Last weekend, John & I went downtown to check out Super Bowl village and the monument, it was awesome!! I’m so proud of our city and everything that they’ve done to make the celebration over the top amazing! Of course, I loved it that the roman numerals turned PINK when I went to shoot them! It’s like they knew. HA!!

Love this view!!

The Huddle had a neat Art Lounge inside along with tons of memorabilia, a chef’s station, newscasters & a big screen TV upstairs, it was really cool!

We loved the ice sculptures outside!

John even put an “I love you” message to me on the big JumboTron outside! He’s the best!!

We saw the zip line and astroturf field near the convention center…

I loved how they incorporated the Indy cars into the event!

We just happened to be standing at the perfect spot when a fireworks show began!

Love it!!

Congrats to the Super Bowl Committee for pulling off an AMAZING event & experience for all of us, you guys rock!

On 12/9 we had the honor of photographing an awesome event for Gary Brackett’s IMPACT Foundation at the Colts complex! Local area hospitals nominated deserving sick children and their families to be part of the event. When I walked in, there were hundreds of wrapped presents, a cute craft area for the kids, lots of footballs to be signed by Gary, and they had a pizza dinner set up for the kids and their families. It was quite an awesome night! (Click HERE for the news article and video or click here to watch the TV segment that I video taped on my iPhone!)

Gary had lots of footballs to sign that night! The kids LOVED it!

Santa even stopped by to see the children!

The kids were so excited to open their presents!

This little girl was SO cute & full of personality!

Thanks for a great time everyone! More pics coming soon!

Last week, we were featured in the International Special Events Society (ISES) Indiana chapter’s newsletter! Here is a recap of the interview in case you missed it!

What is your title and position at your current company? Owner of Erin Hession Photography in Carmel, Indiana.

What does your company do? How is it different than others like it? We specialize in fun, artistic wedding photography and we truly go above and beyond for every client. For example, we provide vendor recommendations and custom photo schedules to our clients, we bring an emergency kit with us on the day of the event in case of any mishaps, we provide cold bottled waters for our bride & groom during their photo sessions and we even print a folio of images at the reception, which they can take with them on their honeymoon!

How many years have you been in the industry? 17 years

What was your very first job? My passion has always been photography; I actually photographed my first wedding at the age of 14! I built my portfolio and website while studying photography, art & marketing throughout high school and college. By the time I graduated college, I had built a successful full-time photography company!

What lead you in into the event industry? I love photographing people in love, so weddings were a natural choice!

Why did you decide to join ISES? I enjoy networking with other event professionals and following the trends in our industry.

What is your most memorable event? Why? Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to photograph a 5K event for one of our past clients who is suffering from cystic fibrosis. Despite her illness, double pneumonia and 50% lung capacity that day, she crossed the finish line with her walker and dropped to her knees thanking God for the chance to be an athlete for a day. I felt so honored to be there to capture all of those emotions for her and it was one of those moments that make you remember how important our jobs are as photographers. She and her family will have those photos from one of her greatest accomplishments forever.

What’s one thing most people don’t know about you? My husband and I actually went to daycare together! We reconnected in high school and got married after college. We’ve been happily married for over 8 years now and he’s amazing husband, web developer and photographer.

If you were not in the event industry, what would be your dream job? I can’t imagine not being in the event industry, I feel like I’m lucky to have found my dream job already!

On 4/2, we went up to Valparaiso for our friend Kelly’s 5K walk for cystic fibrosis. Kelly is an AMAZING woman and she has defied so many odds in her life. To read more about her, click HERE! She is truly the most determined person I know…she decided that she wanted to create a charitable organization called Care CF (website coming soon) where she could assist other CF patients by providing care packages to them during their extended hospital stays. She raised pledges for each mile that she walked and I know for a fact that she raised hundreds of dollars and received LOTS of care package donations! My blog readers alone donated $250 and 3-4 huge boxes FULL of stuff for her care packages!! (THANK YOU ALL!!)

Kelly made this poster with photos of other friends of hers with CF. She wanted to put a face to the disease and she also wanted her friends to “cross the finish line” with her. She’s so awesome!

Excited for the race to begin!!

And she’s off!!

Heading toward the finish line…determined as ever!!

Such a happy, emotional moment for everyone!

Hugging another friend of hers who is battling CF….

Kelly had her own cheering section, it was AWESOME! Definitely one of the most memorable shoots of my life!

Her husband Scott is her rock. You can tell how much they truly adore one another. I’m so glad I had the opportunity to photograph their wedding almost 5 years ago!

Love you guys!!!

We recently did a magazine photo shoot for our wonderful friends at Holy Cow, Cupcakes!! NORTH magazine will be featuring one of these shots in their upcoming issue!

Soooo adorable, aren’t they?!

If you’ve never had a Holy Cow Cupcake yet, you are missing out!! Seriously, you must try their Oreo, orange, margarita and cookie dough cupcakes, those are my favorites…oh and of course you must try the “Erin” cupcake too! (Yep, they named one after me when they first opened their shop!) The Erin consists of a chocolate cupcake with hot pink frosting and a little green shamrock on top, it’s so cute!

Love this shot, I hope they use this one in the magazine! By the way, Holy Cow Cupcakes does a lot of weddings too so if you’ve thought about having a cupcake tower at your wedding, CLICK HERE and check them out!