Z (Lindsay) was Amy’s roommate in college and lives out in Ohio.  They were so gracious to come out to Indy and have their e-session here.  We are so excited to take their wedding pictures in Ohio this year.  They have such a beautiful love and we had such an amazing time hanging out with them and then having dinner afterwards.  She has a tradition as a family to go to the Indy 500 every year so that’s where we started and then ended up downtown.  It was so cold that night, so a big thank you to Z and Gary for sticking it out with us.

One thing that I always try to do is keep learning.  Keep pushing myself as a photographer and placing myself is situations that are challenging.  I love natural light photography.  I love the qualities of natural light. But it has it’s obvious limitations.  The biggest thing I want is to have as many options, to get the best pictures, in any situation.  So what better situation to put myself in, than the night.  No natural light at all and just one flash.

You’ve probably seen Katie and Jared quite a bit here.  They are some of our very best friends and are always up for anything.  This whole shoot is downtown Indianapolis, after dark, trying to creatively use flash.  It was definitely a challenge, but it was so fun.  And I really can’t wait to start integrating this kind of work into our weddings and e-sessions.

Broadripple IN:  Kate is one of our great friends and is the artist behind Rogue Lash.  She approached us about taking pictures for a national competition where she would get some models and completely do the makeup, the hair stylists at Static Salon in Broadripple would do the hair, and we would take the pictures.  We were so stoked about it.  Everyone at Static Salon was so amazing and Kate knocked the makeup out of the park.  Brooke, Lindsay and Kacey (models) were so fun to hang out with and did such a great job.

Fashion photography was one of the main things that got me into taking pictures.  I love looking through fashion magazines and getting different ideas on creative lighting, posing and makeup.  This was definitely a fun shoot for me and we really hope you enjoy it!

There is something so refreshing when it comes to kids(and dogs I guess).  They don’t have the usual weight of life on their shoulders. Bills, responsibilities, and cares all seem to fly out the window.  Their main concern, is the now.  Having fun right now, living life right now, getting excited about the smallest things, right now.  It’s a good reminder.

Indianapolis: Zach and Mindy braved the cold to get in their engagement session.  We were actually really excited to shoot in the snow though and they were up for anything.  And I have to throw this out, Zach is an amazing artist.  It’s always so cool to meet local artists who are super talented and support them.  So go here and see his amazing work.

Indianapolis:  Boy are we behind in our photo shoot’s! We had such an awesome time with this sweet family. Brian works at our church and it was such a honor get to capture his precious family in pictures.

We are so excited and honored to be featured on Rock n Roll Bride.  This is an amazing blog full of so many cool ideas for the couple that wants their wedding to have a little edge to it.  Check it out, follow it, comment on it! 

http://www.rocknrollbride.com/2009/12/we-love-rain/

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I know we have been bad about blogging lately but as you all know Christmas, New Years, and all the other stuff in between (including some great photo shoots…coming soon) has kept us quite busy.  We have an e-session, family session, and much more coming up on the blog, so stay tuned. We can’t wait for 2010 and all the amazing people we are going to meet!

We hope that you and your family have a wonderful holiday and new year together…

New Whiteland: You might remember Alissa and Phil from an e-session that we did a while back.  They were such an amazing couple to get to know and we were instantly stoked to shoot their wedding.  Well, as usual time flies and the wedding was here.  Unfortunately, when we arrived at the church, it was raining, and there was no end in site.  Now, usually at this time we are looking for other inside options to do the photos, but rain didn’t phase Alissa or the bridal party AT ALL.  So we headed out to a super cool location we found just a few days before and completely rocked it.  I also just have to say, usually when a photographer asks a bride, “Hey, there’s a sunflower field over there that would be awesome for pictures, but there is a ditch you have to hop, and it’s kind of muddy, and you’ve been standing out in the rain for an hour, and you have your wedding dress on, and it’s freezing” there is an awkward silence and usually a “NO” at the end.  But, again they proved me wrong and were up for absolutely everything we said. A HUGE thanks to Alissa, Phil and the wedding party for sticking it out in cold and wet to get pictures, you guys were amazing.  Ok, enough chit chat…..

Eagle Creek: This daylight savings has really mad things tough with evening photo shoots. We were able to squeeze in just enough sunlight to finish Tiffany’s pictures. She was such a sweetheart and willing to do whatever ideas we shot out. She has the cutest red beetle that is her special car. So we made sure to get a lot of shots with that! Enjoy this great shoot.

p.s. Also, coming up next.  An amazing wedding that we took ALL the pictures in the rain.  Seriously, it was awesome.