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This Sunday is our annual Summer Bridal Show & this year it will be held at The Mansion at Oak Hill! If you haven’t already RSVP’d for the event CLICK HERE! We’ve been planning this show for the past 4 months and we’ve been incredibly busy getting ready for it over the last several weeks…we already have over 300 RSVPs for the event and we can’t wait to meet all of you! We hope that all of our hard work and effort pays off and that everyone has an amazing time at the show this weekend!!! We will be launching a BRAND NEW product at the show - something that I’ve never seen any other photographers provide to their clients so I’m super excited to show everyone! Since blog posts are boring without photos and I’m already behind with blogging, here’s a quick shot I just uploaded to facebook from my iPhone…the vendor goody bags have taken over my kitchen island this afternoon! LOL

We’re in the last big week of planning before our annual Summer Bridal Show and while the bridal “swag bags” are super fabulous (wish I was a bride again!!) we’re now working on our vendor goody bags and we’re looking for companies who would like to get their products or services in front of 40-50 higher end wedding professionals in the greater Indianapolis area. If you or your company would like to include something in our vendor goody bags, please email me ASAP at erinhession@hotmail.com Items of interest include: gift cards, samples, coupons, mints, pens, paper, calendars, kleenex, hand sanitizers, etc. (Basically anything that would be useful to vendors the day of the bridal show or anything fun and different that they could enjoy as a “thank you for participating” gift)

After Anne & Cory’s session, we headed to Holcomb Gardens to meet up with Tarra & Sean for their engagement session! They’re such a fun couple to photograph!!

Check out Tarra’s blue eyes - WOW!!

Melissa’s view…

My view…isn’t it great having multiple photographers to get so many cool and unique angles?!

The sky was SO BLUE that day…loved it!

So cute together!!

Tarra has such a great smile!

I think this one is my FAVORITE!!!

Thanks for a fun time you guys! More pics coming soon!

On 5/31, we photographed Anne & Cory’s engagement session on Main Street in Carmel! They brought their adorable dogs, Gracie and Duke to their shoot too…they’re SO CUTE!! Doesn’t Gracie look like she’s smiling here?

Duke smiled for me too!

Anne & Cory both LOVE Bub’s, a restaurant on Main Street…they actually got engaged there! So of course, we took some pics of them by the Bub’s sign…

Then we walked down Main Street for some neat photos…

I think dog noses are just the cutest thing ever…so yeah, Duke’s adorable nose made it in a photo

LOVE this one!!

And this one!! I LOVE this wall, it’s such a cool perspective…

They’re so cute together!

And so are they! HA!

Karen & Sean (our friends from Holy Cow Cupcakes) are friends of Anne & Cory’s too so they brought their scooter to the shoot and they were on hand to help with the dogs….I love this scooter shot in front of the flag. Cory & Sean are both firefighters - small world, huh?!

Thanks for a fun time you guys!! (And a big thank you goes out to Karen & Sean for helping with Gracie & Duke & letting us borrow your scooter for some photos!) More pics coming soon…

We’ve been super busy with photo shoots! Here’s what we have coming up on the blog soon!

Anne & Cory’s engagement

Tarra & Sean’s engagement

Cassie & Chase’s wedding

Hanley Family

Erika’s head shots

Proctor Family

Elizabeth & Ryan’s engagement

Chuck’s pet photos

Harbison Family

Hession Family

Bowman Family

Lauren & John’s engagement

Ashley & James’ wedding

Angela & Mike’s trash the dress

Whew…yeah, we’ve shot ALL of that in the last 2 weeks!! LOL!

On 5/30, we photographed Amanda & Jordan’s beautiful wedding & reception at the Indiana State Museum! I loved her flowers, shoes & all of the details!!

We staged their private moment outside between the State Museum & the Eiteljorg…here is Jordan waiting to see his beautiful bride….

