It was a super-cool location with a couple clearly in love… a perfect combination in my books.

I always get excited when the Goldstones ask us to photograph their family again. Between their last session and this one they moved a couple hours away. It was so great to be asked to come join them up there for a session! We LOVE traveling out of the area to sessions. The new places bring out something new in our creativity.

We don’t often have the opportunity to both shoot at the same time. Many of our sessions, like those at the beach, are in difficult environmental situations where Amanda’s job is to keep our flash from flying away. So having her able to shoot in perfect situations like this is a blessing. I love getting back to the office and downloading her images to see what kind of crazy cool images she made.

Hope you enjoy! Don’t forget to book SOON for Christmas sessions!

Congrats to The Darkroom, another local studio, who we tied with in the portrait category.

Go pick up your copy around town to see the rest of the best!

See more from this session at http://www.chrismoncusphoto.com/galleries/

Ice cream makes every session more fun.

When I asked them “What’s something you guys do together?”, their response was “Angry Birds!”.

Amy Broderick, the philanthropist, is a supporter of many local charities and causes. Her efforts have caused her to stand out in the community.

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Morgan Brian, the athlete, is a high school soccer player at Frederica Academy. She has been named the number 1 high school player in the country by two different organizations. She also happens to attend the same church we do!

Soooo adorable!

Amanda, quick thinker she is, grabbed the camera from me and took this picture. Isn’t she cute?!

Here are a few of our favorites. Make sure to see the slideshow at the end or click here to see all of all the pictures.

So when I got the call one day from Candi I was so excited. We were open for her wedding day! After solidifying everything we began to talk engagement session. She and her fiance Laz decided to drive up from south Florida for their engagement session. After those plans were made we learned a family reunion of sorts had been formed. Scott, Candi, and their mom Lydia would all be in town the weekend of the engagement session! Awesome!

We enjoyed the time together eating and hanging out. It was just like old times.

Then on Sunday we had the engagement session on Jekyll Island. We started at converted old draw bridge (now a fishing pier) in the shadow of the new bridge that takes you onto Jekyll Island. We also spent a bit of time around the hotel and then hit Driftwood beach around sunset. They told us they wanted to use an orange for the ones at the beach. Odd. They explained that her dad told her a Spanish saying regarding soul mates was “two halves of the same orange” – something so true of them. Now it makes sense. Oranges are also a key to her wedding theme and decorations.

See them all at http://pictage.com/914970

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As we were driving to meet Katie and Dino it started pouring rain. I had already said earlier that day that rain or shine I was doing this engagement session and came ready with rainsleeves for our cameras. I thought I was about to have to use them when the sun rejoined the party and then the couple showed up. We had clear weather the rest of the time with only a slight mist of rain that lasted only a couple minutes.

Our time together began at the Avenue of Oaks where you’ll see the tangled vines picture below. From there we headed to the pier and village area where we had to be creative with backgrounds because most of it was under construction. When it started to mist (which is neither good for hair or camera equipment) I looked for a place to get out of the rain I thought was coming. Zuzu’s was it. What happened next blew my mind. I bought them a cone of mint chocolate chip ice cream and said “ignore me” as I stepped outside. You can see for yourself below but the images we got were just bathed in love and emotion. We like all of the images we got… but the ice cream pictures… we LOVE!

It all goes to show you that sometime the photographer shouldn’t influence the couple at all, except if that influence included ice cream. :)

Enjoy.

You can also view this collection on Facebook.

The winners are Hannah Howard and Rhonda Gillis, who we chose because at the core of their stories was the love in their family and a desire to preserve the memories of their families. Rhonda and Hannah, we’re giving you both 1-hour photo sessions on location anywhere in the local area. Contact us for details.

We thank everyone else for sharing your stories with us. Even though we couldn’t give you all the free family photo session, we hope we’ll get to do family photos for you sometime this year.

We had a table with our wedding guides, cards, and a few photos, a tv with a slideshow of some our favorite images, and a sitting area for brides to look at albums and talk with us. Here are a few shots from the day.