Day one of the World's Richest Tarpon Tournament (Boca Grande, FL) was off to a great start. Captain Rusty made sure we maneuvered around to get some AWESOME footage. As you can see the boats were all ready to drop their lines and get started.
Great examples of sportsmanship could be seen out on the water.
Even if you are not out on a boat come to Boca Grande, FL and enjoy the World's Richest Tarpon Tournament and the all the festivities. May 17-20 There will be a street festival Sat. & Sun with music, food and fun!
Check back for more video clips of WRTTToni Nelson - Nelson Photographers/Videographers941-662-0022Offical Worlds Richest Tarpon Tournament Video
This is a question we are asked many times. On your wedding day no doubt you will be nervous. I know I was. You plan and plan and finally the day is here! Then before you know it the day has gone by so quickly that you look back and wonder what you missed. When you choose to have wedding videography you are preserving your vows, first dance and so many other special moments. You won't need to worry about what you missed. I know when we edit videos I love hearing the vows, that special toast and so many other details. When it's your own wedding video think how you will feel! Some of the toasts are just hysterical and others are so sentimental it makes you cry! What a missed opportunity it would be if you didn't have a wedding video to see, hear and relive those moments. For instance look at this little flower girl. After the ceremony on the video you can hear the groom telling the bridal party what a good job she did. If they didn't have a wedding video the bridal party and the bride would have missed this.
Wasn't she the cutest thing ever! You couldn't have asked for a more perfect little flower girl.
I'm not only happy this bride chose to have wedding videography but I'm so glad she chose us to capture these memories for her. She will remember them and I will too!
Toni Nelson - Nelson Photographers/Videographers
941-662-0022
Tampa Wedding Videographer, Tampa Wedding Photographer
It never ceases to amaze me how the various wedding traditions started. It’s funny that these traditions are still followed and yet no one really knows why. Let’s take for example the bride tossing her bouquet.
Can you imagine getting married and people trying to tear pieces of your dress off because they want good luck.? In the 14thcentury that’s what happened. People thought that at least having a piece of the wedding dress would bring them good luck! People literally tearing at your dress? Those poor brides!
Today many brides try on a number of dresses looking for that perfect one. I’m sure you couldn’t imagine having people trying to tear pieces of it off as you wore it on your wedding day. What bride would look forward to that?
How could this be changed? To avoid this bride’s started tossing their bouquet as a good luck souvenir. That sounds much better doesn’t it? But what if you don’t want to toss your bouquet? Are there any other choices? Of course we always have choices so let’s check some of them out.
If your concern is that you want to keep your actual bouquet and yet still do the toss you could have a second bouquet perhaps one that has just a few flowers like this bride.
Another option is much like musical chairs only you pass the bouquet around and when the music stops the person holding the bouquet in effect has caught it.
You could also break from the norm and instead of tossing the bouquet to the single women you could toss it to the guys instead!
Talk about a cute idea what about presenting the bouquet to the person responsible for introducing the two of you? You could also consider offering the bouquet to your grandmother or some else who played a very special roll in your wedding.
It’s not that unusual that as photographers and videographers we see couples breaking from tradition in one way or another.
The question is what about you? Do you plan on tossing the bouquet?
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Sarasota wedding videographer, Tampa wedding videographer, corporate video, videography
It's aways wonderful to see that you are never too old for love. When I found this video of a 100 year old bride and her 87 year old groom I just had to share the link from AARP. The bride even has a white wedding gown! How cute is that! Surprisingly when you look at statistics the average age of brides today is 29 and the groom 30 according to TheKnot 2011 wedding survey.
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Recently theknot released it's 2011 wedding survey. This survey was done with 18,000 brides and grooms participating. Since we are Tampa wedding photographers I would have loved to see some statistics for our area. Here is something I found interesting in the report - Purple reigns. Purples is the fastest growing wedding color. This photograph is from a Sarasota wedding where we were the photographers and videographers. As you can see the bride chose purple as one of her colors. Even the vests were purple!
Purple weddings were extremely popular with 1 out of 4 brides (25%) choosing from this color palette. This is up from 2010 which was 21%. Other popular colors include pink (22%), blue (30%) and green (24%). What I found interesting is the report said brown weddings are on the way out since only 11% chose that color in 2011. I have to say this wedding below used pink and brown and it was beautiful. I have to admit pink is my favorite color!
What will your wedding colors be? We'd love to hear from you!
