Mia I Fort Myers Senior Photography

Congratulations to Mia on her senior year at Fort Myers High School. Go Greenies!!! Always enjoy photographing Seniors and would love to do more of these kinds of portraits. For Mia's photos, we met up at Naples beach close to downtown and then headed to a near by hotel for a gorgeous setting. The blooming flowers, greenery, and lighting were a photographer's dream! Turns out Mia enjoys being behind the camera too! We chatted about her plans for the future, perhaps a business major? Her destination for college and even laughed about the trials and tribulations of being a curly girl in SWFL. Gotta love the humidity in September in Florida! I enjoyed hanging out with Mia's mom, Tisha, who happens to also be a former FMHS grad! We ended our session with a delicious breakfast on the chic streets of downtown Naples and talked about how small of a world Fort Myers really is! 

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We also captured a few mother and daughter portraits! LOVE!

Fort Myers Maternity Photographer I The Chabin's are expecting!

The Chabin's are expecting! Amanda is looking gorgeous & radiant as she awaits the arrival of her son later this April. We met up at Barefoot Beach in Bonita Springs for the couple's maternity photos. I took them on a little adventure (#callsecurity) as we made our way (#wrongway) to the sunset that evening. Here's a look at Amanda's baby bump (#sneakpeek)...


hello stella I Fort Myers Newborn Photographer I Fort Myers, FL

"Meet Stella Ann Spanberger...8 lbs, 4 oz and 19 inches of pure perfection", a description I borrowed from her parents, Jake and Beth. Stella arrived on New Years Eve and we just had the pleasure of meeting her this past weekend for a newborn session. Beth is still in awe and can't believe she is the mom of this beautiful little girl. Well, we can believe it! Here's a peek at a few of our favorites. We are so happy for this little family! Oscar and Bailey are making their little sis feel right at home...

Year in Review-Twenty Thirteen

Looking back on this year, we have so much to be proud of and thankful for...

We upgraded lenses/camera equipment in the last part of 2012 and have throughly enjoyed the investment in our business this past year. We see the rewards session after session!!

The numbers... We had the delight of working with 31 Families, 25+ Children, 7 Newborns, 3 High School Seniors, 9 Expecting Moms, 6 Couples, and a few headshots mixed in along the way. 

We continued to take classes through Kelby Training and Creative Live and would love to travel in 2014 to a photography related education conference.

Our photography took us on two vacations in 2013 to capture weddings in Mexico in January and to New Jersey/New York in October. Both working full-time at our other jobs, we managed to fit in 5 weddings this year. I say "fit in" because the real work really begins after the wedding. Countless hours of post processing while juggling our other portrait sessions, full-time jobs, and family. Matt and I have decided to cut out weddings in 2014 and focus on portrait photography. 

Social media... Molly has created a Pinterest profile for the business and has populated boards for traveling to SWFL (many of our clients are from outside of the area), Meet Molly and Matt, as well as inspiration for clothing and posing. We continue to blog our photos as much as possible to highlight the story of each session and drive our fans back to our website (SEO). We have also been active on Google+ and Instagram in 2013. We also did a Project 52 posting one photo a week to our Facebook page with the theme of "This is Our Life". 

In early 2013, Molly set out to contact several of her community friends to market Molly and Matt Photo, LLC and grow our client base. The referrals continue to come in and we can not thank our clients enough for sharing our passion for photography. 

We joined PPA (Professional Photographers of America) and were highlighted on several photography blogs for weekly challenges, including our recent portait of the LeSage family that won second place through Rock the Shot! 

Work/Life balance seemed a little better in 2013 but if you ask Matt he may have another answer. During the holiday busy months, we scheduled family time this year and it really kept things manageable. It was hard turning so many clients away but it meant so much more to be with our little one. 

Goals for 2014 include working on branding and continuing to offer a creative, fun, and modern approach to photography in Southwest Florida.

Happy New Year from Molly and Matt Photo! 

Somebody's Getting Married Today I The Lake Valhalla Club, Montville, NJ

Somebody's Getting Married Today!! 

Congratulations to Erik and Caitie on their recent wedding on October 26th, 2013 at the Lake Valhalla Club in New Jersey. What an amazing wedding this was!! The family, the friends, the food, the venue! We had such a fun time capturing the celebration. Going through all the photos, it was hard to decide what to share from the Schaum wedding. So many beautiful details...

Venue: The Lake Valhalla Club
Transportation: The New York Trolley Company
Florist: Morningside Greenhouse
Hair & Makeup: Samantha Youngman
Cake: Palermo Bakery



Kratt Wedding I The Strand, Naples, Florida

Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Kratt on their recent wedding at The Strand in Naples, FL. What an amazing venue for Stephanie and Stephen's celebration on October 12, 2013.  We loved photographing these two and know you will enjoy their wedding images as much as we do. Stephanie was a ridiculously gorgeous bride. Her dress was probably my favorite photograph yet!

Venue - The Clubhouse at the Strand
Event Coordinator: Amanda and Becca
Cake: Stefanie Watson @ Stefanie's Sweet Confections
DJ: Gil Blake
Officiant: Missy Ordiway @ Making your "happily ever after" last a lifetime
Hair and Makeup: Hope Artistry








 

And a few giggles over my laugh... I think they were laughing with me, right?

FORT MYERS MATERNITY PHOTOGRAPHER | Awaiting Baby Spanberger

We are super excited for our close friends, Beth and Jake, who will be expecting their first baby in January. We headed to Alva, Florida for a rural setting to capture Beth with only a few weeks to go. Horses, gorgeous trees, and even a waterfront view made this session unique to the couple. They brought their dogs, Oscar and Bailey, which made for a fun adventure as we became acquainted with the farm's horses. 

Most of you know maternity is my favorite! I'm now looking forward to photographing this little one in January. Will they be having a boy or girl? Stayed tuned in the coming weeks to a follow-up newborn session of Baby Spanberger on the blog.  For now, enjoy highlights from their maternity session...

 



Rock the Shot I Sanibel Bicycle Family

Totally in love with this session and this shot!  It's artsy, creative, and so this family.  This is the second time I have photographed them and we have become really great friends. They knew they wanted something out of the ordinary so we decided to rent bicycles on Sanibel Island, Florida. Tessa put together a primary color clothing pallette for her family and even managed to rent bikes to match- all planned! This shot was an opening on the bike path that I wanted to grab and when I walked out to look in I saw the word BIKE on the side walk- how perfect! I took several images and really ended up liking this one with them out of focus. I included a shot below of how low I ended up going to get the perspective I wanted. Not the normal family portrait at all but it will make a cool canvas in their house! I processed it using Lightroom and Nik Software. 

Molly and Matt Photo strives to offer unique and creative portraits in Southwest Florida...