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NYC Engagement Shoot ✈ Voyage New York Weddings Guest Blog

By flyawaybride | April 18, 2012 | DESTINATIONS, ENGAGEMENT SESSIONS, GUEST BLOGS, NYC | 1 Comment
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Because springtime seems to have come early to New York City this year, let’s say goodbye to winter by celebrating a beautiful outdoor engagement shoot by Carmen Santorelli Photography. Beth and Curt met in medical school in Chicago and will be marrying this September in Long Island, NY. Photographer Santorelli says she wanted “to capture the couple’s playful love, and also the beauty of New York in the winter.” Nothing says winter in New York like ice-skating at the Wollman Rink at Central Park!

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An Engagement in Budapest by En Route Photography

By flyawaybride | February 23, 2012 | ENGAGEMENT SESSIONS, HUNGARY, REAL BRIDES | 3 Comments
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Today we have the loved up engagement of Olya and Denis who flew to Budapest, Hungary from Russia for the first leg of their pre-wedding mini moon and a surprise engagement shoot! Gabby from En Route Photography tells us a bit more about this lovely couple…

Olya is one of those girls who feels like your best friends after just a couple of emails. In her first email she explained to me that she is from St. Petersburg, Russia, that she is getting ready to marry her best friend and love of her life Denis, and how she’d love to suprise him with a photoshoot in Budapest! Dennis and Olya will had a very small wedding with only close family and friends and as they did not have a photographer on the day, she wanted to have some images taken on their pre-wedding honeymoon in Budapest to capture their love and this very exciting time in their lives. On the day of the shoot we showed up all excited in the Buda castle. After sipping some iced lattes and hot teas, we ventured out to discover the hidden gems the location had to offer. They moved like pros in front of the camera and I’m so grateful to have been able to share this special experience with them.

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An Artistic Destination Parisian Engagement by Jacquelyn Poussot Photography

By flyawaybride | January 10, 2012 | DESTINATIONS, ENGAGEMENT SESSIONS, PARIS | No comments
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I love engagement shoots and even more so destination engagement shoots, I think it’s so nice for a couple to visit a city or destination that they love and is special to them and have their time there documented. All too often on a romantic break you return with one picture of you, one picture of me, maybe a few of the two of you that the waiter took on request but very rarely a really beautiful picture of you as a couple. By planning a destination engagement shoot while on a romantic break or a wedding planning trip you’re sure to have beautiful pictures of the two of you as a couple to treasure for years to come and remind you of your time in that special destination. Randy and Diana obviously had the same thoughts when they took advantage of their friends wedding celebrations in Paris in October 2011…

Randy and Diana had just gotten engaged when friends of theirs announced that they would be married in Paris Fall of 2011. Excited for the international affair, they decide to take advantage of gorgeous French backdrop, and make their engagement portraits in the City of Lights…

They chose international wedding photographer Jacquelyn Poussot to make their photos in the gorgeous Musee de L’orangerie – home of one of the most exquisite collections of Claude Monet’s Water Lilie paintings. The oval shape gallery lends itself to the most dynamic backdrop… even for Paris.

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Cinthia & Frank’s Sailboat Engagement Session by Erika Delgado Photography

By flyawaybride | December 29, 2011 | DESTINATIONS, ENGAGEMENT SESSIONS, FLORIDA, REAL BRIDES | 1 Comment
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I am in love with travel theme engagement sessions and when I saw this dreamy sailboat engagement shoot I couldn’t help but smile…

Frank proposed to Cinthia on the beach, her ring awaiting inside a conch shell. It was laying on the beach for her to pick and discover the treasure inside. For their engagement shoot they returned to the sea but this time on a beautiful sailboat and brought that very special shell with them.

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Lauren & Bryans Airfield Engagement Shoot by Fixed Focal Photography Part 1

By flyawaybride | December 15, 2011 | DESTINATIONS, ENGAGEMENT SESSIONS, GEORGIA, REAL BRIDES | No comments
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We’ve another amazing “travel” themed shoot for you today and I must admit, this one has been sitting in my inbox for FAR too long. I’ve been dying to show you. All the way from Atlanta in GA, Ashley and Jon from Fixed Focal captured these uber-cool engagement pics for Lauren and Bryan. Lauren and Bryan have been together for 7 years and thanks to Byrans job in the music industry, they’ve been lucky enough to travel the world together, on more than one occasion (not jealous at all). For them, it was really important to incorporate a travel element into their engagement shoot which is why they headed down to McCollum Airport for the day. There were just too many pics to cram into one post, so guess what.. you get two. So sit back, relax and enjoy this flight.

