Hello again, a couple of weeks ago, I received a phone call from Mrs Johnson, asking me if I would be interested in photographing a family shoot, "but of course I replied". One of the most important question … [Read More...]
Portrait
Belle Couture & King Street Photo Frame Bridal Shoot
Yesterday was a great day where I had the honor of having to shoot 3 gorgeous models, Emily Breeze, Angela Finley, Angela Turner, with a frame bridal theme look...! LOL I patterned up with Sarah & Kelly … [Read More...]
Wedding
A Destination Wedding In The Bahamas On 11/19/2011 For Melissa Carroll & Garfield Forbes
What a way to spend the winter by being invited to fly to the Bahamas to photograph a wedding. It was love at first sight, says Melissa Carroll, a 36 year old hotel revenue and reservations manager as she reminisced about her relationship with husband, Garfield, Forbes, 37, a ship’s agent executive. The Freeport, Grand [...]
A 11/11/2011 Wedding For Kristen & Butch Cooper At The Chic Magnolia Plantation Gardens
Christmas time, always reflects, family and friends, well for me being that I am always so, so, very fortunate, with my art it is about reflecting on how great my clients are and how amazing this wedding year was to me and for them. Here is one of them, I received a phone call from [...]
A Wedding On 11/12/2011 For A Great Couple Lindsay & Bjorn at The Beautiful Wild Dunes Resort
A spectacular day is how this wedding day begun for my clients now (Friends) Lindsay & Bjorn at this stunning venue of Wild Dunes Resort. Lindsay brought me on as part of the team, along with Donavan who handled the video. I had the pleasure of photographing her bridal fitting, engagement, bridal portrait session, and [...]
A Magical Day For Jaclyn & Zach Bennett On 11/5/2011 At The Island House, Johns Island SC
I have photographed many weddings,as my success to my passion as been the same for the last 14 years here in Charleston, from referrals, Many moons ago I had the extreme pleasure of photographing Elizabeth & Ollie wedding, who also came from another referral, this time Elizabeth referred Jaclyn and her mom June to me, [...]
A Magical Wedding Ceremony At Unitarian Church & Reception At The Amazing Magnolia Gardens For Tonia & Trevis Smalls
Ahh my weekend fetetastic dose of matrimonial this is every photographer dream, a amazing couple and a beautiful ceremony downtown Charleston, then off to the one of a kind venue and settings on the marsh of Magnolia Plantation & Garden with the very talented Jessica Cruz. Tonia had spoken to many photographer and that this [...]
Recent Updates
Kingstreetphotoweddings.com has been selected for the 2011 Best of Mount Pleasant Award in the Professional Photographers category by the US Commerce Association (USCA).
I am so honored and very happy to have received this award below for our passion. Please read Below.
I am pleased to announce that www.Kingstreetphotoweddings.com has been selected for the 2011 Best of Mount Pleasant Award in the Professional Photographers category by the US Commerce Association (USCA).
I’m sure that your selection as a 2011 Award Winner is a reflection of the hard work of not only yourself, but of many people that have supported your business and contributed to the subsequent success of your organization. Congratulations on your selection to such an elite group of small businesses.
In recognition of your achievement, a special 2011 Best of Mount Pleasant Award has been designed for display at your place of business. You may arrange to have your award sent directly to Kingstreetphotoweddings.com by following the simple steps on the 2011 Best of Mount Pleasant Award order form.
The USCA “Best of Local Business” Award Program recognizes outstanding local businesses throughout the country. Each year, the USCA identifies companies that we believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category. These are local companies that enhance the positive image of small business through service to their customers and community.
Also, a copy of the press release publicizing the selection of Kingstreetphotoweddings.com isposted on the USCA website. USCA hereby grants Kingstreetphotoweddings.com a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, distribute, and display this press release in any media formats and through any media channels.
Sincerely,
Kelly McCartney
Board of Review
US Commerce Association
A Unique, Classy, Passionate, fun, Elegant,Chic Bahamian Coordinator
I am so very happy to blog about this super nice person, and honored to call her a true friend, Marva Munroe, I met her about 7.5 years ago. A client of mine from Charlotte NC, hire me to photograph a wedding in the Bahamas, from that moment we communicated over the phone and that she was so helpful in all of my request as to photography and my staying at the resort, I knew that this was going to be a vendor, and great partner to work with.
I have been photographing weddings for her and Pelican Bay ever since, I got to tell you every time that I have done a wedding with her, it has always been nothing short of super perfect. She always tells me when we finish each wedding says “Super” so I guess I can use the quote above it sounds good…..!
