Ok, so this was supposed to be posted like an hour ago, but for some reason our sites keep popping in and out of existence.  Very weird.....anyhow.....onward!

Getting stale scares me, so I am forever thinking of fun and creative things to do with my clients.  My goal is to get them to drop that, "cloak of security" that everyone naturally put's up when a camera comes out. The trick is getting them to just be themselves. With Abbie and Alex, this was a piece of cake...for the most part!

If you could have bottled the Love coming from these kids, one could have made a million dollars from it.  I take that back...the Love from these guys is priceless!  I had the absolute pleasure of getting to hang out with them last night for their engagement session. I'm shooting their wedding at the Belleview Biltmore Resort in October, with their reception being held at the Belleair Country Club. I'm so super excited because the wedding is going to be so beautiful! I can't wait!

So, anyways...we had a frikking blast last night!  Check out my favorite shots, then watch the show by clicking the link at the end of the post!

Lol...I don't think Abbie knew I was taking her picture!

What the?!  Dude.....back in my day....we used quarters!

Oh yes I did....and they obliged.  These guys are frikking rockstars.

Synchronized motorcycle racin!  Saweet!

Abbie with her game face one.  Watch out Alex.

Ah hah....the eye......ooohhhhh!!

This is the vision that popped into my head for these guys....came out 90% accurate.  Go Speed Go!

Now that Alex whopped Abbie in Go Karts, Abbie takes revenge with Putt-putt Golf!

Alex...your such a sly guy....and smart!  This was completley un-coached, and un-scripted, as always.  The next hole Alex putted it in on the first try.  Eagle!

The storm!  Here in Florida, it rains everyday at 5 o'clock like clockwork.  Little did we know, the storm would follow.

By this point we're on hole 12, and the edge of the storm is getting closer.  It's moving West, which is odd.  I decided it was time to leave early, and head to the beach before the storm got there and covered up the Sunset.

We got there just in time.  The leading edge of the storm had already passed, and the rain you could actually see coming down just about a mile away.  I knew we only had about 15 minutes, so we had to act fast!  I spotted this hill, had a vision, and this is what I got!

I LOVE the little red Lifeguard station.  It add's flavor.

Exploring every possible angle always proves beneficial.

I could have shot in the this light forever!  It was so diffused and pretty!

So what I mean about the Love?  These guys are special.

It had already started to rain, but I just wanted a few more shots.  It was worth it!

So....here are 131 more of my favorites!  

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I just got home from THE most incredible engagement session ever!  I wanted to leave you guys with a little sneak peak from our last stop of the evening.  

Check back here on the blog tomorrow for the full post, and a TON of amazing photos! 

I remember a past client asking, "do you have any wedding album cover samples that we can feel?"  Freaking brilliant!  Our newest wedding album manufacturer Finao just sent us their entire collection of book cover swatches!  There are like over 100 of them!  So cool! 

Finao has covers for all types of brides...

...from simple.. 

...to sleek and sophisticated...

...to downright freaking cool! 

- Happy freaking 4th of July! 

- I have a super cool engagement session on Sunday with the cutest couple ever!  This one will be quite unique I can assure you!  My new videographer friend David is going to follow me around and shoot some video, so be on the lookout for something super cool in the next few weeks!

- To further refine the content on this blog to appeal to brides and grooms, all post directed towards photographers will be posted on the business blog for photographers, The Pea Pod.  If your a photographer who's been stalking this blog, then be sure and RSS the other one for some super sweet premium info for free ninety free!  

Seriously though, these grasshoppers are freaking freaky!  Joe told me they were locusts.  Either way...the state of Florida is under attack!  

I have been thinking about seperating my wedding work, from my portrait work for a while now.  My main focus is shooting weddings, and my target clients are ultra hip brides who want something different.  For this reason alone, I decided to strip the Lifestyle stuff off of our main website.  One can't specialize in weddings when there are other things besides weddings are on the website!  So, from now on all Lifestyle and family portraits will be dealt with through Tampa Portraits.

My goal for Tampa Portraits is to become the "Bella" of the portrait world here in Tampa.  People must know what there's other options besides blasting their kids with flash in a studio!  Our photographers will work on location to provide you with something different, and something unique.  Would'nt you want them captured as they would normally be acting with minimal interaction from the photographer?  Of course!

To the potential brides and grooms who have landed here on my blog, we're working on making it easier for you guys to actually find our main website.  In the near future when you land here the link to our Wedding Portfolio will be VERY obvious!