We are so honored to see our image of Ben and Christina's cake featured on the cover of Weddings Illustrated Magazine's current issue!  

In the above details spread, the lower right hand image is also by Audrey Snow Photography.

And Christina and Ben's wedding was featured as well!  So wonderful!  It's a beautiful magazine!  Be sure to pick up a copy!

We loved working with Adriana and Jason and their amazing team of wedding pros.  They had a beautiful, flawless day, in part due to the fact that they are so awesome, how could it go any other way?, in part due to the professionals they trusted to bring things together for them.  We were amazed by the talent we saw this day (many of these pros we were just working with for the first time), so make sure to check out the list of credits at the end of this post.

Planning:  Uniquely Yours  (Karry was such a joy to work with!)

Venue:  The Lange Farm  (A new favorite)

Florals:  The Bride's Bouquet  (Amazing, loved the Orchids)

Reception lighting:  The Production Crew  (What a transformation!)

Catering:  Puff 'n Stuff  (Yum!)

A very fun wedding session at The Ringling Museum in Sarasota...

We love the way Angeline and Nick interact with each other.  They are long time sweet hearts who seem more in love than ever.  We photographed them at their venue, The Edison and Ford Winter Estates, a few weeks before their wedding day, allowing us all to focus more on the moments of the actual wedding day rather than the portraits.  Michael and I did the same thing for our own wedding (but just days before) and loved having so many of our pictures done ahead of time.  This first set of images is from their pre-wedding session...

The following images are all from the actual wedding day...

Following the ceremony, there was an intimate dinner reception at Cristof's on McGregor.  The long tapered candles and white lillies were so elegant.

The most decadent cakes, by Norman Love Confections

The sweetest little celebration at beautiful Casa Ybel on Sanibel Island.  I photographed much of Lindsey and Ryan's portraits before the ceremony which made for a very smooth day.  We never push this idea, but admit it works out well in certain situations.  Lindsey had this to say about it... "I keep telling people that one of my favorite parts of the wedding was getting our photos done before the wedding. It gave us such a special beautiful time together before the wedding, and we really enjoyed it. It wasn't stressful at all- felt intimate and perfect!"  I just adore them both!

Nichole and Dion had a gorgeous New Year's Eve wedding at The Rusty Pelican in Tampa.  Pure elegance in ivory and black.  Because their festivities took place after dark, we are using their engagement session for a post wedding shoot this week.  This will give us time to run around town and take a lot of time for their pictures of the two of them.  Can't wait!  (We seriously could have photographed these two for hours!)  We are going to have so much fun and they will have so much variety in their images between both the wedding day and this upcoming shoot.  Very smart!

This was our first time working with The Bride's Bouquet.  They do beautiful florals!

Nichole is so glamorous.  I love her ruffled wrap.

Event planning by Lisa Mohyla of Exquisite Events.

The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Courtyard

Day Planners, Events by Anna Pohl

Affairs in the Air

Such a beautiful and joyous day...  We adore Anna-Marie and Tim and their families!

Casa Ybel Resort on Sanibel Island is simply breathtaking.

Andrea and Will...  Lovely souls...  

Amazing venue:  South Seas Island Resort

The most thoughtful of planners:  Weddings by Socialites

Crazy talented florist:  Signature Florals

Beautiful hair:  Jennifer King Style

Love.

Trish and Harris are very cool people.  She's a sommelier and he's a chef, in DC.  If they lived closer I would hope and hope for a dinner invitation to their house.  :)  I believe people who are passionate about food and wine are passionate about life in general, including love and family.  (Surely an appreciation for the good stuff in life carries through to all sorts of things.)  It certainly seems so with Trish and Harris.  It was a pleasure spending the day in the midst of all that good taste, and delectable love.  

Tiger Lily Flowers does beautiful work!

Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota is such an elegant venue.  

After the ceremony and cocktail hour at the Ritz-Carlton, the party moved to the tented reception on the bay, at the home of Trish's parents.  It was stunning, and personal!

Maria Brady of Choreographed Events did an amazing job of designing and coordinating this event.  Everything was so seamless, and so very beautiful!  We also enjoyed working with A Wedding Moment Cinematic Films.  Their work is gorgeous!

The star of our party (see post below) was without a doubt Bash Booths.  It is a super stylish and ridiculously fun photo booth.  Everyone had so much fun with it and we loved that we had an awesome collection of pictures of our friends without having to hide behind a camera all night.  The booth has options of black and white, color, and even has a video option.  How perfect is that for wedding well-wishers?  It delivers instant strips of 4 photos, just like the booths of my childhood.  Except there are two strips, one for them, one for us.  Love!!!  Don't party without it!

Below are just a handful of images from the booth...  

