Wedding Inspiration & Expert Tips for South Bend, Indiana Couples

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Leah is wonderful to work with--and her work is gorgeous. She made our engagement shoot and wedding day lovely. She has the ability to make you feel at ease and capture the best moments between you and your partner. We highly recommend her and look forward to working with her for future life events!! She is just the best.

hayley

Leah captured the most beautiful photos of my family. She was easy to work with and made all of us feel comfortable. Her photos were delivered quickly after our session. Leah is a joy to work with. She is the person we reach out to for all our photography needs.

DANIELLE

Grace & Brain celebrated with their immediate family and friends for a beautiful spring wedding at McCormick’s Creek State Park, a lovely setting for their outdoor intimate wedding ceremony and reception. The sun was shining, and standing under a greenery-lined pergola with beautiful white drapes, they shared their vows and exchanged their rings. We explored […]

Wedding

June 15, 2021

Grace & Brian Wedding | McCormick’s Creek State Park | Indiana Wedding Photographer

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Kate and Phil had an incredibly beautiful rooftop late spring wedding at Regions Tower in Downtown Indianapolis, Indiana. They intentionally mingled with guests during cocktails while a jazz band played in the background, Kate walked herself down the aisle and wore sparkly sneakers, they had a Bourbon Toast during the ceremony, and read a poem […]

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June 4, 2021

Kate & Phil | Regions Tower Rooftop Wedding | Indianapolis Wedding Photographer

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Michelle and Aaron reached out about doing an engagement session, and I loved talking through their vision for downtown Indianapolis engagement photos. They are both architects, and it was really important to them to incorporate beautiful building design and urban city spaces in their photos. We chose Thunderbird to start for drinks, as it’s a […]

Engagement

May 31, 2021

Michelle & Aaron | Fountain Square and BottleWorks Engagement Session with Rooftop Sunset Photos | Indianapolis Engagement Photographer

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Shelby & Garrett have a fall wedding coming up so we wanted to get their engagement session finished up quickly so they could mail some save-the-dates out. These two were just lovely to work with, and I loved how sweet they were with each other, and I’m so excited to shoot their wedding in November! […]

Engagement

April 16, 2021

Shelby & Garrett | Carmel, Indiana Engagement Session | Indianapolis Engagement Photographer

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I met Jordyn & Kyle for the first time at their downtown Indianapolis engagement session, and I immediately connected with them. We met for drinks first at West Fork Whiskey, took some photos there, and then moved to the new Bottleworks District in downtown Indianapolis, and got some really great shots near the Bottleworks Hotel and […]

Engagement

April 10, 2021

Jordyn & Kyle | Downtown Indianapolis Engagement Session | West Fork Whiskey and Bottleworks

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When Lauren reached out to me about shooting her downtown Indianapolis elopement photos, I jumped at the chance to work with this couple. Their winter wedding turned out so gorgeous, as we lucked out with a beautiful February Indiana day, and even had some sunshine for their downtown photos. We first met at Bottleworks Hotel […]

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February 20, 2021

Lauren & Jacob | Downtown Indianapolis & Bottleworks District Winter Elopement | Indiana Elopement Photographer

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It’s always so much fun working with couples for their engagement sessions and I love how it helps me connect with them and them with me even before their wedding day. I met Elizabeth and Jacob via FaceTime for our initial call, and got so pumped when they booked me. We got their session scheduled […]

Engagement

February 4, 2021

Elizabeth & Jacob | Carmel, Indiana Engagement Session | Indiana Engagement Photographer

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Grace and Brian met me for a short and sweet winter engagement session and even though it was a chilly day, we had a beautiful time as I photographed their engagement at the Palladium in Carmel. Grace wore a gorgeous lavender satin dress (one of my favorite types of fabrics to photograph) and it flowed […]

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December 13, 2020

Grace & Brian | Carmel, Indiana Engagement Session | Indiana Engagement Photographer

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On the Blog this week is Ellie & Danny’s Engagement session! I remember meeting them for coffee and talking about their wedding day, and getting to work with them through this year for their engagement photos and wedding day has been such a wonderful experience. For their engagement session last fall, we had such great […]

Engagement

November 18, 2020

Ellie & Danny | SoBro Indianapolis and Marian University Engagement Session | Indiana Engagement Photographer