About Me

Hey there! My name is JD and I'm a photographer from Destin, Florida who specializes in modern, relaxed & artistic weddings and family portraits for amazing and fun people just like you!

This blog is a place for me to share my professional and personal life with you by posting photos from the weddings I shoot and families I get the pleasure of spending time with, as well things that I experience along the way. I think the best way to sum me up is with my philosophy on life: “Life should NOT be a journey to the grave, in an attractive and well preserved body, but to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, martini in the other, body used up, and screaming WOO HOO what a ride!”

You can also follow me on Twitter. If you've never heard of it, it's a "mini blog" and has status updates like Facebook. Thanks for stopping by, I hope you enjoy my journey as much as I do.

Juan + Jennifer - Sneak Peek

Here’s a couple shots from Juan + Jennifer’s wedding. Check back later for the full post.

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John + Jessi - Wedding

John + Jessi got married on Navarre Beach and I had the pleasure of spending the day with them! These guys came up with some of the coolest little details that made their wedding completely unique! I had a great time, here’s a few of my favorites.

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Jessi picked out a beautiful dress!

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John passing the time with some tunes.

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we found this parking garage which had some yummy light!

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reservoir girls!

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Joey + Lindsey - Sneak Peek!!!

You may remember Joey + Lindsey’s You & Me session earlier this year, well, Friday was their wedding, and let me tell you, it was fabulous! Soo much fun, that I cant express it with words, so here’s a couple photos that, I think, get the point across. Stay tuned for more! And, as always, if you would like to be notified by email when Joey + Lindsey’s photos are online, send us an email and we’ll add you to the list.

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Wisdom Teeth. Goodbye.

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Hey guys, just wanted to let everyone know that I’m out of commission today. I’m getting my wisdom teeth pulled, which I should have had done a long time ago! So I won’t be able to answer the phone for the rest of the day today. I will, however, use this opportunity to catch up on my emails! So, if you need anything, just send me an email.

[update] Well, I thought I would be ok, but I’m in & out of sleep due to the Percocets, and I’m just not getting much done today. I will hopefully feel better later tonight and get a chance to go through our emails.

Calling All Alabamians!

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My wife decided she wants to go shopping at the shop Sarah Jessica Parker opened in Montgomery so, we’ll be in Montgomery, AL on August 23rd and Huntsville, AL on the 24th. If anyone would like to book a family session or engagements, give us a call.

Mary Rodgers

Mary is a dancer who popped by the studio yesterday for some portfolio shots, here’s a few from the shoot.

PS. I love “So You Think You Can Dance”!

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I couldn’t decide between color or B&W on this one. You choose. Post your preference in the comments.

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Blog URL change

The new URL is www.thejdmabryblog.com please update your bookmarks!!!

You’ll also need to resubscribe to our RSS feed.

Bradon + Ginger - Wedding

I posted a sneak peek a while back of Brandon & Ginger’s the day after/trash the dress session, well, I’ve finished the wedding and had to share a few of my favs. Such an awesome couple! I’ll post more from the TTD session later this week, so stay tuned.

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NetNewsWire for iPhone

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I had to take a break for a second to tell you guys about this. NetNewsWire has to be one of my favorite apps for the iPhone so far! With the Twitterific and Wordpress apps pulling in a close second. It’s definitely a Front Page App (meaning it makes it on the front page of my iphone). With as much traveling as I do, there’s a lot of times where I’m out of wifi range for my laptop and, most likely, even if I were in range, I would’ve already drained both of my two batteries for my Powerbook, editing photos. So, being able to whip out my phone and get up to speed on the latest news, plain and simply, rocks! Thank you NetNewsWire for bringing your awesome software to the iphone.

Downtime (update)

We have about 3 or 4 more galleries to re-upload today, afterwhich everyone will be back online! We’ll have these last few done today. Thank you for everyone’s patience in this matter.

If, after today, you have trouble logging into your online galleries, please contact us immediately.

Thanks again everyone!