Carla's Sweet 16 Session!

Like many 16 year olds, Carla was excited to finally turn 16! It is the age you can get your drivers license, you start hoping that a Junior or Senior will ask you to prom so you can say you went to prom as a Sophomore, it is a time to remember and cherish... A time to explore who you are, and mostly, it's a time to have fun!

Carla is one of those lovable gals that warms up to you right away... Smart, gorgeous, and full of energy! She is always smiling when I see her, the range of crazy expressions are truly endless, and every single one of them make me laugh! By the way, that's a good thing!

Like most young women she wasn't so much camera shy as she was concerned about taking photographs in public, but she ROCKED it and they came out as beautiful as she is! Like a pro she even agreed to run into the ocean, at sunset, in December, for a great picture - of course it's December in Florida mind you... But it's still a tad chilly! :~)

Carie + Clyde Engaged!

Carie and Clyde met at work and their love has grown since day one. Spend just five minutes with them and you can just tell. You know when you look at a couple and you can see they are one of those couples that will be flirting with one another until the day they part this earth... The couple that will make it through thick and thin, that share many things, but also have their own unique qualities and know that it is just as important to have time for yourself as it is to have time together... Those are the couples that last, that we all hope to be ourselves. That is Carie and Clyde, and I had a blast at their engagement session!

It rained, no, that is an understatement, it was a flood in the making. When I arrived in Orange Park, there was a storm fast approaching. That storm quickly came and it evolved into what one thinks a monsoon starts as... Rain was coming down so fast and furious I was sure we were done for the day - and we hadn't even started yet! But something told me to hold out a bit - and sure enough, we went on with the day as planned, with a little detour, and we managed to have the beach all to ourselves - well almost. It was a beautiful day and I couldn't have asked for a better couple to spend it with! And I'll tell you a secret, they are just as cute together in real life (and a ton of fun) as they seem in these pictures!