Victoria + Randy  |  Married

Photography By Roy and Cristobal

Cathedral of St Mary Miami Wedding And Moore Building Reception

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Every wedding and event I have the good fortunate to experience and capture with my eyes and feelings is for me a unique moment in time. Unique in the exclusivity of the couple that I am photographing ~ their love story ~ their love of family and friends. True that these are common factors in many weddings but as individual as there are grains of sand in the ocean. My pleasure in capturing weddings that make each one a joy to photograph is the individuality of each Bride and Groom and what they bring to their wedding story. Now let me share with you what makes Victoria and Randy’s  Cathedral of St Mary Miami wedding and Moore Building reception so unique!

Let me start off with stating that it takes a team to execute all this awesomeness and Eric Trelles of ET Events to see that it went off without a hitch ~

Now you’ll need to see the slide show to understand ~ but the day started with me being introduced to Claymore! Now Claymore is Victoria’s baby ~ pooch! Why is it that couples get a dog in the beginning as if maybe their practicing for parenthood?

Next ~ It’s not everyday that your wedding ceremony is performed by an Archbishop! Yes, Archbishop Thomas Wenski of the Archdiocese of Miami conducted this wedding mass at the beautiful Cathedral of St Mary in Miami!

Now when we arrived at the very cool Moore Building in the Design District Miami all were amazed by the beauty and WOW factor of this very chic location!

Now what took this wedding over the top was the food! Victoria decided to surprise Randy with his favorite Chef John Sorensen of Sorensen Catering in Napa Valley. Now Chef Sorensen is famous for his Lobster Feeds in Napa Valley. I know your wondering what’s a Lobster Feed…well there are no plates, dishes or utensils well except for these claw crackers to break open the claws with and the really cool bibs so your black tie attire doesn’t get stuff on it! Now it wasn’t just great food ~ the surprise at the end was churros from Victoria’s bridesmaid ~ Nicole Valls whose family owns the worlds most famous Cuban restaurant ~ Versailles!

Now a few more details to make this Blog post complete! Invitations were created by Invitations By Leston, Floral Design by Avant Gardens, Transportation provided by Meilan Limousines, Cake by Edda’s Cake Design, Music by DJRobDinero

Now if you’re planning a wedding ~ call me as I would love to capture that which is yours alone!

Hugs,

Roy ~ Contact Me

Jessie + Jason  |  Engaged

Photographed By Roy

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!

Roy ~ Contact Me

Photography By Stella

Biltmore Hotel Coral Gables Wedding

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Love is a funny thing and works in mysterious ways. Like in the case of Patti and Dennis—they lived their whole youth together from elementary school to high school. They had many of the same friends and definitely crossed each other’s paths many a time as they were growing up. Time passed and they both walked down different life paths. Years later at a high school reunion, they met again and this time, love was ready for the two of them. That reunion led to a wonderful new and exciting marriage!

I was never able to meet Patti before her wedding day. In meeting her and getting to know her personality as well as Dennis’s, I could see this couple was meant to be. The Biltmore Hotel was a wonderful place to really bring out both Patti and Dennis’s sophisticated, yet fun-loving characters.

The Biltmore Hotel, with its rich history and amazing architecture, comes alive with all the celebrations that are held there. It looks as grand as it probably ever looked when it was in its heyday and the air of romance is everywhere. On this particular day, three couples were sharing the splendor of a Biltmore Hotel wedding and the mood really helped Patti and Dennis let loose. There are so many sweet and tender moments between them and capturing the moments (one of my most favorite things to photograph) was the highlight of our mini portrait session.

I mentioned that I absolutely love to capture moments as they happen and the moment of the first embrace and dancing in front of your friends and family is one of the most touching parts of the night! The organic, real moments are the things I feel most of our couples treasure the most as it is a reminder of the love and warmth that was present at the particular moment.

Patti and Dennis’s celebration was a small, intimate affair and getting to know their families was something I will always cherish. The laughs and smiles I captured really expressed to me how close the bond of this family was. The comfort they had with me as well as being able to really enjoy my presence recording their good time is very important and I make sure that all my couples as well as their families know they can trust me.

As the night wound down, the warmth and love never did! I know that they will forever treasure the photos as a reminder of the beautiful pact they’ve made to each other.

My thanks to Patti and Dennis for including me in their day and to you for stopping by and sharing in their photos!

Stella ~ Contact Me

Photography by Roy

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

Photography By Roy and Stella

St Jude Catholic Church Westin Colonnade Wedding

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So often I remind our wedding couples to enjoy their day, to slow down and just take it all in. Months of planning and the day finally gets here and before you know it along comes the last dance. But to cherish each moment with purpose, to be in that moment is important so that when viewing your photographs the moments will replay in your mind triggered by the image. As Miami wedding photographers we are passionate about capturing the many moments that comprise your wedding day as all you have after this amazing day are the photographs.

Happy anniversary to you both Elizabeth and Robert! It was a year ago today that Elizabeth took this amazing walk with her Dad to marry the love of her life, Robert in the beautiful St Jude Catholic Church on Brickell.

Happy parents expressing their obvious joy as the wedding ceremony unfolds.

The married couples first kiss ~ a most joyful start to a marriage!

One of the most touching moments in a reception is when the Bride dances with her Dad. You know that as a little girl she danced with Dad balanced on his feet as he swept her across  the floor. It’s a very emotional moment for the parents!

