The Lam Session

Hello! 15 blogs to go till midnight. Just got word that my sister is taking care of a domesticated baby raccoon. So I'm kinda excited to finish early!

Any who, Richard Lam first contacted me about a 2 months before he came to Miami on vacation from Hong Kong. He was married years ago, and with his beautiful bride for years before that. They decided they wanted to do a wedding anniversary session full out gown and tux as well as a more relaxed session. It was such a great day. A little windy, but great none the less.

Jessica and Vinny Wedding

Normally I would say..."Remember this pretty bride form a previous session back in August???"..But since I was so horrible blogging this past year and her last session was posted just 2 days ago, I'm going to assume its not to far underneath this post. The goal is to have all my sessions blogged by midnight tonight. I'm trying to finish earlier of course so I could enjoy the days festivities, but I'm going to do what ever it takes to finish so I could start the new year with a clean start :).

I arrived at the Biltmore to my bride beginning to get her hair and makeup done. The smile on her face was from ear to ear and her lovely mother had tears in her eyes she was working hard to keep back. As the time was drawing near I could see the anticipation in everyone's face. It had begun to rain, very light, but quickly stopped. Even though it was a nerve racking moment it quickly passed and it was like the rain was a beautiful gift for them both, on their beautiful wedding day. After that it was all sunshine and rainbows (literally).

Lisa and Jorge's Wedding

Nothing makes me happier than having loved ones I know have faith in my work. Especially being young, its hard sometimes when dealing with older generations, trying to prove that the modern times are nothing to be afraid of. I was very fortunate to have been contacted by an old friend of mine, who's known me know for about 11 years. We were school mates for a very long time and knew each others families pretty well. Even though as we got older our lives took us into different directions, as soon as she found out her mother was remarrying her first thought besides "Yay mom!" was Ali can take the photos! Well this is all assumption but it makes me feel good thinking I was the second thing on everyone's mind ;) Long story short Lisa who is responsible for having two amazing daughters, one of which was a very close friend of mine, was also very amazing in the sense she couldn't wait to have something more modern for her wedding. After all she did the totally late 80's/ early 90's theme back in the day, and she was looking forward to really having something simple yet gorgeous. And if I may say, she did an amazing job. Her now husband Jorge was so excited, and very nervous about accidentally leaving things behind, so he was very cautious, continuously knocking on the brides room to ask for stuff as we forced him out a few times. Once we finally got to the ceremony location my lovely Bride and groom opted for the first look while the sun was still out and amazing (BEST WORD EVER) The look on Jorge's face was...wait for it...AMAZING! Yes ladies and gents, the love was infectious and definitely made me all warm and fuzzy wishing Ricky wasn't in the reception taking pictures during the cocktail hour. Any who, here are some photos from the day...

Cherly and Kurt's Wedding

They had only known each other for a few months before they knew they wanted to spend the rest of their lives together. Being from New York they decided they wanted something a little different from their usual scenery and decided a small wedding in Miami was just what they needed. They were so amazing and so absolutely cute together.

Boudoir Miss J

Honestly? No need for words except I love my brides and how amazing they are! Isn't she gorgeous?

Baby Adrian

I met this gorgeous mommy back in 2007 when I was working at Chili's. I had left high school and found a job that to me at the time was awesome! Patty and I didn't hit off when I first started working there. I was very....Peppy. But I have a way of growing on people and we eventually a couple months in grew to really enjoy each others company. Years later we parted ways keeping in touch via myspace and later facebook. So it was an absolute joy when Patty contacted me to shoot baby Adrian's baby session.  He just had the cutest little nose and fingers and oh my I could go on! But better I show you just how adorable he is.

Little Miss Bianca

So far I have about 20 sessions left to blog about. Jeesh. Any who, this is Bianca! Isn't she a cutie? Yes she was another gorgeous little model we had showing off the Suga Muffin Boutique hair pieces. May I say she looks fabulous? Because she was rockin it out. She did get a little shy when Ricky (love of my life/ awesome assistant) was around. Even though we should always teach kids to share, that was one thing Bianca was not allowed to have! Sorry Bia, he's mine! ;)

Little Sophie

So Back in August (YES I AM THAT LATE!) I had written on my fb biz page that I was looking for some little ladies from the ages of 12mo-3yrs. Earlier in the summer my amazing older sister decided to venture into the world of accessories, hairpieces, and fabulous-ness galore. That's when Suga Muffin Boutique was created, and like the AMAZING sister I am ( wink ) I wanted to not only help her out but also give the opportunity for some of my Facebook friends to experience a stylized session! After putting in the request I had a large amount of responses which I wasn't expecting so to be fair after weening out the ones whom didn't qualify because they were too old, too young, or didn't live in Florida!, ended up with 4 amazing little girls. Two of which I posted earlier (Riley and Mackie) and Sophie! She was a doll! Her lovely mommy Heidi was so excited and amazingly helpful. We had such a great time. Here are a few images from the session. Enjoy!
    -Ali

Update/ Riley and Mackie

Hello everyone! I know I promised myself I was going to put more effort into updating but I've been swamped not just with work but with life! And so since it used to take me soooo long just to upload all the images individually I would simply procrastinate. Yes I said it. My name is Ali and I'm a procrastinating blogger. But all of that is about to change! Yes you heard right. 2012 is going to be a fabulous year and thank to the lovely blog temps I bought at OhSnapBoutique i'm able to speed up my blogging making it faster, easier, and more fun! So that being said here is a session from many moons ago. Hope you enjoy!