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Hiring a Professional Wedding Photographer

by Florida Weddings | Dec 21, 2020 | All Florida Beach Weddings, Professional Wedding Photography

So you’re probably reading this for one of two reasons:

You’re getting married and need a wedding photographer.
You’re getting married and not sure if a professional photographer is worth the money.

And if neither of those reasons pertain to you (maybe you are just dreaming about weddings) then, welcome anyway! Hiring a professional beach wedding photographer is an easy choice if you ask us. And with our Florida Beach Weddings company, you have the option add a staff photographer to any of our wedding ceremony packages, for a small fee. Is it worth it? Let’s explore the top 5 reasons to hire a professional wedding photographer.

1. Experience

Well a no-brainer really, but let’s clarify. So having a friend snap some shots on his/her latest iPhone may seem tempting to save a few bucks on photography. However, the angles, tricky lighting, perfect timing, are all things a few YouTube tutorials cannot replace when faced with years of experience. Professional wedding photographers have to know the flow of the ceremony to make sure the bride and groom are the objects of attention. Also, you want your friend to enjoy your wedding ceremony and not have to think about (or miss) any important shots or poses. It’s definitely a lot of pressure to put on someone. It’s less stressful to know your special day is in capable and experienced hands for the first kiss, Unity sand ceremony pouring, ring exchange, etc. Our photographer have down hundreds of beach ceremonies in all weather and lighting conditions. They love doing it and you can check out our photo gallery to see for yourself!

2. Reliability

Late, last minute cancellation, dead battery, full storage space. All things your professional wedding photographer will NOT have issues with. The wedding professionals are prepared. And they have a back up for batteries, memory cards, and worst case, even themselves. Another professional could stand in. Whereas your friend who caught the stomach bug probably doesn’t have a replacement on hand.

3. Editing

So getting the perfect shot is only half of it: brighten, darken, soften, touch up, remove unwanted objects. This is all part of the job for an experienced photographer/editor who has done thousands of shots. That speedo jumping character in the photo background can be easily erased with a few handy photoshop tricks to preserve the beauty and magic of your special day.

4. Affordability

Wait, WHAT?! Yes, there are photographers out there who charge more money for your wedding photoshoot than a down payment on your new home. But our Beach Wedding Company isn’t in that category. So by eliminating the middle man and using staff photographers, the result is easy on your wallet.

5. Forever

Your marriage, your vows, your photos. Your wedding photos will adorn your walls, Christmas cards, Facebook page, Instagram feed…and they never get old. Your wedding photos are your one way to preserve the beauty and experience of your destination wedding: the beach venue, package decorations, first kiss and more. These photos will be passed on for generations and hiring a professional wedding photographer means clear and perfect shots and the preservation of a once in a lifetime experience.

So….ready to have your wedding photos hanging up in your home? Click HERE for more information on booking your Beach Wedding!

Brilliant Beach Wedding Photo Props

by Stephanie | Aug 31, 2020 | All Florida Beach Weddings, Beach Wedding Photography

Are you the creative type? Or do you like a fun loving or silly photo memory? Maybe you want to consider one of your wedding photos for your annual Christmas card? Whatever your reasons, you’ve clicked to the right place. Look no further for fun beach wedding photo prop ideas and unconventional poses by some of our recent beach going brides and grooms!

Beach Wedding Photo Props

Wedding Rings: Your wedding rings are such a beautiful symbol of marriage. What better way to preserve your bling than with a little beachy ring photo shoot? One of our couples chose a beautiful wooden keepsake box for not only their rings, but also other wedding day jewelry. Our professional photographers are happy to photograph these special keepsakes for you, including your bridal bouquet. Other creative ideas include wedding rings on a starfish: it looks lovely with our Starfish Distinctive Design wedding package. We especially love the couple’s hands in the Florida sand in St. Augustine with wedding rings. Nobody else will ever be able to have your unique and very married hands!

