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St Mary Armenian Church Ritz Carlton Ft Lauderdale Wedding

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I am so excited as I am about to experience Stacy and Haig’s St Mary Armenian Church wedding and  Ritz Carlton Ft Lauderdale celebration this coming weekend!!!

Tomorrow I will witness love in it’s most perfect moment ~ the beginning of a life of adventures, moments shared, other lives created ~ but let’s focus on the wedding day! Tomorrow I’ll capture the first look of a Father as he sees his daughter in her wedding gown, I’ll hold forever in my camera the moment that Haig sees Stacy as his Bride! The first kiss as husband and wife, a first dance ~ notice how tomorrow there will be so many firsts as it truly is a new beginning!

Stay tuned for another great wedding Blog post featuring these two in the very near future!

Looking forward to so many amazing moments!

Roy ~ Contact Me

Jessie + Jason  |  Engaged

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Vizcaya Miami Wedding

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So excited as we are about to experience Jessie and Jason’s Miami Vizcaya wedding this coming weekend! As I was photographing these two I had visions of a Ralph Lauren ad in the pages of some amazing fashion magazine as these two exuded a beautifully simple love for each other ~ cool, sophisticated and elegant!

So looking forward to Saturday! Stay tuned for their amazing wedding to be featured on this Blog very soon!

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Miami Wedding Engagement Photography

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Trust is huge in any serious relationship,  with it one can let their guard down ~ be authentic and genuine. That goes for the loving relationship we have with our parents, siblings and our “fiances”! Now imagine that trust in your wedding photographer ~ with it your images will be real. A wonderful way to build that trust is with your engagement session. Not only do you get to know each other on a deeper level in conversation but the results will confirm that you have made a great choice in your wedding photographer!

We recently had a wonderful engagement session with Joie and Reinier. During our time together I learned how they met ~ I got to observe how they “dance” together ~ those subtle nuances that allow me to capture the personality of an engaged couple. Those observations, combined with the excited reactions to their engagement images ~ create a trust in me that will translate to great photographs on their wedding day.

I know that on the wedding day I need no introduction as the families, wedding party and friends will have already experienced our photography! Joie and Reinier will be binding their lives together at the beautiful St Hugh Catholic Church in Coconut Grove followed by a celebration that will be rocking downtown Miami at the unique The Miami Tower.

As Miami wedding photographers, we love creating images that as many of you know will bring a lifetime of reliving special moments in your lives. Photographs that will give your children, grandchildren and generations beyond a moment of reflection about who you are. What will they think? I know that if it’s an image that we have taken that they will get a glimpse of the “real ” you!

Trust us with your wedding ~ I guarantee that we will never let you down!

Roy ~ Contact Me

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Miami Wedding Engagement Portrait

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It has been an amazing time of love and romance for all of our incredible couples! We as Miami wedding photographers have been privileged to capture so many great love stories, capturing every imaginable moment and as each wedding approaches ~ excited that we’ll get to be there to tell their wedding day story for generations of families to come!

Saturday ~ Sarah and Oscar are to be married at the inspiring First United Methodist Church Of Coral Gables with a celebration to follow at the Biltmore Hotel! These engagement images that you are seeing are just a glimpse of the love and respect that we’ll delight in photographing ~

I can’t stop thinking of how their children, their grandchildren will think ~ when they see these photos ~ when the moment that a great grandchild will find these tucked away in an album or a special keepsake box ~ hopefully accompanied by a note or love letter from one to another ~ the thought of such a moment excites me!

Will they sense the love, the passion, the chemistry that these two lovers share? I know the answer ~ these images are witness to that love that will speak for them forever ~ look at their eyes , the tender way that they hold and caress each other!

I can’t wait till their wedding ~ knowing that I am creating a legacy, a history of these two as they are joined as “one”!

Are you curious to know where these images were created? Back in the early 1900′s James Deering, a wealthy industrialist, had his estate and gardens built on Biscayne Bay. Today we know this estate as Vizcaya Museum and Gardens. I’ve photographed couples and wedding here many times – it is one of my favorite places. When you’re ready for your engagement session, ask me about using this as our location – I’d love to create special images for you as well!

Looking forward to an amazing wedding experience!

Roy ~ Contact Me to capture your love story!

