Category: Sanibel Island
Kaliopi & Valanti | Sanibel Island Engagement Photographers
Karl and I quite like when we have a photo shoot on Sanibel Island. Sanibel and Captiva are our favorite spots in the area, a place where we spend birthdays and the rare free day. We’re really up for going anywhere when it comes to engagement sessions. All the better if the engaged couple has a personal connection to the spot, such as a first date or proposal site. And then there are the locations that have their own appeal: I’ve been wanting to do engagement photos in a citrus grove for ages. I think I’ll keep mentioning it on the blog until someone takes me up on it.
Kaliopi and Valanti met us near the Sanibel lighthouse, and from there we meandered about, snapping shots along the way. It was a very casual and relaxing setting… while their busy Greek wedding was another story, but fun nonetheless!
UPDATE: Check out Kaliopi & Valanti’s wedding pictures.
Sanibel Sunset Beach Wedding
I always love doing weddings out on Sanibel Island, and this wedding was no exception, just a little different than most. I met up with Amber & Cody at a little beach resort called the West Wind Inn. What’s not to like about the cozy buildings and pool overlooking the sparkling Gulf of Mexico? The sunset this evening was one for the record books; a perfect backdrop for Amber & Cody to celebrate their marriage. Just after the sun set, the couple wanted to do something extreme: take a jump into the the Inn’s pool. To make this shot happen I had to enter the pool (fully clothed) and get down right near the surface of the water. I shot with a wide lens, so I had to be relatively close to the bride and groom. As they jumped I realized that there’s a 90% chance I’m going to get splashed. After seeing the shot though, it was worth every soaking minute.
A quick photo taken by my wife Nanette, usually doesn’t see me in action, I usually just show up at home hurt, sandy, or wet.
Photos © Karl Rouwhorst – Luminaire Foto www.luminairefoto.com
Natalia & Kipling’s Sanibel Island Beach Wedding
It is so funny, when I lived in Michigan, all I could do was dream about getting a wedding to take place out on a beach. Then I moved to Southwest Florida (Naples), where getting married on the beach is just about the only thing a couple will do. I do love it when the bride and groom are willing to risk it a little and venture out into the water on their wedding day. I had a wonderful time photographing this wedding on Sanibel Island, enjoy the photos below.
Photos © Karl Rouwhorst – Luminaire Foto www.luminairefoto.com
