Jasmine & Chris’ Photo Finish

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Jasmine Warrican  and Chris Wineinger April 15, 2011 An hour before sunset, twenty-five of their closest family and friends gathered at the scenic Albatros Villa in Mexico’s Riviera Maya to watch Chris and Jasmine tie the knot. Chris, a Houston-based wedding photographer, met Jasmine when they were in the Dominican Republic; he was shooting a [...]

Real Weddings: Leigh & Derrik make music together

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Leigh Wilbourn and Derrik Davis On September 18, 2010 This good-looking couple met through friends and spent many evenings enjoying Austin’s Texas country music scene.  Derrik selected Gruene Hall, an iconic venue for Texas country music, to stage a heaping Texas-big surprise engagement. They were at Gruene Hall watching Belleville Outfit when Derrik stepped away. [...]

Sandy & Tim’s Summer Nuptials at Tuscany Villa

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Sandy Wahowski served as a World Geography teacher for Cy-Fair ISD when she met Tim Szafran, a local swimming and water polo coach. After a few flirtatious run-ins and several laughs with one another, Tim finally gathered the nerve to ask her to join him on an invigorating five-mile run. Each and every time they saw each [...]

Megan and Brett’s Sweet Spring Wedding

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Megan Victoria Seeley and Brett Matthew Levins met at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, where they worked alongside one another as Space Station Robotic Instructors.  The rest is history, and not too long after they were engaged at one of their favorite Houston spots: the lovely Japanese Gardens at Hermann Park. On April 30, 2011 the [...]

Kaleigh and Jared Broussard’s Family Estate Wedding

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Kaleigh and Jared were high school sweethearts. He chose Texas A&M, and she chose Houston, but it wasn’t long before she transferred to be closer to him. After two years of dating, Jared could not control his excitement and told Kaleigh he had purchased a ring. “I practically knew when he was proposing,” she says. [...]

Safari Texas Ranch Wedding: Kara and Donnis

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Celebrating Kara and Kody Ellis June 25, 2011 BIG Photography by SB Images Kody was working as an inside sales representative for an electrical company, and Kara worked in operations when they first met.  “We were not each other’s typical ‘type,’ and that is still a running joke with us,” says Kara.  After a while, [...]

Celebrating Megan and Steven Holland

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Megan Leigh Masek and Steven Andrew Holland met while attending Texas State University in San Marcos.  She unknowingly walked into the shoe store looking for a job, and she walked out with a place in Steven’s heart! After dating for a while, Steven had no doubt she was the one, and with that he lured [...]

Dominique and Nick Say “I Do”

DOMINIQUE AND NICK Channel 2’s favorite evening anchor was the star of the show on Saturday as she said “I Do” to local businessman Nick Florescu. She stunned in her mermaid gown by Ines Di Santo. The dress inspired the six-tier confectionary delight created by Nadine Moon at Who Make the Cake? A man of [...]

Real Weddings: Robin & Ray

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Robin and Ray Celebrating Robin Patin and Ray Leyendecker   Photographer Kristy Friedman for Defining Moments Photography and Design   March 5, 2011 Ray took Robin to a special restaurant, the one where they had their first dinner date, and asked for her hand in marriage. She said yes and a beautiful year of wedding [...]

Real Weddings: Kara & Donnis

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Kara and Kody   Celebrating Kara Elaine Webb and Donnis Kody Ellis June 25, 2011 BIG Photography by SB Images   Kody was working in inside sales for an electrical rep and Kara worked in operations when they met.  “We were not each other’s typical “type,” and that is still a running joke with us,” [...]