Last weekend was kind of our weekend from hades. We booked a wedding in Cleveland on Friday, and a wedding Indianapolis on Saturday. Whoops. {BRAIN FAIL}

Lucky for us, both weddings were great, so other than the insane amount of driving and serious lack of sleep, the weekend definitely didn’t suck. We got to spend Friday up on Lake Erie with our fiends Sarah and Joe and Saturday with Lauren and Rob.

Please enjoy a sample of Sarah + Joe’s wedding and stay tuned for part 2 of our crazy weekend later this week!

(Check out Sarah + Joe’s Engagement Session too!)

Wow. What can I say about Brittany and Kipp’s wedding? It was glamorous, emotional, and bright. Brittany is stunning. Kipp just might be the white version of the Old Spice guy. And they had the killer idea to go to Kingwood Center for photos, which is one of the most beautiful places this side of the Mississippi.

We had the privilage of shooting their engagement photos last fall, and you can just see how much they’ve grown more in love since then. I gotta give a shout out to Mindy’s mom, who works with Kipp and put us in contact. Thanks Dolly!

On a personal note, I really feel like Mindy and I are hitting our stride as professional wedding photographers, and as a team. This was our twentieth wedding since we started our business. We’ve always been confident in our work and do the best job that we can, but these last few weddings have just felt different. We can move slower and still get all of the images we need, and as a result spend more time on each photo making sure it’s perfect. We see locations differently, we use light better. I know we will continue to learn and grow and become better photographers. But for the first time, I feel like we’re really starting to nail it. And it’s exciting.

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This is probably my favorite photo I’ve ever taken:

David and Shannon are the masterminds behind Locke Innovations. We met them about 4 years ago during a consultation for our own wedding. They photographed our wedding back in 2006, and we’ve managed to keep in touch since then. They were an integral part of helping us form our business early last year, and they’ve continued to be a great support for us.

So needless to say, it was pretty cool when they asked us to take some portraits of them for their new website. We spent an evening in Yellow Springs talking, posing, experimenting, and just hanging out.

This first shot is pretty unique for us. It’s the first real successful attempt at “free lensing,” which creates the unique effect you see. I’m pretty excited to try this more often in the future!