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Vanessa + Brian : Orlando Wedding Photographers

May 12, 2019 by Jensey 1 Comment

Haaaaaaaappy Mother’s Day, friends!!!

I (incredibly selfishly) love this day because I love seeing our brides and grooms sharing our photos of them with their parents on their wedding day! :) Today is *extra* special because it’s Ollie’s 2nd birthday, but I’ll share more about that later- Today is Vanessa and Brian’s wedding preview post. Which makes me immensely happy because Vanessa is an amazing Mama to her little, Ryder! <3

Thank you to our vendor team for making this such an amazing day! :)

Venues : Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort and American Adventure Rotunda

Wedding Planner: Elizabeth

Officiant: Kevin Knox

Hair & Makeup: A Touch of Fierce

Videographer: Trinity Wedding Cinema

Dress: Allure Bridal from Town Shop Bridal in Poughkeepsie, NY

Bridesmaid Dresses: Kleinfeld Bridal

These photos were on Vanessa’s bouquet to remember her grandmother. She loved Disney and we learned she was quite the spitfire! <3Favorite shot of the day- Nate took this of Brian and Ryder’s shoes. <3 Vanessa and her girls got ready in a ballroom at the Yacht and Beach Club Convention Center. I looooooved this space, because there was plenty of room for her girls to spread out, but there was also this long hallway with gorgeous window light so we could pop out and shoot details, and even get Vanessa dressed! Father daughter first look. <3Not pictured : The utter confusion when Vanessa saw her wedding gift from Brian was a pair of Vans, lol! This was when she opened the box and saw they’d been hand painted with her favorite Disney things. <3 LOOK. AT. THIS. FAMILY. PHOTO. <3 Vanessa surprised her *Dad* with a ride in Cinderella’s Coach and his reaction was precious!Don’t let their small size fool you. ;) Off to the American Adventure Rotunda for their reception- My favorite space! <3 Vanessa’s choreographed dance to “My Girl” with her father gave me all the feels…But so did Brian’s dance with his mom to “You’ll Be in my Heart.” Vanessa, Brian, and Ryder- Thank you for having us along for the ride. And happy Mother’s Day, Vanessa!!! :)

Erin + Tom : Fairy Tale Wedding at Walt Disney World

May 3, 2019 by Jensey 1 Comment

They were set up by their mothers. <3

All part of the same circle of friends in Siesta Key, Erin and Tom’s moms planned for Erin to join Tom’s family on a VIP tour at Walt Disney World. Sparks flew immediately, and they spent their first evening together at Top of the World Lounge at Bay Lake Tour watching Wishes… and subsequently staying up talking until 2am! I love that their wedding day brought this story full circle when they ended their day with a dessert party overlooking the Magic Kingdom fireworks. :)

Stacie of Fairytale Hair and Makeup did her usual magical job. <3

Erin gifted Tom Mickey cufflinks! <3

You know it’s a good day when you start the morning with a view of your wedding venue. <3

I love these photos of Erin writing Tom her wedding day love note, but can we talk about those SLIPPERS?!

First look time! :) First with Dad…

… And then her girls! :)

I looooooved how their ballroom turned out! Jamie was their planner and she did such a phenomenal job! :)

First dance magic. :)

Erin and Tom were engaged on the Grand One Yacht, and we were able to sneak away for some photos there during the reception! :)

Choreographed father daughter dance! :)

Erin and Tom, thank you for lettings us be a part of your day!! We wish you all the magic in the world! :)

Jenna + Tyler Wedding Part I : Grand Floridan Wedding

April 30, 2019 by Jensey Leave a Comment

Jenna and Tyler. <3

I love all of our couples, but boy do I love the ones who can roll with changes. Being an Orlando photographer, more often that not, we’re faced with Plan B’s. Maybe the heat is more than our bride anticipated, maybe there’s a freak cold front that brought 40º temps in March. More often than not, it’s rain. :( I feel like I spent more time on my phone watching the weather radar than ever on this day- Hoping and praying it’d just disappear, but instead, it just kinda threatened all day. Just about everything was moved- their cocktail hour, reception venue- Even Illuminations was canceled! We’ve never seen that happen!

But you’d never know it by being around these two. They took every change in stride and kept everyone else’s spirits up in the meantime! And with Disney, even the backups are pretty darn great. :)

I’m so excited to share photos from this wedding! From the classic silhouette of Jenna’s dress to her ponytail up-do at the reception, I felt like we were photographing a wedding for People Magazine! We loved getting to know their families and how crazy these two are for each other. Enjoy!! <3

These dapper gents!! <3

Nate *always* gets my most favorite relaxed portraits! Don’t even try to tell us you’re not photogenic- You just haven’t met Nate’s camera yet! :)

Reactions to seeing their girl in white! <3

Beauties. Every single one of them. <3

Whenever I see a bird before a wedding at the Grand, I assume it’s one of Cinderella’s checking to see if our bride needs help getting in her dress (she did not.) Thank you, bird! <3

Pleeeeeease click here for the rest of this beautiful day! <3

Jenna + Tyler Wedding Part II : Reception at Epcot’s China Pavilion

April 30, 2019 by Jensey Leave a Comment

Continued from Jenna and Tyler’s Wedding Part I! :)

After their ceremony, it was on to portrait time around the Wedding Pavilion! :)

This liiiiiight! <3

5 minutes of downtime sure does look different now vs. 2 years ago! Super quick video call with Ollie to tell him goodnight! <3

Their reception was supposed to be outside in Italy but got moved indoors to China for bad weather. They absolutely took it in stride though, and I kinda love that we got some portrait time in a pavilion we’d never shot in before!