Destination Engagement Session in Jacksonville, Florida – (Post by Chicago Wedding Photographer, David Bock) We met Brandon and Leigh Ann at Summer and Ryan’s wedding last year (more specifically, in the Photobooth :D). As soon as these two were engaged they gave us a call and we got to talking about what they wanted to do for their engagement sessions (we’ll be working with them again later this month at French Lick Resort!). We ended up working out an idea for doing a destination engagement session in Destin, Florida. When the oil spill hit we halted that idea and instead moved it to Jacksonville, Florida.
We had so much fun with these two taking pictures on the beach, half deep in the waves, where Cat got very excited and accidentally drowned one of our flashes which somehow came back to life!!! (FYI, Shootsac owners — while the Shootsac may be made out of wetsuit material it is not waterproof. LOL.). We also got to check out the amazing resort they were staying at and snap some photos inside. In the end it was a wonderful day for the four of us and we’ve been waiting and waiting to show these images and can’t wait to meet up with them again at French Lick! 😀
Jacksonville, Florida Engagement Session Details
- Hotel – One Ocean Resort (What a wonderful place, btw! The staff treated us wonderfully and were incredibly nice. Hope to see it again sometime! :D).
- Beach Location – Atlantic Beach, outside Jacksonville, Florida.
To say that it was an absolutely gorgeous day would be one heck of an understatement. 🙂
From the beach we headed into town. 😀
In the end it was totally worth the climb up a palm tree! 🙂
Then we headed back to the beach again because the sun was going down. 🙂
The water on the beach was like glass. It was hard to just pick one of these for the blog. 🙂
And that was when the sun came out for like five seconds while I was scoping another location for photos. Thankfully Cat had stayed behind and snagged this one. One of our absolute faves. 😀
(BTW. I found a starfish!)
Somehow… I have no idea how… we convinced them to run out fully clothed into the water. 😀
This might be the wave that killed Cat’s flash… >.< Oh well! It was worth it. 🙂
I could take photos in Florida every single day for the rest of my life. Honest. 🙂
At the end of the night we got one of my all time favorite session photos at the bar of the hotel. Love this. 🙂
Much Love,
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Brandon - You guys did an absolutely amazing job. We saw the post through the iphone and raced home to see these. I’m happy to hear the flash made it!
Dad - Thoroughly enchanting. Loved how the water played with the shadows and light. The photos were mesmerizing.
Robb Duncan - Beautiful work. I love the sky in the sand dune shots, the silhouette in particular, and the last image is stunning!
Lori Herrin - I love these photos! I am trying very hard to try and figure out why we stayed in Bloomington after we retired…. Anyhow, fabulous job!
Love you! Mom
Mer - Omg this is incredible! I am reminded of our own Florida session and it makes me so happy to see more couples in love on those beaches! Congrats to the couple and as always to you two on a job well done! Bravi tutti!!
Jared Tseng - That last shot is KILLER! Also love the one where it looks like they’re walking on water. Great job.
Darko - Gorgeous. The last 2 shots are phenomenal.
Herman Au - wow… love that sky and water reflection shot it’s so gorgeous! that’s what i really miss in socal as we continue to battle the sun during the summer. 🙂
Fotograf Lublin - Last one is amazing. Grat work.
Dave Davis - Wow – what a great location for an e-session! My wife and I went to South Beach on our Honeymoon! Loved it! Great job on the photos. I am sure this couple will cherish their photos.
Thomas Lester - Nicely done… especially the last shot.
Matt Stanton - I love your style. Stunning captures and the colours really pop against the blue of the water.
Joshua Gull - The definition of beauty. You guys knocked these out of the park!
Gina Frick - Brandon and Leigh Ann
Absolutely beautiful!!!!! Cathy and David you did a fantastic job!!!! Can’t wait to see the next session at French
Lick.
Brandon,I am so happy u look like me:)
LOVE U GUYS
MOM
Amanda Hoffman - These are so incredibly gorgeous! The first set on the beach is my fave.
Sarah Rominger - I love how crisp and clean your images are, especially the ones at the very beginning of this post! And I especially love the shot where the couple is standing in the clearing in the grass with such a dramatic sky above them…Go, Cathy! You nailed that exposure 🙂
Vadim Photo - Love it! The light was just magic that day.. or at least you made it look that way! 🙂
Heather - Pure magic!! The ones in the rolling waves are just stunning, and your black and whites are so yummy!! Well done 😀
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