Fire and Ice! Gabriella's Quince Portraits - Tampa & SE Atlanta Portrait Photographer

So, what do you do when you are the mother of an unbelievably beautiful girl, and you just love to travel, and you just can't decide whether to celebrate a 15th quince milestone, a sweet 16 milestone or just something in between?  Well. . . .  you just do all three and that takes care of it!

This special family had access to many travel destinations as part of their lifestyle and since she couldn't decide where or how she wanted to celebrate Gabby's Quince, or Sweet 16, she just decided to combine her love of travel with Gabby's big milestones and go with it with 3 photo shoots!  I just couldn't believe how lucky I was to have been chosen to help document this most fun and important time of her life - as well as, how incredibly great it was to shoot in such wonderful and beautiful new places.  Everyone knows that I love to travel too and explore new locations and meet different people, so this was so inspiring and super exciting for me!

In addition to the 3 photo shoots, which I will probably try to condense into maybe 2 posts? lol, we'll see if I can contain myself to fitting them into just 2, mom also did a cute and swanky intimate sweet 15 party with all her closest friends and family in beautiful Orlando, Florida.  She has been one special girl for the last year, and she really deserves it too.

Gabriella is a super sweet, timid and very petite girl (can I say, a la Audrey Hepburn) that took to her photo shoots like a champ after being very nervous at first, because she felt so shy being around so many people. But soon enough she started to have fun with the people being around her and just admiring her and her gorgeous gowns that mom carefully planned for months in advance for these  special shoots.  I have to hand it to her, some of our locations did take her places where there were so many people around - and she handled it with such poise and grace, even going so far as to pose for photos with little girls who just wanted their pictures taken with 'the princess'. 

What a great ride this has been!  Gongratulations to Gabby and thank you for letting me share a part of this wonderful experience and time in your life,

xoxoxox,

susie

How fun was this! We all got to enjoy a little of the boardwalk before the last little bit of light was out and Gabriella even enjoyed some rides - dress and all!