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It really doesn’t matter what camera I use, how I edit, what awards we have or the album line we carry or anything else about me or my wife Lisa. Â What really matters is you and the emotion of your day and how we capture it. Â The most important thing when you are hiring a photographer is their personality and experience. Â Do you want to spend the day with this person and are they qualified? Â I’ll just simply let you know that Lisa and I have shot over 1,850 weddings for a reason and I am not going to use this site as a brag fest. Â I’d encourage you to contact us for a one on one so we can understand what you want from your wedding photographer.
Derek Smith
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Engagement portraits come with most of our wedding packages and it is a great way to see how we work together as a photographer client team. We know of many locations that make great backgrounds for engagement and family portraits but if you have a special location in mind then we are happy to give it a shot!
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Derek Smith
Derek is the Founder/President and CEO of Sunshine Photographics. He grew  up in North East Tennessee and acquired a Bachelor of Arts in Photography. He always wanted to live in FL and relocated after college. In 1992 and at the young age of 25 he ventured into entrepreneurship and Sunshine Photographics was started. This was a dream come true, as since the age of 12 he wanted to have his own photography business. His passion and wanting to capture everlasting memories has allowed him to succeed in the event industry as a respected photographer.Â
Lisa Pynn-Smith graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Accountancy from one of the country’s leading business schools – Bentley University in Waltham, MA .  Her current role is a Vice President of Payment Services at JP Morgan & Chase. She acts as a strategic partner and consultative resource to Lodging, Real Estate and Multi National Clients as it pertains to Merchant Services processing.  At Sunshine Photographics, Lisa’s holds a Vice President role. She currently oversees all accounting aspects of the studio. In addition to the financial aspect of the business she has the responsibility of an on location photo assistant and a photojournalistic/2nd  photographer.
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Kelly said…
HIGHLY RECOMMEND! Sunshine Photographics was recommended to us by Pavone Events and we were so happy to meet Derek and hire him. He immediately made us feel comfortable and understood our vision for our wedding day. We had an engagement shoot which was fantastic, as it got us prepared for our big day! Again, we felt comfortable and at ease the whole time. We were stunned with how our pictures turned out and this made us so excited for the wedding ones! They were fantastic and we had one printed to go on our gift table at the wedding, lots of people commented on how nice the photograph was! He arrived early to our wedding and captured all the ‘specific’ shots we had requested (plus many more). We keep watching the CD he sent to us with all our pictures, trying to decide which ones we love most but they are all so nice. Derek did a fantastic job and we would recommend him to anyone!
Sharon said…
We heard about Derek and his wife through our wedding planner, and could not have asked for a better photographer for our wedding! Most importantly, the pictures came out fantastic. But he was great for a lot of other reasons too: he was very responsive and flexible, and was willing to capture all the different shots on our shot list. He worked quickly, so we stayed right on schedule and never got fatigued. He knew our videographer, too, so they were able to work well together and move smoothly throughout the day. Derek was in control the entire time and was around for all the moments I’d have hoped him to catch, plus he has a calming and relaxed personality so it wasn’t as if he was taking attention away from our special day. I highly recommend you use Derek for your wedding!!
Kristy said…
The Sunshine Photographics Team- Derek and Lisa – are true professionals and go above and beyond to make sure everything is perfect for the pictures that last a lifetime. They maximized our time together; ensuring that we got the images that were important to us as well as the ones that would be priceless. Derek is reliable, creative, funny and his talent and passion for photography goes way beyond the lense. No canned awkward poses. Only honest and beautiful photographs. They are the best!!
Bernadette said…
I am from Canada, and planned a wedding in Orlando, so had to cross my fingers and hope long distance planning would work out. This photography service, owned by Derek Smith, was listed as a preferred vendor on A Beautiful Ceremony, the officiating service I hired to perform my ceremony. After numerous emails with Derek, and seeing the photographs on his website, I was very confident I had chosen a great photographer, and was hopeful he could create beautiful photos for me (I am very self-critical of photos of me). My wedding was supposed to be outside, and unfortunately the weather didn’t cooperate, which was problematic as I am from Canada and not familiar with the area to know where I could relocate a wedding with a day’s notice. Derek worked with Reverend Knox to find an alternate location, and was very reassuring that I would be happy with the new location. Derek couldn’t have been more right, the location was stunning, actually provided a better backdrop for my pictures than my original choice! As for my photos….they are stunning, as self-critical as I am, Derek was able to make me feel that I was beautiful, my pictures are unique and breathtaking, he was able to capture “moments” in my photos. I may be as in love with my photos as my husband:) I can’t say enough about Derek, he’s professional, caring, reassuring, and very skilled at what he does. Highly, highly recommend him!