I love it when my couples see each other beforehand!! I always tell them it’s up to them but if you’re torn between seeing each other beforehand to get the photos done early or waiting to see each other until the time of the wedding, here are a few things to consider….when you see each other beforehand, you won’t have all of your guests watching your nervous expressions during the walk down the aisle…when we stage a “private moment” we can easily capture the true emotions and excitement without the stress of hundreds of eyes watching around you. Also, if you choose to see each other beforehand, you’ll have all of your photos done and out of the way before the ceremony which means you won’t keep your guests waiting as long at the reception, you’ll have more time to party at the reception and/or you’ll have time to go somewhere else along the way for more pics before the reception! John & I chose to see each other beforehand and it helped calm my nerves that day AND we took the wedding party to Starbucks for coffee drinks before heading to the country club! Those were some of my favorite pics of the whole day!

Couple of cool skyline shots with the groom & his guys….

Amanda and her family…

Their fun wedding party!

Check out the sky, the weather held out for their outdoor ceremony & photos! YAY!

Check out her bling!! (Jordan did good!)

Karen Hall & Company did her hair & make-up…. GORGEOUS!!

Melissa Edwards did a fab job with the flowers!

They’re so cute together!

I love her profile here…

Favorite!!

Amanda requested this shot…we aim to please!

I love the bridesmaids reactions in the background! (You may recognize Courtney on the far right…we shot her wedding a few years ago!! Hi Courtney & Gabe!! Thanks for referring us!!)

Heavenly Sweets did a great job with her cake…

I LOVE how popular orchids have become this year, they’re such a pretty & delicate looking flower!

The Indiana State Museum’s staff was wonderful to work with & every table was set up to perfection!

First dance…isn’t this an awesome venue?!

Thanks for a fun time you guys! Hope you had fun in Jamaica! More pics coming soon!!

As many of you know, my wonderfully amazing husband not only helps me at our photo shoots but also runs his own web development firm, InspireMedia. He’s currently looking to add a few more people to his team so I thought I’d post this here to see if any of you have a background in web development. Here are his requirements:

1. Must be local - Indianapolis Metro area and available for client consultation.
2. Must be proficient with ASP.Net & C# with several years of experience.
3. Comfortable using jquery and asp.net ajax.
4. Must be able to integrate asp.net programming with SQL Server database.
5. Must provide a list of client sites with contact information so we can verify satisfaction of completed jobs (Must be able to show a proven track record).
6. Must be good at setting and meeting reasonable deadlines.

If this sounds like you, send your resume to John Wooton at johnpwooton@gmail.com and if he’s interested, he will contact you to set up an interview!

On Race Day we photographed Janelle & Todd’s awesome wedding in Greenwood! They were such a fun, laid back, sweet couple and they were up for anything - which made it soooo much fun for us! All of the guys brought sunglasses so we had some fun with that!! Favorite!!

Or is this one my favorite!?! I love them both soooo much!

Here’s Todd just chilling out before the ceremony….

And our gorgeous bride Janelle!!

Flowers by Melissa did all of the florals for the wedding and they were beautiful!

Janelle’s mom & dad together! This is the 2nd time we’ve photographed them because we also shot their 1st daughter’s wedding a few years ago!

Yay!!

In the back of the golf cart…

Remember Gina & Scott? We photographed their wedding on 11/17/07 and now they’re expecting!! Yay!! Congrats you guys!!

Some more bling photos…their wedding bands fit perfectly together for this shot, loved it!

Spinning in her dress!

Loved her centerpieces!

Cute favors…

LOVED this one from their 1st dance!

Thanks for a fun time you guys!! More pics coming soon!!

After Laura’s shoot, we headed downtown to shoot Risa & Joe’s engagement session at Lucas Oil Stadium! They are HUGE Colts fans and he actually proposed to Risa at the new stadium so this location was PERFECT for them! The architecture and surroundings are so cool too, it made it fun for us because we got to shoot somewhere new and different! I LOVE LOVE LOVE this one of the two of them!! Aren’t they hot together?! I think the random grass & the composition just MAKE this photo that much more appealing to me, ahhhh!! I love it!

The bling

So cute!!

Yep, I was shooting through a trash can here! LOL Hey, it works!

John came up with this idea & I loved it!!

Thanks for a fun time you guys! I’m glad the rain finally held off for us long enough to get your shoot in! Risa asked us to add in a few more of her faves for her friends & family to see…here you go!!