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Today's post is dedicated to one Ms.Kara W. It's been a long time coming, friend, but we are *finally* here. I don't know who is more excited about this - me or you - but suffice it to say that we've BOTH been anxiously awaiting this moment.
This post has been (almost) four years in the making. I knew that I would be writing these words back in September 2007 when I received the sweetest email from a bubbly college girl named Kara...
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 8:34 PM
Hi Meg,
I know you have probably gotten these emails a million times,but I have had two sorority sisters use you in their wedding and I am OBSESSED. I am an avid blog reader and have never gotten the guts to email you and tell you how unbelieveably amazing you are! I am a senior graduating in April and very excited to have a wedding so I can have you photograph it!! haha! I am an ADPi at FSU. We have nights where we sit and just read your blog! We are a bit obsessed and girls are already saying that they can't wait to have you guys photograph our weddings! You guys are going to be busy bees in the next few years! We just think you two have a great team and amazing pictures! WE PROMOTE YOU TWO VERY BIG HERE!!! You WILL be hearing from me when I get engaged, have kids, etc! Haha!!Just wanted to let you know that I am very in love with your work! Have a great week! Kara W
Of course, I kept that first email (Kara don't kill me for sharing that - it's just too precious and special to me) KNOWING that I would be able to share this story with all of you someday...
Meet *my* Kara and her equally wonderful fiance Tyler... |
Kara + Tyler
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Engagement Session
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May 26, 2011
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Orlando, FL
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I doubt it's possible to eagerly await the announcement of an engagement more than I have with these two... years of emails and eventually meeting & photographing Kara at her sister's weddings (both sorority and real-life sisters!) and now the date has been set! December 2011 will be here before we know it and then what'll I have to occupy my mind?!
One last shot before I go... Kara as I always envisioned her... laughing & so in love. |
| Thank you to *all* of the Kara's out there... you inspire us and make this job incredibly rewarding. LOVE! |
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One of the really great things about living in Pensacola, my 'hometown', is that I have the awesome opportunity to serve the community that nurtured me for so many years. As a photographer I've been able to give back through donating my time and talents to local arts and nonprofits in the area - and while that work is always personally rewarding, there is nothing quite as special to me as being asked to photograph the important times in the life of an old friend. It is the greatest honor and carries me long after the wedding day itself. I've been known to flip through Facebook galleries of weddings we shot for old high school friends years ago and get all gushy... don't judge. There's something new and wonderful about growing up and seeing parts of your past begin to come full circle. I imagine it must be what parents experience every day...
Well, you can imagine my complete exhilaration upon receiving this email about 10 weeks ago...
"Hi Meg,
It's Claire xxxxxx, and I just described you to my fiance as the girl who was Cinderella when Gary was Prince Charming :) I just got engaged about a week and a half ago, and we're planning the wedding for January xxxxx at xxxxxxx. I've had so much fun looking through your portfolio on your website, and we would love to talk to you about being our photographer for the wedding, if you're available. We're still talking about the possibility of engagement photos and whether we would want those done professionally... If you could just let me know how you usually do this, that would be great!
Thanks!
Claire"
As the note mentions, when I was 15 years old I played Cinderella opposite Claire's older brother Gary in a community theater production of Rodgers and Hammerstein s Cinderella**. Claire was a little girl then ... maybe 8 years old? ... and I remember her as being the sweetest little thing. At her engagement session she recalled us dancing together - waltzing, I believe - during some down time at rehearsals. The thought that in a few short months I will be photographing Claire dancing with her real life Prince Charming makes me a little teary eyed...
It's with a warm heart that I would like to introduce you to Claire and Zach. |
Claire + Zach
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Engagement Session
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April 23, 2011
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Pensacola, FL
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| This last photograph was taken in the same spot where Zach proposed to Claire. *love* |
| ** On a different note, we recently shot the wedding of another bride that was in that same production of Cinderella way back when... I think I just might have to pull a few production photos of the three of us from the depths of my high school closet and post on here. It's a small world, no? |
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"Welcome back to Jamaica, Mon!" - I say, wishing there were some fruity drink in my hand, toes in the sand, instead of sitting behind a computer. Ah, well. Mind if I sit back and simply enjoy the view with you all today? |
| L takes shoe fetish to a whole new level with 3 pairs of heels - for a beach wedding, no less! |
| L surprised E with a really thoughtful gift... |
| She had these cuff links made - one shows where they first met, the other shows where they were wed, and the medallion on the box is where they got engaged. How great is that? |
| On the left - Jamaican rum favors for the guys and pashminas for the girls. On the right - Steel drums played as the bride walked down the aisle. |
| Can you believe crafty L made all of the drink umbrellas, these cute place cards, and so much more?! |
| L + E spent their first Jamaican sunset on this bad boy the night before their guests arrived, as they explained to their guests when it pulled up on the beach, just steps from their reception. |
| As their guests where just finishing with dinner, this fire-dancer made quite the surprise entrance! |
| UP NEXT: a scenic Jamaican newlywed session. See you tomorrow! |
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