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Trinity Episcopal Cathedral Wedding and a Four Seasons Miami Celebration

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I’ve been looking forward to this wedding for weeks now! Gabriella and Sergio are getting married!! You may be thinking, “Well, who are they?” Well, they are just one of the funniest and most spontaneous couple I’ve ever met! My engagement session with them was like our “first date,” where I was able to get to know them, what makes them tick as a couple, and really enjoying their company.

We had a spectacular time during Viernes Culturales, a mini festival in Miami’s Calle Ocho that’s held every last Friday of the month. For me, the photos are reminiscent of a couple on an actual date and I loved that I was able to capture the intimacy and fun of the night! All those laughs, smiles, and stolen moments are sure to be ever present at the wedding this weekend. Congratulations Gabriella and Sergio!

So this weekend I get to experience the beautiful Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Miami and the amazing Four Seasons Miami! Love that I’ll be working alongside Eric Trelles of ET Events as well!

Hugs,

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Four Seasons Miami Wedding

“A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.”  ~ Andre Maurois

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Moments in our lives are so fleeting ~ It was just 5years ago that Sarah and Matthew met. I have no doubts that they can recall moments as the first time they met, a first kiss, that “AHHA” moment when they realized within each other that this is the “ONE” ~

Tomorrow they’ll be getting married surrounded by loved ones of a lifetime at the beautiful Four Seasons Hotel Miami.

Moments will take place on this wonderful day and they will burn in their collective memories but as their conversations in life grow short the moments captured photographically by our passionate eyes will rekindle this day as if it were yesterday.

Here’s to a Happy Marriage!

Roy ~ Contact Me

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Epiphany Catholic Church   Four Seasons Miami Wedding

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It started with a phone call that led to a blind date ~ Luis calls and Lauren answers ~

“Lou – well-known lover of the arts – has tickets to a concert the next Monday, and his date (his beautiful cousin, Nathalie) has recently bowed-out.  Would Lauren be interested in going along?  Without skipping a beat, an enthusiastic Lauren says, “yes.””

“Two days later, the pair are to rendezvous after work at the single most romantic place in the Magic City: the Douglas Road MetroRail Station.  Lou arrives in his black sports car; Lauren in her silver train.  Lou is better looking than Lauren had hoped.  Lauren is as beautiful as her Facebook pictures, but, to Lou’s disappointment, is not wearing a bikini in real life.  They lock eyes, say hello, and ride off into the sunset…”

“To a concert where, to this day, Lauren does not remember the acts.  What she does remember is that: 1- she was so nervous on the way to the concert that Lou told her to “stop shaking”; 2- the concert was on a college campus, so there was no alcohol with which to drown the butterflies in her stomach; 3- she couldn’t hear anything Lou said, nor could she identify a single song she heard; and, 4- she dropped Lou’s phone in the toilet and didn’t tell him*.

*Lauren would tell Lou sometime in 2008 that she had “dropped it in the sink.”  She then SOMEHOW disassembled it and blow-dried it back to functionality.  To this day, Lou believes that she threw it in a toilet, and enlisted someone else to help her dry it.*”

“Lou, on the other hand, recalls every detail of that first night together – from the music, to Lauren’s nerves, to driving her home and asking if he could call on her again.  There was something about this girl… and his phone smelled like Scrubbing Bubbles.”

Four and a half years later and Lauren & Lou have been together ever since.  They have only been to one other concert because Lauren won’t remember the music anyway, and they have gone through many, many cell phones. But they still love each other, and are so looking forward to this weekend to share with family and friends the wedding of their lives at the beautiful Epiphany Catholic Church and a joyous celebration at the fabulous Four Seasons Miami!

We can’t wait either!

Roy ~ Contact Me

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Miami Wedding Engagement Portrait

They met in an elevator ~ Melina and Paul would exchange glances and a smile. Months would pass when they each eyed each other during a local happy hour ~ as she was getting the nerve up to approach him ~ Paul beat her to the punch and made his move! Now these two are quite shy and this was a major moment…that was cut short by a co worker of Paul’s spilling a drink  on Melina at which point she made her departure ~

But not before he got her phone number! But after the experience in the bar, Paul was sure that Melina was not in the mood to hear from him again ~ until they met three weeks later ~ in the elevator! Based on her sweet demeanor and realizing that she wasn’t upset ~ no sooner did she get into her office that she received a text message! The rest is history!

