Happy 1st Birthday, Baby Leighton!

Back in December 2006, we celebrated & documented the marriage of Thomas & Christina in Ocala. It was an incredibly beautiful and emotional wedding for these high school sweethearts. Christina’s dad was witnessed crying for the first time by his two daughters. It was amazing. Even more amazing is that we were invited to capture the new life they welcomed into the world last January- Leighton Jessica Pestow- named after Christina’s sister Jessica.
Thomas & Christina have been our biggest fans and we have been so blessed by their friendship. Thank you!! Well, Miss Leighton was ONE on January 18th, so [...]

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Tying up loose ends………

Well, it’s that time of year when I purge the office of last year and prepare for the new year. Yes, it takes a month to get started because it takes as long to wrap up the previous year! As I was going through stuff, I realized there were TONS of things that never made it to the blog. Some of the stuff is from a couple of years ago! Shame on me I’ve decided that I’m going to post a little here and there to get caught up. Oh yeah, and then there’s the whole name change [...]

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Baby Adaline & Big Brother Gage- 3 mo & 3 yrs

We have really enjoyed getting to know this awesome family. We actually stopped by Karen & Travis’ in Lake City on our way up to very cold Atlanta and Nashville a few weeks ago. The kids played, our dog barked, I was on the hunt for the lost PB&J’s, and Mike was able to capture some pretty amazing images of this family we’ve come to love so much! I don’t always get to meet our families and couples, so this was a real treat for me. I talk to everyone on the phone all the time and often forget that [...]

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Married :: Molly & Asa’s Ocala Wedding

Our last wedding of 2009 really sent the year out with a bang- emotionally. I still tear up watching Molly & Asa’s slideshow and viewing their album. This beautiful Ocala wedding was steeped in tradition and love. LOTS of it. This is one of the most emotional weddings I’ve ever experienced. Both families were so gracious, kind, loving, HUGE Gator fanatics, and excited that Molly and Asa were bringing them even closer together. It was a true honor to be there and document this incredible day. I have absolutely fallen in love with both families, including the grandparents!
The day started [...]

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Getting To Know – Evan & Nicole :: Sanford Session

People often ask us how we get our couples to do what they do in their Getting-to-know-you sessions. We don’t try to get them to do anything other than be themselves. Put people in an environment that they are comfortable in, and see what happens!  Most people have never been professionally photographed before and don’t quite know what they should do. We put Evan & Nicole in an urban setting, where they were most likely to be comfortable. See, they are both city people and hope to maybe live in New York one day and travel the world. Although Sanford [...]

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