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Chelsea and Anthony {Effingham County Photographer}

Misty DeBlasio — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 16:26:32 +0000

This sneak peek was taken before Anthony left to go to Afghanistan and we spent an hour together before he headed out to the airport.Chelsea is the other team members (really secret weapon) of Denise Gonsales Photography and Anthony is Denise’s son. They are now married and live too far away!!!

A band, bouquet and boutonnière.

Misty DeBlasio — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 03:42:36 +0000

On January 6, 1987, in Weisbaden Germany, a military doctor placed this band around my newborn daughter’s wrist, “girl DeBlasio” entered the world.

Tomorrow (11-11-11) at Makapuu beach park on Oahu, Hawaii, Sean will place a band on her ring finger and she will become Mrs. McDevitt.

As a mother, I am so excited for them and my friends can’t believe that I will not be there but as a wedding photographer, I understand the romance of a destination wedding. What a better way to have the intimate ceremony and the honeymoon all in one. I think it is a perfect plan!!!

I sent out an email to all of the women in Rena’s life asking for brooches to be included in a bouquet for her to carry on her wedding day and a boutonnière for Sean. Sean’s mother sent a beautiful sterling silver brooch from Kelantan, Malaysia that she had bought over 20 years ago and never worn but had kept in the box for a special occasion. She also also sent the Texas Bluebonnet state flower pin that became part of his boutonnière. Rena’s grandmother’s sent brooches that had belonged to not only themselves but also their mothers and grandmothers, aunts and friends went shopping for brooches to be included and it was all kept as secret as her father and I worked on it each night.

When Rena was 10 years old, she gave me a brooch with the letter M for mother’s day, it is now her’s again “Mrs. McDevitt”. There is a palm tree and a pineapple to represent Hawaii, two fish brooches for Sean to represent his years as a swimmer (he swam on the UGA swim team) I did their engagement shoot at a peacock farm so there is a peacock, two wise owls ( Rena for her Masters in English Education and Sean for his MBA) and the list goes on for the 57 brooches. This is a way for ALL of us to be there with them during their big day and a keepsake forever.

To honor Sean’s Korean heritage, I found the most beautiful oriental fabric for the handle and finished it off with black feathers. Sean and Rena were friends for years while attending the University of Georgia together but it was not until she had graduated and was teaching in Austin, Texas and he was finishing up his MBA at the University of Oregon that the friendship turned to romance. His frequent trips to Texas to woo her became the theme behind his boutonniere, an antique skeleton key and the Texas bluebonnet tell the story that he stole the key to her heart in Texas.

The difficult part for me is not that I am not there, it is in waiting for the photos from the big day!!

A crafty wedding show.

Misty DeBlasio — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 01:56:55 +0000

At a recent bridal show held here in Savannah I came across a booth that was so excellent!!! Five vendors shared it including a photographer from the area that totally rocks. I took some pictures of some of the crafty details that made me swoon. I did not include a wide table shot because it featured many of the photographer’s photographs and she might not think it cool if I did that but it was so perfectly designed by AGH Event Maker. Fabrika provided many of the items to include the scented sachets that they gave away and I thought they would make the cutest favors. The shop offers bridal showers where the bridal party comes in, brings their own food and makes crafts to use on the wedding day such as the pictured table numbers. How much fun is that!!! Another favorite of mine was the fabric wedding invitation with the two birds on one side and the details on the other.
French Knot Stitch Boutique and Wild Fibre also had their wares displayed throughout the table and on additional displays. I love the signs for the bride and groom for the engagement photos, wedding day, thank you cards and even save the date signage. All of these vendors were so full of energy and so very creative. I think every bride should have a designer for her wedding to pull that look together, even the smallest wedding with the most simple details can be breathtaking if done by professionals. Here are a few photo’s that I snapped of the “Best Display in Show” (My award totally)

Whitney and Jason

Misty DeBlasio — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 04:11:05 +0000