Michael and I

Kehrin of Jet Set Wed and Charmed Weddings.  My vote for best dressed.  :)

Sam and Ashley of Ashley Brockinton Photography, Kelly McWilliams of Weddings by Socialites with her hubby Kelly.

Kerry, Karl and Nanette of Luminaire Foto, Michael, Jamie and Bryan of Jamie Lee Photography, Tori Lawless of Edison and Ford Winter Estate

Karl and Nanette of Luminaire Foto

Jamie and Bryan of Jamie Lee Photography

Kerry, Tori, and Michael

Marlon with Angelina of Angelina Arts Photography

Shelly with Jen of WedPerfect

Tarra, Kehrin, Kelly, Ashley, Ann-Marie of IHeart Films, Me, Jen

Steven and Ann-Marie of IHeart Films

Sir Daniel and David of Salon Tease with friend, Kehrin, Me

Michael, Kristin, and Ray

John, Michael, Mandy, Me, Alyssa

Tarra, Me, Ashley

Jen, Me, Stacy of Set Free Photography

We have been feeling nothing but grateful these days...  For our family, our home, our work, our amazing friends and peers.  While November was a hectic time to throw a party (this is our busiest time of year in SWFL wedding world), we decided all of these blessings warranted a true celebration and so we threw a little party...  A Very Vintage Autumn Soiree.  We asked our guests to dress the part in any ensemble fitting of 1920's to 1960's (Too many great possibilities in there to narrow it to just one decade!) (Stay tuned for Bash Booths pictures of everyone!) We cranked up the tunes of old school crooners and swingers (playlist included Benny Goodman, Billie Holiday, Count Bassie, Duke Ellington, Edith Piaf, Ella Fitzgerald, Fred Estaire, Glenn Miller, and Louis Armstrong.)  Such fun!  The night flew by and at the end of the evening we found ourselves once again thinking how lucky we are to be surrounded by so many wonderful people.

I love to put pieces of our lives on this blog when possible because I find it helps us connect to clients that are like-minded souls.  (Makes for very fun shooting!)  Which is why I have included in this post images of our home and the party decor.  As Frances Mayes so perfectly explained in Under the Tuscan Sun,  when a woman asks of another woman "What is her house like?"  "We both know she really means what is she like?".  :)  So here you are...  This is what I (we) are like.  At least this recent Autumn.  

Pretty obsessed over this grey I painted last summer.  Sunburst mirror from Wisteria.com.  

1.  On our mantel.  Old and new books.  My stepfather (previous used book shop owner) has gifted some really cool finds over the years.

2.  The buffet in our entry.

3.  Poms from BHLDN.com, ornaments from ZGallerie. 

4.  Signature drink:  Caramel Apple Spice.  When I gave my talented friend Jen of WedPerfect a collection of liquors and said make something tasty please she certainly delivered!  She also saved my sanity by coordinating logistics like catering, fluffing poms with me at midnight, and taking care of the rental set up on the day of.  Thank you, Jen!

5.  Entry.  Circle garland from BHLDN.com.  

6.  Floor mirror behind our round sectional.

7.  Another view of the entry.

8.  The menu from Chef Rob of Hungry Like a Wolf catering was unbelievable!  I'm still craving it!  

9.  Our family room.  Those tiles are by Sid Dickens.  I've been collecting them for years.  One more to go to make this set complete! 

This was the first time in years Grant had some fun in front of the camera.  He must have REALLY liked his costume.  :)

We really loved his costume because it reminded us of this:

Our little Evie was asleep for much of the night, so we ended up dressing her up again and taking her picture yesterday.  Sweet little lamb!  

There are also a couple of fun pics of these cuties at the pumpkin patch on our Facebook Fan page!

I love lavender...  I love it for the simple beautfy of it, but more so for the memories of it wafting through the air on our honeymoon in Napa Valley, and always for the smile it brings me as it is synonymous with my mom's French country style.  (Somehow packages from my mom even manage to arrive dripping with the scent of lavender.)  So you understand why I was especially smitten with Katie and Rick's lavender infused beach wedding.  The silvery purples were glamorous and earthy all at once, a little like Katie herself.  Simply divine.

It was the windiest of days at Longboat Key Club & Resort!  At times the wind was a little much to take, but it yielded the above image- my personal favorite from the day.

Lovely sea glass inspired wedding by Weddings by Socialites...  Kim and Greg's ceremony may have been moved indoors on account of rain, but it certainly didn't dampen their spirits!  Of course, it helps when you are marrying the love of your life and your back-up location is this gorgeous!  We love the classic understated style of South Seas Island Resort .  Kim and Greg are so sweet together.  We were so happy when the rain clouds cleared a bit and we were able to get out for pictures post ceremony.       

This event was made even more fabulous with the help of Kakes by Karen and Signature Florals.