Melanie and Jimmy's Marco Island Beach Wedding

High school sweethearts Jimmy and Melanie met up 17 years later and now are husband and wife!  They live on the east coast of Florida and decided Marco Island was the perfect place for a sunset beach wedding.  Marco Island did not disappoint!  The sunset was absolutely fabulous!

 Melanie looked super sexy and gorgeous on the balcony of the Marco Hilton.

 The Marco Hilton is a gorgeous place to photograph!

 Mother and daughter.

 Father and Son

 The handsome groom.  Love the columns at the Hilton Marco Island!

 Marco Florist did the flowers, arch and setup for the ceremony.

 I love the green balls!

 The newly blended family.

 Siblings now!

 #sexystuff

 I think she loves him!

 He makes her laugh!

 And here is the view from the other side!  It started raining right after we went inside!

 Cute place settings!

 This Naples Wedding Photographer had a great time photographing this wonderful beach wedding!

~Peggy Farren
Avant-Garde Images, Inc. and Understand Photography

Nancy and Michael's Rockin Wedding!

Nancy has been a personal friend of mine for quite some time.  Our kids have been close friends for a very long time.  I'm so happy that Nancy met Michael!  She loves rock and roll and loves to have fun!  It was fate that Michael came into her life!

Nancy's legs - wowsa!

Love the sun flare!  We had such a great engagement session!

This is the picture they chose for their signature frame.  Sunset wasn't great but we dragged our studio light and softbox out to the beach for nice lighting on Michael and Nancy. 

Fisheye view from Nancy's balcony at the Waldorf Astoria where she got ready on her wedding day.

Nancy has the coolest shoes!!

I love these unique wedding rings!

Bright, beautiful flowers "Wedding Flowers by Something Blue" carlyjizelle@yahoo.com

Hair by Jen Leete, Makeup by Monica Cabada.  GORGEOUS!

Michael, the handsome groom!

Seagate Beach.  Huppa "Flowers by Something Blue".

Nancy's sons Derrill and Casey walked her down the aisle.

Look at the way she looks at him....

And makes him laugh!

This is my FAVORITE picture of the night.

What a sunset!  It rained ALL day and then this!

Tents and lights.  It was a perfect night.  Tents by Party Time Rentals.

Love the groom cake!

Michael and his brother "The Vance Brothers Band" played a couple tunes!

I told you we were friends!  It's me dancing with Janis Morse!

Sweet family shot (missing one daughter).  My son's girlfriend, Cassie (on the right) with her family.

Wedding Planner:  Kathie Resop, Side by Side Weddings
Florist:  Weddings by Something Blue
Venue:  Party Time Rentals (tents), The Waldorf Astoria and Seagate Beach
Band:  The Derek Trenholm Band
Hair:  Jen Leete
Makeup:  Monica Cabada
Caterer:  Wynn's Catering

This was a nice thing to receive in our inbox just now!!

We are so lucky to have such wonderful clients!  We LOVE our weddings in Southwest Florida!   Thank you for the honor of this award!!
--- Peggy and Helen

Feeling the LOVE!

Thanks Jerri Lynn Merritt, of www.photographybyjerrilynn.com for the super sweet blog post!!
http://photographybyjerrilynn.blogspot.com/2011/08/naples-wedding-photographer-weddings.html

We had so much fun with our "Weddings 101 with a real "fake" wedding"! This is the second time I've taught this class and it is so much fun! Yes, I'm giving away my "secrets" but I would much rather have great competitors who bring the value of photography up! We had a mix of seasoned pros in our class, along with some photographers just getting into wedding photography.
We were so lucky to have professional makeup artist, AlexAndrea for our rain date. We got rained out at the end of our fake wedding last week so we got together again on Sunday to take more pictures at sunset. We made it to sunset and then got rained on AGAIN! But it was so much fun! And we all got the chance to practice beautiful sunset portraiture!
As Jerri Lynn says in her post - even seasoned professional photographers need to get out, learn new things and practice! It's way better to try new things on models than on a real wedding day!

Featured Wedding Photographer Hilton Naples

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We are thrilled to be the featured wedding photographer for the Hilton Naples!!! We love the Hilton!

Paige Simpson at the Hilton planned a perfect wedding for Toni and Jim. We started at the hotel for getting ready pictures.

Then we were shuttled to the beach. It was a perfect Naples day - warm but not hot, with a nice sunset!! Toni and Jim's friends and family were so much fun! We got crazy with the formal photo session!
And back to the Hilton Naples for a fun, fun, fun reception with DJ John Caltabiano of A Sound
Sensation.