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Jessica + Mike : Grand Floridian Engagement Session

May 24, 2017 by Jensey Leave a Comment

Jessica and Mike are getting married this summer in Ohio. While we won’t be there for the wedding, we were honored to photograph their engagement session around the Grand Floridian! Fun fact : Remember the family session we shot last year where the parents met as teenagers while vacationing at the Grand in high school? This is Jessica, Casey’s little sister. <3

Jessica has been staying at the Grand Floridian every year for the past *26* years!! Mike is now a part of the fun, so what better place to shoot their session than the Grand?!

The lighting that morning was perfect. Like… Perrrrrrfect. <3

So. Many. Favorites. <3

Jessica, you’re going to be such a stunning bride! <3

We ended the session meeting up with Jessica’s family and shooting a Mickey balloon release for her mother in heaven. It was a moment I won’t forget. <3

Jessica and Mike, thank you for letting us capture this season in your life!! <3

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Katelyn + Anthony : Orlando Engagement Session

February 10, 2017 by Jensey 2 Comments

The last time we saw Katelyn, she was the maid of honor in her sister Erin’s wedding. Erin and Mark’s Pennsylvania wedding in Rose Valley was truly a favorite of ours that year, and we left with fingers and toes crossed that Erin’s was only the first of her siblings’ weddings we’d be photographing! :)

We were thrilled when Anthony reached out about their upcoming family trip to Disney, where he’d be proposing and wanted to surprise Katelyn with an engagement session with us! We met them at the Grand Floridian, where they were all sparkly with that newly-engaged-glow. (It’s a real thing, I promise!)

See what I mean? All sparkly. <3

Bumping into Katelyn’s family mid-session! :)

Katelyn and Anthony were staying here, so they popped back to their room for a quick outfit change. Before they left, Anthony said, “So, we had an idea…” Kate cut him off, “You. YOU had an idea.” Anthony floated the possibility of ending the session with them getting soaked in the Alice in Wonderland splash pad! We were allllll over it, but I wasn’t holding my breath that Katelyn would be 100% on board!

The last time we saw this sweet family…

And today! <3

Oh and yep. It. Happened.

I don’t know how we’re ever going to top this session!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <3

Anthony, we are so, so thankful you reached out and we can’t wait to finalize wedding plans. Katelyn, I can’t wait to see you in white, and P family, we hope to hug y’all again real soon!!!!!!!!!

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Karen + Alvaro : Orlando, Florida Wedding Part I

January 24, 2017 by Jensey Leave a Comment

Are you ready for the best meet cute I’ve ever heard?!

Alvaro met Karen when she was working at a video game store. He bumped into her, all the game cartridges fell, and he helped her pick them up. <3 When Karen told us that in her first inquiry, I was convinced that pixie dust started swirling around them while baby birds and chipmunks huzzah-ed all while an Alan Menken score played in the background.

Karen and Alvaro didn’t officially start dating until Karen moved back home from college. After 10 years of dating, they got engaged 15 minutes after midnight on New Year’s Day in Epcot. :)

There are people that make the world a happier place just by existing, and Karen and Alvaro are two of those people. The love their family and friends have for them as a couple was so evident on their wedding day, and we were honored to be a small part of it! Every now and then there’s a family that truly takes us in as their own, and Nate and I both felt that with these wonderful people.

We are THRILLED to share some sneak peeks from this fun wedding!!

The best thing about 6am start times? Empty lobbies. <3

THIS. DRESS.

Karen had already bought a dress- A white one. It was when she went to her sister’s dress fitting (I believe in November?!) that she spotted this little beauty from across the room and had a love-at-first-sight moment. Last minute alterations can always be stressful for a bride, but especially when you’re trying your dress on for the first time a week before your wedding!! Luckily it fit perfectly, and I don’t know that I’ve ever seen a bride so enamored with her dress. After their first look, Karen told Alvaro if someone were to take her and turn her into a dress, this would be the one. I couldn’t agree more! :)

Karen’s fairy godmothers at Fairytale Hair and Makeup did a phenomenal job making Karen look (and most importantly feel!) like a princess! :)

I’ve only gotten to see this a couple of times at the Grand Floridian, but I love the “mousekeepers” reporting for duty! :)

Karen, you were a stuuuuuuuuunning bride. <3

Any day that we get to see this stud muffin is a wonderful day!

So. Many. Favorites. <3

Another favorite. <3

This was our first time seeing the Wedding Pavilion’s renovation!! We’ve heard they’re still waiting on a big chandelier in the middle. The weddings team is so excited and proud of how it looks, and it was fun seeing a more modern spin on it. :)

I had the hardest time narrowing down photos for this preview so I had to turn it into two posts. :) Click here for the rest!!