Real Wedding: Cassie and Clay; April 18, 2009; Singer Island, Florida

We had a very exciting weekend; we got visit West Palm Beach (where we are both from) and photograph my cousin Clay's wedding. It was great experience to interact with the guests and be "behind the scenes" and it was less nervwracking since it was my family. The wedding was amazing, (huge props to my Aunt Betsy for her fantastic planning) and I got to eat cake and have a blast with my family. I even danced with my brother, grandfather and even convinced my Dad to dance with me as well :) Clay and Cassie are a really fun couple and we had a blast getting to spend the weekend with them before their honeymoon at Disney!

Here are some of my favorite images from the wedding:

Building Our Fashion Portfolio

One of the things we want to focus on is fashion photography and model headshots. I particularly enjoy photographs of models wearing high fashion in an out of place setting like a forest or swamp; so we came up with a similar concept for our model, Kristen; an actress that Evan worked with on the set of Closing Time (www.closingtime.tv)

Kristen was amazing to work with, and directing her was so easy even though she had never modeled before. We had locations all over St. Petersburg; including Lassing Park, Ft. De Soto Beach and the Dali Museum. During our all-day shoot we trecked through mangroves and walked over 2 miles on the beach for the perfect location and were even in the water with a shark. It was an amazing day and we got some amazing images for our portfolio. Here are a few of them:

Company Launch!

Photography has always been a passion of both Evan and myself for many years. Now that Evan's production company (Tall Man Pictures, LLC) has reached its one year anniversary, we have decided to begin offering photography services through its new sister company: CSE Photography. Between Evan's years of experience in the film and advertising industry, and my education and experience with photography and image editing; we know that we will be very successful with this new venture.

Thanks for following our blog, and I will keep you posted as we develop our website and post photo-shoot images! -Caroline Smith

Our Mission Statement:

CSE Photography specializes in wedding, portrait, advertising, headshot, and event photography. Because we are a family business, we are able to offer the very lowest rates for the very best quality. We are proud to work closely with our clients, before and after the event, to deliver the best images that are exactly what you desire and more. As a husband/wife team we have the experience you look for in a photographer and the creativity to capture unique images that tell a story: Yours.

We shoot in both traditional and photo-journalistic styles, and though we mainly operate out of St. Petersburg and Tampa Bay area; we will travel anywhere in Florida and have covered events from Palm Beach to Sarasota and Orlando.