As a little girl you spend time wondering what your future husband might look like. Will he be tall? What color will his eyes be? Will his jokes make you laugh? Will his smile make you melt? Will the day you marry him be the greatest day of your life? What will your wedding look like? Will the reality meet or exceed your expectations?
For Angela…the answer to many of those questions unknowingly stared her in the face for many years. You see, she and John’s sister Jamie are best friends. So, she and John have been a part of each others lives for many years…long before they fell in love. It wasn’t until Jamie got married that Angela suddenly viewed John as “the one” instead of as her best friends little brother. The most beautiful part of all is that they already had an amazing friendship so naturally the path to love shortly followed.
Angela and I have been in constant contact for the past several months. Her enthusiasm is infectious. She was so excited about planning every single detail of this magnificent day when she would become the wife of the man that she adored. The ceremony room at The Ponte Vedra Inn and Club was warmly illuminated by what seemed like hundreds of candles. The glow was stunning…dreamlike. As Angela entered the room hand in hand with her precious Father it made me tear up simply because I knew how happy and fulfilled her heart was in that instant. John patiently waited with a smile of a man truly in love. Soon they joined hands and became man and wife.
Angela and John joined their guests for a day of dining, dancing, live music, laughing and loving. This was indeed their dream day! Happiness radiated from their smiles. They are truly, madly in love with each other and that is a privilege to witness. As they greeted and mingled with each guest my assistant, Lerissa and I set up a photo booth for the guests to cut loose and show their silly sides. It was a riot. Meanwhile, Angela wrapped up the day with a special father daughter dance to “Sweet Child of Mine” and I am telling you…it was special. This Father truly cherishes his daughter and to watch them cut a rug to Guns and Roses made me smile…in a big way!
As the day drew to a close we headed down to the beach for some last minute photo ops. These are some of my absolute favorite images. I love the love that these two share. I could not possibly be happier for them! Angela and John, you both know how much I adore you. Being a part of this celebration was an absolute honor. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for choosing me to be a part of your day. May the love and joy that you felt on this day follow you both for the rest of your lives! I have no doubt that it has followed you to beautiful Marco Island. I am holding my breathe (and crossing my fingers) until Paris! ;-)
Much Love~Dawn
Venue and Cake: Ponte Vedra Inn & Club
Videography: In Motion Video Productions
Wedding Coordinator: Weddings By Tina
Dress: Davids Bridal
Ceremony Music and Vocals: MBM Talents
Live Entertainment: Ches Eaton
Aww, what a beautiful wedding… Ugh reason 4,543948, 39423489,4980 why I wish I would have known you when I got married! I love the bubble picture and my fac is them in starbucks! CUTEE :)
DAWN! These are PERFECT!!!!! What a beautiful place and couple. Your shots are amazing!
Wow! Fantastic job Dawn! Love all the details and the images are just beautiful!
Dawn, you’ve outdone yourself.
ooh! the bubbles rock! but I looooooooooooooove the kiss shot, only you could pull off that perspective :)))
What a BEAUTIFUL Couple, Beautiful pictures and of course taken by the Worlds most BEAUTIFUL PHOTOGRAPHER!!!
I LOVE all of them .. they are fantastic. And I do believe they are like the world’s most amazing couple .. you can just feel the love that radiates from them! AMAZING! The pictures were wonderful, you did such a great job : )
Excellent pictures!!!! I love them! You did and an amazing job and you were so fun to work with!
GOEGEOUS!! Dawn. Love the details. ;)
Everything was just gorgeous and you captured it all beautifully!!! I LOVE the ones on the beach. Wow!
To say I like this post is a major understatement. I LOVE it. I love all of the details that you captured, and I am always amazed at the emotion that I feel when looking at your images. Between the true.feelings that you capture, and your well written description of their special day, I feel like I was there. Thank you for sharing their story so eloquently. :)
MAN I AM IN LOVE!!! This pictures are so breathtakingly amazing Dawn!! I especially love the ring shots and the shots on the beach!!
As usual, great stuff Dawn! Gorgeous couple! They’re gunna make some pretty babies hahaa. I love the shot of just her on the beach where she’s holding her dress…. <3