Paradise Pictures

I Love Trunk Bay Beach on St. John.  For those few of you who don’t know, Trunk Bay, St. John, in the U.S. Virgin Islands is world famous.   It is 2nd only to Magens Beach on St. Thomas as the most visited and most photographed beach in the Caribbean.  It has been on the cover of numerous magazines & web-sites around the world and I am confident that it has been the subject of every artist who has ever visited St. John.  You will find a picture of Trunk Bay on anything and everything promoting this little island as it has become a symbol of, or should I say, synonymous with St. John.

It is a beautiful place and it deserves the rep.  Although during the day, it can become overrun by locals and tourists.  In the late afternoon, when the crowds have returned to their ship or villa, it becomes a beautiful, almost magical, place for a wedding.  The mid-day saturated Caribbean colors become muted but not dark.  The water sparkles, in my camera anyway, with a magical cyan that isn’t seen anywhere else.

That is exactly what Bostonians Cara and Josh wanted.  After dating for 7 years, they shared their experience of a lifetime with 25 friends and family on a near empty Trunk Bay Beach before celebrating at Coral Oasis Villa atop Bordeaux Mountain.  It was truly a special experience and I was glad to be a part of it.

I love so many images from their wedding I could just post them all.   Short of that what I decided to feature with this blog is sequential images and show how they tell a story.  As a photo journalist, I try to tell the story of the day, your story, with beautiful individual and unique images.   Sometimes the story, however, is told in a sequence of shots.  Notice in the following series of images, as Cara and Josh walk the beach after their wedding, how the images flow beautifully together to tell their story of Love and Friendship.   Yet also notice how each and every one is in itself a unique and beautiful image standing alone to tell that story.    I LOVE IT!  If had to pick one, I couldn’t.

Cara & Josh:  Blessings and Thank You!  To your Dad Cara: That was an awfully long walk Dad and we could all feel your emotions as you walked her down the “aisle”.  I was with you and you did great!

All photos by Eric Johnson & Paradise Pictures.  © Ej 2011 www.paradisepictures.vi

I Love the alternative process with this image. It works!

Love & Laughter

Laughter & Friendship!

Beautiful

That was a long but beautiful "aisle"

Yahoooo! They're Married!

"We're Married!" Bubbles anyone?

Love the Parasols!

The look of Love!

Again, a great series!

Coral Oasis Villa, St. John, Virgin Islands

Congratulations!

(Now for a promotional moment:  Josh and his crew wore killer fedora hats from Salmagundi in Boston.  Awesome! I want one.  Apparently, it’s Josh’s new favorite place to shop.  Let me also mention Cara was very happy with all the specialty items: programs, bubble wands, place cards, napkins, coasters, match books, key chains, tote bags and parasols she purchased at www.foryourparty.com.)

All photos by Eric Johnson & Paradise Pictures.  © Ej 2011 www.paradisepictures.vi