I’ve looking forward to this wedding for awhile now – I’ve known Greg for a few years and met Kate shortly after they started dating. I love hanging out with them and were thrilled when they got engaged and more thrilled when they asked me to shoot their wedding….. expect they left out one thing. They pulled a fast one on everyone and actually got married the night before at the rehearsal dinner! I can definitely say that was a first for me. Kate and Greg if you’re reading this i’m still mad that you didn’t tell me so I could be there!!! Ok – not really mad but still….
Anyway here some shots we did at the hotel after they returned from rehearsal and let everyone else in on the secret. So these are their photos from their “real” wedding day and everything from the formal wedding day and reception will be in the following post.
These were all taken at the Aloft hotel in Bollingbrook, IL
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Okay so this shot was the next day, but this was the dress she actually got married in so I wanted to include it in this post.
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I was super pumped for this wedding for so long. I first met with Tasha and Joe over a year ago and instantly loved them – such sweet fun loving people. Even better is that I had shot a wedding years before at the church they were getting married at and I couldn’t wait to return.
I can’t say enough about how grateful I am that they allowed me plenty of time for photos with the two of them. They didn’t do a first look since the ceremony was fairly early (gotta love those catholic ceremonies!), but gave me more than enough time afterwards. We headed to downtown Beech Grove and walked around to a few different areas which allowed from some variety and so many shots of them that I loved it was hard to choose just a few for this blog post.
I know i’ve said it a million times, but if you’re a bride to be and you’re reading this please do yourself and your photographer a favor by scheduling in enough time for bride and groom portraits. Regardless of if you see each other beforehand or not. Yes you want the fun wedding party photos and shots of people dancing at the reception, but I gaurentee the most important images are the ones of just the two of you. Too often I see couples so rushed after the ceremony to get the 75 different family photos that they feel they HAVE to do that they miss out on precious time that could be used for creative shots of just the two of them….. ok rant over 🙂
Congrats to Tasha and Joe and thanks for letting me capture your day!
Ceremony: Holy Name, Beech Grove, IN
Reception: Knights of Columbus
Flowers: Steve’s Flower’s
Hair : Hairsnips Salon in Beech Grove, IN
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They might hate me for this… but I couldn’t resist posting these…
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And then it was off to the reception
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And then onto some amazing dancing – this place was rocking all night. Including their tradition of the chicken dance hat, fake teeth for the Triller dance and a friend who rapped Baby got back…. amazing
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And last but not least me with Tasha and Joe
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Alright here is part 2! You can check out Part one HERE with all the getting ready photos and some of the formals. Enjoy!
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After the ceremony we stopped down at the old caboose in the middle of town for some fun group shots before heading to the reception.
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Loved the Hawaiian themed reception – lots of help with decorations from Grandma Ronita and Ashton’s mom made the awesome cake!
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First dance as husband and wife 🙂
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TIme for some dancing – If you know Ronita you know she hates having her picture taken….. looks like I snuck this one in 😉
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Ring in the champagne? Why not? Actually really love this photo – good color 🙂
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and last but not least – me with the bride and groom! Congrats!
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