Earlier this spring, Aynsley & Joe had an intimate wedding at the Indiana Hotel Lobby.  Aynsley’s rich hues of teals, purples, and greens really popped with the warm gold’s of the lobby of both the old Hotel and the Embassy!  Of all the details, the most endearing was her dress – handmade by her grandmother for her mother.  How cool is that?  As we are picking up speed into the season, this was a great, sweet wedding to help us work our way back in.  We especially loved the first look – doesn’t the Embassy make even the gentlest of moments look epic?  Congrats Ansley & Joe.Much more to come soon!

We are so happy to present the Premiere from Brandon & Heather’s wedding at the historic Allen County Courthouse. Congrats kids!

We are pleased to present Nick & Ali’s wedding from this past fall at Foster Park and the Allen County Courthouse here in Ft. Wayne. Congrats guys!

Kelly and Josh were up for anything on their wedding day and scheduled in ample down time to hang out, which gave us all the ability to enjoy the day and wander off the beaten path a few times for some more adventurous portraiture – which of course we loved as photographers. Who doesn’t love when the bride suggests, “Want me to lay down in that field?” And obviously the time and effort spent on details for the wedding showed – loved the use of old broaches as table accents, and I know we’ve said it before, but the Allen County Courthouse is just magnificent. Add in some acrobatic and ambitious reception entrances, a great dane, physics lab complete with electroshock thing (we failed miserably at incorporating it), crowd surfing, delicious cupcakes from The Flying Cupcake, and the messiest cake cutting on record – it was quite a day…
Kelly recently contacted me to see if I could take requests for the slideshow soundtrack. Unfortunately, I don’t think we could afford the royalties for the song she had in mind, and let’s be honest, no one sounds like the Chili Peppers – so I had to go a completely different direction with the options we had at hand, but it’s a song I love and I hope it does the trick. Congrats guys and hang in there as we put the finishing touches on a few things before its all ready.

Best,

Shane and Janelle

You may remember from their engagement session, that I used to work with Brandon.  It was great to see familiar faces, and also fantastic to be a part of the day for two people so genuinely happy to get married.  Once again back at the beautiful Allen County Courthouse – one of our favorite venues – Heather decided to have both ceremony and reception there.  If you can find the right spot, this is one of the best approaches to the wedding day in our humble opinion – less travel time, less decorating, more time together, and more time to party – you can’t beat it.

Sometimes, especially toward the end of a long wedding season, we might start to assume we have seen it all at a wedding.  Heather and Brandon had a few surprises that definitely spiced up the day and kept us on our toes.  From little details like some custom Nike kicks for both bride and groom (both have a confessed shoe fetish), to a photo booth for guests, to B-Boys and a B-Girl upping the ante on their grand entrance, the couple infused personal touches almost everywhere you looked.  We had a great time and hope this little preview helps keep you tided over until we get everything up and running.  Congrats!  Oh, and Brandon – thanks for the cold.