Signs: Our all inclusive Florida Beach Weddings can include a large chalkboard sign announcing the happy couple, like the one who married on Clearwater Beach, FL below. Their Gulf beach wedding was pretty in pink with petals underneath the bamboo wedding arch, and best of all it was affordable. The chalkboard sign is included if you decide to tie the knot with one of our Distinctive Design packages.

Romantic and Fun: If you like more unique destination beach wedding photo ideas with couples, kids and extended family…we have them! Whether you choose the Florida Gulf coast or Atlantic beaches for your wedding day, our seasoned photographers will capture your memories forever. They know how to work with the outdoor lighting, the clouds or bright sun, the sparkling water and the sunsets. Even a vow renewal or beach elopement ceremony gets the best photography our Florida Beach Weddings company has to offer.

A bride and groom pose behind a frame of their child during our Siesta Key Beach Weddings.

Family wedding in Siesta Key

Buckets of romance in Clearwater

Couple getting married on Siesta Key laughing

Silly love in Siesta Key

Family and friends St. Augustine Beach

Wedding couple on the beach with toasting glasses

A toast in Treasure Island near St. Pete

Do all of these fun photos have your dreaming of your picture perfect destination beach wedding in Florida? Book your beach wedding all inclusive package today!

Build Your Own Beach Wedding Package

by Stephanie | Mar 9, 2020 | All Florida Beach Weddings, Beach Wedding Packages

As you begin researching your Florida Beach Wedding ceremony it is certain you will want to customize it to fulfill all your wedding ideas and dreams. In fact, as your browse different websites, it may start to feel overwhelming as decor ideas and costs add up. Beach locations, wedding packages, decor, optional ceremony add-ons, Florida marriage license rules. Help!

Destiny bamboo wedding altar on Daytona Beach

Shades of the Ocean Destiny Beach Wedding Package

Destination Florida beach weddings with tropical beach decor and bamboo chairs in Daytona Beach.

Aloha Destiny Package on Daytona Beach, FL

The Destiny Beach Wedding packages shown above allow you to customize chair sash colors and bamboo canopy colors: there are 21 different colors and 8 different toppers! At Florida Beach Weddings our wide variety of wedding packages can be used as stepping stones to a premium package: we give you the basics to build on. No need to stress about adding everything! Our beach wedding specialists can help you choose colors, chair bands, decor, wedding canopies, vows, music, aisle-way decorations and more. After all, our beach wedding company has done all the groundwork for you in designing the most beautiful, coordinated wedding arches, seaside decor, chair colors and accessories. But the final choice is yours to customize!

Some of the most popular wedding packages that our brides loves to build on include:

Our Tropical Distinctive Package is one of our colorful beach wedding packages.

Tropical Distinctive Design in Clearwater Beach, FL

The Tropical Distinctive Design beach wedding package is a beautiful choice for premium beach wedding decor and these packages allow you to have a larger guest list. You will easily know the complete price for your wedding ceremony. Instead of having a price for the chairs, the delivery, the set-up, a separate wedding officiant, a separate photographer, a musician, etc…this packages includes all of this at one convenient price and one contact with our beach wedding planner. You can customize by adding colored spandex chair bands, your choice of ivory or white draped material on the large, natural four post bamboo canopy, and the vows of your choice with optional blessings. We will know exactly what decor choices you want once you make your choices in your private client portal, and you will know exactly what your ceremony decor is going to look like!

A classic black and white look with banded deluxe resin chairs, chalkboard and anchors with shells start this isleway at a Florida Beach Wedding Ceremony. St. Augustine Elopement

Anchors Away Beach Distinctive Design

Teal wedding arch and chairs on Siesta Key Beach

Teal Distinctive Design Siesta Key, FL

A starfish beach wedding ceremony canopy and aisle way on the beach in Florida.

