Taste of the Nation is the nation’s premier event dedicated to ending childhood hunger in America.  Since 1988, Taste of the Nation has raised more than $70 million.  Funds from Taste of the Nation are directly invested in the most successful organizations committed to ending childhood hunger in America. This year, funds raised through Taste of the Nation will support “No Kid Hungry™” and we are very proud to be their official photography sponsor.

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The wedding of Villar & Vallejo was set in the Watercolor Resort in Santa Rosa Beach, FL . Their wedding was fun and filled with wonderful details, portraits, dancing and lots of energy. After the first dances, eating, cake cutting, the guests along with the bride and groom ended up jumping into the pool with formal attire still on. The bride and groom exited the party by a wooden boat on the Western Lake.

There were so many vendors who made this event a special one, some of them are:

Venue: Watercolor Resort,Coordinator/ Planner: Cheryl Walton, Watercolor Inn&Resort, Caterer: Culinary Staff at Watercolor Inn&Resort, Cake by Tanis, Reception Entertaiment: Gulf Talent Services, DJ Powell, Floral, Decor and Lighting Design: Fishers Flowers and Events, Officiant: Ronnie McBrayer, Wedding Dress: Priscilla of Boston, Bridesmaids Dresses: Bill Levkoff, Groom suit: Calvin Klein, Groomsmen suits: Ralph Lauren, NEOART photography

You can also check out Vanessa and Ivan’s blog post for more photos.

“Ela and Jason,

I’m emailing you my thank you because I have too much to say and not enough room to put it on our thank you cards.

The pictures or should I say the moments you captured on the day of our wedding were breathtaking! They continue to make me smile, laugh, cry etc… more and more each time I look at them. People constantly comment on our pictures ’til this day and tell us how they are the most beautiful and unique wedding pictures they have ever seen. Mondo and I will have these amazing photos to look at for the rest of our lives and each time we glance at them for that moment we are back at our wedding again. That’s how powerful your photography is…they are not just pictures but love, happiness, and excitement all frozen in a single snapshot.

I think photographers have one of the most important jobs because you can make time stand still and tell a story of the people and the world around us. These pictures are now a part of our history and we can’t wait to share them with our children and grandchildren so they too can see the the love their parents felt for each other on that day.

Besides the amazing pictures you’re able to take, you were also SO wonderful and lovely to work with! I felt and still do feel like we became great friends by the end of everything. I will never be able to thank you enough for giving me and my husband these memories! We look forward to working with you guys again in the future…and we will ALWAYS highly recommend you to anyone who asks!!! Thank you a million times!!!

-Debra and Mondo”