new things right around the corner

So this probably sounds crazy to you, but I don't really want to blog anything I've done recently.  Ok, ok, I made it sound worse than it is. It's not that I don't want to blog (because I have LOTS of fun sessions and weddings to show you), it's just that I don't want to blog on this blog. Nathan has created me a fancy new blog that is so much more user friendly and just plain better than this one. It's just one of our big new changes, several more to follow shortly!
I hope that you're all enjoying the last few weeks of summer. Today it hit me, it' s August! After my wedding this weekend I don't have any more until September, which means that I'm halfway through this year and have barely blogged any of my sessions/weddings. So much to show you, and I promise that once the new blog is up, it's one of my top business priorities to blog each and every session. Hold me to it, please!
In other news, I am taking a very very VERY limited number of sessions in September (as in maybe ONE more for September), October and November, so if you want a session please talk to me now so we can set it up! I probably won't post again this week on this blog because we're hoping to have the new one up by Friday! Hope to see you there ;)

Evan & Danae| The Book

I'm starting to book weddings for 2012 and this year I am showing my clients a lot more of my work in the form of printed products. I wanted to order an engagement session "lay-flat" book to show off  and decided to go with my session of Danae and Evan. This wasn't an engagement session but I just love the lighting and their outfit colors and Danae's vibrant hair and lips! :) I'm so excited to get this 8x8 lay-flat book and when I do I will be sure to photograph it for you guys! Here is the layout:

Matt & Ashley | Wedding at The Elms

We have had a hot spring here in the midwest, so I was expecting Matt and Ashley's outdoor June wedding to be a hot one...we were all surprised when we had perfect weather that day. There is always a big risk with an outdoor wedding but I'm so glad that they took the risk and things worked out wonderfully...they were able to get married under a beautiful gazebo on a perfect Saturday afternoon. I met Matt and Ashley through a referral and after we booked their wedding I didn't see them again for several months (totally normal). One day I was driving down my street and noticed that the house 4 houses down had new owners, and the girl looked A LOT like Ashley! I emailed Matt and lo and behold, out of all the houses in this city, they bought one four houses down from their wedding photographer! I told them it will be easy to get them their photos :) Enjoy!

I could've given you reception pictures but this post is incredibly long as it is! Congratulations Matt & Ashley! Some of these shots were from my awesome 2nd shooter, Bethany Person.