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Robert & Jenny Celebrate One Year

This shoot did not go as planned...and that was great. Originally when we were talking to our good friends Robert and Jenny about doing their one-year anniversary shoot (we did their wedding in June of '09) we discussed hitting up an area around Worth Ave. in Palm Beach. Great location, great everything, no problem. Well, on the way there Robert wanted to show us the little hotel he and Jenny had stayed at a couple of nights of their honeymoon. We thought we'd better humor him since he is always raving about this awesome place! ;-) Well, we turned off onto a side road in downtown West Palm Beach and suddenly we were in the coolest, quaintest, prettiest little area you could imagine. It was so peaceful you didn't even know you were in a city; it was great. The place is called Casa Grandview and if you're looking for a great little getaway you have to check it out. Well, we ended up just staying there for the shoot and it was great. Plus it was meaningful to Robert and Jenny and when you can incorporate that into a shoot it just makes it that much better.

Congrats Robert and Jenny on one year; may you have many, many happy more!

The pool area had this terrific little waterfall.

Kissing in the rain pics are great but have obvious negatives. We thought this was a good alternative. :-)

They're actually standing in the "street" that goes by the hotel.

More of the great little pool area.

Jolie got a little sadistic humor out of Jenny's attempts to navigate the ledge with heels.

The picture on the right pretty sums up Robert that day, goofy and, well, goofy!

Casa Grandview has great little touches like this all over the property.

Remember when I said Robert was being goofy? Well, this shot took a while to get him calmed down so we could get something where he wasn't being a complete dork! :-) You can tell they're both trying to hold it in, though.

Ok, they always look this sharp together. They really do!

Towards the end Robert's goofiness was rubbing off on everyone.

Kinda hard to get pictures when Jolie is hanging out in them with the couple.

But I finally got Jolie to focus and we got some cool shots in front of this awesome wall.

Whew! Fun times. :-)

The Huff Family

We recently spent a thoroughly enjoyable evening with Robb, Robyn, Payton and Addy taking their family Christmas pictures down in Palm Beach. We've been doing Addy's baby pictures every few months and when it came around to do her pictures again we added the whole family in. It was such a fun time! Addy was just putting through her first tooth so she didn't feel too hot but she was still a trooper and just beamed for us, especially when daddy was near! Payton got to wear her "Princess" dress and she looked completely adorable! It was a great way to spend the evening. :-)

Payton let Addy have a sniff of the hibiscus. This was moments before she got a little too close and practically pollinated Addy's sinuses. :-)

Adoration, pure and simple.

We brought along an antique children's play stroller which Payton immediately loved!

Too funny not to include!

I mean she simply loves her daddy!

Robyn brought along this adorable cap for Addy to wear. It made her blue eyes just shine.

Payton plays the princess.

Addy looks a little unsure about this arrangement. :-)

Date Night

Anyone that lives in the South Florida area has probably heard of City Place, a really cool downtown area in West Palm Beach with lots of shops and restaurants, etc. It's one of our favorite places to go to and so it was no surprise to find us there a Saturday night ago. We decided to take our camera along and have a little fun with it while we were there. Now, taking pictures of yourself with a camera is a bit difficult. It involves setting it up on a tri-pod, having Jolie positioned so I can focus on her and then using the timer while I dash over to her and spring into position. This is a lengthy process so very easily we can spend at least half an hour and end up with about 10 shots. And this was all done in front of a City Place crowd. I'm sure we were very amusing to watch for some of the folks but, oh well, we enjoyed ourselves and got a couple of cute pictures of the two of us which rarely happens when you are the designated photographer for every family and social event you attend. :-)

Dave and Brittany's Engagement

This is a story of how Google brought people together. The people being us and Brittany and Dave. :-) Brittany found us using Google and decided we were the ones that were going to shoot her wedding! We obviously were very happy and honored and glady drove up to Fort Pierce to their home in the countryside to shoot their engagement pictures. It was so much fun for so many reasons that were out of the ordinary. First it was a shoot with lots of animals! Dogs were literally running everywhere, there were horses, cows, there was Dave making gutteral warning noises for the dogs to shut up...it was great! I have to say it's hard to look romantic when trying to yell under your breath for the dogs to shut up. We also did all the pictures right in their yard or right around it; it offered so many great spots including yard sculptures that nobody could figure out. :-) They were so cute together. They know how to make each other laugh and obviously love their life together. Can't wait to shoot your wedding, guys!

They had so many pretty spots around their yard.


Beautiful picture..bad smell. Like so many places in the country in Florida there's a very strong smell of sulfur around springs.





Dave had one requirement, a picture with his favorite dog, Red.





I love horse pictures!

If Dave got a picture with Red, Brittany got a picture with her horse!

I had a great assistant on this shot. :-)

The assistant proceeded to get in the way! haha

I mean there were animals everywhere!

There's a method to properly trampled grass.

The end result....nicely trampled grass!

They're so cute in this picture!

The end result....nicely trampled grass!

Last shot of the day. Bye folks, nice meetin' ya!