A beautiful note from the Bride & Groom:
“Melissa,
Thank you so much for your amazing pictures of our wedding! We couldn’t wait to see them and were blown away by how good they all were. You are so talented! We really appreciate you and how fun you were to work with.
Thanks again!”
Devin & David DeZern
Marissa and I laughed pretty hard during our portrait shoot at sunrise. Marissa has lost 87 pounds in the past 22 months and her friend Angie bought her the photo session as a birthday present. I have yet to meet Angie, but I am working on that for sure in November ….
Anyways, Marissa and I talked about our kids and how great they are and how sometimes they don’t listen to us. I kept trying to get her to pose when a person would walk by … then she would laugh hard and then I would get the best expression. In the chair we had a bit of an audience with maintenance staff. They were the only other people around and the hotel was a big, clean, fresh studio.
The we did the powerful pants photo and the audience and interest grew. When we wrapped, we went inside and all the staff swarmed Marissa like a celebrity asking all kinds of questions about what she is doing and how she did it.
Clean whole foods, nothing canned or in a box and lots of cardio 4-5 days a week. I’m sure there is much, much more ….
I’ve cut down considerably the Kraft Dinner and cans of baked beans …. AND I’ve started walking the beach.
Marissa wrote me this lovely note:
“Hi! Love the photos … they are my favourites too! It’s great and so are the photos and I am honoured to have your name at the bottom of my picture …. how very, very cool!”
I have to say this was a first for me…. Alina, the stunning bride, didn’t know about the wedding until she arrived at the ceremony on the beach in front of the Ritz-Carlton. These sophisticated Europeans flew in from Romania with their very closest friends, all who knew Horia’s secret to surprise Alina and walk her down the aisle. Of course, everyone at The Ritz-Carlton were in on it too and the secret was a success!!
Alina was thrilled, everything went perfectly and the group even gently persuaded her to wear white, she was unsuspecting all the way!
A fun and casual group that did not stop laughing and speaking <very quickly> in several different languages. English was limited…. The groom was my interpreter and rest assured he understood the language of LOVE.
I wish them all the best and leave it with…..
“Smiles are the language of love.”
– David Hare (British dramatist, screenwriter and director)
Alecia and Brian exchanged their vows on the famous Seven Mile Beach in Grand Cayman during a beautiful beach wedding ceremony.