Toni Nelson - Nelson Photographers/Videographers
Tampa wedding photographer941-662-0022
As a photographers and videographers the areas we service include but are not limited to Tampa, Boca Grande, Sarasota, Naples, Ft. Myers
There are a couple of shows I am addicted to and Fasion Star is one of them. I have to admit my favorite designer is Orly Shani. The show makes me think how wonderful it would be to photograph all those amazing designs. Fashion photography can be sooo creative. What did Nicole Richie have to say about the show? By the way Nicole looks amazing! Check it out below:
I love going on twitter the night of the show and see what everyone is saying. Could you imagine how thrilled and excited the designers must be when they an offer from Macy's, Sacks, or H&M. How gratifying for them. Can't wait to see how it all turns out.
Remember you can always have your own fashion photography photo shoot. Just call us at 941-6620-0022
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Tampa wedding photographerSouthwest Florida wedding photographers and videographers. Boca Grande, Tampa, Sarasota, Naples
How do you keep your sanity when planning your wedding? The phone rings all the time with friends and family wanting to know how the wedding planning is going. Just when you think you have a little time to yourself you are surrounded by everyone asking questions like “How’s it going?” “What are your wedding colors?” “How many bridesmaids are you having?” The list goes on and on. Understandably everyone is happy for you and wants to feel special and informed. How can you accomplish this and keep your sanity?
One of the best decisions you could make would be to create your own wedding website. They’re quick and easy to set up. Plus, they’re a great way to keep all of your guests up to date on all things related to your wedding. Here's an interesting fact. 69% of brides use a personal wedding website! What does that tell you? They work!
There are a couple of places you can look at a wedding website to create such as brides.com & weddingwire.com. They have many wedding templates to choose from and best of all they are FREE! Below are just a few options from weddingwire.com
Five Tips For Having The Perfect Wedding Websites 1.
Make sure it looks like you! One of the ways you do this is by choosing a website template that speaks to you and your personality. The goal is to have your website reflect your personality.
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Follow Etiquette. Don’t list the website on your actual invitations. Instead, include it on another item enclosed in the packet such as the response card. Make sure you don’t overemphasize your gift registry.
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Keep it simple. Don’t make your site so full of details and pages that no one can find the essentials that they’re looking for. So keep it to a few, well-designed pages.
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Your wedding website is the perfect place to mention the proper wedding attire for you guests. You’d be surprised what people wear to a wedding when they don’t have direction.
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Having a destination wedding? Why not list places your guests might want to visit. This will be really helpful to them and shows you care about the total experience they will have attending your wedding celebration.
Toni Nelson - Nelson Photographers/Videographers
941-662-0022
Photographers, Videographers, Certified Wedding Planner
By now I'm sure you realize how important flowers are to your wedding. When talking about wedding centerpieces probably the first thing that pops into your head is flowers. Thinking back on past weddings what do you remember seeing as centerpieces for the tables? More than likely it was a flower arrangement.
Maybe what you are thinking about is something like this photo. Of course your budget will have a lot to do with your choice of floral centerpiece's. Remember different have different cost factors so you want to choose your wedding centerpiece wisely. You also want to decide if you are going to make your wedding centerpiece's yourself or have your florist handle this task. If you do decide to take on this DIY project realize the amount of time it will take to make all of your arrangements. Think of who can help you with your wedding centerpiece's. Also be sure you have good quality flowers in your arrangements. If you decide to take on the DIY project check out online florists like
bunchesdirect.com. The above photo is one of their creations. They can either make the arrangement for you or you can do it yourself. Here are some tips to remember. It's up to you to decide on the style of centerpiece you want. You want the centerpiece colors to blend well into your wedding theme. Size matters. How large a centerpiece do you want? This is a really important question for several reasons. You have probably spent a lot of time with your seating arrangements. Who sits where. How well would they get along with one another. You want them to enjoy each others company. What does that have to do with your floral wedding centerpiece? Let's say you choose a large very full wedding centerpiece that takes up the majority of your table how well will your guests be able to communicate with each other. If your guests can't look over at one another how can they benefit from all the hard work you put into seating them with people they'd have fun with and enjoy.
Here's the really great thing about planning your wedding. It's all about expressing yourself and your style so just be cause the floral centerpiece pops into your head first does not mean it's the only choice. As a matter of fact there are a lot of other wedding centerpiece choices that we will share in part 2.
Toni Nelson - Nelson Photographers/Videographers
941-662-0022
Certified Wedding Planner
Sarasota Wedding Photographer
Graduating from High School is a monumental stage in your life. After graduation your life is going to change dramatically. There are so many new and exciting things that await you upon graduation from school. What better way to celebrate this then with your own High School Senior fashion photo shoot.
As you can see your High School Senior session is fun, playful and totally you! So what are you waiting for? Give us a call to schedule your session today!
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