Ponce Inlet Lighthouse

We made our first trip to the beach this year to Ponce Inlet. It's a beautiful beach and is home to the tallest lighthouse in Florida. It has been up since 1887 and is 175 feet tall. I climbed the 203 steps to the top, taking some shots along the way. Check out my friend Kristi's blog, Unknown Florida for some more info on the place and for other great ideas of things to do in Central Florida!

Apopka Art & Foliage Festival

This was our fifth(?) annual trip to the Apopka Art and Foliage Festival. I look forward to it every year. They have art and foliage obviously, but this year they also had some interesting wildlife.

Chloe thought the butterfly tent was awesome.

There was a taxidermy vendor there this year. Creepy, but interesting.

I fell in love with this rehabilitated owl!

He was so beautiful and he knew it.

DIY Photography Accessories

http://crave.cnet.co.uk/digitalcameras/0,39029429,49304077,00.htm

"On the day the digital camera was invented, the photographer died." I completely thought this way for a long time! This article cracks me up, but it really has a lot of great tips. I'm going to make my own light tent, definitely.

Hindu Wedding Part II

Here are the rest of my favorite shots from R&R's wedding:

The Wedding Party

 

Flower girls

 

The Bride

Pistachio ice cream!

First dance as husband and wife

Hindu Wedding Part I

R&R's wedding was the most beautiful and unique ceremony I've ever been too. We danced the groom in and ate ice-cream during the ceremony!  These are some of my favorite shots from that day. I've really tried to edit these down, but there were so many images that I liked - I'm going to have to make this a two-part post.

 Mother of the Bride

The Groom

Wedding Canopy

The Priest

Mehendi Party

I had the privilege of attending a Mehendi party the other night. There was folk dancing, spicy Indian food and henna applications. It was truly a festive, fun-filled celebration.

 

 A professional henna designer applied mehendi to the bride-to-be’s hands and feet. I was told the bride is not expected to perform any housework until her wedding Mehendi has faded!

 It is common for the names of the bride and groom to be hidden in the design. Ricardo is pointing out his name!

Dino Dress Photo shoot

Chloe loves dinosaurs. Her favorite is "Mean T-Rexy". To encourage this love of dinosaurs and to supplement her wardrobe, a friend's sister made this awesome dino dress and bag for her. It is hard to find dino clothes for girls, so Chloe was more than thrilled to receive this dino-rific dress and dino-tastic bag. So we loaded up the bag with (what else) dinosaurs and took to the back yard with the camera.

 

She also got a couple of bonus skirts. This one, as you can see, is perfect for twirling.

Plus she got this cute-as-can-be tutu! Thanks so much to Willa's very talented sister Ann for everything!