Beth & Troy's Wedding

How do I get so lucky to photograph such awesome people?! Beth & Troy went to great lengths to make sure every one of their guests had a great time and were taken care of! Beth is definitely one of the most thoughtful brides I've ever had. I was so surprised when she gave me a thank you gift after the rehearsal! I never get gifts! That was totally unexpected and she completely caught me off guard. Can you thank someone for a thank you gift?! Thank you Beth! Then, on the night of the wedding I was scheduled to stay until 11:30, so when she came up to me at 10:30 and said, "thanks for everything, you've worked so hard and taken so many great shots I don't think you need to stay any longer" I shocked yet again!! That's NEVER happened! If anything I'm asked to stay just a little longer, or just until such and such happens, 12 hours, 14 hours... more, more, more! I seriously couldn't believe it and I'm not sure if I ever thanked you enough Beth, but I really appreciated all of your thoughtfulness. It's easy to see why you have so many friends and why everyone is so happy for both of you!!



To make things easier on her bridesmaids and family, most of the bridal party came to the hotel where hair and makeup girls were taking care of everyone there. It was such a great way to keep everyone organized, but it sure was crowded!! She even thought to have sandwiches and snacks so no one would go hungry or pass out during the ceremony!!


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The guys room was much more relaxed and less hectic. Their refreshemnts were of the pilsner variety! Check out Troy's ring box - isn't that a work of art in itself? Maybe Beth or Troy can tell us where they got it!


Beth & Troy were married at The People's Church in East Lansing, MI which had a great library with lots of natural light for the bridal party to get ready in. There were also some cleverly placed books to consider before making that trip down the aisle. Notice: no children were harmed in the making of these photographs!







MSU was a big part of their wedding day, including a reception at the MSU Union. They started off by renting the Spartan Cab Bus to drive around campus after the ceremony so that they could get the obligatory fan-favorite picture in front of Sparty!! It was sooo hot that day and even though the bus driver said it had air conditioning, I don't think anyone could feel it! Beth & Troy thought ahead and made sure their wedding party had plenty of drinks to keep them cool!!



I just loved all of the bright colored gerber daisey centerpieces, bouquets, and accents! They all went so well with the FANTASTIC candy bar that was a huge hit with the guests!! I really loved the variety of glass jars, vases, urns, fishbowls, and oversized martini glasses that they used!!




Dancing, dancing, dancing!!! Dancing machine!! I just looooooooove this picture of Beth!!! Doesn't she look like a SUPA-STAR!?


Awwwww! He's so happy when he's with his mommy!

.... but later look who I found sneaking candy with the flower girl under the head table!!


Remember what dancing was like in Junior High?!


It definitely wasn't like this!!


I had sooo many great shots of guests dancing, but you'll have to click on an image and watch the slideshow to see them all!! There's no way I could fit them all on my blog! Beth & Troy that you soooo much for letting me join you on your wedding day!! I had so much fun and I think the pictures show that everyone else did too!!

December Desktop Images

Every month or so I change my desktop image to a photograph I've taken and I thought it would be fun to share these images in my blog so that you can download them for your desktop as well! Every month I'll try to post a new image that is suitable for displaying at desktop size and resolution. Click on an image to download a copy for your desktop.





I thought about doing something festive to get me into the holiday spirit, but my favorite thing about the holidays is being with family. With family, also comes pets. I was so happy to see these critters when I was back to visit for Thanksgiving, so I made sure I took picture so that I could enjoy their cuteness here in Terre Haute too. The blonde labrador is Bailey (like Irish Cream) and the black cat is Marcel (like Maceau). These are some of the friendliest pets in the world and I feel as if they remember exactly who I am each time I visit. Aren't they cutie pies?!!?

Nicole & Darric Engagement

Nicole had a lot of fun ideas for their engagement session!! When she told me that they were thinking about doing their engagement pictures in Brown County, IN I was excited to finally check out this place everyone had been telling me about!! All I really knew was that Brown County was home to a state park and the colors were stunning in the fall. As soon as I got to Nashville, IN - I could not believe how many people were there!! It was as if the entire population of Indiana had decided to visit Nashville at the same time! The town is small with one main street and little sidewalks that everyone had to cram on to avoid walking in the street. I was lucky to find a parking spot!





To kickstart the fun, Nicole planned for us to start off with one of Darric's favorite games. She mentioned that Darric loved golf, but to level the playing field and have a little more fun, they decided on minigolf! Darric helped Nicole with her putts, but in the end, I think Nicole actually won because she scored a hole-in-one somewhere in there... to Darric's credit, I think he was a little distracted. ;-)




The Brown Co. state park is huge!! And everything I had been told looked like it was true. Beautiful views, gorgeous fall colors, not to mention a perfect day to enjoy all of it!!





At one of the highest points in the park, there's a neat log cabin style look-out tower which made for some very flattering warm lighting which was just bouncing off all of the yellow and orange leaves nearby.




I think it was just outside of the park that Nicole had found this very old covered bridge! I had mentioned that I hadn't ever seen a lot of covered bridges before and I thought it might be fun to see what's possible, especially since there are so many of them across Indiana!




I must have felt deprived from not having any kissing in my last engagement session, because even I think have too many pictures of Nicole & Darric kissing!! HA!! Thanks for such a fun shoot Nicole & Darric!! I can already tell your wedding is going to be a blast!