| Melanie + Chuck | Married 6.21.19 | Decatur IL Wedding Photographer |

Today I get to share such a beautiful wedding with you all! I’ve worked with Melanie for years and have had the honor to photograph her family since her girls were like half as tall as they are now. It’s always one of my favorite sessions each year and I look forward to hanging out with these sweet and spunky ladies each time. And now, we’ve added two equally amazing dudes to the mix, which I have to say make it even more fun (me and Ethan are buds, ya’ll).

It was a bit of an adventure as when we first pulled up to the house it was monsooning like crazy but we didn’t let a little (TON of) rain stop us! We busted out the umbrellas and headed to the gazebo at Scovill and embraced the rain. And it cleared enough for us to grab some family portraits outside after the ceremony too (YAY). I’m so happy to have gotten to share this special day with these two (five) amazing people and I cannot wait to watch their littles keep growing.

| Marie + Ernie | Decatur IL Wedding Photographer |

Guys, I get to share with you a simply GORGEOUS wedding today! I hadn’t photographed at the beautiful Holy Family Church since Marie’s cousins wedding so it was a treat to be back. Every wedding I’ve done there has been so elegant.

Though Marie & Ernie selected a mostly digital collection, I decided the style of their wedding was perfect to showcase a brand new album style we’ve created that is a throwback to more classic albums. Fully customizable, of course, with beautiful cover materials these albums combine 2-3 images per page to tell the story of the most important moments of your wedding day.

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For this sample album we selected a combo of a wood grain as a nod to the floral and natural vibe but in contrasting light/dark tones on the album/box to pull in the modern and elegant edge.

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| Kelly + Jacob | Decatur Conference Center & Hotel Wedding |

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Today I get to share Kelly & Jacob’s beautiful wedding day with you guys. This was the last wedding I photographed this summer before our little baby girl arrived so I was a tad HUGE but that definitely didn’t stand in the way of us having a great time creating these images.

One thing the Decatur Conference Center does so well is wedding/reception combinations all in one place. It’s so convenient especially with out of town guests to have only one location they’ll need to find and the conference center has the space to let this all happen without any transition time needed to change over the room from ceremony to reception decor. Plus, the wooded grounds of the DCCH are perfect for portraits and we can get a ton of variety right there on site.

Kelly & Jacob opted not to see eachother before the wedding but we were still able to create images of them both pre-wedding to save the time after the ceremony for just images of the larger group and plenty of time for the two of them.

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We even found a new assistant! Check him out giving Tiffanie a hand here.

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The back pond at the conference center makes for the perfect get away for just the lovely couple to spend some time solo on their big day. This is one of my favorite things to do with couples… the day IS about you two but it can be so hectic with the party and being surrounded by your loved ones that often you actually don’t get any time for just you two. So we always try to carve out at least 20-30 minutes on the big day for you to escape the hustle and just spend some time loving on eachother!

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