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Varna & Jovan's Engagement at Vizcaya: A Miami Love Story

By Ryan Mayiras · August 21, 2026 · 1 min read
Varna & Jovan's Engagement at Vizcaya: A Miami Love Story

Varna and Jovan's engagement session unfolded across the terraces and gardens of Vizcaya Museum & Gardens in Miami — a slow morning through one of the city's most storied places, captured as it happened by Candid Studios.

A Morning Among the Gardens

On a December morning in Miami, Varna and Jovan wandered the grounds of Vizcaya Museum & Gardens as the light filtered through the banyan trees. It wasn't a staged session — it was a slow walk through centuries-old stone, formal gardens, and water on every side, the kind of morning that feels like it belongs to the two people in it.

Varna and Jovan built their life in South Florida, and they chose Vizcaya for its sense of permanence: a place that holds its beauty the way a relationship holds its memories. What followed was an engagement session that felt less like posing and more like being together — quiet looks, genuine laughter, and a few stolen moments by the water as the sun dropped over the bay.

The complete session lives on our site — 1,800+ images and a cinematic film, so the whole morning is preserved the way it happened:

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Ryan Mayiras, Founder of Candid Studios
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Ryan Mayiras

Founder & Lead Photographer · Candid Studios

Ryan Mayiras is the founder and lead photographer behind Candid Studios, a photography and videography company based in Florida, Ohio, Illinois, Colorado, Texas, and New York with 3,000+ events captured since 2016. Award-winning (WeddingWire Couples’ Choice 2024, The Knot Best of Weddings 2022) and known for cinematic, emotion-driven imagery.

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