Starfish Distinctive Design Wedding Package

Florida Classic Distinctive Design in Destin, FL

Coral Distinctive Design wedding arch and chairs on St. Augustine Beach, FL

Coral Distinctive Design package on St. Augustine Beach, FL

Beach Bliss Distinctive Design wedding package St. Pete, FL

The only addition to these beach wedding packages you may wish to make is our wedding photography time which is only $325. The best way to meet your needs is to call us and have a chat: Karen, Kayla and Pam would love to hear from you! Choose a beach location then book your Florida wedding date now at a price that can’t be beat!

Best Beach Wedding Photos: Real Couples Pose

by Stephanie | Feb 8, 2020 | All Florida Beach Weddings, Beach Wedding Photographer, Beach Wedding Photography

Couple kissing at Daytona beach wedding with bridal bouquet

Couple posing at Daytona Beach wedding

When planning an inexpensive wedding in Florida, the beach ranks above all the rest for beautiful wedding pictures. The white sand, the waves, the Gulf beach palm trees, the sun and the sea. It’s the perfect setting to say your vows with views, and capture a lifetime of memories. But when planning an affordable beach wedding, how do you take pictures on the beach? Friends and family may take pictures with their phones, but are these the Florida wedding ceremony photos that will look the best? What about when you want to take photos with THEM? Or if you want that kiss captured as the sun sets over the ocean? Hiring a professional beach wedding photographer, experienced in this type of setting will solve the problem and eliminate stress without breaking the bank. In fact, adding photography time to our already cheap wedding packages will guarantee your photos look first class forever (and it’s less expensive than you might think)!

A Florida Beach Weddings photographer has experience dealing with Mother Nature on the oceanfront. Be it bright light, Gulf beach sunsets, twilight, Daytona beach surf, an unexpected sun shower, fair to dark skin, children, a colorful bridal party: there are many factors a beach wedding photographer must consider. That’s on top of the already difficult tasks of capturing intimacy, correct shutter speed, posing couples at the right angle, creative/natural backgrounds, or eliminating other beach visitors. Beautiful, crisp photographs of traditional poses, bride and groom, family, friends, the bridal party and fun posing are part of the hundreds of beach wedding photos we’ve taken over the last 13 years! We’d love to show you some of our Florida Beach Wedding couples. Note: Forever In Love is now part of Florida Beach Weddings photography team!

Here are some beach wedding photo ideas for you

Best beach wedding photography poses

Ponce Inlet Beach Weddings are complete with elegant dunes: couple kissing.

Ponce Inlet beach wedding couple kissing after saying vows

Wedding couple posing on beach in the Atlantic surf

Couple first dance beach wedding Cocoa Beach

Couple first dance after beach wedding on Cocoa Beach, FL

Clearwater beach wedding couple kissing in the white sand

Wedding couple posing under Daytona Beach pier

Daytona beach wedding couple posing under pier

Miami beach wedding couple kissing

This bride and groom share glances during a Siesta Key Gulf Beach Wedding

Navy wedding on Cocoa Beach as the sun comes up

Beach Wedding Family Photos

Affordable Jacksonville Beach Weddings in Florida

Jacksonville Beach wedding couple with family after vows

This family joins together at a sand ceremony at a Florida Wedding on the beach

Ft. Walton beach weddings with guest in Florida.

Ft. Walton beach weddings with family and friends in Florida.

Best Sunset Beach Wedding Photos

Lido Beach Weddings in Siesta Key Beach, Florida during the sunset.

Lido Beach wedding couple kissing during Florida gulf beach sunset

A groom picks up his bride during one of our Clearwater Beach Weddings

A groom picks up his bride at sunset at a Clearwater Beach Weddings

The sun sets on this Beach Wedding in Clearwater, Florida as the bride kicks up a heel.

The sun sets on this Gulf beach wedding in Clearwater, Florida

Beach Wedding Bridal Party

Miami beach wedding bride with bridesmaids in the sea

Ponce Inlet Beach Wedding groom with groomsmen

Ponce Inlet Beach wedding groom and beach wedding party

Cocoa Beach wedding party

Florida Gulf beach wedding bridesmaids

Click here to contact us today to book your Florida Beach Wedding!

