Former Oviedo HS athletes get married!

Sometimes life comes full circle and you get a special gift as a photographer. May 3, 2008, last weekend, was one of those special moments. As my profile says I am also a teacher at Oviedo High School and have been for the last 12 years teaching chemistry. In that time I also have coached our girls soccer team for 11 years (8 as an assistant and 3 as the head coach) and the boys lacrosse team for 5 years as an assistant. Ashley (soccer) and Tyler (lacrosse) were two of the athletes that I had the privilege of coaching during this time. I remember Ashley making the varsity team as a Freshman, working with her for 4 years and then her sister Baily came as well for 4 years. I developed a special bond with them and now cannot believe Ashley is married off. Tyler take good care of her and vice versa! They are two quality people and I was thrilled when Ashley asked me to photograph her wedding, what an honor to be a part of that. It is always a wonderful thing to participate in a wedding ceremony with couples, but this one was extra special for me. Their wedding was great (reform theological seminary in Oviedo) and the reception will be remembered by everyone for a long time. It was a ton of fun at the history center in Orlando. I wanted to put the photo of Ashley in her beautiful gown with the soccer ball earlier, but was sworn to secrecy until after the wedding. I love all these shots, but the soccer ball and wedding dress will definitely be a special one for me for a long time. Congratulations!!!!

Royal St. Cloud Golf Links

Thursday of this week I worked with a wonderful new wedding venue to produce some imagery for them. What an honor to work with Bill and Karen Filson at the newly renovated Royal St. Cloud Golf Links. They have poured their entire selves into making this facility top notch unlike anything else in the greater Central Florida Area. This will be a coveted place to have a wedding or special event and photographing there for them was truly an honor. Edmund from Rhodes Studios and I went to St. Cloud and photographed Christina around the golf course. As you can see the course and the bride were gorgeous. I'm looking forward to playing golf here very soon I hope. Christina was amazing to work with and together I think we captured the essence of the course and showed the uniqueness of the surroundings. Whether you are a bride and groom looking for an amazing wedding location or a golfer on a mission to discover something truly one of a kind you have to check this place out. You will not be disappointed. Thanks to the entire staff at Royal Crest for the pleasure of photographing your beautiful golf course and I look forward to working with you in the future.

Vegas Wedding

The first weekend of the year was a whirlwind in Las Vegas. It was my first trip there and I went to photograph a wedding..."The Wedding" of the decade from the mother's standpoint, right Cindy? For those of you who have been to Vegas you know what I mean by it being amazingly huge. Everywhere you look is a hotel and it could take you 20 minutes to walk from one end of a hotel property to another. We had a great time and Tim and Ashley's wedding was beautiful. Their family and friends, over 50 of them, all made the trip to enjoy the long weekend together before school started back up. Friday night was the rehearsal dinner at the Venetian(see photos below), which is beautiful by the way, and then the ceremony/reception was at Caesar's Palace. The property is sooooo huge, wow. Everything about the weekend was great, the wedding and reception went off without a problem, thanks Erica for your wonderful coordination to keep things going and keeping Cindy sane, and it was fun spending time with friends and to be allowed the privilege of photographing their beautiful day. I will go back to Vegas someday and I'll look forward to winning some of my money back. I did leave with more than I came with though so that is a successful outing for my first time trying my luck at things.

Trash The Dress

Having not posted in a while I want to wish everyone a happy new year. This year started with a bang going to Las Vegas to celebrate a wedding with Tim and Ashley Swander. I'll post some images from their wedding in a couple of days...I hope. Then comes the trash the dress session we did this afternoon with Kimberly and Wayne. What a fun experience and they were amazing. It was really cold and windy today and the mud and water was freezing, but they had a great time and we got some amazing photos. Kimberly's parents, Wayne and Bug, from Ebinger Photography were with us as well as Edmund Rhodes from Rhodes Studios Videography. I will post a video of the shoot once Edmund is finished editing the footage. Also a special thanks to their friend Carson who took he to the mudding hole and lent Kimberly and Wayne the 4-wheelers. The location is somewhere near I-95 and 520 around the Cocoa Expo. We started with some basic shots and progressed into the riding and playing in the mud. I'll let the photos speak for themselves and I'd love to hear your feedback on the images. I sure had a great time with everyone today who went and I hope you all enjoyed yourself as well. If you would like to see all the images go to my website and the proof section. The username is trash1 and the password is 8905. The online gallery will be available until April 21, 2008. Enjoy!!!