Here’s a peek at the album design for Katie and Brian’s June wedding day story. Their story started in Plymouth, Indiana with preparation and informal portraits at their parents’ homes. From there it was on to Saint Michael’s church to celebrate with the wedding ceremony. The newlyweds traveled north to South Bend for portraits downtown near the Morris Performing Arts’ fountain then around the corner to the Palais Royale ballroom for a wonderful evening reception full of live music, dancing and celebrating the night away.

Congrats newlyweds!

Check out the album in full screen here.

Check out our updated Wedding Album Design gallery

They all just got served.

Melissa, Jim, and their bridal party just stepped it up a notch in the choreographed bridal party group dance department tonight. The newlyweds and the bride’s brother not only choreographed the dance moves for a crazy good dance routine… they mixed the dance tracks too. Snap! Clips from Ice Ice Baby, Hammer Time, The Hustle, N*Sync, Michael Jackson – especially Thriller – New Kids on the Block, Justin Timberlake and more than I can even remember right now… all sliced, diced, and remixed into a huge hit on the dance floor.

Enjoy a couple of favorites from the bridal party dance – tons more from the wedding day coming soon! (And a link as soon as someone’s got a video is online!)

Keep an eye out on the blog, get a reminder here, and come check us out on facebook here.

Congrats newlyweds! You and your dance crew, er, bridal party tore it up!

UPDATE! See the video here!

Great day for a mix of shirt-and-tie formal then t-shirt casual shots, riverside full sun to stone wall shade and natural light portraits. Always great when my subjects throw their ideas out there and I get to make some sharp photos for them, and Tyler did exactly that. Great to collaborate and personalize!

Congrats on your graduation!

Happy 5th anniversary newlyweds Dianna & Brian! We get lots of compliments on the red trimmed wedding dress Dianna styled in her May 2006 wedding! Very vibrant day out on the greens at South Bend Country Club.

The newlyweds cut one of the first wedding cakes we photographed with custom topper (or middler) – a model of Brian’s Grand National used the lower tier for parking.

Did I mention we loved the red trimmed wedding dress the bride picked for the big day? The new Mr & Mrs out for a first dance sent it spinning!

Congrats newlyweds!

Had a great breezy afternoon outdoor location session with Colton and his silver Ibanez 6-string electric guitar on Notre Dame University Campus a few weeks back. He started off strumming some favorites on the guitar while I set up and got to snapping some informal portraits of a musician in his element. Nothing like a little live music while you’re behind the camera.

Congrats on your upcoming graduation!

Kristyn made a dramatic entrance to the landing of the grand staircase at the mansion. I always liked how the lines of the bannister and dark interior woodworking leads your eye right to the couple on the landing. Natural light from second story windows highlighted them wonderfully during the ceremony.

Outdoor portraits contrasted the deep colors of carved wood interior decor with the light stone arches on the mansion’s front entrance perfectly. No matter where the photos happened there was no shortage of smiles and great times!

Rumor has it there may be some 6 months portraits of their little boy appearing here soon!

Congrats again, newlyweds!

While their wonderful spring wedding at Morris Farms chapel was neither the first wedding I had photographed, nor the first I had shot for a friend of several decades, it was the first that Sara photographed with me. Some of Sara’s quick reflex photos from this day are still among my favorites from the years we’ve been telling wedding stories together.

Bride and bridesmaids leaving the old country schoolhouse to walk to the chapel.

Josh and Rachelle, details of her mother’s wedding dress she wore for the big day.

Excellent day for a stroll down the country road outside the chapel – both back then in 2005 and today in 2011. Congrats newlyweds!

We’re getting a jump on spring sessions (even as northern Indiana debates what season’s weather it wants to feel like)!

Save $25 on your Senior Portrait Session before June 1st! Here’s how:

1. Check out our new Senior Session Facebook page
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3. Use the contact form on our Seniors page to set up your shoot.

That’s it! Sign up by April 30th for your session during our availability till June 1st!

Class of 2011 – The sooner your session the faster you’ll have your prints & albums back for graduation. Grab a session before May 13 for ordering before graduation.

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From a production geek standpoint, I was impressed. It upstaged the lighting gear from most the local shows I’ve rigged and worked, pretty slick setup.

If geeking out over production setups isn’t your thing, here’s something everyone can appreciate: a show that looked as good as it sounded! And when a show looks good, it photographs all the better. Here’s a few favorites to illustrate.

News From Verona

Attaboy

This guy Grifin was having such fun in the front row they recruited him to rock out on stage for a song.

If you get the chance, check out Attaboy and News From Verona on the Everything Matters Tour.