking back for some fun new stuff soon.

Nighty, night!

Mallory & Brian - Slideshow

What beautiful weather! I'm snuggled up with an extra blanket working on some editing. Here is a slideshow from a recent wedding I worked on for a beautiful couple, Mallory and Brian. They chose such vibrant fun colors and check out the grooms cake - it is a gator's helmet (go gators!)

Hope you are all staying warm and snugly!