Having a Destination wedding???

Here’s the 411 on this:

-We are giving away a complimentary 6 hour wedding day coverage, with an online gallery, and High Resolution disc of images (This is a $2100 value!!!)

-We are only doing this for 1 couple….getting married outside the Continental United States (so yes, Hawaii and Alaska count as a “destination wedding” in this case

-Travel fees for 2 photographers must be paid for by couple (airfare and min. 2 nights)

-The wedding package is FREE!!! YES! FREE!

So if you, or someone you know is getting married somewhere super cool (Mexico, Italy, Puerto Rico, Spain, Brazil, the Bahamas etc) then email us for more details amanda@amandamcmahon.com

So you may ask, What’s in it for us, the photographers?

Easy!

1.) We get to travel someplace cool.

2.) We get to travel someplace cool to photograph a beautiful wedding.

3.) We get to travel somewhere cool to photograph a beautiful wedding AND show those to so many others and hopefully get to do it again!

SO….EMAIL US ALREADY!!!!

We are only doing this 1 time in 2010…..the giving away part…not the traveling part

Daytona Beach Wedding Photographer Amanda McMahon: Britney and Pierre are married!

Britney and Pierre met back in middle school.  He picked on her, she blew him off….typical love story   When they finally connected is when the sparks flew and they have been inseperable ever since.  Cliche…maybe, but it’s their love story….and not many people can say they met in middle school or high school and have gotten married so I would say that’s pretty amazing!

When you meet Britney, she is sweet, caring, and very open. She knows what she wants and how to get it,but don’t let her fool you….she is a sweetheart.  Randomly calling me just to make sure I knew that she was happy to see me always updating my site unlike some other photographers and she just wanted me to know!  Thanks Britney!

Pierre is soft spoken (at least to me, hehe), laid back, caring, and completely smitten with his beautiful wife.  Every time he looked at her, you could see it and I couldn’t have been happier to be a part of their day!

Take a look at some of their photos, but first…the people who were involved:

Lighting:  Tagas Event and Production Services

Venue: Sunset Harbor Yacht Club, Daytona Beach Florida

Cake: Heavenly Cheesecake

Florist: Simply Roses

DJ: Mike Collins

Transportation: Sunset Limo

Linens: Connie Duglin Linens

Videographer: Forever Moments Videography

Second Photographer: Sean Wright

Getting down!

Their cake was just gorgeous and Tagas did an amazing job with lighting it!

This is Britneys mom toward the camera (the shorter one) and Pierre’s mom (the tall one)…this was pretty hilarious to watch!

Thank you both so much, and your parents who were as sweet as can be…for being so amazing and allowing me to be a part of your day!  We had a wonderful time, and we can’t wait to see you again!

New York Couples Photographer Amanda McMahon- A wintery session AND a proposal!

Jes is my best friend.  We met in 1st grade….can you believe that?!  That’s like…(calculating math here…might take a while) 18 years now!!!! How many people have had their best friends for that long!? Wowsers…

Jes and I have been through everything together and even though we are 1200 miles away…things never change. We don’t talk as often as we both want, we are both super busy, but when we get back together and do talk….it’s like nothing has ever come between us…no distance, no amount of time not talking….nothing. We are tight.

Anyways, when Jes started dating Edward over 2 years ago…I knew deep inside he was the one for her.  I believe she knew it from the very beginning too. The way they fit together, the way they balance each other out….She can get a little hyper and he calms her down a bit I just love them together and I couldn’t be more overjoyed to share these photos with you…. They are of my best friend and her love and for that….I am completely thrilled and happy.

Jes and Edward and their puppy Jack (he is very hyper, but adorable and playful!)

Hereeeeee’s Jack!

And then….something amazing happened! And of course, I like to rub it in her face that I knew about this ahead of time….nonetheless, I am excited!

Right there, in the home that they share….Edward asked her to marry him.

It wasn’t in an unbelievable setting, with candles, and flowers, but it doesn’t matter.  A proposal isn’t about where you are and what the environment is about……it’s about you and your love…it’s about being genuine and being in love. It doesn’t matter where you are…it’s about the words and emotion from the moment.

Jack wanted in on it too!

I love you guys SO much…and I am so excited, happy, and thrilled for you.  I am honored to have gotten to be a part of this moment with you both!  Thank you!

