Yesterday’s engagement session was postponed due to the weather.. but it freed up my afternoon to
hang out in Seaside and enjoy the area, something which I need to do more often!!
While sitting on the beach, I grabbed this picture with my phone.. and as I watched the waves come and go along the shore line, I thought… the beach, the water, the gulf… is a metaphor for life’s ever changing nature.
Sometimes the water… like life… is calm, smooth, flat and tranquil, other days it’s turbulent, tumbling and even dangerous, some days the water is clear and your visibility is good… you can see confidently far ahead.
Other days the water can be murky and full of seaweed and obstacles and you can barely see 2 feet in front of you.
The beach.. the land…. represents ourselves, our bodies… and the water is life’s circumstances pressing against us constantly, unrelentingly… representing life’s ups and downs. Sometimes the water, like life is calm and relaxed and we can see far ahead and our vision is clear and perhaps we may consider our lives a little dull and uneventful… while other times it/life is exciting and rough, even scary because our sight and our vision is limited..
Our lives, like the gulf.. the ocean.. the sea… is ever changing, we must whether it’s ups and downs and know that nothing stays the same, that we should not attach ourselves to the calm and peaceful even boring days, just as we cannot attach or hold onto the turbulent, difficult days as well… for they will be gone just as soon as we get used to them.
I should have taken a picture of the water and the various reflections of color I saw as I was sitting there with my feet in the sand… but I did shoot this picture. 🙂
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Lauren and Sam Wed!!
Megan and Ryan’s Music Slide Show!
What a great, relaxed and fun wedding with a GREAT couple! Megan and Ryan are made for each other and will have a life time filled with happiness and sports. Lol
They were married at Bay Point in Panama City Beach on Alligator Point with the reception at Boat Yard just down the road… they danced the night away with Mr. Chuck Lawson providing great music and the children showed the adults how to bust a move. Take a moment to view the images from their wedding day and feel as if you were there celebrating with them!
Tropical Storm Lee
I hadn’t intended to photograph Tropical Storm Lee… but after taking my nieces onto the pier to look at the Gulf of Mexico during the storm… I decided I needed to come back and shoot a bit.
So they headed back home and I hauled butt to my house to get my gear and ran back onto the pier..
after about 30 minutes of shooting… there was hardly any light left and I was done.
Here are a few of my favorite shots from that day.
A Day in the Life of a Wedding Photographer — Bridal Session
Jessica and Myles’ Wedding Slide Show
Jessica and Myles are one of the sweetest couples I have had the pleasure of photographing. From the day we met over coffee at Amivida Cofee shop in Rosemary Beach, I knew they were a couple that loved and truly respected eachother. As I photographed their engagement session it became even more apparent to me the kindness and care they had for one another.
Their wedding was beautiful and took place at Vue on 30a in Santa Rosa Beach. Being we live at the beach you never know what to expect with regards to the weather and the Gulf of Mexico itself. There was a greater than usual amount of seaweed that was spread everywhere on the sand. Myles knew this would distract from the beauty and elegance of the wedding Jessica wanted.. so what did he do?
Early that morning he came to the beach where their ceremony was held, and gathered up all the dried seaweed that was near their ceremony site and wrote ‘I LOVE YOU’ in the sand. It was a perfect expression of his love and devotion to his lovely bride. Take a look at their music slide show to see how their wedding day unfolded and their new life together.. began.
Fine Art Boudoir Photography Debut
It has been a long time coming and is still in it’s infancy, but I am now offering fine art boudoir photography to the list of photography I have decided to focus on. The long term goal for this work is a big bodacious project that will evolve over time and be spectacular! If anyone is interested in having their own session please feel free to email me or call. In order to access the gallery you will need to enter my site here: https://sonjarevellsphotography.com/index2.php?v=v1 under the galleries section.
And enjoy this sneak peek of some of my favorites!