Sam’s unique image came toward the latter part of her New York City Bridal Session from Brooklyn to Little Italy, Park Avenue, Central Park and Top of the Rock. She literally stopped Manhattan traffic (on the same day of President Obama’s UN visit, no less) to get a once-in-a-lifetime image

Her wedding images are posted below, click the link above this image to see the fun she and two of her best friends Beth and Danielle had in NYC late September!

Stacey and Jeremy’s feature photos came from their “Day After Wedding Beach Session in Galveston” (see link for more gorgeous photos of the couple). Their outdoor wedding day survived a couple of torrential rain downpours, so we took the opportunity to photograph them in a more relaxed setting all dressed in their bridal finery, and yes, ironically, get even more wet

Pretty, huh? Something they will treasure forever I understand they are expecting an addition to their family soon, congratulation Jeremy and Stacey!

Since then we’ve discussed doing a “day after” session, where the couple gets to relax and take some fun portraits in their wedding gown and suit. Wanting to use even more water, it was just too cold to go for it until this past week when we took a little weekend trip down to Galveston. The Strand and the beach still show signs of hurricane damage (particularly the hard-hit beach area), but it’s coming back and it worked perfectly for us. The crowds watched, waved, and cheered (and stepped aside) as Stacey and Jeremy strolled the old streets of the Strand:





Everywhere we turned there were perfect alleys, lines of trees, docks, dolphins and greenery.





After watching three or four dolphin swimming in the bay, we headed to the beach.





Along the way Jeremy took a little side detour:





You’d think they were married yesterday – I did eventually remind them that the sun was setting and we really needed to move on…





The above photo was right before I stepped on granite covered with moss – the sun in my eyes, the slippery surface… I landed hard. Luckily the cameras were safe and the only other thing bruised was my pride

















A few more below, many more in their gallery, we had a great time, followed by tasty pizza at Marios and a slice of red velvet cake for my family back home

If you’re interested in a session like this, contact me above and we’ll discuss a romantic, fun afternoon.

Enough chit-chat, here’s the first look, taken in downtown Beaumont:





You may remember Casey from her family photo session a month or so ago. She decided she also wanted to try a trash the dress session and here we are.

We also ventured down to the beach for a plethora of sunset images, here’s one of them toward the end of the shoot:





Many more to come soon!

disclaimer: no wedding dress was actually “trashed” in this photo session, we did get some great images and the dress did get a little wet.