Whitney contacted me a few months ago about doing some photos of her and her painted baby bump. Morgan Webb does a fantastic job and Whitney had even chose her own painting. I was a little nervous about what the weather could possibly be in mid-January but it was 70+ degrees for the first time in weeks. I arrived a few minutes early to get some photo’s of Morgan putting on the finishing touches. Whitney, Jason and I headed out for some urban and rural locations in Springfield and focused mostly on Whitney since Jason was on crutches. It is a good thing Whitney is in law enforcement because we had a cruiser pull into the alley a little concerned about what was going on with the exposed painted belly and me lying on the ground. Springfield does not see a lot of this on most Saturdays. Jason was standing there with some of her clothes and his crutches and though it was very funny. For the wooded scene—anybody who knows me is not surprised to see me pull furniture out of my vehicle for props and take into wooded areas but this entire set-up was ALREADY there!!! We had a great time and I’m so happy that they love their pictures. Best wishes to this very sweet and strong couple.

Weddings For Warriors 2010 {Savannah Wedding Photographer}

Misty DeBlasio — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 01:37:00 +0000

Denise Gonsales and I volunteered again for the second annual Weddings for Warriors here in Savannah at the First African Baptist Church. (Please read the history of this church, amazing) As wedding photographers, shooting 3 weddings/vow renewals in 2 hours is not exactly what you would call an ideal way to spend the day before Veterans Day. We called it an Honor. Between Denise and I, we have 3 sons, 3 nephews and countless friends now serving in the Armed Forces. Denise worked for the military for years and her husband is a retired Black Hawk pilot. My husband and I both proudly served in the Air Force. We both are quite aware of the fact that we can never, never give back what we owe to these men and women in uniform. I don’t think a few months goes by that Denise does not get a phone call that another friend has been killed in action and I have only known her for three years. The military life is a hard life. Two hours of our day – no problem.
Our three grooms were all Marines who wore their uniforms proudly and made sure that we knew that the Marine Corp was celebrating their 235th birthday that day.
The brides gowns were provided free of charge by Alfred Angelo. The flowers were donated by Kiwi Fleur and Adina at Frilly Bloomers.

SKIRT

Misty DeBlasio — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 17:47:20 +0000

I love SKIRT and they love me. When Denise and I took Stephanie out for this trash the dress shoot, I had no idea it would end up blogged on Offbeat Bride and in the Charleston Skirt Magazine. Maybe I should remember to post to flickr more often.

Trash the Dress {Savannah Wedding Photographer}

Misty DeBlasio — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 00:08:57 +0000

I know that there are nicer ways to describe this shoot “Highlight the Dress” “Mess the Dress” “A Day in your Dress” BUT I love the term TRASH THE DRESS (even though it is not harmed) (By the way, what are you going to do with it, your daughter IS NOT going to wear it). We thought a junkyard was the most appropriate place to bring Stephanie to enjoy wearing a wedding dress again. After the shoot Denise and I took Stephanie downtown and I believe she got a few marriage proposals. I’m assuming that they figured she was already dressed!!!

Fashionable Camera Bags!! Check out Kelly Moore’s new bag. I don’t know which color to get:(

Misty DeBlasio — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 06:07:30 +0000

My flickr.

Misty DeBlasio — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 04:57:08 +0000

This link takes you to a sorting of my flickr stream of the pictures deemed “Most interesting” Enjoy, no telling what you will find on here.

http://www.flickriver.com/photos/mistyr123/popular-interesting/

Candice

Misty DeBlasio — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 05:23:04 +0000

Candice is truly as beautiful inside as she is on the outside. We had alot of fun exploring the Sheldon Church Ruins and ended the day with Japanese food.

Bekah and Baby

Misty DeBlasio — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:13:34 +0000

Tomorrow: I try to figure out how to blog. I feel like I’m stranded on Gilligan’s Island.

Misty DeBlasio — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:51:21 +0000

I found this last week driving back from St. Simons after a beautiful wedding.