Shaenelle and Oneal's Wedding Part I | Tampa Wedding Photojournalist

After getting ready at the Marriott Waterside in downtown Tampa, Florida, Shaenelle and Oneal's ceremony took place at St. James House of Prayer. It was a lovely ceremony for this sweet couple who were surrounded by their friends and family, many of whom traveled from far away to witness them say their vows. The day didn't disappoint. You could feel the love between Shaenelle and Oneal.I had the opportunity to ask Shaenelle how she and Oneal met. Here's what she said....Oneal and I met through my mom actually. He and his family frequented my parents Caribbean grocery store and my mom knew him and his cousins who worked at the same hospital she did. I was 18 years old and had just accepted a job at this hospital so my mom introduced me to them so I can meet some fellow employees.We were just friends and at the time our age difference seemed so big (8 yrs) that I perceived him as much older. We maintained our friendship and when I was 24 and just moved back to Florida from college we became very close friends hanging out every weekend and we even planned on sharing an apt with my best friend. I even tried to set him up on dates with my girlfriends.I can't tell you exactly when and why my feeling changed towards him, but it was like Cupid struck us with his arrow because all of a sudden I felt differently towards him. Funny thing is he started having feelings for me the exact time I did, that's why its as if Cupid was involved :). Anyway after 10 years of friendship and 6 months of us both bottling our feeling for each other in fear of ruining a perfect friendship we decided to date and the rest is history.I'll be posting the rest of the images in the coming days so please check back!