Adventures in my dad's backyard

While on vacation (way back in August) I was playing around with some new camera toys in my dad's backyard. I was entertained for days... I'm sure he thought I was crazy!


Trying out a silhouette sunset.

A pretty-in-pink water lilly.

The reflection of a purple water lilly.

A palm frond.

A hot pink hibiscus.

Sit. Stay. Good boy.

I found this photo today of my friend's "puppy" that I took a few years ago. I was taking photos of an ultimate frisbee game and decided the dog was just too cute to pass up.

Love is in the air

We couldn't ask for a better day on Saturday for Ashley and Brad's engagement photo shoot. The weather was so nice and we had a great time walking all over campus. View the photos.

Photo cards made easy

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Pam and Pete's "phabulous" photos at Ponce Inlet

The Pam and Pete engagement session was a lot of fun. It was a gorgeous day at Ponce Inlet... there was even a wedding reception going on when we arrived. The highlight of the day was when a seagull pooped on me... I hear that's good luck. We also went to the lighthouse and climbed up to the top... what an amazing view, and even more amazing, I didn't fall down those steep, spiraling stairs (all 208 steps up and all 208 steps down). To view all of the photos, visit the photo gallery.

Santa's little helper

The day after Thanksgiving we took some photos of Sam, who is 5 months old. We had a very adventurous photo shoot... I stepped in dog poo, Sam spit up a few times... My dad set up the sleigh and luckily my aunt has a ton of Christmas decorations to use as props. Sam's mom, Christi, and my Aunt Lois sang Christmas carols to Sam to get him to laugh and smile. To view all of the photos of Sam visit the photo gallery.

A closer look at paradise

I tend to see the world through orange and blue glasses! I love Birds of Paradise--they are so pretty.

The tassel is worth the hassle

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Gettin' Busy

Football season has been very busy and a lot of fun! I'll post a few favorites from this season. I just found out that I'll be shooting the SEC Championship, so I am super excited about that.

I have a few different photo jobs coming up including graduation portraits, engagement portraits and family portraits, so be looking for new posts soon!

Are you ready for some football?

Well, I'm excited to say that I'm returning to my photography roots--football photography. This season I'll be down on the field working for Jim Burgess, who is an amazing sports photographer. We'll be shooting the home Gator football games and the Florida-Georgia game. I'll be helping him out mostly, but I'll have some time to take photos, too. I'll post some pictures on here when I get them edited.

GO GATORS!

More pictures of the Beckham wedding

This summer has been so busy so I haven't been able to complete my Web site. Here is a photo gallery housed on facebook that has more photos from the Beckham wedding.
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2528380&l=66066&id=2029527

Graduation portraits

We have a few spots open for August 2008 graduation portraits! E-mail us today for an estimate at carolynmdye@mac.com

Go Gators!

Keri's Big Day

One of my former students (and dear friend) got hitched on Saturday. The ceremony took place at our church and the reception (which was BEAUTIFUL) was in downtown Gainesville. Here are a couple of favorites from the wedding.

Hot Mama

The rainy weather in Tallahassee for the Murphy maternity photo shoot really limited us on what we could do, so we ended up taking all of the pictures inside. They came out cute, though, so that's all that matters.

Baby Mama

Well, with the engagement photos being postponed, it has opened this weekend up for a different job--maternity portraits. Ashley and I have been contacted to photograph the mommy-to-be in Tallahassee this weekend. I'll be posting this photo session soon!

Hair today, gone tomorrow

Paging Ken Paves! A bride-to-be had a disasterous hair cut (have yet to see it, but she hates it), so upcoming engagement photos have been postponed until her tresses are long again. No worries! We are flexible with scheduling, though we wish we knew how to fix a bad hair did.

Rain, rain go away...

Well, the weather forecast for this weekend wasn't looking too good for the Pai-Hwang engagement photo shoot on Honeymoon Island. So the bride-to-be decided to move the photo shoot to June 21. We are all very excited about spending the day in Tampa and taking lots of cute pictures! I'm also excited to use one of my new toys--a special lens filter to enhance close-up shots.

Beckham Wedding Photos Part 2

Beckham Wedding Photos

The Beckham Wedding

ashley and i had a blast shooting the beckham wedding on may 17, 2008. it was WAY better than posh and becks' wedding because we had stephanie and corey who were so much fun to work with.

the wedding was held on the picturesque campus of the university of florida. we were fortunate to have such a great place to take photos. the bride looked beautiful (as always) and corey was all decked out in a tux.

the ceremony was short and sweet and the party was hot! tdc entertainment did an awesome job spinning, and we had some great dancers out on the floor.

some of our favorite pictures will be posted shortly!

michele

welcome to the temporary site

welcome to the temporary site of cmd graphics!

while i'm working on the permanent site, i wanted to be able to show our latest work via blogging because it is quick and easy (so i am told).

please enjoy the photos and feel free to share the site with brides-to-be!

xoxo,
michele