Jes and Edward are getting married in NY June 2011 and no, I am not their photographer….I am something much more important….I am Jes’ Maid of Honor!!!

<3 Amanda

New York/Orlando family Photographer Amanda McMahon: The “C” Family!

This family is pretty close to my heart.  Actually, their oldest daughter Linzy was the flower girl in our wedding just 3 years ago.  Sarah (the momma) is my moms cousin.  I love these guys!  They are so open, and fun, and hilarious!  I was so excited when they wanted me to do their photos in a more candid, laid back style…..IN THE SNOW!  We went up to NY and the night before this shoot, the snow had all pretty much melted…so here I was hoping and praying for some snow for this magic shoot….woke up and BAM! There it was!  Made me pretty happy…plus the kids could go sledding and they had a blast!

Take a look at their family…. so cute!

Linzy, William, and Hailey!

snowball fiiiiiight!  They were all bombarding their dad

William and Linzy…

Miss Hailey

Sisterly love…..so cute!

Thank you SO much guys…it was so much fun and I know there will be many more to come!!!!! Love you!

<3 Manda

Featured: Wedding Chicks AND All The Photographers

The lovely ladies at Wedding Chicks featured my photographs from Krissy and Eric’s DIY wedding that I just posted a few days ago.  We are SO excited to be featured on their site.  They are amazing ladies giving inspiration to brides all over the world!

I can’t tell you how excited I am….really.  Please go and leave some love for the post, and for the ladies there!  How awesome is this!?

Go leave some love please….!

I also just got news that I am featured on another website called All The Photographers

Check this one out too!Leave love everywhere you can

<3 Amanda

Orlando Wedding Photographer: Bobbie and Dan Nov.22 2009

As you can tell, my posts are behind on dates.  Because of a family matter in NY as well as traveling the last few weeks, my work has been slightly backed up but I have sooo many more posts for you guys…you’re gonna love them!

I wanted to take a minute to share Bobbie and Dan’s wedding from November 22, 2009 at The Courtyard at Lake Lucerne.  I had the opportunity to work with this lovely couple as well as many amazing vendors. Take a look at their wedding below. The theme of  cobalt blue and dragonfly was carried throughout and despite the threats of rain…it was a beautiful day with the release of butterflies, lots of laughs, and much dancing. Thank you both for an incredible wedding, it was a ton of fun!

Venue: Courtyard at Lake Lucerne

Photography: Moi. Amanda McMahon Photography

Videography: Bruce Reynolds

Planner/Coordinator: Sherri Rinker

Florist: Lee Forrest

Baker: Party Flavors

Harpist: Christine MacPhail

Day of Hotel: Grand Bohemian

Second shooter: Reema Desai

Bobbie’s dress at the Grand Bohemian

You know how I love shoes….

Check those long legs out….isn’t she stunning?

The gorgeous bouquet by the fabulous Lee Forrest!

One of my favorite images from this wedding….

I love this photo of Bobbie and her Brother Mike.

love, love, love this!

TheirThis dance made me bawl like a baby….very touching.

Their exquisite cake by Pricilla at Party Flavors

The best man partied hard….and it was very entertaining!

The last dance….

Thanks guys…best wishes for the longest, happiest life together!

<3 Amanda

What matters most is family….

The holidays have come and gone…and throughout it all, what mattered most was/is family.

Some of you have followed my twitter and facebook status and posts over the holiday time frame and know that my husband, brother, father and I decided to go to NY for the holidays (where my mom had already flown to) instead of spending them down here like we did last year. The reason for this (and I long debated on whether or not I wanted to blog this or not) was because my grandmother (maternal) just found out, at the young age of 65, that she has stage IV lung cancer.  This came out of the blue….she had no idea what the progression was and whether you call it naive or not, we didn’t either.  She has been a smoker for many years, however 50% of all lung cancers aren’t caused by being a smoke whatsoever….so her chances of avoiding it, were just as good as mine…and I’ve never taken to smoking.She is getting ready for her 3rd treatment of Chemotherapy, and we will hopefully know more as to how it is doing for her then…I can only pray for a miracle that maybe…just maybe, it does what it’s supposed to.

