Fun Wedding Photos at Hobart Lakefront Park

Chris and Candy did something unique for their wedding photos - an all day modeling session!!  My assistant and I met them at the Hobart Lakefront Park where we kicked things off with a first look for the bride groom.

Our bride Candy arrived as I had the groom facing the other direction leaning against one of the many trees of the Hobart park.  I slowly had them turn toward each other and simply captured the candid moment between the two soon to be newlyweds.

The groom was sporting some specially made wedding Chuck Taylor All Stars from Converse.  Cx2 is stenciled in the side.  Very cool and modern wedding attire for sure.

Because this is a fun loving couple and I like to have them do silly things if they are up for it, some chasing of geese was in order and a couple of little boys out fishing stood in shock and amazement as the tuxedo clad groom and the woman in the white dress came barrelling toward them.  Good times...

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More fun ensued with some bride and groom fishing shots.  See, I have found that if you approach the general public (fishermen in this case) with a bride and groom on hand, they will pretty much stop what they are doing immediately.  Often, they will let you use whatever they have for props with no questions asked.

Our bride Candy had been passing by this old barn house for months and wanted a wedding photo against the grungy white textures of the buliding.  Neither her, nor myself were able to contact the owner before the wedding date so we just gave it a try and dropped in.  As fate would have it, he showed up right when we did.  He looked a little puzzled and remarked that the barn was in rough shape and that there were better ones around.  "No sir, we like this one.  The more grungy, the better."  We ended up with one of my favorite images of the day right here...

We used the open Indiana fields for our natural backdrop as well.  It was a bright sun that day and we ended up with this sunburst bridal portrait.

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Throughout the day we went back and forth between classic wedding photos such as this one of the couple softly kissing on the path in the park with flags waving in the background to our "tired bride" photograph on the public bench overlooking Lake George.

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Another of our stops in Hobart was the iconic white building that is Grace Lutheran Church just off of Route 51.

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Chris and Candy enjoyed skipping toward this Chapel of love in south Hobart, Indiana.

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We also had the opportunity to capture some tender close up moments such as this eskimo kiss between the two lovers.

We did a lot of walking, but we also had a lot of laughs for these fun wedding photos at the Hobart Lakefront as well as Deep River Park in Valparaiso.

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There wasn't even any music playing as the newlyweds did a happy dance across the bridge....

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We were even able to turn day into night for this sun flared photo of the bride in silhouette.

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You may have seen the large graffiti wall in the back alleyway of the Main St. shops in downtown Hobart.  A great way to show off the unique wedding shoes of the bride and groom....

Let's close out today's post with a couple of wedding photos taken at Deep River Park in Valparaiso...

I hope you have enjoyed these fun wedding photos with Chris and Candy at the Hobart Lakefront Park.  To keep updated and to see more images, subscribe here to the Journal and give us a "like" on the SBV Photography Facebook page.  

Wedding at St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church in Hammond

Kathy and Larry were married just last weekend at St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church in Hammond, Indiana.  This Catholic wedding was a traditional affair with Greek decorative touches showing off the bride's Greek heritage.

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The day started at Vanis Hair Salon in Schererville with Kathy's long time hair stylist and make up artist getting her ready for her big day.  

The ceremony was traditional, but not without some wonderful commentary from Father David in which he weaved great marital advise with nerve calming humor.  Soon it was time for Larry to kiss his bride....

Family formals were taken inside the church as family and friends looked on.  Although I have not gone through all of the wedding photos of the day yet, I have a feeling this image of the bride at the altar beneath the glowing atmospheric lighting of the church's chandeliers is going to be one of my favorites.

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Our next stop for wedding party pictures and couple's shots was Centennial Park in Munster, Indiana.  I always like to take photographs around the circular boardwalk of the Centennial lake with the fountain in the background...

The wedding reception took place at Andorra Banquet Hall in Schererville.  Their spacious lobby was home to Kathy and Larry's many tables of wedding decorations such as this mini bridal dress with one of their formal studio portraits in the background.

The bride and groom entered the main ballroom surrounded by Greek columns on each side of the door way...

I couldn't help but notice how much they gazed at each other during their first dance as long time rock and pop band Pawnz played music on stage.

I hope you have enjoyed this sneak peek at at Kathy and Larry's wedding at St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church in Hammond.  To keep updated and to see more images, subscibe here to the Journal and give us a "like" on the SBV Photography Facebook page.  More to come!!

 

Studio Engagement Photos

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I will be the wedding photographer at Brett and Maureen's Fall wedding at Ogden Garden in Valparaiso this coming September.  The young couple was recently in for a studio engagement session.  The guitar playing groom to be didn't take much coaxing as he serenaded his fiance in front of one of my black backdrops here at my Crown Point studio.

We had a very simple session with me just talking wedding stuff as the happy couple cuddled up close.

They both have eyes that are very piercing, yet tender at the same time.  Some of the black and white treatments I did have a very soft vignette that I hope captured the romantic vibe I felt between the engaged couple.

I simply asked them to look up at each other and it didn't take long for some laughs to come forth...

I like to play music at sessions and perhaps it was the funky R&B shuffling from my iPhone, but inhibitions were quickly lost and the romantic couple had no problems with kissing for the camera for some up close and personal photos.

Ogden Garden should be alive with Fall colors come the September 29th wedding.  I'm looking forward to capturing the vivid red, yellow and orange colors I know will be there to illuminate a very colorful wedding.  this is why i chose to conver many of the studio engagement photos into artsy black and whites.

Of course, the full color versions are available as well.

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Summer Wedding at Dewey Cannon Winery

Perhaps the red in the sign signifies some of the signature wines at Dewey Cannon winery in Three Oaks, Michigan.  Nonetheless, it's a great wedding venue for southern Michigan as well as Northwest Indiana and beyond.  My clients Kelly and Mat apparently felt the same way.

One of the things I love about this location is the large bridal party room where I can take soft window lit shots of the bride such as the one below.

There is also plenty of room (along with a full kitchen) for a large wedding party or lots of visitors such as family and friends of the bride and groom.

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The groom and groomsen get their own room right across the hall complete with a kitchen and balcony.  Each room has it's own bathroom as well.

When it comes time for the wedding, the vintage 1970's Rolls Royce escorts the bride and her bridesmaids to Willow Harbor Vineyard.  In the image below, the Father of the bride visit his daughter at the car just before she is to be married.

This wonderful outdoor wedding venue in southern Michigan makes for some great and unique wedding photo opportunities.  Here we have Kelly and Mat blowing kisses in the fields of the vineyard....

Funny story about the next image is how my assistant and I came upon an old ladder laying in the vineyard's tall grass.  It was as if wedding photographers from the past had left it for the future!!  I promptly climbed to the top to get a bird's eye view of the endless fields of greenery and blue skies with puffy white clouds.  Oh yeah, there was a newly married couple there as well, ready for their wedding photos!!  :)

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I hope you have enjoyed this sneak preview of Mat and Kelly's summer wedding at Dewey Cannon Winery.  

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