Eleven months before their March wedding at Secret Gardens Miami, Genesis & Joe's engagement session was shot in Miami — at a spot under the Rickenbacker Causeway bridge, near Hobie Beach on Virginia Key, and along the waterfront promenade with the Miami skyline behind them. We photographed it as one coordinated photo and video team, in the same natural, relaxed style as their wedding day.
Waterfront, first sequence
The session opened on a stone waterfront edge, water and the Miami skyline behind them: Genesis in a short white off-the-shoulder dress with sheer long sleeves, carrying a white bouquet; Joe in a white shirt and black trousers. Full-length, holding hands, Genesis with her bouquet, skyline and water behind them — in both color and black-and-white — then standing together, Joe looking toward Genesis, and a close embrace, Joe behind Genesis with his arms around her, both smiling toward the camera. Walking toward the camera, embracing, forehead-to-forehead, kissing, and a dip, with detail shots mixed in — hands, the ring, the bouquet.
Solo portraits of Genesis
The same waterfront, Genesis alone: standing and seated poses on the waterfront edge, smiling at the camera, looking away, holding her bouquet, and close-ups — same white dress throughout, no second outfit in this section.
The vintage car
Then the playful, cinematic part: a black vintage-style car as the central prop. Aerial and high views of the car, Joe driving and Genesis as passenger, the couple inside the car with a veil and head covering visible in some shots, standing and kissing beside and in front of the car, detail shots of hands and the car — and the newspaper prop, the couple holding "The Engagement Times" / "FUTURE MR & MRS ARE ENGAGED," Genesis in sunglasses.
Back to the water
The session closed back on the waterfront promenade: walking hand-in-hand along the path, standing and embracing at the water's edge with the skyline behind them, repeated dip-and-kiss poses, and close waterfront embraces — relaxed, joyful, and romantic to the last frame.
The engagement film
If there's a film from this session, it will be added here — photographs freeze a moment, film brings the whole session back.
From engagement to wedding
This session was taken 11 months before Genesis & Joe's wedding — and that wedding day is its own story. Read their Secret Gardens Miami wedding story, or see why couples book our team, or browse more of our South Florida wedding stories.
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