With wedding season about 1 week away for us before it really takes off (lots of blog entries coming, trust me!), Jamaica & I got into gear by shooting a sweet 16 party for Gabby! I had the opportunity to hang out and shoot with Gabby a couple months prior for some birthday promo shots, which you can check out here. Turning 16 is definitely a special time in someone’s life as you finding out who you are in this world, doors begin to open, and childhood begins to transition into adulthood (wow, that was deep) …. Gabby, enjoy these years before you wake up and you are in the thirties! :)
I have a few plugs I need to give to some of the fantastic professionals that helped put this event together and are always so awesome to work with. I’ll start by mentioning Christine Wheat, who did an amazing job of planning the entire event and running the show to ensure all went smooth! Next, I need to mention what a great job Make Me Fabulous did in making Gabby look like a rockstar for her birthday – I’m sure her friends were blown away at how incredible she looked! Party decorations and flowers were done by the amazing floral artist herself, Kris Ann of Fleurtatious Designs, and the party would not have been the party it was without Nick rockin’ the mic from Cool Cat DJ! An all around “dream team” of professionals helping to make this a very special day for Gabby, and think it was awesome…. a girl could only be so lucky to have such a killer party (I should have had one of these in high school, I would have been popular the rest of the way through High School, haha!)
We are still going through images from the day and look forward to putting together a killer album for Gabby to share this wonderful memory with someday. I wanted to quickly share a few samples from the day!
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(some birthday flowers that arrived at the house for Gabby)
(you can see where Gabby get’s the good looks from)
(awesome decor and floral arrangements gave the room great atmosphere)
(this look familiar?)
(Dad giving a little slideshow presentation of the younger years & Gabby’s reaction)
(a special dance between Dad & his little girl – well, not so little anymore)
(Gabby rockin’ a little numba on the mic for her friends)
(the cake waiting for Gabby to blow out the candles!)
(can she do it?)
(she nails it!)
(Gabby leading the pack of festivities)
by Matt Ramos
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