I had some time at home this afternoon so I took advantage of the boys napping and rendered out a few slideshows for the blog. I hope you enjoy watching each one as we had such a wonderful time with each couple.

The first Slideshow is from Stephanie and Paul's wedding. We had the priviledge of photographing Stephanie's sister's wedding a few years ago and we were very excited about the opportunity to work with her family again and to meet and work with Paul's family as well. Congratulations again guys! We really enjoyed your wedding!

Aaron & Reuben

This Slideshow is from Cherie and Greg's wedding. Cherie was a bridesmaid in a wedding that we photographed a few years ago. Cherie booked us for her wedding date quite a while back but it seemed like 2007 just flew by and her wedding was here before we knew it. She and Greg were such an awesome couple and we had a great timeline to work with the day of - giving us plenty of great picture opportunities. Thanks again guys!

Aaron & Reuben

This Slideshow is from Maggie and Jon's wedding that took place in Sarasota at St. Martha's and then the reception took place at the beautiful Shelby Botanical Gardens. The weather was absolutely beautiful which was a quite the opposite from when we photographed their Engagement Session on the coldest day of the year :-) I think with them being from New York I was definitely the weather wimp that day! Again, thanks for everything guys - we had such a great time working with everyone and good job on picking the venue!

Aaron & Carl

This last Slideshow is from our most recent wedding which took place at the Longboat Key Club. We didn't get the opportunity to meet Stacey and Tony before the wedding with them living in Orlando and our busy schedules never seeming to correspond but just from our conversations on the phone I felt like I had a good concept of Stacey's vison for her wedding day. We couldn't have asked for a nicer couple and quickly felt like we had know them for years. Thanks for being such a fun, spontaneous couple and I'm really glad that everything worked out for us to be able to work together!

Aaron & Reuben

Here is a Slide Show from a recent wedding at the Marriott Waterside that Ron and I shot. Desiree and Golan were so much fun to work with and we've really enjoyed getting to know them. Desiree was kind enough to write a testimonial for us as well.

"Aaron Lockwood did an amazing job shooting our wedding. He helped capture all the beautiful, funny and emotional memories that we can't wait to show our kids someday. He definitely has an eye for photography. Not only is Aaron a photographic genius, but he is so easy to work with. We had known for a while that we wanted Aaron to shoot our wedding, so when we were booking our wedding, before we confirmed with the venue, we made sure that Aaron was available. We are so glad that Aaron was a part of our special day. We can't wait to have him capture memories throughout our lives. We definitely plan to have him create children's collection series books for our kids. We can't say enough about how wonderful Aaron's work is, so take the time to look at his pictures and you'll see."

Desiree Bellissimo and Golan Rotenberg

March 22, 2008

Okay, so I'm skipping ahead a bit with the timeline of our blog but I just couldn't resist. This Slide Show is from the wedding that Reuben and I shot last weekend in Ybor at the Italian Club. Tracy and Bob, we can't thank you enough for the awesome time we had. I can't really even put it into words how it was capturing the story and emotion of your day. We had the most incredible light to work with and such a fun group. So sit back with a box of Kleenex turn up the volume and get ready to cry....

Kelly & Ryan have been our clients and friends for about four years now. It was such a pleasure getting to know them throughout the wedding and now we have the privilege of photographing their son Ryan Jr. Kelly was kind enough to write a testimonial for our website which I've posted below. Thanks guys!

-Aaron

"By now, Aaron is an old friend. Several years ago, he took our engagement portrait pictures, then he covered our wedding day. A couple years later, he did our pregnancy portrait for our first baby and now, we are taking our son through his children's collection series, which goes through to toddlerhood. Aaron's talent and artistic ability speaks for itself. What you can't tell from his website though, is that he is a genuinely nice person, family man, and pleasure to work with. He goes above and beyond to accommodate his clients and we are so thankful to have found him to be by our side as we record life's most precious memories. "

Kelly and Ryan Rooth

Here is a SlideShow from a wedding that we did recently at the Vinoy. Ashley and Mike were aboslutely wonderful to work with and showed genuine love and emotion towards each other which I feel is reflected in their images. Of course Anita Boeth was wonderful as always to work with and did a great job of keeping things flowing as well as making it a beautiful wedding. Enjoy!

-aaron

Here is another SlideShow from a wedding we did a few weeks ago. I'm trying to keep up with the blog posts before we get too far into this year or I'm never going to catch up with how busy things are getting. Yael was a bridesmaid in Jodi and Stephen's wedding which took place earlier this year so it was great to see everyone again. We had a great time working with Yael and Ben and really just felt part of their family by the end of the wedding. I hope everyone enjoys the slideshow and hopefully Margot (mob) will be able to show it to their family in Denmark!

-Aaron

Okay, so I'm really on a roll with posting Slideshows to the blog this week. This is the wedding that Ron and I shot this last weekend at the Don Cesar. Sarah Fairbairn was Megan and Brian's coordinator and is so awesome to work with (www.onefinedayweddingplanning.com). It's such a difference having a coordinator there and it really frees us up to concentrate on creating beautiful images rather than having to act in that capacity as well. We were a bit nervous about the weather coming into the day but it couldn't have turn out any better! A beautiful wedding and an awesome couple - it doesn't get much better than that!

-Aaron

Jodi & Stephen

January 5, 2008

Here is a slideshow from our first wedding for 2008. The wedding took place at the Vinoy in St. Petersburg. Jodi and Stephen were so much fun to work with and the bridal party was terrific They booked an awesome band and the dancing continued well into the night.

Sara & Lucas

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Here is a Slideshow from Sara and Lucas' wedding which took place at the Ringling in Sarasota. Sara was a bridesmaid in another one of our weddings and we were really excited to have the priviledge of being her photographer as well. I've also posted a short testimonial she was so kind to have written -

"Hi Aaron!

Luke and I just returned from our honeymoon on Sunday and found the photos of our wedding loaded on your site!! I just wanted to take the opportunity to thank you so much for the absolutely amazing pictures you took of our wedding on October 6th. I simply can't stop myself from logging onto the website to view them, and I should be working!! You and Rueben were so wonderful to work with, and you have the most amazing eye for catching moments that capture the pure essence of the emotion that both Lucas and myself felt that day. Thank you so much for all of your talented hard work!"

Finally another post! These images are from a wedding that Will and I shot at the Cadazan in Sarasota which was the Ringling's mansion. Tommy is in the Coast Guard and is stationed in Alaska so we didn't get the opportunity to meet them until the wedding. They were two of the nicest people that we've been blessed to work with. It was great meeting them and their families and being part of their special day. I think they were particularly excited to see everyone after being away in Alaska.