First dream of 2011
Woke up with a laugh at the first dream of the new year - I was shooting 35mm film with my first SLR camera, the Minolta X-370. Nerd alert. Manual focus, manual exposure, thumb lever winder style. Vaguely remember I was shooting some outdoor wedding stuff and keeping up with the action just fine winding after each shot. I'll take that →
Dance Performance Photography – Caught at LangLab
Reiterated confession: I'm a live performance & visual media junkie. The anticipation, nervous energy before the stage comes to life, and one-shot no retakes atmosphere gets my creativity charged up. I absolutely love the countdown to go time. Troubleshooting in a pinch to make it work and look flawless. Fast paced action all around! (These all translate just fine to wedding →
Vote for our camera bag in a contest! Neat!
// Disclaimer: shameless begging / spamming / geeking ahead // Happy Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and leftovers weekend! If you're looking for an easy way to avoid dark-thirty doorbuster lines to find a fun gift for us (read: probably Eric) boy have we got a surprise! Our camera bag made it into a contest! Drop on by the Digital Wedding Forum's contest to see all →
Behind the Scenes with Overdun Productions
Disclaimer: geeky production stuff ahead. Catching up from a busy October, a few weekends back was packed full of all kinds of production work, new to the mix of production I enjoy: professional video production. I've always liked video production, but a setup of this caliber is above the old camcorder and VCR work I did back in the 90s. One →
Alexandra’s Autumn Senior Portrait Session
We kicked off October with Alexandra's autumn senior portrait session around the Notre Dame University campus here in Northern Indiana. It was a great evening session with a colorful dusk sky to wrap it up! Here are some favorites to enjoy! Check out a slideshow of more photos here with a link to the proof gallery too. Drop us a line to →
Redken Artist Stacie Davis
Part two of catching up with our brides & grooms outside of wedding photography. Also in September we spent a Friday night catching up with Redken Artist Stacie Davis at the Hair Connection in South Bend for some head shots and some styling for Sara. You may remember Stacie and her husband Bryan from their downtown dusk engagement session and →
Michelle and Nick – Saint Joseph, Michigan Family Portraits
Probably my favorite part of our photography business is seeing friends get engaged, engaged couples become newlyweds, and families growing through the years. You might remember Michelle & Nick from their wedding in early 2007. It's been a treat to keep up with them and, in recent years, to meet their children Caitlynn and Zebulun. We joined them and family →
Kingston Falls Reunion
Kingston Falls was one of the first local hardcore bands I remember hearing as well as mixing at old Underground Cafe shows. It was a weekend of reminiscing with music between seeing Kingston Falls again Friday and Analecta Thursday. I've seen Analecta's bassist Calvin all around local music since the old Underground shows. Now that I've got plenty of loud →
Low light concert photography: Analecta at Generic Store
Last night I dropped by Generic in downtown South Bend to catch Analecta play a live set. Decided to play with my Nikon D700's high ISO settings in low light. I positioned myself in an open spot across from most of the moving lighting where pretty much all the light was above and behind the bassist up front. It would →
Joy and David’s Swan Lake Summer Outdoor Wedding
We had a fabulous time with Joy and David, the Kroemer & Dulen families, and all their guests out at Swan Lake Country Club for a wonderful outdoor summer evening wedding celebration! During their engagement session I heard a little more about their love story and how they met while serving in the Army in Iraq. For their wedding, David planned →
Melissa & Jim’s Back to School IU Bloomington Engagement
What a great back to school weekend heading to the Indiana University campus in Bloomington, Indiana with Melissa and Jim. We started off where the wedding story started when Jim asked Melissa to be his wife. Melissa and Jim were into the fountain before I knew it, couldn't blame them on such a sunny summer afternoon! Lots of Cream and Crimson around →
Cubs Win! Wrigley Field Engagement Guest Book
I'm up late prepping for another double-shoot day this weekend, wrapping up 2 from Friday, ready to kick the weekend into high gear! Today's celebration with Joy & David, here's the first inning of the custom wedding guest book from a rather great proposal that might just make you shout "Holy cow!" Harry Caray style. Proposal via Wrigley Field scoreboard? I'm →
Favorite August Outdoor Wedding
I've always liked outdoor weddings. My parents got married beneath the pine trees at Bendix Woods, bridesmaids with yellow dresses and giant 1970s sunhats. Four years ago today Sara and I chose a country schoolhouse yard for our celebration, sun hats optional. Waiting for the ceremony to start. Smiling at family and friends from the front of the ceremony, in front →
Joy & David’s Sunny Syracuse Summer Session
Hit the road last Friday and went to Syracuse, Indiana for Joy Kroemer & David Dulen's engagement session along Lake Wawasee. Perfect evening for a little road trip and a lakeside engagement session with a fun couple! We're looking forward to a great time celebrating with Joy & David this weekend! Keep an eye out for more photos or get a →
Everybody look at the moon!
