Category — Shari

I guess it was inevitable. After being part of so many other people’s weddings, I’ve finally decided to have my own!

You can follow all the details here, and yes, it’s a destination wedding:

A Reluctant Bride

This is one of my favorite photos of me and Sean (my wonderful fiancé), taken in San Antonio by Fred Egan, a talented and fun photographer from Dallas.

I’ll have the answer to Shannon’s photo from last week for you very soon. I just need to confirm the location.

Can you guess where this week’s photos was taken?

• It is in Florida, but where in Florida?
• A very famous author owns a home here
• It has “Key” in its name

I love photographing weddings at the Marco Beach Ocean Resort. There are so many amazing locations for photography.

It’s tailor-made for destination weddings. You get to have your wedding in an absolutely gorgeous location, and your guests get to really enjoy a wonderful get away too!

The staff is exceptional at the Marco Beach Ocean Resort. The Director of Catering, Melissa Burke-Cabral, and the Wedding Coordinator, Jade Calvert are a pleasure to work with, and will help you plan the wedding of your dreams. Please tell them I sent you.

The Marco Beach Ocean Resort does lots of beautiful and grand full-day weddings. But they also have a wonderful all-inclusive package that is perfect for smaller weddings or weddings of a shorter duration.

The Romantic Escape includes:

• Beachside or garden terrace ceremony with arched trellis and carpeted aisle runner with flower petals
• White wedding chairs or tiki torches to mark ceremony area
• Officiate to write personalized ceremony and complete legal documents
• Tropical or traditional floral bridal bouquet and boutonniere*
• Chilled towel service and iced water and tea station
• Two hours of photography services for photos of ceremony, sunset and other scenic venues at the Resort
• Keepsake copy of wedding vows and decorative marriage certificate
• Bottle of champagne delivered to room or available for toast following ceremony

Here are several photographs from two recent weddings by Shari Bare Photography.

The White Mountains in New Hampshire are a truly spectacular destination in New England.

This would be a stunning fall honeymoon location. Stay at the historic Mount Washington Hotel, which is featured here. There are lots of great activities, from hiking to golf to whatever these people are doing here. Playing lumberjack? Actually, it’s a canopy tour, which I think looks pretty fun

The Mount Washington Hotel has had a recent renovation and restoration. With the unveiling of the new Spa, scheduled to debut in the winter of 2008/09, it will be even more desirable.

Fall is in the air. Of course, where I live in Southwest Florida that means 75 degrees! But I love it. After a summer of very hot weather, even 75 feels crisp and cool.

Today for Fall Week here at Fly Away Photography, I’m going to feature the work of a very talented photographer I just discovered, Amy Squires. She has tons of amazing work, but I’ve picked photographs from weddings that have a freash fall vibe.

She also has a really fun wedding blog called Wedding Chicks. Check it out!

Well, I guess I got everyone two weeks ago, this house is on Pine Island, Florida. It’s a cool little place that’s very old Florida. I have a wedding at the Tarpon Lodge on Pine Island in three weeks, can’t wait!

Matt was correct with last week’s photo - it was Vero Beach. I love that church.

Here are this week’s clues:

1. As I already said, it snows a lot here.

2. It’s in California.

3. It’s on a bay that’s named after a gemstone.

This photo was taken by Sean Haughey, of Shari Bare Photography.

While I must admit that a large portion of the weddings I photograph have some part on the beach, that isn’t always the case. There are lots of beautiful venues away from the beach. One of my favorites in Naples is The Strand. It seems tailor-made for weddings. Lily, the wedding coordinator, is very experienced and will take great care of you.

I think it’s important to pick a venue that reflects who you are as a couple. This wonderful couple, Melanie and Mounir, are very classic and elegant. The Strand was a perfect choice for them.

And, of course, if you really love the beach but aren’t sure you want sand in your shoes on the day of your wedding, you can always go to the beach for you engagement shoot or day-after session

With Melanie and Mounir, we chose to do their engagement shoot in downtown Tampa, where they live. They knew their wedding would be very elegant, so we mixed it up and had some fun in an urban setting.

I really want to stay here! This place is amazing. I mean, you can fly a hawk in the School of Falconry! I’ve been to the area and it’s breathtaking. I know I use a lot of superlatives, like wonderful and gorgeous and fabulous to describe things, but Ireland really is beyond description. It truly gets in your soul.

I’m on vacation so I’m going to copy what they have to say from their website:

“It is our pleasure to welcome you to Ashford Castle, one of the most exclusive luxury hotels in the World. Standing over the shores of Lough Corrib, and hidden deep in over 350 acres of wooded parkland, this 13th Century Castle is a monument to a fascinating history of a bygone age. Once the estate of the Guinness Family, the Castle opened its doors as an exclusive hotel in 1939.

While staying with us you can enjoy a wide range of relaxing or exciting activities. Book a Spa treatment or Fly a Hawk in the School of Falconry, take a Picnic in the Walled Garden or catch Wild Trout or Salmon here, in one of the most famous fisheries in Ireland. Just 30 minutes from Galway city, and within easy driving distance of Shannon International Airport, Ashford Castle is perfectly situated to welcome all ages of visitors, from every corner of the globe.”

Since green is my favorite color, there’s nothing I can think of that would be more fun than some green details at your wedding. Here are some fun ideas:

From left to right, top to bottom.

1. Use the scenery as your green! This is Pelican Preserve, one of my favorite locations in Fort Myers, Florida.

2. Cute butterfly favors — or could be decorations.

3. Minty favors.

4. Umbrellas, guests will thank you in the hot sun.

5. A pretty green color for a bridesmaid’s dress, actually hard to find! Trust me, I know. I tried on like 500 a few months ago.

6. Place card holders. These are freaking cute.

7. Fresh green invitations.

8. I love these Chuck Taylor’s! They are unisex. This is what I’d have the whole bridal party wear, groomsmen and bridesmaids

Last week’s photo was in Luxemburg in a castle ruin outside of the city.

Here are this week’s hints:

• It’s in a southern state
• She’s the “doll lady”
• It’s on an island