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Josie and George – Engagement in Miami

admin — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 01:20:51 +0000

Had an AWESOME time photographing and spending time with a great couple down in Miami a couple of weeks ago. I thought I’d start the set with a silly “look at us play supermodel” because this couple was so much fun and had such great chemistry that I figured I’d start with something silly … obviously decided to complement the over the top expressions with some very in your face over the top processing

The engagement shoot started at Virginia Key Beach. I’d never been there before and it was quite the treat to see all the great photo opportunities hidden there. Where do we start… ok let’s see:

Gorgeous people amongst the vegetation:

more gorgeous people, vegetation… and FLARE!

peek-a-boo… I see you

orange, orange, everywhere! …. and you know I like my orange right?

a change of outfit and a quick stop back in the “jungle” part of the beach…

and then off to the beach itself…

Back into the previous outfits and off to another location for some sunset photos….

and dancing with the moon

a quick change into eveningwear and the engagement photography session moved to Lincoln Road in South Beach.

We saw this cool elevator with a glass back and decided to take some playful shots with that…

after shooting from the front of the elevator we moved to the back where we shot quite a few “caught while otherwise distracted” shots Here’s one we turned into a panoramic sequence

and here’s one that was super-steamy…

Now the thing was that due to the speed of the elevator and how dark it was I had to prefocus the camera and basically wait for them to appear out of nowhere and take the shots…. of course we had a few surprises… for instance this one time they were supposed to go by while wrapped around each other like pythons in love (if you found this page while searching for information about the reproductive habits of leg-less reptiles don’t blame me, blame google) but instead they showed up with a family:

and of course they played their own jokes on me as well… behold… SuperGeorge and WonderJosie!

Once we were done with the elevator we headed off onto Lincoln Road where we found a few nice spots to shoot in…

Josie and George,

Thank you so much for being the awesome people you are… I am so glad Joe put us in touch (Joe you rock man!) I can’t wait to shoot your wedding in May… Josie, you’re going to be a spectacular bride and George… well you’re already on heck of a lucky guy so I guess you’ll be a lucky guy in a tux

You can see the rest of the photos on the proofs site

I close the set with one of my favorite photos ever:

Krystin and Jim – Live Engagement in Miami

Jennifer and Derek – Lifestyle Couples Session in Hollywood, Florida

admin — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 04:31:00 +0000

No, not a South Florida Wedding and not an Engagement Session either… but a gorgeous couples’ session nonetheless. Jennifer and Derek are total naturals in front of the camera… which is understandable in the case of Jennifer, who models (and dances and does all sorts of other cool things!) but Derek… he’s just a regular dude… but wow… check out the intense GQ look below!

After that shot we kept joking around that he’s got the intense look of an underwear model… oh yeah and I should note that when he jokingly asked something along the lines of “ok is this when we do the underwear shots” … my wife didn’t make a peep … hum…

At any rate… photographing them was a pleasure and an honor… and if you guys end up together… let’s totally hook up a cool multi-hour session

Here’s a shot I’d like comments on (you can email me if you prefer to keep your thoughts private)… I had this idea while shooting a tiny little baby, that we often don’t have photos from the vantage point of Ourselves while doing something… in the case of the baby I shot the baby as the parent would see him while they held him. In this case the idea was to use a normal lens (which gives a very natural perspective) and shoot the photo from the position where Derek’s eyes would be if he were gazing into Jennifer’s eyes as he gently cupped her face… does it work?

And speaking of cupping…

Two can play this game!

This shot below deserves an explanation. As usual at the beginning of the session I mentioned to them that the best “kiss” photos are photos where they’re about to kiss… not the actual kiss itself. Well… guess what… without me even realizing it they took my words to heart and literally NEVER kissed during the whole session LOL. Except when we started taking some totally silly ultra-wide-angle shots… which I certainly didn’t intend on posting… but hey… it’s the only kiss shot I have, so here it is LOL

And from kiss… to … Uh Tongue bite-pull

Guys, it was an absolute pleasure to spend the little time we had available making some fun photography. Thank you!

Oh and Derek… unfortunately for my wife we don’t really do underwear model photography but if that’s where you see yourself in 5 years… I might have some contacts you might want to talk to

All the photos for the session are on the proofs section of the website.

