Leah Rife Photo Indianapolis Wedding and Lifestyle Photographer

The human experience isn’t one size fits all and photography shouldn’t be either

Telling unique stories of everyday people through natural, vibrant, and relaxed photos.

Indiana Wedding & Lifestyle Photographer

WEDDINGS

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Today these two are getting married and I am SO excited!! They are one of the sweetest couples I have met and their joy and excitement is so contagious. Happy Wedding Day, Brynn and Spencer!! ✨#sweetbyeandbye

Walking into the weekend like these two! 😎✨ I’m prepping for another wedding, culling this one while I try not to cry at all the beautiful moments, and enjoying the sunshine in between work. Happy Friday friends! I hope your weekend starts off wonderfully! 🖤

I was gonna go to the pool today for a little break, but the weather is sort of not very pool-ish. So I’m swapping my work for tomorrow to today and hopefully I can get some poolside time in then. 😎
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Next up on my editing queue is our family’s vacation photos from Hilton Head this summer. If only I could bring that beach to my backyard and live next to the water every day. 😍🌊☀️
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Happy Thursday, friends! I hope whatever you’re up to is amazing today. 🖤

Hey! How are you taking care of yourself today? You know how we water our plants and feed our kids and fur babes and take care of our spaces? Take care of yourself too.
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Today I woke up early, took a short cold shower as recommended by @stevenravnstag and it was exhilarating! Then I sat down and journaled, meditated, and took some quiet time before my boys woke up. It was so nice, and I feel so good now.
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Whatever it is, take time to care for yourself today, friend. You’re amazing and deserve some good stuff just for you. 🖤

I wrote a letter to myself from the future. Does that sound weird? Haha maybe you think so, but it was an amazing exercise for me. I am working with @erinn_bridgman to uplevel my business in specific areas, and writing a letter to myself from myself down the road was part of my homework. I dreamed up some big stuff, got super detailed to make it feel vivid and real, and the more I wrote, the more excited I got! I saw myself happy, successful, free, living my best life.
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It’s funny though, because I think I have recognized a pattern in myself where I almost have resisted thoughts of being successful and wealthy and happy in all the years leading up to recently. Now isn’t *that* weird? But I think the root of my pattern is something like not wanting to f*ck up, not wanting to fail, not wanting to let others or myself down, so staying in my “safe” lane and never pushing myself to be successful and wealthy and really happy is more comfortable. I have been afraid of being the things I really want to be because then that means my potential for failing and falling is greater. Dang the brain is funny. Once I started realizing this pattern, I started being able to tell myself a different story. I started shifting the internal thoughts that literally have kept me frozen and stuck for a really long time.
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New things can be scary. Success can be terrifying. Wealth can have a lot of stigma attached to it. Wanting a happy life can be difficult to imagine for some. But what will my life look like if I just play it safe and never dare to create the life I really want? What will happen if I am terrified of failing, so I never really try? I guess I am not so interested in that kind of life anymore. I’m interested in making the big moves, upleveling my experience, and telling myself a new story. And it feels so good!
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Tell me, what stories are you telling yourself about the dreams you have? Are you already disqualifying yourself before you even start? Are you more focused on what could go wrong than what could go amazingly right? Shift your thoughts, dream about what the future could really look like. I bet you’ll get as excited as I did when I wrote my letter. 🖤

I’m getting prepped for another wedding this weekend and just sitting here in my office so grateful for my job. I worked this morning doing some shoots, and then have been at editing, emails, and communication since. I have to say: everyone I work with is a gem and I am getting so excited for weddings, engagement sessions, fur babies, cows (you’ll probably see what I mean after an engagement session in October) and families.
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Spend your life doing the things that light your heart up and you’ll have some magical experiences.
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Happy Monday, friends!

Today’s newborn session was so beautiful. As I spent time capturing early moments of a family growing by one more, I saw how incredible each interaction, coaxing the toddler with goldfish, soothing the babe, smiling at one another was. As I stepped out into the hall while mama calmed the little one down for a bit, I reminded myself how important this work is. This is the stuff life is made of: the ordinarily sacred moments. You might be wondering if your story is incredible, and I assure you it is, beautiful soul. Each and every part. 🖤

One week away from Brynn and Spencer’s wedding day! I already know it’s going to be so beautiful, hearing about all the details they are putting into their celebration. I can’t wait. 😍 It will be so wonderful to see these two in just one short week!! ✨