It was a perfect spring day at Comlara Park with Melyssa and Nathan for their engagement photos! Enjoy these sun-kissed highlights. These two are getting hitched in Colorado this summer! Wish we were able to make it, but we’ll be capturing their reception back home in Central Illinois the week after. Fun!
Kim and Robert are sharing their vows this fall at Timber Creek Bed & Breakfast in Paxton, Illinois. We spent a sunny afternoon this spring with them at the B&B to take their engagement photos. Looking forward to fall already!
We spent a mild spring afternoon with Brittany and Cole in Bloomington for their engagement photos. Our mild winter has (for the most part) been friendly to spring engagement sessions this year! Enjoy the highlights– hopefully you can tell that we can even make a cloudy day look cool!
Earlier this week, the Wedding Photojournalist Association released the contest results for their Q4 2011 photography contest– the last contest for images taken in 2011. We’re happy to announce that three of our images placed again — and in the top 5 of their respective categories! This quarter, Karen received a 2nd place finish in the Toasting/Speeches category, and Nate received two 5th place finishes– one in the Creative Portrait category and one in the Emotion category. Check out the images below:
2nd place finish – Karen Bridges – Category: Toasting/Speeches – Wedding Photojournalist Association
Judges Comments: So embarrassed and no where to hide but in your hands. Poignant moment.
5th place finish – Nathan Bridges – Category: Creative Portrait – Wedding Photojournalist Association
Judges Comments: Creative image, not easy to do.
5th place finish – Nathan Bridges – Category: Emotion – Wedding Photojournalist Association
Judges Comments: Nice layered joy.
Thousands of images from wedding photojournalists all over the world are entered each quarter – placing in the top 5 represents the top 1% of all images entered. We definitely feel honored!
Hurray for the first wedding of 2012! The winter and spring have been so mild that Lauren and Miles got an absolutely gorgeous day for their wedding! After their ceremony at Second Presbyterian Church in downtown Bloomington we headed over to Ewing Manor from some gorgeous sun-kissed photos right at sunset. Couldn’t have been timed any more perfectly! (Ewing Manor is one of the very few locations in town that requires a permit for photography– so if this is a look you want, make sure to secure one with them first.) Later we headed to the Doubletree for the party – enjoy the peek into their day!
In honor of our announcement to travel to Wisconsin at no additional cost for weddings, we’re blasting back to the past to highlight some of our favorite Wisconsin weddings we’ve done over the years. We’re starting with Mae and Steven’s Church of the Gesu on the Marquette University campus and Milwaukee Athletic Club wedding! Summer in Milwaukee ranks pretty high up there as one of our favorite things, so we thoroughly enjoyed spending a summer day downtown with Mae & Steven and their family and friends. The featured picture above was taken during their rooftop cocktail hour atop the Milwaukee Athletic club– what an amazing view! We even snapped a few pics on the riverwalk down the by the Marcus Center after dark! Enjoy this peek into their day! (Are you getting married in Wisconsin? Click to learn about our services for Wisconsin weddings!)
Wow, did we see so many fun, colorful and unique wedding shoes this year! From furry white winter boots to flats coated entirely in candy sprinkles to chucks to cowboy boots. Fun fun fun!!
We saw a lot of gorgeous bouquets in 2011– including one very unique bouquet made entirely of antique drawer pulls. Take a look if you’re in need of some help deciding on flowers and colors. (Featured bouquet above by Jarro Designs Floral Studio, Mahomet, Illinois)
YUM!!! We saw lots of gorgeous and delicious cakes in 2011. And cupcakes and grooms cakes and cake pops! Take a look!
It’s that time of year again! With all of our 2011 weddings finished and time before 2012 wedding season begins, here is inspiration for your own wedding with the 2011 ring shots! I’ll be posting shoes, cakes and flowers in the next few days as well, so stay tuned!
