Calusa Blueway Paddle

Recently 60 or so of the several hundred intrepid paddlers of the 4th annual Calusa Blueway Paddling Festival gathered at San Carlos RV Park & Resort mid-way through the 10 day event and posed for a photograph commemorating their adventure, and we were please to be able to record that group for posterity (not to mention selling prints to participants).
Prints can be ordered here

Love on the Beach

Haley and Brandon were married in Tennessee last week and spent their honeymoon on Fort Myers Beach.

Tuesday we went to Lover's Key State Park and spent an hour exploring the beach, the park trails and the lagoon with it's pretty arched wooden bridge, resulting in some spectacular Honeymoon Portraits of this loving couple.

For a look at Haley & Brandon's Top 10 Picks, click here.

Beach Wedding....Reception in the Park

Lover's Key State Park (with a name like that it's a natural for weddings) is one of my favorite place for small, informal weddings, and recently Kathy & Timothy exchanged vows on the beach at sunset, then followed the small (5 people including me) wedding with an impromptu but well planned reception held under the trees on a picnic bench just off the beach in a beautiful, shaded part of the park.

They brought the tablecloth, cake, champagne, glasses and all the goodies to do a "tailgate reception" with flair and ambiance.

Love those informal weddings!

P. S. The raccoons didn't steal our goodies.

Beach Kids

Kids on the beach are so much fun! Challenging, but fun. We started off with this "formal" pose, but then we quickly switched to much more interesting and fun poses in and around the water.

I call this series "splash the photographer" and Parkes did a pretty good job of it! Lucy and Charlotte tried, too, but I came out OK with a great series of "action" images Worth a little salt water!

Then the sunset happened just as the pirate ship sailed into port behind them, and it was hard to belive it was raining just a few minutes before we started the session.

Red, White and Boom!

July Fourth found us on the beach again, photographing a July 4th wedding just before the town fireworks display lit up the entire sky.

The bride and groom had an American flag decor for their reception, and just before sunset we meandered down to the shoreline to capture them in front of a beautiful Florida sunset.

Boom!

Back to the Beach

Last week found us at the beach at Bowditch Point for a couple of family sessions in between our frequent rains.

Working around the boats dredging Matanzas Pass, we were still able to get a beautiful sunset photo after a day of rain.

There's nothing like a lightly clouded sky to reflect the sun's setting rays back into the sky in patterns of blue, red, orange and magenta.

Magnificent!

Beach Wedding

Saturday night found us on the beach, photographing a lovely wedding on the wide, white sand beach of the Holiday Inn.

Sara and Canaan "tied the knot" before a crowd of family and friends and then Sara, Canaan and I ventured out to the lagoon at Little Estero Island and then on to the beach for a glorious sunset photo session.

Then we all returned to the Inn's banquet room for a reception with dancing, great food, tearful toasts, and loads of fun.

Tough job, but somebody's got to do it!