Jack Is 1 Year Old!

Last weekend, I had the pleasure of taking some 1 year pictures for my little buddy, Jack :) We had planned to do a cake eating/bubble bath shoot where Jack would go to town and get crazy messy with his b-day cake, and then he would get a bubble bath in a big tub. Well, Jack had a slightly different plan and was pretty confused with the cake. It's like he was just too well mannered lol. But with some family help, we were able to get some really great shots. It was so hard to choose just a few (they were all so cute!), but here are some of my favs.

Clariza + Robert - Bridals on the Beach

This lovely couple already had a simple ceremony at the courthouse, but they still wanted nice bridal photos :) Who wouldn't? So, I went out and met them at Playalinda Beach and we had quite the adventure with aking pictures. It had been beautiful and sunny all day, and about 15 minutes into our shoot - guess what? - it started raining... kind of pouring for a few minutes actually. I felt so bad for Clariza in particular because she had her hair done and everything, but these two were troupers and we had a great shoot anyway! After a short wait in the car and driving to a few other places down the beach, it finally cleared up and we got some great shots. Here is a small sampling:

If you look closely at that last one, you can see the rain drops :) Thanks so much Clariza & Robert for being such great sports! Your pictures came out beautiful even with our little hiccup.

Congratulations Brittany and Josh!

Today was finally the day! Justin's long time friend Josh married his sweet girl Brittany. Their ceremony was at Space View Park in Titusville and their reception was at the Titusville Garden Club. Everything really came out great, even though Brittany had quite the time getting everything done while Josh was stationed in Alaska. They have been looking forward to this day for quite some time and we couldn't be happier for them. Hopefully they enjoy their pictures from the day :) Here are some of our favorites!

It's Official!

We have been notified that we have won Bride's Choice Awards on WeddingWire.com for our area!

Here is the proof:

Titusville, Fl, January 27, 2011 - WeddingWire, the nation’s leading wedding technology company, is thrilled to announce Shimer Photography has been selected to receive the prestigious annual WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011 for Photography! Recognition for the Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011 is determined by recent reviews and extensive surveys from over 750,000 WeddingWire newlyweds. Our past clients are among those that shared their experiences on WeddingWire, the largest wedding review site in the nation. Shimer Photography stands among the top five percent of wedding professionals in the WeddingWire community, representing quality and service excellence within the wedding industry. Awards were given to the top wedding professionals across 20 service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers, and were based on the overall professional achievements throughout the past year. “WeddingWire is honored to celebrate the success of the top-rated wedding professionals within the WeddingWire community,” said Timothy Chi, WeddingWire’s Chief Executive Officer. “With the annual Bride’s Choice Awards™ program, WeddingWire has the unique opportunity to recognize the best wedding professionals across the US and Canada. We applaud Shimer Photography for their professionalism and dedication to enhancing the wedding planning experience last year.” We are happy to announce that Shimer Photography is among the very best photographers within the WeddingWire Network, which includes leading wedding planning sites WeddingWire, Martha Stewart Weddings, Project Wedding and Weddingbee. We would like to thank our past clients for nominating us to receive the Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011. For more information, please visit our WeddingWire Storefront today at http://www.weddingwire.com/biz/shimer-photography-titusville/bf60e6b23b104d4e.html. For more information on the Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011, please visit www.WeddingWire.com Thank you all so much for your support of us. We can't tell you how much we appreciate it and we hope to keep helping you capture your special moments :)

Stay Warm, Josh!

Justin's long time friend, Josh, is in the army and is leaving today to his new station, Fairbanks, Alaska. So, as a memento for Josh and his girlfriend, Brittany, Justin went out with them on a little New Year's Eve photo shoot. These are some of the favorites:

So long, Josh. We've had fun hanging out with you while you were home, and we will see you next time you get leave. We know you will be very much missed and hope you stay safe (and stay warm) :)

The Crazy Klines

For Christmas this year, I had an idea to give my parents some family pictures seeing that we hadn't had actual pictures of everyone since I was about 12. So, I mentioned the idea to my mom and the rest is history :) Here are the shots we printed to go on the wall (we had to do the regular nice looking shots first).








But, being my family, we had to have some ridiculous ones too :)




So, for Christmas, I surprised my parents with all of them in a matching set of frames :) (Which makes a good gift, by the way). Hopefully it isn't another 13 years before we do it again, but man is it difficult to take the pictures you are in.