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kelle + chris | slideshow

Here are more pictures from Kelle + Chris’s wedding reception at Historic Locust Grove in Louisville, Kentucky. Enjoy the show!


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kelle + chris engagement | louisville

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A couple weeks ago, I visited my bestest friend Kelle at her home in Louisville, KY. It was a wonderful weekend. So great to spend time with her and her fiancé Chris, hang out, see their city and talk about their upcoming wedding. They are flying to Aruba for their nuptials (wish I could fly there right along with them) and then will have a big reception at Locust Grove in Louisville in October. Can’t wait!

We took a few engagement pictures while I was there. Here are a few of my favorites:
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Love you guys! Can’t wait for October! :)

sara + darrell | weddings


Friday was a beautiful day for a wedding. Lindsey and I hung out with the bride at her mom’s house while she got ready and spent some quality time with her mom and her four best girlfriends. It was fun watching the girls play games together and talk and laugh. Such a great group of girls. It was fun to see their familiar faces as well since they were all in Kelli + Dan’s wedding, which I photographed a few years ago. Sara + Darrell chose to see each other before the wedding, which was so sweet. They exchanged gifts and lots of hugs and kisses. Then we were able to get the majority of the posed pictures done ahead of time so they could relax and enjoy themselves after their unique ceremony. I think this is the first ceremony I’ve been to where the bride was given away by six people – her mom, her dad, her stepdad, her uncle and her two brothers. It was very sweet. After vows and rings, the couple planted a tree alongside others they had planted over the years they’ve been together. Their recessional was fun with the guests setting off poppers with streamers in them as they walked back the aisle. Then they took off in the back of a monster truck and headed to their reception, where we all enjoyed a delicious meal before they danced the night away with their family and friends.

It was a fun wedding to be a part of. Here are some of my favorites from their day. Enjoy!


Sara + her mom. Love her mom’s face in the photo on the right. Such a proud mom!










Sara accidentally said the next line of her vows before the officiant told her to because she’d practiced them so much. Everyone got a laugh out of that. So cute.
















Congratulations, Sara + Darrell! Have a fabulous Hawaiian honeymoon!

Officiant: Donna Moses 269.344.6311
DJ/Videography: Party in a Box – these guys are a riot and put on a great party! I highly recommend them. :)

brian + lisa | weddings


I had the wonderful privilege of shooting the wedding of my cousin Brian on March 6th in Traverse City. It was an absolutely beautiful day and so great to be surrounded by family. I spent the afternoon with the girls getting Lisa ready and I loved being around them. Lisa has such wonderful friends and I could immediately tell that they all share a special bond. From the ceremony, which brought tears to my eyes more than once, through the reception at the Top of the Park (in the Park Place Hotel), with its gorgeous view of the sunset over the bay, the day flew right by before we knew it. I’ve said this before, but I love photographing family weddings. Some photographers will shy away from working with family, but I feel like God has given me this talent and I want to share that gift with the ones I love. It was a very special day! And now I have another wonderful cousin!

Here’s a little sneak peek from the wedding. Many more pictures coming in a highlights slideshow. Coming soon! :)




Beautiful girls! Not just on the outside!












As you can tell, the cake cutting got a little messy. More pictures of that coming in the slideshow. ;)

Congratulations, Brian & Lisa! SO very happy for you! And welcome to the family, Lisa!

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Had a wonderful time in Traverse City this past weekend for my cousin Brian’s wedding! Lisa is such a happy addition to our family. :) Sneak peek coming soon!

laura + steve • 10.11.08 | the inn at st john’s wedding photographer


Saturday was an absolutely gorgeous day for a wedding! Laura and Steve were the kindest, sweetest, most loving couple. We had such a wonderful time with them and I’ve been working on this sneak peek for the last couple days trying to narrow the wedding down into a handful of pictures. It was hard, so you’ll just have to make sure to view the slideshow when I get that ready because there will be many more moments to share. Here are the few I chose to show today:

The coolest thing about Laura’s wedding gown is that is was made from her mother’s dress. It was beautiful and so perfect for Laura.




Laura and Steve were married at the beautiful Inn at St John’s in Plymouth. The chapel there is amazing with it’s reflective tile floors, beautiful lighting and stained glass windows.






I told the girls “talk amongst yourselves” right after we did a “look at the camera” shot. This is what I got. These girls were perfect all day long! Loved them!

Somebody’s ready to finish pictures and party! ;)

Their reception was also held there at the Inn in one of their beautiful banquet halls.


They decided to cut their cute cake as soon as they entered the reception. Then funny and heartfelt speeches were given by Laura’s dad, the maid of honor and the best man followed by a prayer for the meal.


The details were just beautiful. The nature theme is one of my favorites. Loved the candles hanging from the branches. Tables were identified by years. Each card listed events that took place during that year and on the opposite side was a picture from either Laura or Steve’s family and something that happened that year. Some of the cards had wedding pictures of their parents and grandparents along with the date they were married. Another very cool thing they did was to appoint a friend to walk around from table to table with a guest book for everyone to sign. Each page had a space for a picture so she would take each person/couple’s picture to be printed and put in the book later next to what they wrote. Loved that. And the sunglasses were a huge hit! People were dancing around in them all night.

First dance as husband and wife!

I love this moment during Laura’s dance with her dad.

Steve hugging his mom after their dance.

The rest of the night, there was a lot of this and this …

… and a little of this and this, too.

Laura and Steve, I cannot begin to tell you how much I loved your wedding. You two are so special and I can’t believe I’m lucky enough to work with people like you, who truly care and show such kindness. Hope you’re having a fabulous honeymoon in the Greek Isles. I’m completely jealous! :)

behind the scenes:
Florist: Heidi Grybas, Wedding Flowers by Heidi, 734.459.3160 — the flowers were gorgeous!!!
DJ: Eric Hodge, Mike Staff Productions, 248.547.6935 — Eric was fabulous, by the way! Very friendly and fun. He kept the party going all night!
Ceremony/Reception/Caterer: Linda Johnson, The Inn at St John’s, 734.414.0600 — I’m going to have to crash a few weddings there so I can have the salmon again. It was THAT good!
Cake: Gwen’s Cake Decorating, 734.429.2039

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