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Travis and Fiona

I’d like to introduce you to Travis and Fiona, of New Tampa. We are doing for Travis and Fiona what we’d love to do for you – to capture not only their actual wedding day, but to completely document their entire wedding experience, from engagement to their first anniversary. Before I jump into that, let me tell you how much fun it was to sit down with Travis and Fiona in our studio and just visualize and create. We laid out every aspect of their photography vision. At one point someone actually cried, but I won’t say who that was!

First order of business was the engagement shoot, so we headed down to Ybor City, one of my favorite Tampa Bay locations to shoot at, and just played. We walked around 7th Avenue and Centro Ybor and found little spots along the way to shoot in. I’ve got to hand it to Fiona – she really had a way of just completely playing with the camera, and Travis did a great job of going with the flow and being completely relaxed on camera. We had a BLAST!! Here are a few of my favorites…

Next item on the Complete Wedding Event Checklist was the rehearsal dinner. Travis’ family came down from Wisconsin (gee, see if you can figure out which gentleman is Travis’ father!), Fiona’s family is more local. They met in a private room at The Stonewood Tavern, a rich location for an intimate family gathering. We kept it pretty simple so these guys could enjoy the wonderful dinner.

The big day was next. I began by visiting Fiona and her Mother at the salon across Mandalay Ave. from the Sand Pearl on Clearwater Beach, an absolutely lovely beach venue that also has a flair for the elegant. The thing I loved about being with them was how much fun they were having! Kim joined in the fun too as we all watched Fiona transform before our eyes.

After Fiona’s hair was perfect, we all made our way back to the Sand Pearl to let the rest of the day unfold.

They got married on Sunday, December 28th on one of the most beautiful days on the beach I can remember. The beach was actually well populated, which made for some fun shots of the newly wed couple on the beach. They enjoyed a simple beach setting with a modest number of guests. Simplicity ruled the day and as you can see, simple is beautiful too.

Congratulations Travis and Fiona, who absolutely LOVE their photos! Want to see a cool slideshow of their entire collection? Click this link:

http://www.thompsonstudiosweddings.com/Media/TS-Sandpearl%20Presentation09%20Flash.html

Thanks for checking out my blog! See you soon!

Bob

Hello and welcome to the first ever entry ever on the wedding blog! This will be a great space to share what’s going on beyond the photos and share the stories and people that make photographing weddings such a rich experience. But before I really dig in, you must be warned — I’ve been told by those close to me that I can tend to be a bit wordy. (You may have already noticed!) Maybe that’s okay on a blog… cool.

I love weddings. When you take great groups of people who look fabulous, put them in a gorgeous setting among close friends and family, then add the emotional elements of love and romance and then have a party, well that sounds like something that I’d like to take pictures of. I’m in, let’s go. I guess the real truth is that I love people, and making great photographs of people is what keeps me going every single day.

I’ll wrap up for the moment, but thanks for visiting. In my next post I’ll introduce you to some recent clients, their stories and share some of their more special photographs. Cheers.

Bob