HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

With the holiday season fast approaching, what better gift to give or receive than photographs? With any online order placed from now until 12/24/08, you will receive FREE SHIPPING! The discount code is CHRIST in all caps. You will be charged shipping and the code will take the $10 back off. It is just my way of wishing all of my wonderful clients a Merry Christmas.

Tyson and Cindi's E-session | evansville portrait photographer

On Sunday I had the pleasure of photographing Tyson and Cindi at their home with their kitties and Cindi's daughter, Madison. Then we went out to USI where they both work and finished up with their Engagement Session. It was pretty warm outside in the sun but unfortunately, we needed shade for photos so we didn't stay out for long. Luckily USI has an awesome library with wonderful window light so we snuck in for a few photos. This wonderful couple will be married next June in the new Art Gallery at USI which I am really looking forward to. Thanks for such a wonderful session guys!








I almost forgot the most important members of the family. The first one is Ernie who typically doesn't like strangers, yet he followed me around posing for photos while I was at their home. And the second one is Sam. He is the "chosen one" since he has been with Cindi the longest. He must be very special because he was the only kitty to be in their family photo. There were three others, two of which I was able to see for about 1/30th of a second, much faster than the shutter in my camera.

Day at the Park | evansville portrait photographer

My son, Andrew is in Kindergarten now and apparently he is my least expensive form of advertisement. He tells everyone "My mommy is a photographer". Anyway, his teacher asked me to take some photos of her and her brother for their parents' anniversary. Andrew was lucky enough to get a photo with his teacher and then I took his photo too since his school pictures didn't turn out very well. I forgot to mention, he is also my little model. :)

Levi and Piper | evansville portrait photographer

My neighbor's daughter was in town last weekend with the kiddos, so we went over to the State Hospital to take some fall pictures and feed the ducks. Here are some of the fun images of the kids:

Heart's Desire Bridal Show | evansville wedding photographer

On Sunday, we participated in the Heart's Desire Bridal Show at Casino Aztar. This was the first year for the show and it was a great success! We had over 100 brides come through, many of which I had the pleasure of talking to and discussing their upcoming wedding plans. I still have some dates open for 2009, but hurry because they are filling up fast. My booth design had a complete makeover this year to match my new logo and the lime green was a hit. I received many compliments on the new booth which made it worth the days of sewing that my mom and I did. Thanks Mom! My "partner in crime" was Jeannie, one of my brides from this summer. She was wonderful to work with and she was able to talk to quite a few brides at the show also. Thanks Jeannie!

IU Roadtrip

This weekend, the Forche family went to Nashville and Bloomington, Indiana for our fall getaway. This was the first time I was able to go because I usually have weddings every weekend in October and this happened to be my first weekend off in 7 weeks. We spent the day Friday in Nashville (Brown County) shopping. It started off a bit wet, but turned out to be a pretty nice day despite the cold. Andrew was a trouper since we shopped for about 5 hours. All day I heard "Mom let's go to the toystore" which we had passed in the beginning when we parked. Finally we gave in and walked out of the way back to the toystore. Then all we heard was "When are we going to the hotel?" I just couldn't win! On Saturday, we tailgated in the morning before the game. Fixing breakfast on a grill turned out to be quite interesting. The exciting part of the entire trip was when Andrew poked himself in his eye with a glove right as we were entering the game, so I spent the entire first half of the game in IU's Opthamology School having his eye checked. It turned out that he did scratch his eye so we returned to the game during the 3rd quarter and Andrew sacked out for the entire 4th quarter. I would say that I didn't really get my $65 worth out of our tickets. Oh! And this cold weather we are having now? It was in Bloomington Saturday morning where we started out at a whopping 38 degrees! Talk about cold!






I almost forgot...IU beat Northwestern 21-19 which is their first win in 7 weeks, I believe.

Jessica + Craig

Jessica and Craig were married last Saturday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. This is the 3rd wedding I have done for the Elliott family so I am on a "first name" basis with this family. Jessica wanted their wedding day to be simple and care-free and she definitely succeeded. We had such a relaxed afternoon doing formals in her friend's backyard and even had a few minutes after the ceremony to take the happy couple over for some private time. Then 5 of us piled into Craig's friend's very small car and went up to the Barker overpass to catch the sunset. It was a perfect day that ended with dinner and dancing at the Executive Inn. Congrats Jessica and Craig!

Grace and Henry

OK..these guys aren't getting married anytime soon. Besides, they are brother and sister. It was such a pleasure photographing them in downtown Evansville. Their mom, Tina, called me back in the summer and wanted some "urban" portraits of her kids. We have rescheduled several time throughout the summer and finally got to do the session last weekend. I think we got some keepers!

Natalie + Kyle

Natalie and Kyle were married this past weekend in The Walnut Room at Casino Aztar. Their colors were lime green, black and white which happen to match my logo pretty well. :) They had a beautiful wedding and reception with an amazing chocolate fountain. Kyle even designed Nike tennies for the entire bridal party in the wedding colors. They were such a hit!





Check out the height on the bridesmaid next to Kyle!



Cool shoes!



Natalie and her girls doing a scene from Ugly Betty.

Her Marilyn Monroe impression.


The chocolate fountain was to DIE for!

This is one of my favorite cakes of the year.