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Say Yes by Jeff is a South Florida wedding, engagement, and proposal photographer capturing timeless love stories in film and digital across the state & beyond.

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Years ago I had the pleasure of photographing Samantha and Arryn’s magnificent wedding at the Boca Raton. This lovely couple met through JSwipe, a Jewish dating app! We have had lots of clients who have met online, but Samantha and Arryn are the first couple we have met who actually met through an app. Samantha […]

Samantha & Arryn’s South Florida Destination Wedding at The Boca Raton

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BELOW: Beach wedding photography offers endless opportunities to get creative unique wedding photos. The photo below was taken at the Delray Beach Marriott. For this shot I used a slow shutter speed and a tripod. During the slow exposure I had the bride and groom hold still while the bridesmaids ran behind the bride and […]

9 Important tips for getting great South Florida Beach Wedding Photos.

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Written by staff writer Kayla Blood with photography comments by Jeff Kolodnyn n BELOW: Shot at The Breakers, Palm Beach. The Breakers Sea Food Restaurant has this very cool bar with a fish tank as a bar table. Always looking for a creative shot I just had to place the brides high heel shoes on […]

Neglecting Comfort for Fashion

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Looking for a highly skilled Bahamas wedding photographer?   We are based in South Florida and photograph weddings and elopements all over the Bahamas and the Caribbean. Renata said she had visited the Bahamas about 10 years ago and totally fell in love with it. It’s natural beauty, warm weather and sparkling ocean waters make […]

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Elopement picture taken in the Bahamas

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Working as a South Florida wedding photographer, I find the first look at wedding always makes for awesome pictures. Writing note, I’m well aware that first look at wedding doesn’t read well.  However based on my wedding website research I have found the this set of words is very popular on-line, so let’s just go […]

First look at wedding, from the lens of a South Florida photographer.

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This blog article features a Jewish wedding at The Addison.  If you have never been to The Addison than this will give you some insight into a wonderful wedding venue.  Before the bride and groom arrived at The Addison they started their wedding day at The Boca Raton Resort and Club. Our staff wedding photographer […]

Jewish wedding at The Addison and The Boca Raton Resort

Jewish wedding ceremony at The Addison, Boca Raton.

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What a fabulous summer wedding! Tara and Scott live in the Midwest, so planning their South Florida destination wedding at the incomparable Fontainebleau Miami Beach was definitely something very special for them as well as their lucky guests. To help plan their elegant summer wedding, the couple called upon Carrie Zack Events to manage all […]

Tara & Scott’s wedding at the Fontainebleau, Miami Beach Florida

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One of my favorite places to photograph weddings in located in Key largo Florida.  This location is located on a secluded peninsula that is easy to get to if you know about it.  In this post I’m going to show you some of my favorite  Ocean Reef Club wedding pictures.  I hope you love these […]

Ocean Reef Club Wedding Pictures

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Check out these  South Florida wedding pictures from the Ritz-Carlton, Coconut Grove A little over two months ago I had the pleasure of photographing Andrew and Jennifer’s South Florida wedding at the Ritz-Carlton Coconut Grove. Andrew and Jennifer’s wedding was a festive, beautiful event. The beautiful arrangements by Xquisite Events really made this Miami wedding […]

South Florida wedding pictures from the Ritz-Carlton, Coconut Grove

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  This wedding took place about 8 years ago in Marco Island.   If you are planning an elopement or wedding in Marco Island, give me a call.  There are so many nice things about Marco Island elopements and weddings that I love.  The calm water, the sand that is fine like powder.  The sun […]

Weddings and Elopements in Marco Island | CANDACE AND JOE

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