Lazzat Photography, LLC

At the end of a rehearsal one day, a friend of mine (the same friend that asked me to help backstage) came up to me and said, “Raymond, I don’t know what you want to do with this information, but I thought I’d let you know that Emily likes you and thinks you’re cute. And so we went on the picnic (which was our first “real” date), and we had so much fun together that we decided to meet up another time, and another time, and another time, and so on and so forth. After making sure no one was too close (and building up the courage to ask), I took the ring box out of my pocket, got down on one knee (which, on a small rowboat in the middle of the water, was not the easiest thing to do), and I said, “Emily-”, and I opened the ring box. And this time, when I opened the box, I noticed that the ring was a little crooked, and so I quickly fixed the ring, closed the box, and started again, “

We are both very family oriented and on March 25th at one of the weekly family dinners they have at her grandparent’s house, Mark decided today was the day. For their wedding venue, Latia+Mark chose Sound Side Club on Hurlburt Field, a place that carries many family event memories. The rental company, the Event Room, did an outstanding job decorating the whole reception and ceremony areas, matching everything with the couple’s wedding colors of navy blue and blush rose. Cupcakes in blush and blue lace-style laser cut wrappers were perfectly placed around the wedding cake with a beautiful topper in mirror blush rose created by O’Hare Tasty Treats.

By early 2017, we had embarked on several adventures, dealt with a couple of struggles and I had realized that this beautiful girl from Boston was the girl I wanted to spend the rest of my life with. The couple wanted a classic elegant wedding surrounded by families and friends in the heart of Pensacola, where all their visiting guests can enjoy what downtown has to offer. You could see how much thought the couple put into their wedding details: the handkerchief had the couple’s names and their wedding date embroidered in one of the couple’s wedding colors had just the right amount of pale blue and pale pink flowers, the unique ceremonial arch created with a naturally arched tree log was decorated with creamy satin sashes that only accentuated uniqueness of the arch that fit just right into the green background of 5 Eleven Courtyard wall.

On September 2nd, 2018, John managed to surprise Neila by getting a room at the Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort, a place Neila had dreamed of staying. Happily Ever After​ next year, and meanwhile, we planned a fun engagement session, and this time it was Neila that had a surprise for John. He wanted a sunset session by the water, she wanted a session in the park, so we decided to photograph in both locations. We still wanted John to get his sunset photo-session which was not happening that day, so we planned for a Part II session, and this time at Fort Pickens.