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Destination wedding photographers located in Tampa, FL, specializing in outdoor & historic venues
www.CatherineAnnPhotography.com

Charleston wedding photographers curating your wedding weekend with photos you can feel, infused with color & are never boring. Follow us on Instagram where we post regularly: https://www.instagram.com/catherine_ann_photography/

29/10/2025

Beige weddings had their moment. Naples has moved on ✨

This place was built for color; from coral skies, turquoise water, palm leaves doing their flirty little sway in the breeze. If you’re planning a Naples wedding, lean into it. Go bold. Go tropical. Go anything-but-(just)neutral.

Think of colors that actually belong here: coral, mango, ocean blue. The kind of palette that plays nice with golden-hour light and still feels elevated, not beach-party cheesy. That’s the kind of wedding color palette that actually makes sense here — a little retro, a little glam, fully Florida!

Planners lose their minds (in the best way) when they get to play with color blocking and texture: linen napkins, glossy glassware, citrus in the florals, candles in seashell tones.

And when the light hits just right? Game overrr. The drink matches the sunset, boutonnières look like they were styled by Slim Aarons (plz look him up if you’ve never heard of him) and your guests are glowing like they belong in a Slims-era pool party ad.

Save this for your planner if you’re dreaming up a Naples wedding that’s fun, colorful, and not afraid to look alive.

— Florida wedding photographer | Naples wedding | destination wedding photographer

27/10/2025

Some images just need to be in both color and black & white 🤩

20/10/2025

As a Florida wedding photographer, I’ll never get tired of color that looks like it belongs in a cocktail. Pink, yellow, orange…the holy trinity of happy!

Give me citrus, sunshine, and bold blooms over beige any day (no hate, just personal preference lol). Florida light was made for these kinds of colors and it just makes everything feel alive! Whether it’s a garden wedding in Naples, a tented estate in Tampa, or a destination weekend in Palm Beach, those bright tones photograph like pure joy ✨

If you’re planning a Florida wedding and love design that feels playful and elevated, save this for your moodboard!

10/10/2025

Jason gave Pilar a piggyback ride first, and even though at this point I’d only known them for about 30 minutes I wasn’t at all surprised when he turned to her and said “ok, my turn!”

That’s the kind of moment I live for during your engagement session, when it feels like you, not a photoshoot. These two were hilarious, super playful and totally themselves, so their gallery ended up being full of running, laughing, and general chaos in the best way. And we still got plenty of romantic & real shots too because it should never be one or the other. It should be all of it.

If you’re more low-key, your version might look totally different like twirling until you laugh from the dizziness. The goal’s the same: photos that match your energy and comfort level.

I’m a Florida based wedding photographer who believes your engagement photos should look like your relationship actually feels. Whether we’re shooting in downtown Tampa, a garden, or your favorite beach, the best photos happen when you stop performing and just have fun!

01/10/2025

It’s FINALLY spooky season!! My favorite time of year. So I wanted to throw it back to that time I got to hang with the best group in Salem MA 🎃

And if you’re planning a wedding in New England on Halloween weekend in 2026 or 2027 with loads of candles and maybe some Phantom of the Opera vibes, I think we should chat 😉

30/09/2025

You want your wedding to ooze Old Money romance?

Start with candles. Lots and lots of candles. Then add roses. Glassware that catches the glow. Tables that feel like a dinner party.

Like this stunning design at the JW Marriott in downtown Tampa! The design used hundreds of candles, wrapping everything in that golden haze that made portraits and details feel like art. I didn’t want to fight it with flash (though sometimes you’ve gotta). The candle glow was the star in my eyes. And that’s how it looked IRL anyway.

This is why I tell my couples: if you’re going for Old Money elegance, don’t sleep on atmosphere. Light it up. Let the space breathe. Your photos won’t just look pretty, they’ll feel like the night you actually had!

Florida weddings can pull off every kind of vibe, but when you want timeless, when you want chic, when you want Old Money-coded glamour that doesn’t scream for attention but still makes everyone’s jaw drop? Candlelight is your best friend ✨

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29/09/2025

Cocktail hour deserves the same energy as the aisle and the dance floor.

Your cocktail hour is where the magic happens, and truthfully, it’s one of our favoriteee parts of a wedding day!

As Florida wedding photographers shooting together since 2013, we’ve got this part of the day down to a science. One of us is always with you—hugging guests, cheersing, catching up with your college crew, sneaking group photos that don’t feel stiff.

Meanwhile, the other is on the prowl—like a shark in a sea of spritzes—snapping your guests mid-laugh, the fashion moments you’ll miss while you’re mingling, oysters being slurped, shadows falling just right across the bar, and those blink-and-you-miss-it interactions that end up being the photos you treasure most.

When it all comes together in your gallery, you get a mix of candids, portraits, and details that actually feel like you were there—because you were.

✨ Planning your own wedding in Tampa, Miami, Naples, or the Keys? Save this post for cocktail-hour inspo, send me a DM when you’re ready to start planning yours, and share it with your planner so they know cocktail hour is a priority 🍸

26/09/2025

I love making motion blur images on a wedding day because of how it feels like a fleeting moment in time. Because it is. Life is a blur, after all!

Love it? Hate it? Tell me (imma still do them though)

17/09/2025

I’m totally ok shooting my Contax G2 on Auto mode for forever after getting my test roll back 💁🏼‍♀️ and my favorite lens for it is FINALLY fixed so this camera is fully ready to be put back on rotation for weddings & portrait sessions!

Actually, any couples in Tampa or SW Florida who wanna model for me? One roll of film through this iconic camera✌🏻

09/09/2025

I used to reallyyy hate photographing receptions, back in the day when everyone made you think you had to have an off camera flash with an umbrella set up and the whole room had to be bright bright bright and nothing fun could be done and every image had to be perfect, from day to night.

Jay has always shot the dance floor with shutter drag, but mine were always “boring” and “safe”. Dutch angles and direct flash were basically a sin in the photography world.

Then in like 2017 I stopped giving a s**t and started photographing the mess. And vendors were annoyed with me 😂 “why did you shoot empty plates with half finished food? That’s so stupid no one wants that” Me. I do. And my clients liked it too. Sure no one’s printing it in album or on their walls, but it’s fun. It’s a transition image - it completes the dinner story of the wedding day!

Then I started buying lens filters to make fun/unique images throughout the night. Starburst filters. Triple images. Disposable camera lenses. Macro filters.

So we still get the safe, boring, classic shots. They’re important too. But it’s the messy and the weird that are iconic and F-U-N and always the favorites.

05/09/2025

Edinburgh, Scotland. The perfect way to end 10 days of documenting our friends & ’s wedding adventure! Laura & I really leaned into the witch history of the city, her with a starry witches hat and me with my starry cape. And of course, the whole group making our own “potion” drinks at a bar & lunch at the Witchery!

All of this to say, if you’re doing a destination wedding, make it an unforgettable adventure! And don’t forget to have it photographed beyond the wedding day ✨

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