My Grandma is the glue that holds our family together. She is who I wrote poems about when I was in grade school, who makes all the thanskgiving and christmas dinners. The apple and pumpkin pies, the getting up at 5 am to get the turkey going, the one who always has the messy kitchen after, but is in bliss over having all her family there. She is incredibly strong and through my life, I have only ever seen her cry one time, until the day I told her we were coming to NY for the holidays this year. My family is extremely close…and even with drama and normal family routines….we stay together.

My mother flew up there 2 weeks before we did to help her though her first Chemo treatment. My Grandfather (my Grandmas other half for 45 years!) was by her side as well, but he being the stubborn, and strong man that he is, doesn’t want to crack: and he hasn’t.

My husband, brother, father, and myself all talked it over. The question wasn’t whether we should or shouldn’t go…it was when, for how long, am I going to be able to leave all my work behind for 2 weeks and have to tell my clients that they have to wait even longer for their much anticipated photos from their weddings?  The answer was very easy and very obvious.  Yes. Yes, we were going to go. We decided to leave December 22nd early, early morning and stay for about 10 days. We needed to be with family and friends during this time. We needed to be around those that were our strength…those who were feeling the same way we were.  I was torn up. I knew that if I didn’t go and God Forbid something happened ….I would regret it for the rest of my life….and I don’t do regrets!

I would be lying if I said it was easy being there. To be honest, every time I went there, I wanted to cry…I hurt so bad for them…for my grandmother having to go through this. For my grandfather having to watch her go through this. For my mother who had to be there and be strong to help them. For my cousins (whom lived there as well) who didn’t even know really what was going on.

We spent time with both my husbands family, my best friend and her new fiance Edward, and my family while we were there. It was great being there for everything, like old times….but a part of me missed what it was like when we were little….the excitement, the anticipation, the feeling of magic in the air.  This year, it was much more solemn and laid back. It wasn’t about what was under the tree, or what was for dinner.

It was about being there with family…those who you love and love you back and breathing it all in.  This isn’t our last year with Grandma….she is strong, and we know that she has more time to go. I have faith that she will do everything she can and give everything she can and that God will give her more time with us. I truly believe that by going to NY for the holidays, I have a renewed spirit of hope and of family……things wont always be easy, but we are going to make the best of every moment we have with those we love.

I encourage you this year to remember that. To make it a goal to spend more time with those you love….time is short and we don’t need to take that for granted. Whether you believe in a higher power, or not…..we are all extremely lucky and blessed to have family….do everything you can to be with them, don’t let life pass you by.

Thank you for letting me share and understanding why I have been a little behind.

My Grandma, Grandpa and my cousins Dylan (left) and Cody (right)

<3 Amanda

Orlando Wedding Photographer: Krissy and Eric- November 21, 2009

I am so behind on blogging, but this is one of my favorite weddings I have done to date because Krissy, our lovely bride did SO much herself.  I love her attention to detail and reading her blog on how she did things and her adventures on finding, deciding, and then making whatever it is she wanted as part of Her and Eric’s day.  Krissy has such an outgoing, friendly, and sweet personality. Eric is more laid back and low key….perfectly balancing each other out. The way they look at each other when the other doesn’t know it though, is perfection. Their eyes say it all, and they simply adore each other.  Krissy was telling me that with all her wedding planning craziness and her doing so much herself….Eric was becoming perplexed with it all.  I think (just like I did), he realized that everything she was doing came together so amazingly and he even said so in his speech at the reception.

I loved photographing this wedding because of three things: 1.) I love their love for each other  2.) Krissy’s DIY attitude and details were so beautiful and consistent and 3.) It was a beautiful day and well…I love weddings!

And in case you can’t tell….the overlying theme is Tiffany Blue, Chocolate brown and BUTTONS!

When you see the details, you will know what I am talking about. Feel free to shoot some comments toward Krissy, because she is a avid reader and supporter of us and she would LOVE to hear them.  Eric….I know you are just as anxious to see these, so here ya go buddy-thanks for hanging in there!!!

Venue: Lake Nona Villagewalk

November 21, 2009

Krissy’s Dress was from Davids’s bridal and her perfume was carefully picked especially for this day: Marc Jacob’s Daisy and her beautiful ring.

These were Krissy’s 2nd pair of shoes for the reception and her parasol.

She also had 2 veils. The birdcage was for portraits and the reception and her longer more traditional veil was for the ceremony.

Isn’t she just beautiful?!

LOVE the parasols.

Look at the way they look at each other…..I adore it.

