Shutterly Perfect Portraiture..... Winning Images

Here are some of my winning images from this years local print competition. There are several categories in each competition and two competitions per year. I am currently in the running to be named "Photographer Of The Year" for the Northeast Florida region. We will find out in December who the winner is. Yes you can cheer for me I don't mind at all.


"Smokey" First & Best of Show

















"The Princess On Her Throne" First











"The Great Find" First











"Two Journeys" First











"The New View" Second











"Young Lady Testa" Second

Kari & Michael Jacksonville Wedding Photography

Kari & Michael were married Sat Oct 18, 2008 at the Hilltop Club in Orange Park Fl. Family and friends gathered to see the couple united and enjoyed a beautiful reception afterwards. The day was light and breezy which was a comfortable change to the recent warmer weather. The whole wedding was just one of those events that ran smooth from beginning to end. Everyone had a great time together, and why not, it all centered around a great couple.

Jacksonville Children Photography

Don't you wish they would all smile like this? Especially at such a young age. That is one of the things I love about being a portrait artist, every once in a while you have the "dream shoot" where it just isn't work, it's all play and such a fulfilling experience. This little cutie caught me just at the right time of day, after my mid-day nap and feeding. I woke up happy and ready to create some incredible portraits and she was up to the task. She posed and I clicked. It was a great time.

Leah Senior-2009

The NEW Jacksonville Urban Shoot is now on the menu at Shutterly Perfect Portraiture. Leah was our first senior to push the (city) "Limit" and take her senior portraits to the streets of downtown Jacksonville. Here are a few images from her shoot. Leah is a home school student and a cheerleader at West Nassau.

Ava's Newborn Portraits

I had the pleasure of photographing miss Ava Elisabeth yesterday! Born September 5, 2008 to Stephanie & Adam. During their session mom & dad were both gleaming like they had won the grand prize, which of course paled in comparison to receiving their gift of a little baby girl.

They are so little when they first come home from the hospitial. Isn't she so cute you could just hug her up. Ahh and that new baby smell!

Joanna & Jackson Engagement at the Beach

Well the morning started a little rough for us all but as you can see the results are great.

Here's the whole story-I contact Joanna & Jackson at our meeting time of 6:45 am and they were running about 15 min late, (not a catastrophe). They get to the park and I give them their early entry passes and we drive to the the gate. Well the pricing just doubled since I had been there two weeks ago and I only had 5 tickets and needed six. After about 10 minutes of groveling and begging and explaining that I was just one ticket short the poor man finally has mercy on me and lets us in. (Don't tell anyone) (Oh yeah and the sunrise is growing closer). We head down the road only to find that the gate is locked! (should have been opened at 6am). We talk about what would be best to do then I jet off to find someone to open the gate. We get the gate opened and rush down to the beach to find the sun peeking above the horizon then fly into a frenzy of creating portraits. I can't remember the last time I worked so fast. We get the sunrise portraits done and the rest praise God was cake! I can't say enough about Joanna & Jackson, they were great to be with and had a can-do attitude. Their story started at 3am this morning. I am relaying only my version of the day.

Anyway, I photographed Joanna's sister Misty's wedding six years ago and have had a great re pore with the family ever since. I met Jackson today, what a great guy, Joanna nabbed him up before anyone else could get him! They make a great couple, and fantastic portraits! Don't they just go together!?