The ballroom at the Westin Colonnade is a unique space that as you can readily see makes for an amazing wedding experience!

A Few Details:

Ceremony Venue: St Jude Catholic Church

Reception: Westin Colonnade Coral Gables

Event Coordinator: Vivian Colls

Music: DJ UBI

Floral Decor: Flowers By Vivian Colls

Let us capture your moments for all your tomorrows!

Roy ~ Contact Me

Photographed By Cristobal and Roy

Ritz Carlton Coconut Grove Wedding

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Marriage is about love and a new beginning. The opening chapter to a life of adventure, challenges and the rewards of living a life with the love of our life. Before every newly married couple is a book yet to be filled with the story of two lives brought together. What their story is nobody knows ~ but with every anniversary, every child born, vacations taken and the ups and downs of life,  this book will develop into a marvelous story of lives lived.

For us as photographers we realize that we are illustrating this wonderful new beginning. As years pass, the images will take on a life of their own with children and grandchildren marveling with joy at seeing Mom in her wedding dress and Dad with such emotion as he married their Mother. The photos will provide an anchor to the joy, respect and love that their parents feel for each other and the love they feel for those around them.

They’ll see in the image below, their great grandmothers sharing in the joy of being witness to another chapter in their lives beginning as their grandchildren begin theirs.

Generations will understand the beginning of their marriage is anchored in love for God and their Jewish faith. The caress of Rabbi Bookman’s blessings ~ prayers ~ a foundation of strength to begin their lives together.

Just married and the exuberant expressions of “just married” across their faces says so much.

The excitement and beauty of a Bride as she is raised during a Hora with her beloved ~ in  a sense spiritually supported by the community of family and friends ~ a moment truly shared between them a she looks into his eyes with pure joy!

The moment that 2011 ended and 2012 began and I am reminded of the New Years Eve scene in “When Harry Met Sally”  “And I love that you are the last person I want to talk to before I go to sleep at night. And it’s not because I’m lonely, and it’s not because it’s New Year’s Eve. I came here tonight because when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.” Harry Burns ~When Harry Met Sally”

5,4,3,2,1 Happy New Years!!!! This moment is so indicative of the celebration that we experienced that night. Carefully look at this image ~ it’s so tells the story!

Brothers celebrating a great moment ~ I know that Mom is going to love this!

A Few Details:

Wedding Venue: Ritz Carlton Coconut Grove

Officiant: Rabbi Terry Bookman/Temple Beth Am

Dress: Monique Lhuillier at Chic Parisien

Event Coordinator: Melissa Davis Designs

Hair/Make-up: Tatjana Terzic

Florist: DalsimerAtlas Floral and Event Decorators

Music: Ceremony ~  Serenade Ensemble  Party ~  Libido

Cake: Elegant Temptations

Video: Senderey Video 

We want to illustrate your love story!

Roy ~ Contact Me

Photographed By Cristobal and Roy

Four Seasons Miami Wedding

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We are amazed with all the beautiful weddings that we get to photograph and all the amazing moments that we get to capture at each one of these events! As photographer we are so blessed to experience love, joy and your history in the making. Well Sarah and Matthew’s Jewish wedding was a joy to photograph from the beauty of  Moms, Dads and Grandparents experiencing the love of their lives take the next step in life to an intimate Ketubah signing, a joyful ceremony and one incredible party!

Love this moment between Sarah and Mom ~ a real moment captured by a sensitive eye. Quite often I ask my Brides ~ are you looking for fantasy or reality? The answer I get from those Brides that choose us is “reality”. Their looking to have captured those subtle moments, the moments that mean the most that are not so obvious.

But that doesn’t mean we can’t have a little fantasy and whimsy in the images that we create! I just love this sweeping vision of beauty ~ a lightness of being “beautiful”. Now when the above image was taken, so was the one below!

A great little detail captured by Cristobal ~ truly an intuitive stroke of artistic genius!

When I tell you anything can happen at a wedding and how we are always ready to get that moment ~ another great image by Cris!

Would you believe this is the valet parking area of the Four Seasons Miami…this hotel is one of my favorite place to photograph ~ there’s so many wonderful visuals to work with!

These guys are truly into the moments and definitely love the camera!

Flying high during the Hora ~ you go to love the exuberance and joy that this dance takes the wedding energy to!

A Few Details:

Wedding Venue ~ Four Seasons Miami

Wedding Coordinating ~ Lori Alvarez of Table 6 Productions

Music~ Tropics Entertainment ~ Flavor

Flowers and Decor ~ Dalsimer

Video~ Utopia Video Productions

Wedding Gown ~ Chic Parisien

So have a great New Year and we look forward to capturing all the real moments in your lives!

Roy ~ Contact Me!

Photography By Roy

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

Photographed By Roy

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

Temple Judea Coral Gables Wedding

The Rabbi and witnesses had just left the study after the signing of the Ketubah. I find myself alone with Deborah and Jeremy. For me this moment is so wonderful! It’s a time on their wedding day where it’s just the two of them, quiet, pensive and you can see by Deborah’s expression joyful with the anticipation of the moment their are united under their Chupah.

Jeremy + Deborah  |  October 23, 2011

We had already shared a day together at their amazing engagement session and that just put these two at ease with me. You can see it’s as if I was not there in this moment. I get so excited being a witness to a special time in the lives of so many couples and families.

Have a beautiful day!

Roy ~ Contact me!