If you are having a wedding in any of the island of the Bahamas, and I know this so well, sure each resort as there own sideline coordinator, but no resort has the knowledge experience,to make it very easy for you to live your daily life and let Marva do it all for you trouble free . Check out all of her credential below .
Nothing says it better then the title of this blog, if you want to repeat these words after your magical day, then go to her website, @www.chicweddingsbahamas.com and have a amazing wedding, you will never regret this one of a kind coordinator.
Marva Munroe, Bahamas Destination Wedding planner and designer, has brought happiness to countless couples married at Pelican Bay at Lucaya, Freeport, Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas over the past 10 years. Marva created the product — Island Elegant Weddings at Pelican Bay. Those myriad happy experiences continue to attract brides seeking a unique, fun, elegant and memorable event. Passionate about excellent service and attention to detail, she is director, and lead planner and designer of Chic Weddings Bahamas.
World traveler, Marva’s far flung journeys enable her to bring many unique experiences to the weddings she plans. Training from Rebecca Grinnals of Engaging Concepts and top wedding planners and designers in the likes of Colin Cowie, Todd Fiscus of Todd Event Design, Bryan Rafanelli, Mindy Weiss, Wedding Cake Diva Sylvia Weinstock, amongst many others, keeps her on the cutting edge of the luxury wedding market.
Marva lives in Freeport, Grand Bahama Island with her husband; they have a daughter and a son.
Mini Details At Magnolia Plantation & Gardens
Shooting details is so important for any wedding. So many times as a historian, I am reminded of how to capture many different parts of what makes a wedding, after all a lot of planning and decorating goes into one, but more importantly, I am always shooting for many different reason, you have to remember to tell a story of this magical day, for the bride and the groom, making sure that if any close relative or friends that were not able to attend, will be able to get a real feel of how the day was so perfect, more importantly painting for the album, when you design it, that there is ample images to make your album spread a Wow factor. I guess that is why I not only love this passion of mine, but how I feel I do my very best every time…!
Albums
The World OF Keepsake Albums
An Album Is your keepsake, your tangible property, something to show and hold on to. I am very proud to offer these albums that are made from different countries around the world, these custom, hand-crafted story books are unique to your wedding. Images are professionally designed by me in an artistic story-telling layout. The cover is made out of the finest leather, with intriguing foldouts and accenting papers, with laminated pages help protect your images from fingerprints, to make this album last a lifetime a black stitched leather box is included, for the final touch a metal plate with my logo is inserted on it. This album stands out from the rest…!
Engagement
Engagement In Charleston South Carolina
What a fun I had on this past Thursday & Friday, photographing the engagement with my new wedding clients Landon & Jennifer for next year wedding @ Magnolia Plantation. We met in our beautiful historic city downtown, and as you can very well see, I really did not have to work to hard, great looking, [...]
Photography is an art, there are so many photographer, and lately I am hearing this from my brides to be “before I ran into your work, everyone photos look the same”. I appreciate the compliment and yes, I make sure that every photo I capture first comes from my eyes and most importantly from my [...]
Bridal Portraits
Once again, I had the pleasure of having my new client Jennifer Jordan, ask me to photograph her bridal portrait. I love my life, Love my kids,and I love my clients, to make them understand what and how I appreciate there trust and honor to do this, I always aim to create thru my eyes, [...]
Beside this very busy past wedding weekend, I am so very excited to posting this fun bridal session photographed on Sunday. When Ashley contacted me to have the honor to photograph her wedding she made sure to inform me that she was very interested in doing a bridal session. As I responded to her about [...]
Just about the most looked forward to and most wonderful events in a woman’s life is her wedding. Nearly all women want to have lasting memories of this special day by having a bridal portraits. If you are considering getting one yourself, then read this article, as this could be the biggest decision for your [...]
Fashion
Saturday Night was a awesome night, first I had the privilege of shooting the bridal show , then at night I decided since my daughters are now starting to understand more about my profession, to invite them to come to the final night show. To say we as a family had a great time would [...]
Wow what a great day, it brought me back to LA, & NYC times when that is all I did was shoot runway shots. Well I am back again, When Belle Couture Bridal asked me to be there to record this wonderful event, you know what I said…! I love it. It was awesome, and [...]
News
4/18/2010 So here is a new update to this blog, what a surprise after so many years, I have just reconnected with a great client check it out here http://mamaworkinprogress.blogspot.com/2010/04/wedding-part-2.html . I received a call about 3 months ago from a graphic designer, that Charleston Place marketing was Looking for a unique very, very, large [...]
