STUDIOHEART EVENT DESIGN & MEDIA BLOG

Katelen and Dustin engagement was the perfect artistic sensibility meets urban architecture love affair set in Luxurious Meditteranean Style Alys Beach. With a combination of editorial lifestyle photography and photojournalism we set about capturing the artistic soul this two share along with their love for eachother and their little baby Ellie.

A little storm was not going to derailed this two from enjoying their day to the max.

We all waited out the storm and were bless with a great breeze and gentle lighting for the ceremony and the most gorgeous naturally sky texture for portraits as the sunset set.

One of Melissa’s nephews decided to travel the road down the isle a couple of times, just to make sure his aunt would be able to make it ok

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• Engagement Part 1 – A Seaside Beach French Quarter Stroll
• Engagement Part 2 – A Seaside Beachs Stroll
• Vintage Tropical Wedding Part 1

P.S. Good luck to our girl Katelen, who is trying out for American Idol in Austin, Texas!!!

A few days after the engagement, we were back at the beach to shoot Melissa and Mathew’s Santa Rosa Beach Wedding. There was such a feeling of joy and celebration for this two. All you had to do was look at Melissa or Mathew and see pleasure radiate from them. Even the little storm that decided to pour a few showers before the cermony turned into a blessing, since it went away fast and left behind a gorgeous sky texture and colors that were a dream to photograph! That will be coming in part two, but first we wanted to share a little of the first part of their wedding, including Melissa’s elegant dress which made her shine even more with understated glamour and total sexiness!

Melissa wanted to have grandmother share her day in spirit, so she decidd to wear her ring, and also use her bible in the ceremony.

Melissa’s choice of dress create a beautifully sexy silhouette, and the fabric of the dress totally capture and reflected the natural light to create a natural glow around her. This next 3 shots are some of our favorites and totally natural light no flash. We love working with natural light to create drama and interest.

This next one is also favorite with natural light. It has such feeling of quiet vulnerability and serenity.

Mathew’s cufflinks were a present from Melissa and had a great sense of relax elegance to match Mathew’s look,

Next two another two favorites with totally natural light.

Sometimes holding your balance when you are young can be a struggle

Part 2 coming soon!

Melissa and Mathew’s Seaside engagement started with a French Quarter Stroll with lots of interesting architecture and artistic touches we had to work into the shots. The second part of their engagement was pure fun at the beach with a beautiful sunset. We loved Melissa’s choice of dress and jewelry. The blue color poped and the light flowy summer dress moved with the breeze and it was perfectly complemented with lights tone of blue in Mathew’s shirt. One of the most interestinf things about this particular sunset was the difference in ambience lighting and tone created by the direction of shooting. Shooting toward the sun we got great yellow/ light orance lights ray to work with versus shooting with the sun at our backs gave us great intense sunset orange light and tone to work with. The fact this two had a lot of fun made it perfect to be playful, and did we mentioned the water was heavenly and warm.

At the end of the session, this two decided to have a little fun with a little “Lawrence of Arabia” play. Even the moon came out to play. If you look close in the sand to the left you can see a little shadow portrait of our crew

At the end of the session Melissa and Mathew treat us to a fabulous meal at Bud and Alleys. If you are in Seaside you have to try their food it is yummy. Their Seared Alaskan Halibut, and their Grilled Gulf Grouper were to die for with a nice cool glass of white wine it was the perfect end to the day for us all to relax, and enjoy. We also got to know part of Mathew’s family that was in town including his mom whom performed their ceremony, so it was a little preview for their St. Rosa Beach wedding that is coming up in the next few post to the blog. We cannot wait to share all the glamorous shots we got including some “to die for lighting” play at the beach with a wonderful sky texture that a little stormed left behind as a present for this two and then get ready to get down with some major fun. Theirs was certainly a celebration with lots of food, great wine, and a live band.