Studio Opening Soiree!

In honor of our new studio being done (or to set a deadline so it actually got finished:-) we transformed our house/custom studio into an amazing cocktail party!!  I could not have done it without Cindy from Stonehouse Events, she truly is such a professional and thought of so many great details!  If you know me, you know I LOVE desserts and there were lots of those including a cake that looks exactly like one of my cameras!  The theme was around art and design since that's what we do, so Jana from Events in Bloom created these artist center pieces and to top if off a 30x40 floral art piece using one of our pictures.  A couple unique touches that I wasn't expecting was Cindy had each of the wedding professionals involved write me a message that went on their stationary, so sweet!  THANK you so much to everyone who made it a huge success!!  Here's a little taste of the evening and some of my favorite details:-) 

Coordination: Stonehouse Events, Florals: Events in Bloom, Sweets Table: Chic Sweets, Entertainment and Uplighting: Grant Hemond & Associates, Coffee and Cocktails: Café Ala Carte & uDreams Events, Cuisine: Puff n'Stuff, Cake Shooters: A Piece of Cake, Cake: The Cake Zone,  Linens: Connie Duglin Linens, Furniture and Swag: Extravaganza Productions, Stationary: A&P Design, Valet Service: VIP Valet, Video Clips: Tampa Wonderworks, Chivaris: Signature Events

Carrie Wildes Photography Web Facelift!

Our website got a little bit of tlc:-)  We didn't totally change it, but just updated all our galleries with our favorite work, new info and some things to make it easier to navigate and more user friendly. Check it out at www.carriewildes.com

Meet Sylense

Meet Sylense. 

She started second shooting with me in 2008 and has become such a great artist and fabulous photographer to work with!  She is now one of our main lead wedding photographers and my right hand girl!  

Her name is very unique, and yes it's pronounced like “shhhh”.  Here's the story: her parents were driving down the street before she was born trying to come up with a name and her mom got annoyed with her dad and said “silence”, it stuck but with a cooler spelling:-)  Capturing the beauty and creating art is her joy & passion.  Her previous aspirations were to become a photographer for national geographic, but after shooting weddings she was hooked!  It is such a perfect fit with her personality and love for life.  Sylense grew up in Tampa and loves Mexican food and running along Bayshore Boulevard.

Photo by Andi Diamond