Category Archives: Wedding Related

Heather and Brent | Married

When I first met Heather, her sister and mom at Panera, I had such a wonderful connection with them all that I knew I really, really want to shoot her wedding! I’m so thankful that she choose me to document her special day!

And what an amazing wedding it was!  Although there were record high temperatures, everyone was excited about watching these two join their lives together! It was such beautiful ceremony with lots of little surprises that made it so special and emotional.

On top of that, I knew it was going to be an awesome wedding because I had the fabulous Amber Holritz photograph with me! She did an incredible job as always. I included several of her photos below!

We started the day off at Elea Blake. It’s always fun to go there and see my wonderful friends!

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Heather’s sister looking on.

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Heather’s really fun friend Tiffany came to hang out.  We became friends instantly.

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We then went to Black Fox Farms in Cleveland.  Such an incredible place to photograph!

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Heather spent a few minutes writing in her journal to Brent before she put on her dress…

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Brent and Heather seeing each other for the first time!

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I love, love, love this photo.  It just doesn’t get any more gorgeous than this. I’m so jealous that Amber took the best shot of the day!

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I took the exact same shot from a different location and perspective:

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I can’t tell which of the two photos below I like better so I’ll let everyone else decide… vote below your favorite one!

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What a beautiful couple they make!

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Another amazing photo by Amber!

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Thanks Amber for the photo below!

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Amber with the girls as they pray right before the ceremony…

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Heather completely surprised Brent by singing to him during the ceremony. It was the most emotional scene I’ve ever had the privilege to photograph.

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As she sang… tears of joy.

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Amber got this shot as Brent was rushing her off after the ceremony!

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And check out this absolutely breathtaking photo that Amber grabbed of the first dance!

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They surprised Brent and Heather (and us – as the photographers – as well) with fireworks as they were leaving on a John Deere!  I was in the wrong place to capture it but Amber fortunately was!  Thanks for getting capturing these moments, Am!

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Heather and Brent, thank you so much for having us photograph your wedding. We had an amazing time getting to know both of you leading up to your wedding and the photos you allowed us to take during this special time shows the world how much you love each other.  You two are going to have an incredible marriage and I hope to continue to photograph you as your family eventually grows!  Enjoy your wedding photos!

Rachel & Miles | Married!

I was so excited to go up to Kentucky to photograph Rachel and Miles wedding. I haven’t spent much time up there but fell in love with Kentucky almost immediately after crossing the state line.  Beautiful sunlight was illuminating the most incredible wheat and corn fields you can imagine.  With cool old barns interspersed along the way.  Not sure what I was expecting but it wasn’t this. Everywhere I turned I wanted to photograph in that location.

When I arrived at Rachels grandparents farm, the sun had already gone down but there was still enough light to make out the lake, tents and beautiful land around.  Which made me immediately wish I had dragged someone with me to second shoot. There were too many amazing details to get in the time period I had.

To top it off, EVERYONE I met was just amazing. Rachel has a super close family and it showed. There was excitement in the air and it energized everyone around.  Amazing surrounding, beautiful people, close family… these are definitely conditions I can work with.

After a good nights sleep, the bride got her hair and make up done about 12 miles from the farm:

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The first look:

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I love that bowties are coming back. I saw several of the guys wearing them. So cool.

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I’ve been shooting weddings for a while but Rachel introduced me to “tradition” that I had not encountered yet.  All the bridesmaids put their names on the bottom of the brides shoe. At the end of the day, the bridesmaids name that is the clearest is either going to be next getting married or having a baby.  It was great seeing the reactions from all the girls!:)

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The shy but beautiful flower girl:

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The incredible reception site…

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The arrival at the reception!

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A new first for me! A mac-n-cheese bar!

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It was SOOO hot outside!  I had to bribe the girls that if they ran down the hill for me, I’d cut the photos short and they could change into something more comfortable.  It didn’t take much convincing.:)

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They left on a boat on the river (you can just make it out in the photo below).  Side note: this lake did NOT exist when her grandfather bought this land. He and his three sons dug this lake. Yep, it’s a man-made lake. Incredible feat with incredible results!

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Thank you Rachel and Miles for treating me so well while I was with you guys! I had a blast.  Some of the many firsts I had with this wedding were: 1) first gift basket I’ve ever received from a bride (with homemade Kentucky bourbon balls that were so good) and 2) the first time the brides mom photographed ME with the bride!  That just made me feel ultra special. I want that photo Mom!  :)

Ronella & Skyler | Wedding

Ever since photographing Ronella and Skyler at their engagement session, I knew this fun couple would be a blast on their wedding day. I was NOT disappointed!  Young, energetic, beautiful and fun.  That’s them!  On top of that, I had Amber, our associate shooter, come along to help me photograph which made the day go that much more smoothly.  Nice to be able to be in two places at once.  Check out a few of photos from their big day!

We started out at Headquarters Salon which brought back a lot of good memories because it was where I shot one of my first weddings several years ago!

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These next photos are from Amber! I’m so proud of her!

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We were running a little bit behind schedule. Here’s Skyler patiently waiting downstairs for the “first look”!

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Skyler and his guys…

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Ronella was just playing around but I just love how beautiful she looks here!

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How cute is the little flower girl!?

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One of these photos is unlike the others… can you spot it?:)

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Haha… love the above photo but to be fair, here’s a NICE photo of Ronella and her bridesmaid.:)

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The ceremony was held at the beautiful First Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Cleveland, TN.

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Ronella’s parents came all the way from Romania to be at the wedding and her dad prayed for them in Ronellas native language.  What a beautiful moment!

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Skylers grandfather was actually the minister that married them.  So to be sure it was a special ceremony.

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The reception was held at the Black Fox Farms.

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Everyone in this photo (minus Skyler) went to school with Ronella at a school in Romania. Can you believe they all were able to make it to the wedding!?  How cool is this group!?

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The night was filled with awesome food and beautiful speeches.

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We were SO excited when Ronella wanted to use Strut to document in the most fun way possible the guests that came to her wedding!

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Here’s just a few of the pics we got there!  If you want to see a lot more, check out the Strut Facebook Page!

Heck ya I jumped in there too!

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And the send off!

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Thank you so much Ronella and Skyler for making your wedding just so fun!  Amber and I had a blast hanging out and we can’t wait to get the rest of your wedding images to you!  You two are awesome!!!

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