Best of 2014: The Dress

One of my favorite parts of wedding planning was going dress shopping.  Not only was this something I dreamed about for years, who doesn't love putting on a bunch of beautiful dresses and twirling around like a princess.

When I was a little girl, I LOVED dresses that fanned out all pretty when I twirled around in them. Ok, let's be honest, I still love dresses and skirts that do that!  When my mom would take me shopping when I was little I would go into the dressing room and twirl, and if it didn't have a pretty "twirl" I would come out and tell my mom I didn't like it. When she asked "Why?" I would never admit the real reason, and to this day I don't know why I hid this important feature from my mom.  When we went shopping for my wedding dress there was no hiding my twirling around the dress shop.  Twirling was a must!

This past year one of my brides had an AMAZING twirling dress! I promise it is worth scrolling through all these beautiful dresses to see it!

My advice to brides: Don't be afraid to twirl in the dress shop! You are the bride!  You will get ooo's and ah's from all!

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Fishers, IN Wedding Photographer: Sarah + Bobby: Sneak Peak

What a beautiful day for a wedding!!  When planning an outdoor wedding, there is always the worry for rain, but yesterdays weather couldn't have been more beautiful!  Sarah and Bobby were a concerned about the chance of rain, so they decided to get a tent anyway, which proved to be a smart move for the reception because the heat of the sun was a bit much during the late afternoon.

Although later we took advantage of that sun as it gave us some gorgeous light to capture some of that golden hour delight!  The sun kissed the brides hair perfectly as I soaked up that light and grabbed some love with the bride and groom!

The Historic Ambassador House and  Heritage Gardens was a perfect venue for this small and intimate wedding!  I look forward to using this space in the future for portrait sessions.

Congratulations Mr. & Mrs. Bobby Strohrigl! What a beautiful day for a beautiful couple!

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Fishers Engagement Photographer: Sarah + Robert Engagement Session

The weather broke for a day!  This winter has been long, and some day it will be over....but we did have a nice day last week and I was finally able to take Sarah and Robert downtown for their engagement session!  It was a beautiful day and everyone was out to enjoy the great weather. Therefore I had to work around the crowds as I was shooting.

Their wedding will be here in just a few weeks, so I really enjoyed spending the day with them in anticipation of the Big Day in May!  They will be getting married at the charming Historic Ambassador House here in Fishers, and I am really excited because it is a great venue for a small intimate wedding!

Love the Indianapolis Skyline!

I am kind of a sucker for the kissing pictures!

I love how their faces light up with LOVE!

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Fall photoshoots: Sneak Peek

I Have said it before and I will say it again and again and again....I LOVE FALL! When I lived in California for a few years after college, the season of fall is one of the things I missed the most. Nothing beats the colors, the breeze, the smells, the joy that fall brings!!

That all being said, I for sure couldn't pass up the opportunity to do all the fall photoshoots I had in October and November, despite my ever growing belly. It was worth it to capture one of the most colorful falls I have seen in awhile. Just delightful! Add the the fall color all the love I was honored to capture in these engaged couples and a family session. I love my job!!

So, I had 14 photoshoots this fall and I can finally say I have finished editing all my photoshoots and weddings from the season, so Baby Sweetness can officially come now. Forget that my bag is not packed...my editing is done! =)

Whitney and Brett

Heather and Steve

Shaunna and Nate

Julie and Steve

Mecca and Josh

Jordan and Carl

The Watson Family

Brandi and David

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Big Announcement!

I am so excited to announce that after many hours of work and editing I have a new website!

I have been wanting to get this done for awhile and while I was at the WPPI (Wedding and Portrait Photographers International) Convention in Las Vegas this past year I bought an account with a new web company that had everything I was looking for all in one place.  This gave me not only the opportunity to give my website a facelift, but to give my portfolio a facelift as well and add some new elements that I had been wanting to add but had been putting off.

So, I am excited to share my new site with you and I hope you will take some time to take a look...grab a cup of coffee and enjoy some moments with some blushing brides, smiling babies, joy filled families and more!  Then maybe as you are oooing and awing over their pictures you may get the inspired to have your family portraits done, or you know someone who just had a baby that would love to be a part of my Heartbeat Club.  Maybe you just got engaged and have been looking for that perfect photographer to be storyteller for your special day...look no more, you found her! 

So as a new website special I am offering a 10% discount to anyone who books a portrait session or books a wedding in the month of August.  (Session doesn't have to occur in August, but you have to get in touch with me in August to schedule a session or book a wedding.)

Don't delay any longer.....without further adieu....here is my new online home for Simple Heart Photography.  

www.simpleheartphotography.com

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Where are your wedding pictures?

You have been married for how many years?  Do you know where your wedding pictures are?

I decided a few years ago to include a wedding album in all  my wedding packages, because I realized the importance of making sure all of my clients have their first family heirloom.  As a photographer it is my job as a storyteller to bring to life the wedding day of my brides and grooms with an album that will be shared for generations to come. 

Maybe you got a disc of images and as the newlywed years kept you so busy that the images are still still on a CD sitting on a shelf somewhere.  Maybe you got a stack of proofs that are in sleeves of photo albums that are collecting dust.  Maybe you got a wedding album done many many moons ago and it is starting to fall apart and it needs a little TLC.

It can be overwhelming trying to decide which images to include in your album, it can be daunting to go through hundreds, maybe thousands of images to put together your story.  That is why we leave those kind of decisions to the professionals.

What ever your situation, I would love to help!  Whether you were my client from my early days before I offered albums, or you fit one of the descriptions above.

I have a variety of albums I can offer and at all different price points.  So, if you are interested in making sure you have your first family heirloom to share with generations to come, let me know!

Let me end with my personal story real quick...when we got married 5 years ago, I knew I wanted our images just on CD so that I could make our album.  I am a photographer, this is what I do, no problem, right?  Well my loving husband said to me, "I'll give you to our 5th anniversary to get that done!"  He didn't think it would ever happen.....well life happens....and we just celebrated our 5th anniversary this past October....and as we walked into the room of the Bed and Breakfast we stayed at that night...sitting on the bed was our wedding album...5 years later!  I am glad to have it now, but don't let this happen to you!

Email me and let's set up an appointment to talk. 

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Business is good when...

I have 3 events in one day!  It was a great day of joy and celebration!

I started my day off bright and early with the 8th Grade Awards Ceremony at my church St. Louis de Montfort in Fishers. 

Once all the awards were handed out and we got some great candids of the graduates that I had a little down time to go home and kiss the boys, the back to church to photograph the wedding of Jason and Angela (Espinosa) Hull.  It was a beautiful wedding mass to celebrate the start of their life together! 

After finishing up the formal pictures with their family and friends, I headed out to the Bridgewater Club to capture the lovely ladies and gentlemen who were all dolled up for the Mayor's Yellow Tie Ball for the city of Westfield!  Everyone looked great and it was really fun to see how people took the "yellow tie" theme to heart, where black tie is optional, yellow tie is preferred! The story behind the ball is that Mayor Cook is colorblind and the only color he can see is yellow.  (I even went out to buy my husband a yellow tie to join me for the evening, but sadly, he was home sick.)

Here is just a small preview of the great day I had!  Tomorrow and Sunday will follow in similar photography fashion, as I have 2 engagement sessions to do!  Very excited!

Rachel Folstrom winning the Assistant Principal's Award

Taking it all in!

Mayor of Westfield Andy Cook and his wife

I think they were my favorite of the night!

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