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2010 Wedding Favorites

Turner Creative Photography — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 00:01:24 +0000

Thank you SO much to all of my couples from 2010 - it’s been a great year and I’ve enjoyed working with each of you! All the best in 2011

Kayko & Doug: Greece

sarahrhoads — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 18:13:13 +0000

Chris and I are hoping on a big plane today to head to Australia for our VOICE workshop that will be held in Canberra on Wednesday. It's hard to believe that we get on a plane Sunday and don't actually arrive in Australia until Tuesday!! It's like we will be sucked into a serious time warp and for the couple weeks we are over there we will be living in the future... one day ahead of our American friends. We are super excited about the adventure ahead. After our workshop we will be heading to Sydney for a couple days and then off to explore Melbourne and then we are jaunting over to New Zealand's south island for a handful of days. eek!! So for those of you who may be trying to get in touch, please keep in mind we will NOT have our phones on, but will be responding to e mail periodically through the trip.

But before I hop on this big plane today I wanted to post a bit of goodness from our time in Mykonos, Greece with Kayko & Doug! The day before we shot their wedding we went out for a short lifestyle session together in little Venice. Little Venice is characterized by it's lovely little cobblestone streets, sleeping kitties, funny little doorways, white buildings with splashes of color on the windows and doors & it's beautiful sea view. It's absolutely charming. It feels like you are walking around in a dream. Shooting here was unlike any other place we had shot. It was like looking at the world with new eyes and new inspiration. This is going to be the week of Kayko & Doug :) They had an incredible three day destination wedding on this perfect little island in Greece. So I thought I would share some highlights of the experience over the next week on the blog. Next up is their fabulous wedding that will be published in Destination Weddings Magazine and on stands this March, stay tuned!

Rhaisa & Alan . Orlando Wedding Photographer . Winter Park, FL

Mike Richards Photography — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 02:30:19 +0000

I shot this engagement session with a friend who is really new to the industry and wanted me to come out and give him a hand with his first engagement session. Unfortunately, I don’t know much about the couple other than that they are AWESOME and TOTALLY up for anything!

I hope you enjoy the photos as much as I enjoyed working with these two!

Kristen . 2011 Senior Portrait Photogher . Winter Park, FL

Mike Richards Photography — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 02:20:30 +0000

First off, I want to let everyone know that Kristen is my first 2011 senior and wow, what a way to start off the year! Kristen is the current Miss Teen Daytona Beach and after working with her for 5 minutes, I could see why!

Congrats Kristen on all your amazing accomplishments and I wish you the best!

Ashley & Chris . Orlando Wedding Photographer . Lakeland, FL

Mike Richards Photography — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 02:14:11 +0000

I shot this engagement party for another photographer who couldn’t make it so I don’t know too much about the couple and it is really ashame, they are AMAZING!! They are actually the perfect couple for me but they’ve already got a photographer so no worries.

I had a blast for the few hours that we spent together and they are so easy to photograph! Well, here are a few of my favs!

Heather & Steve . Orlando Wedding Photographer . Orlando, FL

Mike Richards Photography — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 03:01:36 +0000

Ceremony Location: Paradise Cove
Reception Location: Paradise Cove

Heather and Steve were absolutely incredible! Steve is one of those grooms who doesn’t mind getting his photo taken and was all about making my job as easy as possible. Heather, well, as I said when I posted their engagement session, has one of the most beautiful smiles I’ve come across. You could see the love they had for each other when they both cried as she walked down the isle.

It rained hard for a little while before the ceremony and just like I thought, it stopped 5 mins before and allowed me to capture one of the best, hurricane’esk ceremonies I’ve ever photographed!

Well congrats Heather and Steve, I wish you both all the best the world has to offer!

Probably my favorite shoe shot of all time!

Remember the tears I wrote about?

Laurie

sarahrhoads — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 16:38:31 +0000

Meet Miss Laurie Ann, she is an absolute delight. We had the joy of meeting Laurie while we were in Calgary a couple of weeks ago. Laurie did an all day mentor session with us. Laurie is the type of person who is a sponge, she actually reminded me a lot of myself in that respect. She brought along a notebook that was full by the end of the day. She scribbled down anything and everything that she could as Chris and I were talking and teaching and already just a week and a half later I head over to Laurie's site and see so many of the things that we talked about there :) Laurie is a girl that is humble and confident... such a brilliant combination when put side by side.