These are my favorites, the light…their expressions….looove it!

(left) Their programs that Krissy made by hand (all of them!)

(right) Their seating chart (how awesome is this?!)

Their candy Buffet, filled with Asian inspired candies.

These were their centerpieces, and the table names were movie couples.

I absolutely love this one of Krissy and her father…

Cake topper goodness…

Krissy’s Mom and Dad

Love this wedding guys! Thanks so much for letting me a part of this! I wish you all the best and can’t wait to see you again!

<3 Amanda

Passionfruit Wednesday- HAPPY 1st Birthday To Us!

As you can read by the title….we here at Amanda McMahon Photography are now an official 1-year-old!  HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US!

It has been an amazing year.  Lots of hard word, dedication, perseverance, excitement, and just plain wonderfulness! As much as I want to have a celebration this year, there just isn’t any time. Especially this month.  This year however, is going to be great! I can feel it in my bones and I cannot wait to see everything that comes along.

We have some cool new things in the works, like a new Family Portraits Booklet as well as a Wedding Booklet.  We will also be doing some more giveaways from totally awesome people, as well as some other surprises we can’t tell just yet!

We have our top 10 (or maybe 20…we aren’t sure yet) Wedding Photographs of 2009 coming up, a sneak peek from Rafaela and Kendal’s December 13th wedding, and Sarah and Chris’ December 20th wedding as well as some sneaks of a few portrait sessions, including a proposal; My best friends!!!!

I cannot wait to share all of this with you!

For a quick minute though, I’d like to thank all of you!  For helping me through this year…To those who I asked about tax information (Thank you Edmund from Edmund Rhodes Studio)to those I panicked too (Heather Ahrens, Lori Barbely, Jus Cowland, and many others!), To my assistant Katie whom has helped a ton by taking pressure off my (physically) by carrying all my ’stuff at weddings, and Jus and Sean who second shot for me this past year!  You guys are all awesome!My family who always told me I can whether I wanted to climb mountains, jump out of plains, or start my business doing what I absolutely love….you are the best family a girl could ask for and I hope you always remember that!

My clients- THANK YOU!  That doesn’t really do it justice…I appreciate you all so much. Thank you for trusting me, and allowing me to be me and do what I do.  You guys rock my socks!

My husband Brendan deserves a special shout out..not only because he is my husband, but he’s my best friend, my shoulder to cry on, my guy to call when something amazing happens and I need to tell someone RIGHT THEN, but he’s someone who has calmed me down throughout rough patches, or times when I thought I would pull my hair out.  He is there to celebrate with me when great things happen, and he is there for me to pick me back up when I get down and want to eat Ben and Jerry’s all night long. Without you Brendan, this year would have been 1000 times harder for me….so thank you for your love, attention, and willingness (ok, so maybe you weren’t willing…but you did) take the brunt of my anger when I was having a hard time.  I knew there was a reason why I married you!

For those of you readers, clients, future clients, friends, vendors, and family….you guys are my biggest support system. You are there for me always and you have no idea how much that means to me…especially when you are starting your business!

I am not sure what the next year holds, but I can only hope and pray for an exciting, happy, and healthy 2010 for you all and for us here!

Here’s to the fabulous 2009….and an even better 2010!

This was taken of my desk calendar with my little point and shoot….don’t mind the blackouts, those are of due dates for things (both personal and business )

Happy 2010!

<3 Amanda

Manda-tory Monday: Vacation

I have been on vacation for the last 6 days in Upstate New York, so blogging and working has been very very limited….almost non existent actually. I apologize for that but being with family and friends has been a top priority and we had a great Christmas with snow too!  We woke up today with almost 2 feet of snow after it had all melted away and was almost completely gone….and I have a session with my cousin and her family today and I was so excited for the snow because we wanted to do the shoot in the snow and I sure got it!

In the meantime,  I also have a few sneak peeks coming up in the next week from Rafaela and Kendall’s December 13th wedding, Sarah and Chris’ December 20th wedding, and Christine’s Yoga Studio session and of course,  the shoot I do today with my cousin Sarah, her husband Tony, and their 3 kids Hailey, Linzy, and William! I can’t wait to show you all of them!

Here is what outside looks like today from my in-laws house:

Our cars!

One more for ya…

Have a great last week of the year! I can’t wait for what 2010 is going to bring !!!!