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Photographing the groom is always fun. Most guys are camera shy, but once you pose them up just right they think they're James Bond 007. I usually photograph the groom before the bride, since he can usually dress down afterwards then get re-dressed for the wedding. It makes it a lot easier since photographing the bride is much more detailed. While doing the grooms wedding photos it's really important to face him into the light to make him appear bigger and strong in a flattering way. It also helps if they have nice accessories to photograph like a watch, cuff links, bow tie and shiny shoes which this groom had.
This wedding was at the Hilton Fort Lauderdale Beach resort and the ceremony took place in the center of one of their giant penthouse suites. The groom had his own room and made getting all the wedding photos with him easy.
I love being the Fort Lauderdale wedding photographer shooting wedding photos at the Hilton Fort Lauderdale Beach resort!
I was contacted by Kellee to photograph her wedding at the Hilton Fort Lauderdale Beach on July 7th, 2020. She had contacted me mid May 2020 from Virginia where she currently lives. Kellee explained she was planning a small intimate wedding with her parents, brother and sister and her soon to be husband Wendwesen. Covid-19 has been a source of small intimate weddings since February when the pandemic began.
I arrived at the Hilton Fort Lauderdale Beach and met with Kellee and Wendwesen on the Penthouse floor. Kellee had an additional room where she would get ready with her mother.
I then proceeded to meet with Wendwesen and we began his groom photos and detail images. I then returned to Kellee where I did her images as well. The ceremony was scheduled to begin and I photographed the short but beautiful wedding ceremony and captured the first kiss from the hallway looking into the penthouse suite.
After the ceremony, Kellee and Wendwesen were excited to do their bridal portraits, so they could return to her family to change and head out to their planned lunch. We did some photographs in the penthouse suite and then went outside to the beach front. It was a hot and humid day.
The Hilton Ft. Lauderdale beach resort is one of my favorite wedding venues on Fort Lauderdale Beach to photograph weddings big and small.