It’s stories like this that endears me to each and every couple that I get to experience on their wedding day! Call me corny, sappy ~ I have been known to shed a tear or two at many a wedding. I love weddings and knowing the importance of this awesome day for not only the couple but their parents, family and friends inspires me to create an amazing story!

So this weekend as many of you are planning your own wedding, I’ll be at St Patrick’s Catholic Church on Miami Beach for a beautiful wedding and then it’s Jungle Island for one amazing party. Think of us as your photographers as we would love the opportunity to get to know you and capture your moments of love!

Now below is a uplifting slide show ~ just click the play button! Enjoy!

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Peace ~

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Temple Judea Coral Gables The Ocean Club Wedding

I love getting to know my couples ~ how they met, fell in love, how he proposed ~ I am intrigued by love and the relationships that bond because of this magical feeling. So the opportunity to create some great images is for me an ideal time to connect with each couple that have entrusted to me their wedding memories. Below is a description of Jeremy’s guide to the perfect proposal!

Step 1: Take her to an activity that she loves (example: walking in a nearby park in the moonlight)

Step 2: Suggest they take puppies (if you don’t have puppies, you should borrow some!)

Step 3: Propose in the park with the puppies as perfectly behaved witnesses!

As described in the guide above ~ Jeremy did take Deborah for a romantic walk with the family dogs on a moonlit evening ~ something that Deborah just loved! Now imagine Jeremy’s thought process ~ ring burning a hole in his pocket ~ he’s about to ask the most important question he has ever asked to his best friend! Looking for just the right moment to look into his loves eyes, get down on one knee and ask “Will you marry me?” Deborah’s response after a little screaming and crying ~ YES!

We are so looking forward to an amazing time at their upcoming wedding at Temple Judea in Coral Gables and what I know is going to be a blast of a reception at the Ocean Club!

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Now if those  puppies could talk…

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Our Lady Of Lebanon ~ Westin Colonnade Wedding

Sometimes I know that it is best that I let my couples write the Blog post ~

Salim:  “Well … where do I start?  Twas a wonderful afternoon as I headed to Miami for a party filled weekend to celebrate Roni’s bachelor party.  And then BAM!  I saw her pacing in the airport terminal, impatiently awaiting to board the airplane.  Little did I know, I was staring at my future wife … and little did she know, she was going to sit right next to me.”

“And so it began … Karim and I board the flight and get situated in our seats.  As we joke amongst ourselves, we notice Myriam walking down the aisle.  We immediately begin guessing at her age!  Next thing I know, we hear “You guys must be Lebanese!”.  The laughter between Karim and I immediately came to a halt … and then we exploded into even more laughter as we thought we’d been caught.  As Myriam slid by me to sit in the middle seat, we began talking … and the laughter and discussion continued for all 2.5 hours of the flight.  The flight ended with the exchange of a phone number and of course, facebook.  It was immediately apparent to me that Myriam and I … well, let’s just say it was impossible to deny that we had so much in common.  I couldn’t stop thinking about her the whole weekend.  As soon as I arrived back in DC that Monday, I texted her and invited her to attend my birthday party.  The rest is history … and here we are now!”

Myriam: “Our 1 year anniversary fell on Labor Day weekend. I had been working nights all week and every morning I would come home to find flowers in my apartment. Sunday was our 1 year anniversary and Salim had made reservations at an amazing restaurant. The entire weekend he had been telling me how upset he was that my anniversary present was not going to arrive in time due to the holiday weekend. We returned back to my apartment after a wonderful dinner and he gave me a card. At the end of the note he wrote could you please look at me? I looked at him and he said “I have a confession; there is no gift; but I have one more flower to give you”. He reached behind one of the bouquet of roses…

“and pulled out a glass rose and handed it to me. In the rose was my ring and he went down on one knee and proposed!”

Now after first reading this, I will confess that I was wiping away tears… what amazing stories ~ and better yet the gift of love that Myriam and Salim have for each other. But wait as it isn’t so simple as Myriam and Salim as this gift of love extends to their parents, siblings…aunts, uncles and cousins and all those that are honored to witness the marriage!

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I too am receiving a gift and that is getting to capture the many moments of love and joy that this coming weekend will bring! Thank you~

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