We covered a lot of ground in our 8 hours with Laurie. We shot together, we laughed, we had the best strawberry mango mint smoothie of my life, we got honest and we had a ton of fun. Laurie is radiant and I am so excited for the places she is going. Also, if you enjoy cooking, Laurie does a weekly post on her blog- she is an amazing baker and cook and she just did a post on some delish looking mixed berry oat bars... mmmmm! Cannot wait to warm my home by giving my hand at those once our lives slow down a bit.

And for those that wrote on yesterday's post about my dad, thank you. It was a little scary to put myself out there like that, but it was something I needed to do for myself. It is nice to know this is a place we can be vulnerable. I appreciate each of you who wrote :)

Katrina & Seth . Orlando Wedding Photographer . St. Augustine, FL

Mike Richards Photography — Tue, 25 May 2010 22:23:39 +0000

Getting Ready Hotel: Casa Monica
Ceremony Location: Lightner Museum
Reception Location: The White Room Loft

I LOVE destination weddings and this wedding was a destination wedding for everyone that attended. Unfortunately, Katrina and Seth had some rough times with other photographers double booking on them so when they contacted me they were a bit scared to say the least. I was available, they booked and that was the end of their booking troubles. We traveled to St. Augustine a day early to scope out the venue but quickly realized that I had shot at the Lightner Museum back in 2008.

The Lightner Museum is probably one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever had the pleasure of working at. The architecture is absolutely stunning and when you fuse that with a couple like Katrina and Seth, it makes for one of my favorite weddings of all times!

Katrina and Seth were a blast! It’s always interesting when a client books you over the phone without ever meeting. But once we finally met, we meshed like we had met 50 times before.

Probably one of my favorite hair and make-up shots of all time!

Oh how I love the lines of the dress on the right!

There was another bridal party on the grounds so of course, that calls for a fight of the bridal parties!

Love me some sun flare!

I don’t know of anyone in the area getting ring shots like me! j/k

Karlie & Jordan

sarahrhoads — Tue, 04 May 2010 15:51:17 +0000

Karlie & Jordan have the longest standing relationship of any of our couples to date. They have known one another since pre-school. Jordan's mom was Karlie's pre-school teacher! How cute is that? Little did she know that one day that cute little strawberry blonde girl would be her daughter in law.

It's oftentimes that you meet a couple that has been together as long as these two and they no longer have that "FIRE" for one another. We've all met couples like that. I was so impressed by the absolute love, admiration and passion these two have for one another. They definitely still had the fire :). Jordan and Karlie love life and breathe it in deep. They also cherish one another and laugh at each others jokes; two things that I personally think are crucial for any relationship with longevity.

These two value the finer things in life like good music, good beer and quality time together. Midway through our shoot the rain settled in and I loved how it didn't even phase them. It showed so much about their character. The hair getting wet didn't matter, the cold and wind didn't seem to bother them much either, they got what this was all about and I love people who have a big picture perspective like that.

Katie & Thaddeus

sarahrhoads — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 15:47:00 +0000

Katie & Thaddeus are the real deal. These two are down to earth and love each other with that "grow-old-with-you-enduring-kind of-love" it's really cute. Meeting these two for the first time was like a coffee date with old friends, it just flows with them. There is nothing pretentious about these two, and I think that is what I love most about them. They are honest, natural, authentic and loyal. There isn't a package of attributes that gets much better than that.

We went out last week for their engagement session and Seattle decided to bless us with it's sunshiny bliss. We couldn't have asked for a more perfect spring day. Everything is in bloom right now in Seattle and it is absolutely yummy. I love this time of year as the color starts to glimmer through in the shape of spring flowers. Everything is starting over. I have always loved change and Spring and Fall are the seasons when the change happening around us cannot be ignored. Chris and I lived in Hawaii for a bit while we were in college and one thing I learned about myself while living there was that I NEED seasons. In Hawaii it was consistently beautiful 75 degrees and sunny. I really missed the changing seasons so now I am always extra thankful for them :).

Looking forward to shooting your beautiful Fall wedding Katie and Thaddeus!