Congrats to Jason & Katie!!

I absolutely loved this couple. I met with them a few days before their wedding and told my husband he was going to love them too. Then we bumped into them the next day at Soggy Dollar Bar on Jost Van Dyke and they bought us a round of Painkillers and definitely loved them more! Jason & Katie...you guys rock! Congrats on a just gorgeous wedding!

Wedding Day photos taken by Sage Crown Parker. 

Ceremony at the Marriott Frenchman's Reef Gazebo:

Followed by an incredibly fun reception at Oceana.

Simply the coolest.

I simply loved this bride and groom. You can tell by their photos that they just oooze coolness. They live in New York (cool points), they are artists (more cool points), the groom is originally from the islands (extra cool points). Her veil? Blows the coolness factor out of the water.

This couples stayed at the Marriott Frenchman's Reef, were married in front of a 130 of their closest friends and family on the lawn of Oceana with the reception following. DJ'd by one of the best (DJ Snow) and photographed by the awesome Elisha Orin.

Wonderful wedding favors...

We see a lot of wedding favors around here. It's one of my favorite elements of the wedding day. Last week, a box arrived full of favors for our 1/18/12 wedding and after showing them to my husband he declared, "those are the nicest wedding favors I think I've ever seen". It's nice to have a hubby that has such an opinion on such matters. =)

Without further ado, take a look at these beautiful photo albums:



Each album was wrapped with a name tag & raffia.



Inside was a personalized note to each guest from the bride & groom.

And each album had an engagement picture (taken by Elisha Orin) to start the album off:



I just loved these! And they even made a brief appearance in their wedding video by Andrew Orleans:

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Wedding Videos...

I've seen a decline in brides requesting videographers for their wedding over the last year. I blame it on economy. I think brides think "I'm already paying for photography so video needs to go" when trimming the budget. While I think you need to do what is best for you, your wedding and your financial future, I have to say I think the brides in the following videos would tell you that they treasure their videos more than anything. Here are a few of my favorite video clips from weddings we have done over the last few years...

This wedding was at Our Lady of Perpetual Help with the reception at Havana Blue, captured by the amazing Glen Elliott:



This wedding was at Villa Botanica on one of the rainest days of they year, captured by the fabulous Star Fruit Productions:



This video was by Andrew Orleans - the better half of Elisha Orin. Our bride & groom got ready at the Sugar & Spice Luxe Studios after arriving on the Freedom of the Seas. Their ceremony & mini-reception was hosted by the beautiful Oceana in Frenchtown, St. Thomas.

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This bride & groom were married on St. John in the cutest little church in Cruz Bay with their reception at the Ocean Grille. This was produced locally by the wonderful HiDef Video team.