Let me tell you how great the people from Georgia really are. For one, the love of my life is from Georgia and I guess I should have known being a good ol southern girl from Texas myself that any southerner is worth my time. When I first got the call from Debbie, Jenn’s Mom, she told me she was calling from Georgia. A small little town called Waycross. I of course ask Sid immediately where is Waycross in relation to Lincolnton (where is is from) and he told me. I just LOVE Georgia and all that its about.  Funny me just  thought the people from Texas were friendly. Debbie was so sweet and kind, it was like talking to an old friend I hadn’t seen in a long while. She was just a doll and we sealed the deal pretty much right on the spot. It didn’t stop there… we keep chatting through emails and getting to know each other and our families better. She sent me pictures of Jenn and Art and her other daughter Rebecca. She also told me that she married her one and only love and they just celebrated their 30 year anniversary. I of course got to see their wedding pictures as well. Debbie is just good people. I have always been warned to be wary of the Mother of the Bride. Ive even been told to make sure to put into the contract that I’m “only supposed to speak with the bride and groom” about photos. I guess Ive been lucky to NOT have any MomZilla’s so far. I even went without a contract, just our word was good enough for me. “That’s how us southerners like to do it at times, our word is all that we are”. With that being said, when I finally met up with the bride and groom, they too were an amazing couple. Good genes! And soooo much fun! We took so many pictures doing “odd things” just to see what would turn out. I had a blast shooting their wedding day but we were missing something. A Sunset Shot. The house that they were staying at was on the oceanside and as you can see from the pictures some amazing scenery. But living in the Keys a Sunset Shot (Bayside) is a MUST. So Sid and I told the couple we could drive across the street to my friend Kathy’s hotel Coconut Palm Inn (a great place for small weddings) and asked her if we could take a few sunset pictures. Now the sun was going down and going fast… we had 9 minutes. Rush Rush into the car we went. Change batteries, fix  my flash, change lens and ok, READY. We get there with just a few minutes to spare and Kathy of course was more than accommodating. Then the most fabulous sunset (ok I really have never seen a bad sunset) was right in front of us. I could tell that Art and Jenn were so happy that we suggested this to them AND made it happen with just minutes to spare! As you can tell by the pictures it WAS amazing and they were just gorgeous together. So another great wedding, another beautiful sunset, and another grateful couple. Its my job and its what I do. “Do whatever is necessary.” (Sid’s Dad, Noel’s favorite saying)  I seriously LOVE making people smile! It was a great day and a great wedding, with great people!  Oh and I can not forget, when we returned to the house with the Bride and Groom, Debbie invited us to sit down with them and have dinner. They treated us like family with pure southern hospitality. It’s couples /families like this, that I look forward to meeting and it really makes  my job that more enjoyable.

I truly am lucky to being able to meet and work with the couples that I have had so far, to be able to share their special day and to capture memories for them that will last a lifetime.

Thank you Jenn, Art, and a special thank you to Debbie, the greatest Mother of the Bride Ever!

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Talk about an amazing couple! Russ and Kristin were a blast to work with! He is a cop and she is a nurse and they played their parts so well. Aside from raining ALL DAY and the wind factor being close to hurricane weather, (ok…not that MUCH) I got a call that the venue had been changed while ON MY WAY there. No problem, I’m very flexible and did whatever was needed to get the images you see here. It was a very small and quick wedding but even in the bad weather conditions, underneath a Tiny Tiki, it was still such a pleasure to shoot and was still a beautiful ceremony. Russ and Kristin are a wonderful couple, gorgeous to photograph, and LOTS of FUN! Hope to get to work with them both very soon!

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