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Stories From Behind the Lens
Weddings, engagements, families, and the moments that come after — stories from the people we’re honored to photograph.


Well.. It finally happened..
Hey guys! Thanks for stopping by to visit your favorite affordable wedding photographer. Your favorite Tampa wedding photographer. Your favorite affordable family photographer. Whatever you want to call me. I'm your photographer. I bet your interested in the title right? Well let me tell you.. A little forehand knowledge .. I'm part of a lot of wedding groups online. Some for photography and some for brides.. Its how we keep up with trends and with current wedd

Thomas Gillman
May 4, 20207 min read


Meet Wendy and Dan!
I had the pleasure of being the Affordable Wedding Photographer for Wendy and Dans New Years eve wedding at Beso Del Sol! The ceremony was held on the back dock during sunset. It is such an intimate setting for friends and family to share. The ceremony was beautiful and officiated by a longtime friend of Wendy and Dan. It was simple and had many moments of laughter and smiles. Family images were held on the deck of Beso Del Sol. Romantic couples pictures were taken on

Thomas Gillman
Mar 13, 20201 min read


guys!! Guys!! GUYS!!
This post is about the guys!! Did you guess that though?? One of our favorite times of the day as your affordable Tampa wedding photographers is when we get to spend time with our grooms and their honorees. The guys don't always get as much attention as the bride does and in this day and age, our guys are just as involved, and just as important as the girls. They spend quite a bit of time in the planning process and are much more involved than in years past. I currently hav

Thomas Gillman
Feb 14, 20202 min read


Keepin it Local Tampa Bay - Bascettis
Your favorite Affordable Tampa Bay wedding photographers are introducing a new part of our blog where we feature and talk about other local small businesses. Why? Because it is important for us to lift each other up. Its important to support one another and when you have a great experience it needs to be shared. This past weekend Danielle and I had the opportunity to hold our weekly business meeting at a local Italian Grill eher in Dunedin named Bascettis. Located at 156

Thomas Gillman
Jan 27, 20202 min read


Its family session season!
Guess what!?!? It is that time of year! Its holiday season and there is no better time than now to book your session. As your Dunedin Family Photographers we are currently running holiday pricing of $150 for a 60 minute session OR a BOGO for $100. The BOGO includes a 30 minute session now and a 30 minute session for the spring of 2020. Super affordable and you get some amazing images to hang on your walls!! One of the things that we love as your Affordable Family Pho

Thomas Gillman
Nov 11, 20192 min read


Refocusing
Hey guys! Its been a couple of weeks since your Award Winning Wedding Photographer has put out a blog. Being a Tampa Wedding Photographer that offers crazy Affordable Wedding Photography keeps me pretty busy and I must say thank you for that. I've been very retrospective and thinking about this upcoming year. I had a conversation with a very good friend and colleague recently where he asked some hard questions. We were talking about why we do what we do. Why do we t

Thomas Gillman
Nov 1, 20193 min read


A Fine Arts wedding for an amazing couple!
We are your Tampa St Pete wedding photographers! We travel all over the US but we call this area home. We have the opportunity to offer affordable wedding photography to so many couples. Everyone should have the chance to have amazing photographs and not have to break the bank while getting them. Katie and Tommy were referred over to us by another couple whose wedding we had photographed prior. This sweet couples wedding was held at the Fine Arts Museum in St Petersburg

Thomas Gillman
Sep 30, 20192 min read


Surprise!!!!!
This was such a difficult shoot!! Not for the reasons you would think though. The couple was amazing. I had photographed their engagement and their wedding. No.. This was difficult because it was a surprise “ you're going to be a daddy” shoot for Daniel. I had known about it for weeks as me and Mrs. Becky had been chatting about it, and it was so difficult not spoiling the surprise! She had found a cute Pinterest inspired shoot and I thought it was awesome also. So

Thomas Gillman
Sep 18, 20192 min read


What a lovely wedding it was!!
Breanna and Josh amazing Nova 535 wedding

Thomas Gillman
Sep 10, 20193 min read


So you're looking for a photographer?
Hey guys! Just a general post here on this hot Monday afternoon. Here in Florida we have 4 seasons. Warm, hot, on the surface of the sun and 2 days of what some would call winter. I digress. I have been spending time today perusing the internet and i have seen many people reaching out in various groups and circles looking for photographers. Some looking for wedding photographers, some looking for family photographers as the holidays are quickly approaching. As I loo

Thomas Gillman
Sep 9, 20195 min read


A Cypress Point Family Session
A sweet Cypress Point Family Session

Thomas Gillman
Sep 7, 20191 min read


A Sweet University of Tampa session.
We had an amazing time photographing this sweet young ladies Quinceañera ! The session was set at The University of Tampa. We are not only wedding photographers but we are a full service photography company. We photograph it all. Weddings, families, high school seniors, special life moments. We want to be there for you to capture it all. This was no different as we celebrated a cultural celebration of a young girls passage into womanhood. We had the session split

Thomas Gillman
Aug 24, 20191 min read


A little down time is good for the soul
There come some time when we need to put our wedding photography hat on the shelf for just a little while.

Thomas Gillman
Jul 16, 20192 min read


Sometimes we need to take a step back.
As a photographer that mainly shoots weddings in Tampa, Clearwater, and St Petersburg Florida, I don’t often have time to relax and shoot images of things I enjoy, other than people. Dont get me wrong I like shooting people ( pun intended) but as a wedding photographer sometimes I get wrapped up in the craziness of the wedding industry that I forget that I enjoy other types of photography as well. I love nature. I REALLY love City scape and architecture. They help me to r

Thomas Gillman
Jul 9, 20192 min read


The happiest place on earth.. For an E Session!
Tommy and Katie are getting married this November. When talking with this amazing couple and putting together their engagement session they had asked if we’d (Nicole and I) be willing to travel to Kissimmee Florida to shoot their Engagement session. I was immediately excited when they mentioned shooting it at Disney’s Boardwalk Inn. It’s a gorgeous location with numerous spots to get some really great images. Its colorful, its clean and.. its Disney. I must preface th

Thomas Gillman
Mar 1, 20182 min read


The answers to a few common questions.
So.. The big wedding day in Tampa Bay is over. Perhaps we just wrapped up your Clearwater Beach portrait session. One of the first questions we are asked is.. what next? How long will it take to see my images? Do I get a CD? Those are fair questions. You want to see the gorgeous images we just took. We want you to see them too. CDs and DVDs are going the way of cassette tapes and old VHS movies. They’re slowly being replaced by cloud based services and thumb dr

Thomas Gillman
Nov 10, 20175 min read


November is a time to be thankful
As we continue rolling in our fall season, entering November it reminds me of how truly blessed we are. When I say we, I really mean not just myself but my whole team here at Abundant Grace Photography We have the joy of doing what we love on a daily basis. We get to serve the people. We get to make memories of some of the most important days and people in your life. Im not just sayng that. We really are honored. So lets meet the team. When you call Abundant Grace

Thomas Gillman
Nov 3, 20172 min read
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