Krystin and Jim – Live Engagement in Miami

admin — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:37:46 +0000

How to even begin to contain my enthusiasm? A great guy, a gorgeous lady with a sense of humor and enough “in on the guy geekyness” to let her play with the boys, a fantastic photographer hired to help make this a smashing success and three stunning locations. And that’s not even considering that this was our very first “live” engagement!

Thank you Jim, for entrusting us with this most special of moments. I sincerely hope to have exceeded your (but more importantly Krystin’s) expectations

The opening shot above was taken from an undisclosed location in one of the most dangerous areas of Miami (yes really) which however has the benefit of showcasing Biscayne bay’s fantastic’s Skyline.

The photos below were shot at Vizcaya

My favorite photo of the day (of mine):

Photo by Tony Schreiber:

And here is me taking the shot above (photo by Tony Schreiber)

Just a little context…

These other shots were taken at the very tip of South Beach in Miami.

Krystin showing off her Mortal Kombat moves!!! Jim … totally paralyzed by fear

My second favorite shot of the day (of mine):

Tony in action at Vizcaya

Josie and George – Engagement in Miami

Nikki and Marcelo – Lifestyle Couples Session in Fort Lauderdale, Florida

admin — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 05:44:09 +0000

A bit unusual for a couples’ session but we lead this one with a solo portrait of a car. Jessie, as her owner named her

We cruised around Fort Lauderdale Beach hoping for some respite from the weather, but no go. We were only able to get a few clicks in before the rain forced us to move to Downtown Fort Lauderdale.

Of course sometime what looks like a bad thing is a blessing in disguise. As we parked our cars the sun started peeking out of the clouds and I was able to capture this:

We closed the night with this:

we’d love to hear your feedback in the comments. Thank you!

Jaelin and David – Engagement Session in Deerfield Beach, Florida

admin — Thu, 21 May 2009 13:49:22 +0000

Last night we were privileged to photograph two wonderful out-of-towners, Jaelin and David. They’re from Colorado and stopped by on their way to a Bahamas getaway.

Jaelin is stunningly beautiful, and David is a good looking guy himself. He even knew what a 5D2 was when I mentioned it in passing and had a good idea of the sticker price. Props to Dave on that one. We had a ton of setbacks that threatened this shoot from technical issues with the flash triggers to a bad weather forecast and a later than expected start to the session which put most of the shots in the dark

So… how’d it turn out? Well, if the proof is in the pudding, then I’m very happy with the pudding we got.

Early in the shoot we had a constant intruder in all of our shots: Jaelin’s purse kept managing to get into the frame no matter where she put it. After moving it a few times I finally decided to give up … drop down into the dirt and let the purse take center stage:

The purse behaved much better after her photo-op

Well, back to developing the images of this fantastic couple. Jaelin, I hope you end up loving the photos, enjoy your vacation in paradise!

This one below was directly inspired by a fellow photographer’s shot on FM… I’m sorry I don’t remember who you are, but I just thought I’d give a shout-out anyway

Thanks to the Broward County Parks employee who said I didn’t need to pay for the sprinkler I broke last night and thanked me for reporting the damage … she said it’s the first time she gets a call from someone who damaged property and was willing to pay for it

Special thanks to Brenda, Laura and Greg, who took care of our little ones while we were out shooting. We love you guys!

You can see the full set here

Ahyde and Denis – Engagement Session in Hollywood, Florida

admin — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:56:04 +0000

We shot Ahyde and Denis’ Engagement session at TY Park in Hollywood Florida. Their Wedding is in two days at the Yankee Clipper in Fort Lauderdale. We had a fantastic time shooting this session as we made it a family affair, including Ahyde’s daughter as an assistant.

This one down here is one of our favorite shots from the day…

And here is a view of all the assistants hard at work to make that shot happen!

A portrait of the stunning bride-to-be looking at her groom

Airborne!

You can see the whole set here.

Major Site redesign … and an engagement shoot at Ty Park in Hollywood Florida

admin — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:52:49 +0000

No more main page and separate off-site blog.

You can’t tell by looking but we’ve actually changed servers. We’re now running on a much simpler server solution and spending more of our hard-earned money on glass and lighting equipment than on supposed services we never used.