You know how some people just have a fantastic story about how they met?  Bickley and Andrea are one of those couples.

I met Andrea a few months ago, when we sat down to discuss her wedding photography.  We hit it off from the start and I got to meet Bickley, her other half, for the first time this weekend whilst shooting their engagement photos.  We started at the high school where they met and Andrea told me their unbelievable story.  I'll give you the Cliff Notes version:

Andrea sees cute boy, asks someone what Boy's name is.  Someone says "his name is Bic".  Andrea says, "Like the pen or the razors?", and is unsure of how to proceed without knowing the correct spelling of Boy's name.  Andrea passes Cute Boy a note addressed to [something to the effect of] Cute Boy Whose Name I Don't Fully Know, asking if he wants to hang out.  Bickley responds by asking her out, Andrea accepts his offer.  Many, many moons later, I am taking their engagement photos.

How cool is that?!  So we shot a few photos in the hallway outside the class where they met:

Then Andrea tells me how Bickley used to play baseball and how she came to every one of his games to cheer him on.

And so we took photos of the lovebirds on the field where she spent so much time investing in their future life together.  They had an idea for a photo, which I was more than happy to shoot:

As you may have guessed, they are getting married on November 18th of this year.

We then moved on to the beach to harass the surfers and take photos in the gorgeous South Florida sun:



I believe the story is that we were in Fiji for this last one... We went there just for the afternoon, just to, you know, take a photo or two, because we're cool like that.

Thank you to Bickley and Andrea for spending the day with me and for standing up to those treacherous Fiji waves for your photos!


Dreaming of One Day Actually Visiting Fiji,

Noelle

I'm not sure if there's somewhere where you can look up photos for Hot Miami Couples, but if there is, I've got an addition: Gardenio & Daylenis- Ridiculously Good-Looking couple of the week.

Behold:

Hello perfect hair, teeth, skin.  So this is what you look like.  It's nice to finally meet you all.

You see, when Daylenis stands around, the breezes obey her wishes to softly blow her hair around.

They looooovvvvveeeee each other.  Big time.  Sitting in a tree-kind of love.

Talk about a good time: a few days ago, I met up with Jason and Jessica to take some photos to be used as save the date cards.  Amidst Spring Break, 2011, we managed to successfully maneuver through the treacherous groves of teenagers and left with some beautiful shots:

Lucky for me, Jason was more than happy to keep a tight grip on his lady, which made my job much easier!

Isn't she beautiful?  I'm not sure I could have taken a bad photo if I'd tried!

Jason hearts Jessica!!!

All the walking around made everyone thirsty.  We stopped for a fill up.  Shout out to our awesome waiter!

Upon leaving the eatery, we had to dodge some, er, interesting characters and found ourselves in the darkness, but we learned a valuable lesson: When life gives you derelicts and darkness...

there's always the option of taking romance-novel-looking photos!


Romancing the Night,

Noelle

This weekend, I met up with Josh and Jenalee for an engagement photo session in Boynton Beach, Florida.  The two were waiting for me when I arrived, with their beautiful black labs, who also are the reason for the two meeting: Josh and Jenalee met at a dog park while visiting with their respective dogs!  It makes me want to sing: "and they knew they must somehow form a family, that's the way they all became the JJ Bunch!"

Meet Mattie & Grace, the matchmaking duo.

See?  One big, happy, half hairy family!

After the pups left us kids alone to play, we were able to get closer to the trees and the squirrels with much less excitement.

This place had some serious walls of sea grapes:

And some seriously 'Secret Garden-esque' areas:
 


They looooooooovvvvveeee each other!

Then the sun started to set and things started to get very dark, very fast!

How is it that I've never heard of the South Florida Fair before?  Has anyone out there been to this thing?  It's amazing!

I finally came to learn of this fair and to enjoy its awesomeness via Jennifer, who wanted a less-than-traditional setting for her engagement photos.  I suggested a carnival, since she had mentioned that her and her fiance, Jason, love carnivals and fairs and -BOOM- magic was made!!

Funny story: As I'm taking the above photo, this super cool clown ran up to our beautiful couple and demanded that I take a photo with him in it for good luck: