Birthdays Galore!!
We have a TON of birthdays in my family in August & September! Since my aunt and my grandpa and I are all a day apart from one another, we usually do joint b-day celebrations and they’re so much fun!! Classic Cakes made an amazing cake for the big b-day bash at my dad’s house for me & my aunt last week…
Here’s my dad taking a picture of me taking a picture of him…lol…and my goofy husband giving him bunny ears in the background! LOL
Cool details of the cake….
Dad took this one of me & John together, nice shot dad! 🙂
Aunt Mary & I with our massive cake…happy b-day Aunt Mary!!!
I seriously thought it was going to catch fire, there were so many candles on it! LOL
We started opening gifts and my dad & step-mom surprised me with a new 24mm lense which I LOVE!! So I had to try it out….(and it came in handy at Amy’s wedding the next day!!!) Thanks guys!! 🙂
My uncle Tom and cousin Anna…so cute!!
I thought I’d lump all of these pics into one big b-day post…these next shots are from my joint b-day party with my Grandpa that we had last weekend! We went to the Cheesecake Factory and ran into Susan, one of my beautiful brides for this coming weekend! (Hi Susan!!!) 🙂
Oh, and my mom’s dog, Mandy is close to having a b-day too (end of the month) so we went ahead and celebrated hers early! It was a triple party!!
I had Karen at Holy Cow, Cupcakes make grandpa some cupcakes since he LOVES butterscotch! They were AMAZING! She even named them after him, isn’t that awesome!?
And Mandy got a cake of her own too! 🙂
Grandma & Grandpa bought her this toy that has become a new favorite!
And John & I found a cute new shirt for her to wear (“Zee French make no faux paws”) LOL
Yes, she was so excited to get to her b-day cake and toys that she was leaping off the ground! (Gary, doesn’t this remind you of that shot of Brandi dancing around that you took on our wedding day!? LOL!)
“Oh boy, which toy do I play with first?!?!”
Then it was Grandpa’s turn to open gifts!
I think we surprised him! LOL He needed a nice, new shredder for home…this one should work like a charm!
Then it was my turn…check out all of the pink & green!! LOVED it!! I also have a new air purifier coming soon and got lots of money to put toward a new camera that I just bought last week – new pics of THAT coming soon!!! 🙂
Thanks everyone for an awesome birthday!!
On Tuesday (my actual b-day), John surprised me and took the day off work to hang out with me!! Isn’t that sweet? He is just the best husband ever!!! He surprised me with these gorgeous flowers & some of my favorite candy, and then we hung out together all day and went shopping at Clay Terrace. It was so much fun! I didn’t shoot much that day since I wanted a real “day off” but it was an awesome day that I’ll never forget. He even took me to Kincaid’s that night for dinner and then surprised me yet again with a much needed 1 tarabyte hard drive!!! YAY!!! (How many other women would get excited over that?! LOL!!) The HD is soooo fast and I’ve been hooking it up to our 2nd laptop this week to batch process while I work on the main laptop. I highly recommend that system to other photographers, I think it’s going to help us get caught up with editing a little quicker this Fall. 🙂
Amy + Dewand = MARRIED!
On 9/6, we photographed Amy & Dewand’s fun wedding & reception at the Ritz Charles in Carmel. As you can tell from this shot above, they’re picture people!! It all started with this adorable proposal in a photo album of the two of them together. 🙂 So sweet!
Amy had a suite at the Doubletree Hotel across the street so we started there for her dressing room shots. Here are the bridesmaids trying to figure out their lace up dresses…
Amy is so adorably cute here! She made the funniest faces while they were trying to figure out the corset back on her dress!! LOL
Loved the black dresses with pink flowers!! (John & I had that color scheme for our wedding and it photographs beautifully!)
I LOVED the back of Amy’s dress too – WOW!!
GORGEOUS!
Here’s our handsome groom….
Right before the ceremony, there was a guest that arrived with these adorable shoes on! I told her she won the cool shoes award for the day! 🙂
The set up in the glass pavilion was so pretty!
Amy & Dewand exchanged vows inside the pavilion…
Then we finished some group shots afterwards….there’s always one goof off in the crowd! LOL Loved it! 🙂
LOVE this one!! She pulls off the serious look well too, don’t you think?
Her bling was HUGE! 🙂
Another beautiful blue sky day! 🙂
Such a cute couple…
They had such a fun party that night…Dewand’s mom even caught the bouquet!
I’ve ALWAYS wanted to do this shot!!! We drive by the Ritz almost every Saturday night on our way home and I always see this image from Meridian Street…I love the “outside looking in” shots at night, I think it shows just how lively the party is!
Hope you guys had fun on your honeymoon!! More pics coming soon! 🙂
A preview of a preview…
CLICK HERE to see one of my new favorite album spreads…:) I was playing around with a few images from yesterday’s wedding and OMG, I’m so excited to post these!!!!! 🙂
Anne + James = MARRIED!!
On 8/31, we photographed James & Anne’s German themed wedding at American Legion Mall and their reception at the Rathskeller. We started out at their home…where I found this adorable note that Anne gave James, isn’t that sweet?!
James hanging out with his guys while the girls were getting ready…
We met up with everyone at the Indianapolis Art Center in Broadripple for their private moment & some photos before heading downtown…Anne & James are VERY artsy people so when she surprised him by wearing a purple wedding dress, he loved it! 🙂
Awww!
We started with some family photos…:)
And our emergency kit came in handy…one of the bridesmaids had a strap come off – sewing kit to the rescue! 🙂
LOL! This shot cracks me up!! We told them to just have fun and they struck some funny poses…until her sister almost fell over trying to work it out. 😉
“HOLE!!” LOL …ok, so I was scouting perfect locations to shoot in the shade and nearly fell in this huge hidden hole in the grass. We all had a good laugh and then about 4 other people nearly did the same thing during photos so yeah, it became the running joke during pictures! 🙂
James showed me a gag gift that his friend gave him and I immediately thought “ring shot!” 🙂
The handsome groom…
I LOVED the architecture and landscape at the Art Center…it’s been awhile since I’ve been there (took photo classes there WAY back when) but it was the PERFECT spot for some neat bride & groom pics!
Our gorgeous bride!
I LOVE birdcage veils, they’re SO COOL!!! I definitely wanted more of a dramatic look on this one…
J.P. Parker did her flowers, loved them!!
GORGEOUS!!
Another beautiful blue sky day! 🙂
Then we headed downtown by White River Gardens for some wedding party photos with the downtown skyline…
When we arrived to ALM, we were happy to see buckets of cold ice water for their guests…it was so HOT outside that day. It’s always a good idea to provide cold water for your guests if you’re having an outdoor wedding. I think it’s better to have them and not need them than need them and not have them! 😉
My HOT husband helping us girls side shoot 🙂 
Cool shot through the banister in the back of the lawn…
They had their cocktail hour at the Biergarten at the Rathskeller, everyone had a great time!
We ran inside and got some room set up shots before the reception started…I loved the extra lights that they strung around the perimeter of the dance floor!
Check out the cakes! YUM!! A Little Bite of Heaven provided the cakes for the reception…
Meanwhile, back at the cocktail hour, guests were enjoying some delicious German style catering…YUM!!
LOVE THIS!!
LOVED this shot too with the sunflower in the foreground and her dancing with her dad in the background 🙂
They had a family song (“Yellow Submarine”) and everyone joined in on a sing-a-long…that song is still stuck in my head!! LOL
Joel from Mystro’s Entertainment did an awesome job that night!!
Melissa caught this shot during “Grease Lightning” 🙂
Thanks for a great time you guys! More pics coming soon!! 🙂
Looking for a non-denominational officiant?
Many of the brides that I talk to are either getting married outside of a church or don’t really have a “home church” and need an officiant to come to them. I wanted to plug a good friend of mine on here to help you ladies out! 🙂 Patrick Hanley is a non-denominational officiant who writes custom wedding ceremonies and will come to you – wherever you are getting married. He’s a super cool, young, fun guy whose wife (Melissa) actually works with me…she’s one of our side-shooters. They are such a sweet couple and we love hanging out with them! 🙂 Anyway, you can read all about Patrick, his credentials, pricing, etc on his website by CLICKING HERE! He just added a new blog on his website yesterday so I’ll be adding it to my blog feed for sure!