todd + stephanie | 06.20.08

Todd and Steph had an absolutely beautiful Friday evening wedding. After all of the rain, we lucked out and had gorgeous weather. Everything went according to plan except that, well...Steph had to change her makeup plans that morning! Can you believe that??!! Some bridezillas would have flipped out, but Steph handled it like a pro, quickly came up with an option B, and moved on like it was no big deal! Among all of the good characteristics that Stephanie has, I love how calm and cool she is, and Todd is so lucky to have that! I quickly picked up on the fact that Tood is just as low-key as Stephanie. These two are destined for great things, and I wish you nothing but the best! Now lets get to the good stuff...

We started off at one of the best stores in the world (in my book at least)...Nordstrom!

Getting the veil on tightly and secure is KEY!!:)

Steph had an awesome bouquet. I love the elegance and simplicity.

And she had this great little detail on her dress...

A nice little shot of the hardware...

Todd & Steph opted to see each other before the wedding! We started out on Monument Circle where we had an awesome breeze!


Then we headed to the Canal. As we were leaving the Circle however, I stayed behind Todd & Steph. I'm not even sure if they knew I took this shot:)

My car happened to be parked in front of this great little barber shop downtown called "Red's Classic Barbershop." Todd was a good sport when I asked him to pose for me in front of it! And then believe it or not, one of the barbers came out and welcomed us inside to take photos! The lighting inside was great!!



One of my faves...





My favorite shot of the day. Steph's veil just happened to blow across the shot as I was doing an over the shoulder photo of Todd!

Well, this one is another top pick too. I love her smile here...








Nice little skyline shot from the Canal view...


This was shot inside the Mavris. The light is killer...

One of my favorite moments during a wedding. The ceremony and reception were both at the Mavris.

The cake looked delicious. For any of you photo nerds out there, this was shot with available light:)

First dance...

I have no idea what is going on in this shot, but I love everyone's reactions!

Party time...

Todd workin' it on the dance floor...


Steph was a dancing machine!



Todd and Steph, I hope you guys are enjoying Maui and Kauai (I'm totally jealous!!). Your wedding was wonderful and I know you two will live a long and happy life together. Thanks so much for allowing me to document your day. It was an honor. You can click here to visit Pictage to see ALL 566 of the images! Enjoy your slideshow...



Here are a few out-takes for you. I had to check my makeup at the MAC counter. Just kidding!

And it was great to see my high-school softball coach and friend, Coach Med, at the wedding. I had Kendra snap this of the two of us with my camera. I had better watch out though, Kendra may steal my job with work like this:)!!

feliz.cumpleanos!

Friday was Claire's second birthday (my little niece), and for a two year old, the birthday party is the icing on the cake. Today we celebrated with my family and the DeShong family (luckily, no rain)!! As opposed to Claire's one year birthday party where I think she only half understood the concept of gifts and the whole idea that the people had joined because of her, this year was a different story. She knew it was her party and that the brightly colored paper contained goddies that were all hers and the sprinkled cupcakes were for her birthday:)!! Here are a few shots that kinda tell the whole story!


looks like she enjoyed the cupcakes...


Little sister LyzaBug was enjoying herself as well. Checkout that hair!!


Yours truly:)!!




And here's a little footage of the big event...

happy.bday.claire-bear!

Today is the day that Claire hits her terrible-two's! Exactly two years ago today, we were all so shocked that she came out a girl, because for some silly reason (well, we'll blame it on the silly old wives tales) we all thought she was going to be a boy and we even referred to the unborn baby in Jess's belly as "Cooper." To everyone's surprise, we heard screams of "it's a girl!!" come out of the delivery room as we were anxiously waiting down the hall to meet her for the very first time.

Miss Claire has become quite an outgoing little girl with a vocabulary almost as big as mine (which isn't huge, but it's amazing for a two year old)!! We are excited to celebrate with her on Sunday! Claire, when mommy or daddy tell you "NO" this week when you want something, remind them that it's your birthweek (that's what I refer to it as since one day isn't nearly long enough).

Happy birthday, Claire-Bear. We love you!


And as a little tease, here's your gift Claire! You can't open it until Sunday!!!

my.assistant!

I absolutely love my job! I get up in the morning, walk Peyton, make coffee, turn on the Today Show and catch-up on my emails. Then it's work work work all day long. I'm either color correcting a shoot or a wedding, meeting with one of my brides or a potential bride, at a shoot, designing an album, canvas or book, or just plain getting caught up on the business side of things. No matter what though, I love it. And none of it would be possible without the help of my furry little assistant, Peyton. I have told Simon several times that I don't know what I'd do without her at home with me!

This is my typical spot during the day if I'm home working. I bought all of this cool office furniture from CB2, but lately I've been downstairs in this spot! So, I wanted to share these with you because none of it would be possible without the endless help of my assistant. She's really great at sleeping on the corner of my laptop while I'm working on your photos. So you can thank her for the input and the end result that you see with your shoot:)!

(Peyton is not currently accepting new clients, so please do not send her any emails!!) ha! Do you all think I'm a complete dork now??!!


Peyton took this shot of me acting stupid:)