Getting Married in 2009?

If you are getting married in 2009 and want to get the most out of your photography budget. Then book Mike Richards Photography for your 2009 wedding in the month of August and get a FREE engagement session with an online proofing gallery (a $350 value)!!!!

I always suggest engagement sessions to couples for a few reasons.

1. Gives us some alone time to get to know each other.
2. In this session I find out what you like and don't like.
3. Shows you what I am looking for in posture and position to help you look your best on your big day.
4. Use the photos to make a great guest-signing album for the reception.

Remember, this offer is only valid if booked in the month of August (2008), so call today to set-up an appointment. I look forward to hearing from you!

Mommy Daughter Shoot

Well today my wife asked if I would take our daughter and her to the park for some family portraits. Of course, I said YES! Here are a few of her favorites from today.

Beautiful Bride in a Beautiful Garden!!!

So yesterday I had the pleasure of photographing the wedding of Robert and Lyndsey in Port Orange, FL. These two are absolutely gorgeous and what a great time we had. The groom made me feel very comfortable and was really up for anything which allowed for my creativity to run! The bride looked absolutely beautiful and when I found out that we were heading to a garden to do the intimates, I got very excited. As I was shooting this beautiful bride, I kept looking at my camera thinking, WOW, this stuff looks amazing. Here are a couple of the shots from the garden. All of these pictures were taken with second light.

Let me know what you think!

Wedding 7/19/08

What a nice relaxing day I had today! I was able to just relax for once and catch up on some much needed sleep. I was up til about 2 am last night, just getting home from the wedding and doing my normal back-ups.

Here are a couple of my favorites from the first batch I went through. Feedback always welcome!

Wedding 7/12

Wow, what another amazing wedding! This is why I love what I do! I came away from this wedding with some amazing stuff and the feeling of love was everywhere. I shot this wedding with Robert LOparo.

Here are a few of my favorite shots!

Home from St. Augustine

Well we are back from St. Augustine. We had a blast! We stayed at St. Francis Inn in the room named Miss Lily's room. This room is supposed to be haunted and we only encountered a few strange things...like my flip-flops ended up way under the bed, which we don't "think" we did. My wife's curling iron became unplugged when it shouldn't have. But that was really it.

We went on a ghost tour that was far from scary. We had some great beers at some local pubs but we truly enjoyed the fireworks on the 4th at the harbor in St. Augustine.

Here is some funny pics we took while on the trip.

Enjoy!