Future Bride

Okay, so perhaps she's got a few more years until she reaches Bride status!!  Here is a glimpse into my one of my other photographic efforts, a video montage from last week's shoot with Ava.  She is an energetic 2 year old with a very sweet disposition.  

I met her mom and Dad at Coffee Creek Park in Chesterton, Indiana at my favorite time of day - just before dusk.  We had a fun one hour shoot.

Don't forget to hire me for your wedding day Ava!!  I may be a tad slower on my feet 20 years from now, but I assume you won't be running down grassy hills either!!

To view the video in full screen, click this link:

Ava: Fun At Coffee Creek - Full Screen

New Engagement Package: you, Your Fiance and Bruce Springsteen

In addition to the Chicago Sessions and beautiful local settings like Coffee Creek Park and The Dunes off Lake Michigan, I will now be offering up rock and roll icons.  That's right, for an extra added fee I will provide the rock icon of your choice.  Feeling like a blue collar troubadour?  Let me give Springsteen or Bob Dylan a quick ring.  Need some flannel shirt grunginess added to your black and white shots?  I offer you Eddie Vedder and the ghost of Kurt Kobain.  Kings of Leon are currently on tour and unavailable - sorry.

Where am I getting all this craziness from?  Check out this article on a professional engagement shoot with Bruce Springsteen as an unexpected guest.  Find it right here: Bruce Springsteen joins in on Engagement Session.  

FYI: Please, please, please don't hold me to this.  It's just a funny story and I have no way of conjuring up your favorite rock stars - alive or deceased!!  :)

Delivery Day: The Wedding Album

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This past Saturday I got to do one of my favorite jobs as a wedding photographer - deliver the Wedding Album.  I got the chance to do it twice!!

First up was Andrew and Megan who just got back from some traveling.  I was holding on to their print order as well as the album and finally got a chance to get the finished products in their hands. Worked out perfectly as they were having friends over later that day and I'm sure they showed it off.  I'd like to show off some of their custom designed wedding album pages to you now, starting with the image above.  Click it to enlarge and see more detail.

Below: The newlyweds in their kitchen seeing the album for the first time.

I can't help but picture these guys 20 years from now sitting in the kitchen once again to look over the story of their wedding day.  I always tell my clients how important the photography is to their big day and it's not just to convince them of my services.  The food and decor is important and appreciated, but it's the photographs they will turn to over and over again in the future.

Let's take a look at some more pages from Andrew and Megan's album....

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One more from the kitchen...

Next up is Chris and Elise.  I had called Chris the previous day to let him know the album had arrived back from the printer and we devised this plan to surprise his wife that afternoon.  Chris would take her to lunch in downtown Crown Point and ask for a seat outside.  Unfortunately the restaurant actually did not own the outdoor area and could not seat them.  Add to this the fact that it was quite a chilly Fall day.  He told the hostess they were going outside for a few minutes anyway. I'm sure Elise was quite bewildered by this.  What she didn't know was I was lurking around the Square looking for them.  

I spotted them and decided I'd ask a grandparent who was walking with her granddaughter if they would surprise Elise by casually dropping the book into her lap.  They were skeptical, but agreed.  I have no images of this as I think they were quite scared of me with my big camera and hooded sweatshirt.  Figured I'd better not freak them out with any sudden clicks of the shutter.

The book was delivered, the bride was surprised and I got these shots of the happy couple seeing their wedding album for the first time.  It was great to hear the "oh wows" and "that looks cool" comments as they paged through it.

Let's get a closer look at the book, done in a different style than Andrew and Megan's...

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To see more album page designs, visit the Wedding & Engagement Book Pages Gallery.

Region Weddings on You Tube

 

Region Weddings now has a You Tube Channel that is home to some of the highlight videos I recently started posting.  I plan to add more this week and of course as new ones come along. Everyone seems to enjoy these little mini movies and they are a big hit on Premiere Nights, so expect to see a bunch more.

Go have a look and don't forget to subscribe to the channel to get updates to new video content.

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Here is the link to the Region Weddings You Tube Channel.