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Lacey & Chris – An Engagement Session in Dublin with Lisa O’Dwyer

By flyawaybride | December 8, 2011 | DESTINATIONS, ENGAGEMENT SESSIONS, IRELAND | 2 Comments
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Getting to know different photographers, suppliers and couples from around the world is a really nice way of keeping occupied, that’s for sure. Adding to this, the other thing on my “really nice” list today is being able to get to know all the amazing suppliers that live locally. For a long time I’ve known that there is such inspiring talent in this country but only admired them from afar. Now, because of FAB, I’m gradually getting to know them better and last week, I had the pleasure of exchanging multiple emails with the lovely Lisa ODwyer. Originally from Pennsylvania and now living in Kildare, Lisa is a hugely gifted photographer and it’s with great excitement that today she makes her second FAB appearance with the engagement session of a lovely American couple Lacey and Chris, at the Guinness Store House in Dublin.

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Harbor Engagement Shoot in South Africa by Christine Meintjes

By flyawaybride | March 28, 2011 | ENGAGEMENT SESSIONS, PHOTOGRAPHY, REAL BRIDES, SOUTH AFRICA | 2 Comments
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This lovely couple Louise and Andre were visiting South Africa to plan their destination wedding there when their photographer Christine Meintjes shot this beautiful harbor engagement session.

I met Louise in a little coffee bar in London a few months ago. We had a cup of coffee and chatted about their wedding day. We shared some ideas and talked about flowers and colours schemes. Then she mentioned that she and Andre, her fiancé, would be in South Africa in November to check out their wedding venue. And so I set up an engagement shoot for them. The wind was crazy on the day, but we still had some fun in the little harbor of Struisbaai.

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Friday’s FAB 5

By flyawaybride | March 4, 2011 | FRIDAY'S FAB 5 | 3 Comments

This week on Fly Away Bride… I’ve channeled my inner white swan with Prima Ballerina bridal gowns from Rosa Carla’s 2011 Bridal Collection. I’ve been captivated by Christine Meintjes’ stunning wedding photography. I’ve been mesmerised by bejewelled bouquets. I’ve been enchanted by this charming lake side wedding in Italy. And I was delighted to introduce you to Ellie Balfe, award winning professional makeup artist and our newest sponsor and guest blogger on Fly Away Bride.

Photograph: We Are The Mastersons

Here are my Friday’s FAB 5, links from all around the web…

Photograph: Kevin Meynell Photography

✈ Wedding at The Burning Man Festival – Denim & Diamonds

✈ Bali Wedding with Ocean Views, Monkeys and Yoga – Wow!

✈ Vintage Inspired Beach Engagement Session – sun loving!

✈ Romantic Malibu Ranch Wedding – this beautiful wedding will take your breath away!

✈ Rockabilly Zoo Wedding – going to San Francisco, Zoo…

Enjoy and have a great weekend!

Friday’s FAB 5

By flyawaybride | February 18, 2011 | FRIDAY'S FAB 5 | 2 Comments

It’s been a whirlwind of a week, I was delighted to launch Fly Away Bride on Monday, my valentines gift to you, and we’ve visited four countries in the four days since, not too shabby…

I was thrilled to launched Fly Away Bride with Anri & Anthony’s French Inspired South African Wedding…

Tuesday saw us taking a trip to the Orient with this Traditional Thai Wedding

On Wednesday we indulged in La Dolce Vita with Our Rome Engagement Shoot

… and on Thursday we were dreaming of sandy beaches and still waters in Ibiza with this Waterside Ibiza Wedding

I have to give a special mention to our sponsor Christina from Brosnan Photographic, who won not one but two awards at the Weddings Online Awards 2011 on Monday night. Wedding Photographer of the Year and the gold award for Overall Wedding Supplier of the Year! Congratulations Christina! Check out our FAB interview with Christina here. And as some of you may know I am a designer and letterpress printer, Farrell & Chase, as well as a blogger and I’m delighted to say that yours truly, Pamela Farrell, received the award for Wedding Stationery Designer of The Year at the Weddings Online Awards! Whoop Whoop! A Really Happy Valentines night!

So as you can see Friday’s FAB 5 is a look back over the week that’s been on the Fly Away Bride blog and will become a regular feature, every Friday! But not only that, I will also be looking further afield to bring you 5 links to FAB destination wedding content from all over the web…

Photograph: Juliet McKee of Sugar and Spice Photography

✈ Terminal 5 Heathrow Airport Engagement Shoot – Leaving on a jet plane…

✈ Mexican Beach Wedding - Timeless Elegance

✈ Desert of the Lions – A Mexico City Engagement

✈ Travel Inspired Red & Blue Wedding – Paper Planes!

✈ Cross Country Wedding – Two Weddings and a Mini Moon!

Rome Bride ✈ The Eternal City! Our Engagement Shoot

By flyawaybride | February 16, 2011 | ENGAGEMENT SESSIONS, FLY AWAY BRIDES, ITALY, PHOTOGRAPHY | 6 Comments
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I love Rome, I love the food, the culture, the art, the people and the sights, did I say I love the food! Myself and Alan travelled around Italy some years ago and really fell head over heels for the beautiful and romantic Eternal City, so when we got engaged it was the perfect destination choice for us to plan our wedding.

We were over in Rome on a wedding planning trip in September and thought what better place to have our engagement shoot!

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