cindy + marc : married

Boy, I have some catching up to do! Here's a peek of some photos from Cindy & Marc's Indianapolis reception at the Columbia Club June 22, 2008. Cindy and I met when I was setting up for Amanda & Mike's ceremony in the lobby. She happened to be shopping for a venue for her reception. We got to chatting and I learned that she and Marc lived in NYC, and were going to have a very intimate candle-lit ceremony there, but that Marc's family was from Indiana so they were going to have a reception in Indy, as well.

I was so thrilled that we ended up working together! Cindy looked stunning in her avant-garde couture gown!


The great thing about the Columbia Club is the front door access to the Soldiers and Sailors monument. Very "Indy" for them to remember their reception by!


And now...my favorite cake shot ever!


Ok, two shots! (heck, I'm going to go all out on the detail shots in this one, so fair warning!)


The flowers and food were all so beautifully presented, I had a hard time not snapping them all night!



See, I told you the food looked good!


My favorite candid of the day:


And the Columbia Club traditional champagne cork-popping toast:



Love Cindy's expression in this one!


At the end, one of the guests gave a rousing, emotional rendition of "Back Home Again in Indiana"...that song has never brought me to tears before! But then again, I've never heard it played on Hoagie Carmichael's piano, either!


These two were such a neat couple, I felt honored to capture their encore celebration! Congratulations you two!

I'm an aunt (again!).

The amazing Jessica and my brother Tom welcomed gorgeous little Liam Thomas into the world this morning. Born at 7:44 am, he weighed 7 lbs and 4 oz. I am so excited! Harry is absolutely surrounded by little girls in our family, so I'm so thrilled he'll have a little boy to play with! Welcome little Liam, from your aunt Lynne!

July 4th weekend in review

As we get older, the holidays have become something a little different to me. With our crazy busy lives...jobs, kids, housework, ad nauseum...it seems like we have a hard time carving out time in our regular schedules to hang out and just enjoy the company of our families. I just love spending time with my brothers, their families, and my parents. And so I'm thankful for holidays as a, built in excuse to drop everything else and spend time with one another.


Our 'second mom' Donna has hosted a 4th of July cookout for as long as I can remember. My brothers and her son, Caleb have been in charge of the fireworks and its become somewhat legendary every year to attend their show. This may be the last year as the old farmhouse and its gorgeous acres are for sale.
Everyone had a blast and as always, there was too much good food! Thanks guys for putting on such a great party!

The next night, we went to Symphony on the Prairie for the Star Spangled Symphony. What a gorgeous setting and crowd. Harry loved riding the tractor shuttle with Uncle Tommy.

If you haven't been to Conner Prairie, you're missing out on a gorgeous part of our city's cultural offerings. The view is magnificent, right in the middle of the city.

One of the highlights of the evening was the tribute to our veterans. They played the theme songs to each branch of the Armed Forces, and asked members who were in the audience to stand. Which was cool in and of itself, but then they also had period Revolutionary Soldiers stationed in the crowd who personally went and saluted each person who was standing. Very moving to have our family there and witness my brothers honored this way.

What a wonderful weekend. Hope you had a great one, too!

melissa & jeremy: part two

I had such an amazing time photographing Melissa & Jeremy's wedding. I was so happy to see my friend and client Chris Miller from Millenium Entertainment, Inc. was DJing, so I knew we were in for a great time! Chris has the most amazing staff working with him, and I absolutely love that they use slimline Bose speakers (no big boxy speakers ruining my photos and causing me to spend hours in Photoshop!)

Melissa & Jeremy had the most amazing black and white theme which is so elegant and edgy at the same time. Their placecards were to die for!


They made their grand entrance, my favorite part of a wedding day. Such a fun moment when everyone is relaxed yet so excited!

The cake was an absolute work of art. I need to find out who did it! It was just stunning.


There's just nothing like a parquet dance floor in your first dance pics.


Melissa and Jeremy share their wedding anniversary now with Melissa's parents, who were so adorably in love all day. Congratulations you two!


And the best part of the party? A group that was serious about gettin' down and letting it all hang out. I felt a little weird by not joining in the party! It was that contagious. I'll try my best to narrow it down to my faves. Enjoy!




The two dollar dance collectors up to something....

A couple from the bridal party just crazy about each other...so cute!

And everyone couldn't resist rocking out to Journey's "Separate Ways"


What a blast! When you guys getting married again????