In Liz & Andrew’s post, I mentioned how unique of an experience it is to be invited into one of the most moving days in the lives of people who you’ve only had a few months’ time to get to know–how humbling it is when people who barely know me at all allow me to…
To be entirely honest, photographing weddings can be such an odd emotional endeavor. You meet people maybe a handful of times before you are retained to follow them around with a camera on one of the most intensely emotional days of their lives. You see them at their rawest: before the hair and makeup is…
I will always have a special place in my heart for teeny tiny elopements. Dianne and John were planning a destination wedding, but, with a family member facing serious health concerns, the wedding was moved up. They married at Smith Gardens in Oakwood a few weeks ago, with just their nearest family and a dear…
Sujata & Jeff’s wedding was just the lovliest. They got married at the Little Red Schoolhouse, an actual old red-brick, one-room school house that has been converted to an event space–my first time at the venue, but a fast favorite! (And wouldn’t that chalkboard look fantastic with a big hand-lettered mural?) I was so happy…
Though my focus as a photographer is the visuals of the wedding day–how everything looks–when I think of Jen and Nathan’s wedding, I can’t help but think of how the day sounded. Every part of the day was filled with joyful noise: beautiful hymns, weaved throughout the ceremony and all the way to the last…
Your photos are beautiful and your comments are heartwarming, Briana. And it was nice to meet you!
P.S. I am Jon Hartlaub’s mom.