Ashley & Alex's Sanibel Island Wedding

What more is there to say, Sanibel Island, summer, private golf course... beautiful wedding. Ok... Ok, there is a small tie in to this wedding that is pretty funny. Here is the "condensed" story:

I was introduced to Ashley and Alex from a mutual friend of my wife's, Josh Stephany. Ashley and Josh work in the same office at the Orange County Medical Examiners' office. From that office, Dr G Medical Examiner, on Discovery Health is filmed. Ashley is a Forensic Evidence Recovery Technician and Dr Josh Stephany is a Associate Medical Examiner. Josh and my wife met when Josh was an intern at ORMC. They have been great friends ever since. Tailing all this 7 degrees stuff is a stint my wife and I did at the hospital for both of us having Viral Meningitis. Turns out the Infectious Disease doctor in charge of the two of us was none other than Dr G's husband, Dr Mark Wallace. So, Josh refers to us around the office as his Meningitis friends. Josh wasnt able to make it to the wedding, so when I went up to Dr G and her husband and introduced myself as someone other than just the 'wedding photographer' and said that I was one of Josh's Meningitis friends, they laughed. Of course, Dr Wallace remembered me once I said something but the whole story is kind of commical.

Enough about that... on to the photos.

I love the walk from the altar after the ceremony... I mean, come on, can you be any happier than at this point??





I love this photo!!




This was a drinking crowd... I stopped to shoot at the bar quite often that night!





There was some yummy chocolates in these boxes.



The start of the conga line...



Where do DJs get all these freaking hats?





So here is a shot of Dr G (left), from Dr G Medical Examiner, on Discovery Health.

Engagement Shoot: Ashley & Alex

I met Ashley and Alex through a mutual friend of ours, who suggested they check out my work.  They are getting married in beautiful Sanibel, Florida and I can’t wait to shoot their wedding.  They brought their dogs to the shoot as they are also going to be in their wedding.  This is the first time that I have had animals join a photo shoot.

Sanibel holds a special place in my heart.  It was the first "real" vacation that my wife and I took when we were dating.  We had such a great time and it really sealed the deal for me thinking I could spend the rest of my life with her.  One of the funniest stories we have came from there, too.  Apparently, Sanibel Island is one of the best places to go "shelling" on the beach.  You are supposed to go at low tide, fight the crowds of people and have a good time.  So, Lynne and I were pumped to go... but low tide was at something like 3am.  We went to the store bought a flashlight, pail and shovel.  We roll out of bed, walk to the beach (right outside our back door) and the first thing we notice is that there is NO ONE around.  Hmm... first clue.... Second thing was that it was PITCH black.  You couldn’t see your hand at the end of your arm!!  Lynne has the flashlight and we walk out into the low tide.  As Lynne spots a nice shell with the light, she yells out "Here's one!”  So, I bend down to start digging it out or just picking it up... when suddenly she spots something else in the dark and moves the flashlight to see what it is.  When she does this, I cant see a darn thing and lose the shell in the darkness.  We both laugh.  This literally goes on the entire time... by the end of our experience she is doing it on purpose and we are laughing so hard.  Its hard to put into words how awesome that night was.  Its the simple things in life that are so memorable.

Anyway, enough about me!!  Check out the photos from the engagement shoot.  Leave me some comments on what you think!!