Beasly Park Family Beach Portraits

Meet Andrews Family....





This Illinois family was visiting Destin and of course they wanted Family Beach Portraits and as usual it was raining in Florida! I'm still trying to figure out why we are call the Sunshine State, because we sure haven't seen much sunshine these last few weeks... So we shot between showers and managed to get a few shots in before the floods came again....


Meet Andrew's parents... and check out those storm clouds in the sky!

The next two shots are all about DAD. I did not pose Dad! He was really into his beach session and was a blast and kept me laughing the whole shoot! You rock Doug!

Meet Ryan, he's Andrew's brother...

Is this shot funny or what? I asked them to give Mom a kiss on the cheek and you would have thought I asked them to get "root canals"!

We finally got tired of battling the wind and rain and hit the SWAMP but not before I managed to slip and fall on the steps leading to the parking lot! Yes, can you believe it? I fell right on my rear-end in front of everyone but I didn't drop my camera! I did however have a few very ugly painful bruises the next day and I now know that if the steps at Beasley Park are the least little bit wet, "Do not walk down them really fast wearing high-heeled sandals"! :o)

Hope you guys enjoyed your session and your vacation despite the storms and thank you for being so concerned over my slip and fall and not laughing your heads off! I hope I see you guys next year and I can't wait for Ryan's senior year.

Texas Meets Fort Walton Beach~ Family Vacation Beach Portraits~

This family was a blast to work with! Mom was so excited about having their first ever family portraits done on the beach and even Dad was very cooperative. The little girls had a blast playing in the sand and water and were so very well behaved. Thanks guys for choosing me as your photographer and I can't wait to see you next year.

Marlies told me that they didn't have a photographer when they got married and the only picture that she really wished she had was a shot of their wedding rings on their hands. "I know you probably think it's crazy", she said, "but I really just want a shot of us wearing our rings." Do I think that's crazy?Please, I take pictures of street signs when I'm on vacation. If you can point a camera at it, I will photograph it. "Crazy shot", hmmm, I think I invented that phrase. So as you can see below, of course we got that shot and few to go along with it!

From Birmingham Alabama to the Beautiful Shores of Destin Florida

~From Birmingham Alabama to the Beautiful Shores of Destin Florida~

~Family Beach Vacation Portraits~

Susan and her family were visiting Destin for what her friends and family have told her "may be your last family vacation." You see Susan's daughter will be going off to college in the fall and she is hearing all these "horror stories" about how your children leave the nest and you can "almost never" get their schedules coordinated with yours again. I really don't think that she has much to worry about, Miss "K" loves her family and I really don't think that she will be able to stay away from them for long. When I asked her if she thought her brother would miss her she said, "probably very much, but school is only a few hours drive from home so I will be able to come home every weekend." So rest assured Susan that your little girl will always be coming back home. I hope you guys enjoyed your Destin Family Vacation and I hope to see you in the future! Good luck at school Miss "K". Here's a few of my favorites from the day. I find that I have become obsessed with storyboards. I always have a difficult time deciding which image I like best and want to have frame, storyboards give you the option of having several favorites in one frame! Yes, I know I am obsessed.

Destin Florida Family Beach Portraits

New Orleans Family Visits Destin Florida For Family Beach Portraits

The best part of working as a photographer is getting to meet new people from all over the US that come to our beautiful beaches along the Emerald Coast of Destin for vacation and this family was no exception. The little boys weren't crazy about posing so we did a lot of candids and I love the way they turned out! Thanks guys for choosing me as your photographer, can't wait to see you next year.

I decided to use a new black and white process from Totally Rad Actions, let me know what you think!
Click on the images below to see a larger version :o)

Fort Walton Beach ~Family Vacation~ Beach Portraits

Fort Walton Beach~Destin Florida~Family Vacation~Beach Portraits

Wow! Where has the week gone to? Last week I had the opportunity to photograph two very beautiful Young ladies and a beautiful 6 month old. Victoria lives in Nebraska and came to Destin to visit her sister Maria and other family and she wanted to have beach portraits done with her 6 month old daughter and her sister. So we meet up last Wednesday at Beasley Park in Fort Walton. We were supposed to meet on Monday but mother nature decided to give us lots of rain instead of sunshine so we had to postpone our shoot. Thank you girls for being so understanding and working with me and my crazy schedule. Needless to say we had a wonderful time and got some great beach portraits in the process. Here are a few to share. Victoria, Maria and Miss C. Thank you so much for choosing me to photograph your beach portraits, I had a great time :o)