Katie & Brian’s Wedding Day, Historic Green Street Church in Englewood, FL

Today promised to be another glorious wedding day I felt blessed to be a part of. What I had not planned was the tremendous outpouring of God’s blessings in what turned out to be one of the most wonderful wedding days I have ever documented in photographs.

The bride, a young woman of true beauty, both on the inside and out, spoke traditional Christian vows to her beau, Craig, also a young man of strong, obvious faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.

The wedding took place at Englewood’s Historic Green Street Church, a fairytale wedding location I will never forget. The white, 200 year old wooden chapel is the perfect setting for smaller weddings.

Conveniently nested among a residential neighborhood only a few minutes from the Gulf beaches, the Historic Green Street Church has to be the smallest venue I can remember shooting, however what it lacks in size the church certainly makes up in originality and historical flair.

Without a doubt this location will be at the top of my list when discussing smaller venues with my clients for years to come. If you find yourself contemplating a the Historic Green Street Church in Englewood, FL, do hire a photographer with prior experience at this extraordinary location since this is by no means an easy place to successfully photograph. Trust me, I’ve been there!

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Clearwater Beach Wedding Photography by Daniel Saint-Pierre

God’s presence was felt earlier today when Alexandra and William joined in holy matrimony just south of Pier 60, right on Clearwater Beach, FL.

From Alex & Billy…

THANK YOU DANIEL!!! YOU ROCK!!!!

We had such a wonderful, stress free day thanks to you two!! The photos look GREAT!!!

I love those close up shots and Billy keeps talking about how good I look in ALL the shots!!!

This was a day we will absolutely never forget. THANKS AGAIN!
XOXO

Alex

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Huge Payout on a Splendid Mission Monday! Praises to Yahweh!

Our Lord blessed the girls and I again today far beyond deserving. Out on a yet another phenomenal Mission Monday on Clearwater Beach, it was the drive to the beach that revealed to be this week’s biggest payout…

Don’t let the pictures fool you, today’s payoff cannot be measured in dollars.

First the obvious; Thanks be to the Almighty, I unleashed God’s thunder on the beach today!!! Hitting righty, then lefty, putting up walls at the net forcing opponents to shank spikes all over the place, Rhino and I didn’t win many games but we sure made a bunch of fans who wondered if we were “AVP or just real, real good players.”

See for yourself, it gets better…

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While the fifties aren’t real currency, they’re Christian tracts we plant as spiritual seeds all over the beaches and theme parks we are blessed to count as our mission field. You see, among other activities, beach volleyball doubles as a ministry outreach, using scripture empowered $50 or Christian Worship CDs.

With 3 young daughters, our approach needs to be both passive enough to avoid conflict, yet aggressive to reach even the most hardened hearts.

Which area of Ministry are you involved in? Remember, ministry doesn’t have to hurt to bear fruit… and bleeding is not a requirement to go on a short term mission trip.

Get involved! God’s blessings await you in Ministry, and in Short Term Missions…

Awesome Mission Monday on Clearwater Beach!

We were blessed with another spectacular Mission Monday outing today, as the St.Pierre’s hit Pier 60 and Clearwater Beach, FL. God delivered fantastic Florida weather, perfect for the girls to play in the Gulf water, and for yours truly to get some hits with the Fearsome Foursome!

You already know I love the beach. Also beach vball ranks at the top of my list of summer sports. Actually in FL, we play year round praise God!!!

So today we planned on passing out tracts, CD’s and 50’s, but I left our goodies box at home so…. We did pray and sangs songs of worship, but no tracts this week… :(

Still we got a few nice snap shots that depict the morning pretty well, enjoy!!!

Clearwater Beach, Causeway

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Clearwater Beach, Elizabeth and Ffaith St.Pierre

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Clearwater Beach, Grace St.Pierre New Friend

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Day off – In the Backyard

The Lord blessed me today with a Saturday off, one of very few I get to enjoy being a wedding photographer and all… So today, I took the Nikon’s out in the backyard and captured candids of my daughters Grace, Trinity and Faith instead of brides and grooms.

From tree lice, that’s really well intended parasites out to clean out our giant oak tree, to bugs I’d rather not try to identify, let’s just call the gross bug Roger for old times sake, then a yellow stone standing out like a soar thumb in our rock garden, there’s so much to shoot in the yard it’s amazing!

Trinity got upset, Grace floated beautifully from the tree swing and faith made dump truck soup. Another day, another serious of gorgeous shots for Elizabeth and I to remember how God truly loves us, and how His favor is among us, sinners undeserving of such joy yet grateful for each moment spent together.