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Love Pinterest!  Just got started with it, and appreciate any ideas and thoughts on how it works :)  Found that you cannot pin your own images on Facebook, and since that’s the first place I blog a new image from a wedding or event, thought to add this new post to my blog.  Please excuse me if this is not proper PinEtiquette, but love so many of my creative brides and their ideas that I thought to start with images from their weddings!  Here goes….

Tags: pinterest photography, wedding ideas

It’s that time of year!  When the world falls in love and we all grab our chocolate sprinkled, extra hot, Peppermint Mocha’s with extra whipped cream at the nearest Starbucks coffee shop.

Tags: lets merry, starbucks

Being asked to interview on Eye on South Florida, Fox 29’s Saturday morning special, was an honor to say the least.  Jay Cashmere brought Heather Lowenthal of Posh Parties and myself in as wedding experts to discuss with him our take on the in’s, out’s and upside-down’s of wedding planning!  Jay and fiance, Kelly are getting married in October at Admiral’s Cove in Jupiter, so the special on wedding planning was fitting for Jay to present to his viewers.  Was I nervous?  Yes.  But, Heather and I are great friends and Jay is so easy to talk to, our 30 minute interview flew by like we were having a conversation on any other day talking about what we all love…weddings!  Thank you WPTV & Jay for the invitation.  We’re looking forward to seeing the show live on Fox 29 at 6:30 a.m. Saturday, April 23rd.  Tune in so our ratings go through the roof and they invite us back!

p.s. I’d like to thank Michelle Tier with Laura Mercier for my TV friendly make-up and Betsey Johnson for making such a cute Jacket and accessories.

Tags: Eye on South Florida, Sara Kauss Interview, WPTV

One of my favorite weddings of all time has been published in today’s Palm Beach Post paper! Kayla and Ben are the cutest couple ever, and their wedding…simply perfect! Congratulations again, Kayla and Ben. And thank you to It! Weddings for publishing the article :)
The Ceremony: St. Edward’s Catholic Church, Palm Beach
The Videographer: Marty & Kenya Reinhardt
The Reception: The Colony, Palm Beach
The Dress: A lace gown by Pronovias
The Cake: Cakes by Mary Lou
The Bridesmaids Dresses: Priscilla of Boston

Thank you to the Minnesota Professional Photographers Association for inviting me to teach this week. We had adorable models for the first half of the day, thank you to Gina and Andy! Then spent the second half of the day in a classroom — THANK YOU to Millers Lab for sponsoring this event & thank you to incredibly patient new friends who listened to me ramble for hours! Love you MN peeps.

Tags: minnesota PPA, professional photographers, speakers

WPPI is an amazing networking / learning seminar for photographers.  It’s every year, in Las Vegas at the MGM Grand, and I’ve attended for the past four.  Each year, their photography attendance increases by leaps and bounds, this year, I heard rumors that over 16,000 photographers attended!  That’s just incredible!

Each year I’ve made new friends that have made me want to be a better person and impacted my business in a dynamic way!  I’m so thankful for those people.  This year, my new best friends included (but not limited to : ) JP & Kris Ann Elario, Dale & (soon to be a Mrs :) Meredith Benfield, Lindsey Adler, all my new Minnesota photographer bffs, and the adorable Jamie Schultz, also, I spent a very fun evening at Studio 54 with the incredibly talented JB & DeEtte Salle :)

This year, just like the last few, was an experience I will never forget!  It also, was a mini-dream of mine to speak at WPPI and the exceptional print lab, I use, Millers Lab asked me to do just that!  I was incredibly nervous in front of all of my peers, but somehow managed to survive, not pass-out during my presentation and actually get good feedback from the audience!  To help my nerves a bit, I asked one of my best friends in the photography world, Josh Newton (http://joshnewton.com) to speak with me.  Josh is from the west coast of California, I’m on the east coast of Florida and we’ve combined forces on many projects in the past!  Most recently creating a wedding workshop for photographers, called Faux/Tographers (http://faux-tographers.com).

(A huge thank you to one of the most creative geniuses in photography I know, Montana Dennis, for shooting our presentation photos)

Overall, WPPI 2011 will be one of my favorite’s to-date, but I’m sure that’s only because 2012 hasn’t happened yet :)

Here’s a few photo-highlights from the 5 days in Las Vegas!  Enjoy :)

Tags: millers lab, photography conventions, wppi speakers

Here’s a peek at the first part of our adventure in Costa Rica! Keep checking back for photos of Megan and Tacho’s destination wedding on Saturday. But, first up are Zak and my adventures in the rainforest of Costa Rica! We took a tour of Crocodile’s with our new friend, Jose (www.crocodilerivertour.com), lets just say it was the closest to crocodiles we’ve ever even dreamed of being!

Tags: costa rica photographer, crocodile tours, destination wedding photographer, rainforest

I should’a been a middle school teacher!

What a fun morning!  Mr. Jim Black invited me to speak to his 7th & 8th grade class at Jupiter Middle School this morning.  Having presented on photography for grown-ups quite a few times, I thought, “I got this!  No problem,” but, truth be told, I was so nervous!  I called my favorite 8th grader, last night to get advice but she was busy…so today, off I went, Candy Land lunch box in hand, with no clue what to expect.  It was really fun.  What a great group of kids!  They listened attentively as I presented for about 30 minutes, then we went outside and took photos around the school.  Thanks to Jupiter Middle School for making me smile this morning :)

p.s. thank you Mr. Black for taking the photos too!

Tags: jupiter middle school, kids photos