Nice clear August night sky for checking out the moon! The tomato plants have certainly helped find photo inspiration this week. Rather, walking out back to check on them and water them has crossed my paths with a few ideas. Spider at sunrise the other morning and a good glimpse at the moon tonight. I got my tripod, camera and a →
Anniversary Weekend Escape
Four Augusts ago Sara and I had a wedding of our own. So what do we do on on only August weekend off? Sara and I headed to Fort Wayne for long time friend Sarah Ferguson's wedding to Jared Studebaker - as GUESTS! It's been about 4 years since the last wedding I attended "off duty" from photography work. I'll →
Morning macro – 8 Legged Tomato Guardian
Woke up before the alarm today. Before the 6:00am alarm, no less. I'm no morning person, but knew I should make use of an early start while the kids were still sleeping. When I went outside to water our tomato plants I nearly walked into this spider's web nearby. One thread was going up to a tree branch above the deck →
Just Married – Diana & Roger!
We had a blast celebrating with Diana and Roger for their summer wedding at Southgate Church in South Bend, Indiana. It's always a treat to join family friends for their wedding celebrations and see lots of familiar, smiling faces. Diana and Roger had the biggest smiles of all, what a great day for the newlyweds! Click the photo above or click →
For Whom the Bell Tolls – Brandi & Matt’s Wedding
And now for something completely different. I met Brandi and Matt through rock concerts so it's no surprise their customized, personalized wedding was nothing shy of ROCKING too. Elements of Alice in Wonderland, goth, punk, vintage pin-up styles, rock shows graced their celebration at the theatrical auditorium in the Scottish Rite building in downtown South Bend, Indiana. We got special backstage passes →
What’s in a name? (web presence)
The name game Disclaimer, I enjoy photography and enough web design to throw my site together. I'm far from an expert at either. Late the other night I was checking web stats and got an idea. That led me to just flat out Google "eb photography" to see what happens when someone searches for my page instead of just typing ebphotography.com like →
Diana & Roger – Summertime Engagement Session
I think one of the things I like best about my work telling engagement and wedding stories through photography is getting to see so many friends happy. Diana, Roger and I met up at the Beutter Park river walks in Mishawaka for a sunny evening of photos. Sara grew up just blocks away from Battell and Beutter Parks and we spent →
Celebrating Grandma Eleanor today
That smile and her laugh went with her everywhere, and was contagious. Today we're getting all the Bucholtz families and friends together today to remember and celebrate the 96 years of smiles she shared with us all. Family gatherings were never without laughter, and I don't see us changing that tradition today either. Eleanor V Bucholtz, at the age of 96, passed →
Why I love black and white photos
Why is it I can't get enough of looking at black and white photos from the early 20th century? These guys. Grandparents. Legends. Last Sunday my Grandmother Eleanor V. Bucholtz passed away a few weeks after my 30th birthday and a few weeks before her 97th birthday. She was more than ready to meet her Jesus and see her beloved Joe →
Happy Half-Birthday Madeline!
While today is my youngest sister Genna and cousin Jeni's birthdays, 5th wedding anniversaries of two cool couples (Kristin & Nate, Kristy & Matt - both with new little daughters!) it's also MY daughter Madeline's 6 month birthday. She hasn't wasted any time learning how to roll over, working on crawling, and gabbing away to let everyone know what's on her →