Family Portraits | Aubry and Domi
I fell in love with Domi the minute I met him. I also loved these family portraits with him and his beautiful mother Aubry! We even got a few with the best grandmother, Gigi xo
family photos
Orlando Portrait Photography | Kyra & Ashley
Had a wonderful photo shoot with beautiful twins Kyra & Ashley – Happy Birthday to them today! xo
Orlando Portrait Photography
DeLand Wedding Photography | Sandhill Golf Course | Lacey and Mike
Lacey and Mike are just one of those couples that you love right away – mostly because of the way the look at each other. You can just tell – they are meant for each other. Icing on the cake is their sweet son Zane. We had such fun at their engagement shoot – lots of laughing even on a cold day.
Their wedding ceremony was at Sandhill Golf Course in DeLand under big beautiful oak trees and a sparkling chandelier. Her father’s speech had us all laughing and crying as Zane talked from his seat. The whole night was wonderful with amazing family and friends.
Catering – Encore Caterers (SandHill)
DJ – Vince Roeshink
Coordinator – Courtney Ford Designs
Flowers – Sandhill
Cake – Sandhill
Wedding Dress – The Collection
Shoes – Giani Binni
Bridesmaid dresses – Bill Levkoff
Menswear – Mens Warehouse
The day in Lacey’s words:
Describe your wedding day in one sentence – Perfect
Wedding day color scheme – Shabby Chic / Rustic
Describe your wedding planning process – Amazing thanks to Courtney Ford
What advice would you give to future brides for their wedding day? Take a minute to sit back and take it all in and hem your dress shorter than you think it should be!
What are you most looking forward to as a married couple? Growing old together
Which moment are you the most excited to see in photos? Our Son and our First Look
What was your wedding inspiration? My husband and I are simple, laid back people and we wanted the day to feel the same. We wanted it to be more like a party where everyone could be themselves and enjoy a night out.
Describe some of your favorite wedding details and how you came up with them. My favorite details were planning the ceremony site (the barn doors and chandelier) and the sign for my son to carry. I saw them all on Pinterest and thought how romantic they looked and the sign, I mean come on – How cute is that! I also wanted to have songs that meant something to me and my family – Our first dance was a song that Mike and I heard when we first started dating that pretty much summed up how we felt for each other before we told each other – Lady Antebellum – “Can’t Take my Eyes off you”, one of my favorite songs is “At Last” by Etta James and that is the song that I danced to with Mike and Zane because, At Last my life was complete. My Daddy and I danced to “My Little Girl” by Tim McGraw because we say “I love you more” to each other and it just fit. I also wanted to have a dance with just my son Zane and I – I sing “GodSpeed” by the Dixie Chicks to him every night so that is what we danced to.
DeLand Wedding Photography by The Canovas Photography
Oviedo Holiday Portraits | Isabelle
One of our privileges as Oviedo Photographers is watching children grow up through our lens. Isabelle is one our favorite models. We have been photographing her since she was a baby – these are some of my favorite portraits of her! They show her sweetest little four-year-old heart – whimsical, charming, finding joy in the littlest things like following a butterfly and chasing our cat, Prudence. I just clicked away as she just was being her sweet self.
Hope you enjoy these photos of her on this Christmas Eve! Happy Holidays Everyone xo
A Florida Christmas
T’was the night before Christmas, and all through the town,
No noses were frozen, nor snow on the ground.
No children in flannels were tucked into bed,
They all wore their shorty pajamas instead.
To find wreaths of holly was not very hard,
For holly trees sprouted in every backyard.
In front of the houses were daddies and moms,
Decorating hibiscus and coconut palms.
The slumbering kiddies were dreaming with glee,
Hoping to find surf boards under the tree.
They all knew that Santa was well on his way,
In a fiberglass boat instead of a sleigh.
He whizzed up the rivers, zoomed up the canals,
Delivering toys to good boys and gals.
The tropical moon gave the cities a glow,
And lit the way for Santa below.
Quite soon he arrived and started to work,
He hadn’t a second to linger or shirk.
He jumped from his boat and gave a wee chuckle,
He was dressed in deck pants, with an ivy league buckle.
There weren’t any chimneys, but that caused no gloom,
For Santa came in through the Florida room.
He stopped at each house but stayed only a minute,
As he emptied his sack of the toys that were in it.
Before he departed he had a long drink,
From the glass of fresh orange juice left by the sink.
He turned with a jerk and jumped into his boat,
Knowing that he still had more toys to tote.
He put it in Gear and he opened the gas,
Then up the Peace River he went like a flash!
And I heard him exclaim as he went on his way:
“Merry Christmas, Orlando, I wish I could stay
…. Annonymous
Sparkling Orlando Holiday Photo Sessions
We had a great couple of months full of beautiful family photo sessions. I LOVE the holidays – I get very sentimental. I am the one that cries even at the coffee and Publix commercials. But what always makes me teary is seeing so many wonderful families together for family portraits. Mothers and children, Fathers and sons, daughters, sisters, brothers, newly-weds, those that have been together forever. I love seeing them together and interacting with each other. Lots of smiling, laughing, chasing babies, barking dogs that are part of the family, getting the men to smile, people who laugh at my “squish-in!” commands, siblings that squeeze in tight. These relationships are what it is all about. I am so honored to be a part of it. Thank you to all our clients – who are really friends by the end. We so appreciate your support in 2010. Happy New Year everyone! 2011 is going to be a great year.
Orlando Holiday Photo Sessions with The Canovas Photography. Contact us today for more information.