Staff Picks: Best Beach Wedding Decor

by Stephanie | Feb 4, 2020 | All Florida Beach Weddings, Beach Wedding Decor

The Verdict is In! Natural and Floral Distinctive Designs are Staff Favorites

Getting married on the beach in Florida is a dream for many couples but there is often the perception that beach wedding decor is cheap. As you can see from the stunning photos below, our complete beach wedding package decor is beautiful, elegant, and on-trend for 2020. Owner and President, Pamela Fuit and her staff of wedding specialists work tirelessly to bring our wedding couples’ dreams to life on the beach locations we serve across Florida. Our Distinctive Design packages are a cut above the rest and therefore our staff favorites. With more elaborate draping, larger floral arrangements and custom canopies, the final effect is breathtaking for beachfront wedding photography. Distinctive Designs bring all your best destination beach wedding ideas to life!

The Floral Distinctive design has a very upscale feeling with its neutral palette. It offers a natural bamboo canopy with your choice of ivory or white draped material that often floats in the breeze while you say your vows. A large asymmetrical floral and greenery canopy topper is the perfect altar. The matching greenery aisle-way naturally placed in the sand with floral accents at the beginning of the walkway will guide your first steps toward your beloved. Up to 32 deluxe white resin chairs with the option to add colored spandex chair bands completes this wedding design. This truly feels like an island beach wedding. A large decorated “chalkboard” sign announcing the newly married couple is included, along with a chilled water station for your guests. These complete wedding packages include a sand ceremony, music and you can add our professional photography time for a low fee ($325).

Altar with flowers on the beach for wedding

Floral Distinctive Design Beach Wedding Package

The Natural Distinctive Design is stunning in its simplicity. This will make your Florida beach wedding site the envy of everyone. None of your guests will think you chose a cheap Florida beach wedding package even though these ceremony packages, at the top end, average $2,500. Intimate, elegant, and complete with everything you need you can’t go wrong with this beach wedding package. It offers a large, dark stained, four post bamboo canopy with your choice of white or ivory material draped elegantly, flowing down to the sand. Dark bamboo pole aisle-way with white or ivory flowing material and matching flowers in the poles. The natural branch canopy topper with natural flower accents completes this beachy look. Up to 32 deluxe white resin chairs with the option to add colored spandex chair bands included. This is Karen’s favorite! As above, this all inclusive beach wedding package includes a sand ceremony, music and you can add our professional photography time for an affordable fee ($325).

Wedding in Florida with white chairs and natural beach wedding canopy.

Natural Distinctive Design Beach Wedding Package

The Anchors Away Distinctive Design is included just because it is so stunning! It has everything you need for a beachfront wedding in Florida that will turn heads. It is spectacular against the white sand, especially on a Gulf beach. It includes all the upgrades you expect when choosing a Florida Beach Wedding package. Find out more about this design here.

Anchors Away Beach Wedding Design

Imagine walking down an aisle of white sand to say “I Do” under our stunning Rustic Geometric Arch. This decorative member of the Rustic Romance Collection (new for 2020) looks amazing on the beach and stands out with its pure simplicity. Our staff just couldn’t leave it out of their favorites. The modern geometric arbor is unique and our wedding couples can’t get enough of it! Any color accents can be used to highlight your theme, in fact it also comes in a white Tropical theme. Our wedding package designers leave no stone unturned when bringing couples the most up to date features. This Florida wedding design can be used as a beach wedding or vow renewal. Contact our beach wedding planners in Florida today to reserve your date!

Rustic Geometric Arch

Now that our beach wedding staff has named their favorite designs, it’s time for you to find yours. Don’t forget to find the right beach location to set the tone of your Florida wedding ceremony. Each beach is different on the east coast or west coast of Florida. We look forward to hearing from you to reserve your 2020 wedding date!

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