Wedding photography at the Orange County Courthouse in downtown Orlando
This was my first of hundreds of elopements and weddings photographed at the courthouses of Central Florida
Little did I know that this first courthouse wedding would completely change the course of my business. Since this Orange County Courthouse wedding in 2018, I have done over 300 courthouse weddings in Central Florida from Hillsborough County on the west coast to Brevard County on the east and everything in between.
These weddings prove how easily you can celebrate your love without a lot of frills and still end up with a stunning visual story to look back on. If you hire the right photographer, of course! *wink
When I met Frances for the first time, I knew I was up against a couple of other photographers to get the gig to be her photographer. I was secretly desperate to do my first courthouse wedding but I think I played it pretty chill. Then and there, she declared I would be the photographer and I was just so thrilled. I knew that even though there wouldn’t be dances and canapés and confetti and cars, Jeffrey & Frances’ wedding day was going to be special, emotional and still visually stunning. And, boy, was I right.
These two are just so juicy. I love them. I think you’ll fall in love with them, too.
I’m so in love with these easy, breezy gigs which feature love over logistics and prioritize intimacy over extravagance. And the Orange County Courthouse in downtown Orlando is a great venue for this getterdone approach.
After covering their first look, courthouse ceremony, and family shots, we wandered around downtown Orlando on this beautiful spring day and photographed near the public library, Catholic Church and other spots I’d found thanks to Pinterest.
Thanks to my assistant, Andrew, who went running around the city looking for the locations while we were in the courthouse. He even stumbled across a man having a heart attack and called 911! So basically, we’re literal heroes. Saving lives and photographing weddings. If that’s not a unique sales proposition, I don’t know what is!
After the courthouse and downtown Orlando, we got in the car and headed to a second location in Winter Park: Mead Botanical Garden. We did an additional hour of photos there with the sun setting behind the trees.
Thank you so much for inviting me to be a part of your big day, Frances and Jeffrey. It truly has been the start of a wonderful adventure becoming Central Florida’s top courthouse wedding photographer!
