Engagement | Jolene & Rob

I met Joelene & Rob a few years ago when they contacted me to shoot their wedding! Like some weddings do, the date changed a few times and it ended up that I couldn't shoot the actual wedding because of scheduling conflicts...Well, it ended out working out quite nicely because their wedding was held in Florida (nicely for them...I was the one who had to stay here in Indiana!) But I did get to shoot their reception upon their return!


As you can see, these photos here are not of a wedding or a reception...I gave the couple a complimentary engagement (well, they are married now, but what else do you call it!?) shoot to replace the shots that we would have taken at the ceremony...We decided to head to Mansfield Indiana, where, if ANY of you are from Indiana, you know about the good old Covered Bridge Festival that is held there every October! So we definitely had to take advantage of the surroundings while we were in the area~


You can blame the "vandalism" of the above photo on me...I asked them to carve their initials into the post! But I love how it came out...One of my favorites from our shoot together!

And we had to get this shot because Rob works for Pepsi....



Check out all of their images here!

Sprout Session | Jessie (Maternity)

Well soon Jessie will be able to reach her poor toenails! Harper Grace is due in December and I can't wait to meet her!

My gift to Jessie was a maternity photo shoot! I was so happy to get her in my studio to do these shots! I wanted to freeze this time in her life and preserve it so her baby girl can look back at how beautiful and glowing her mother was in the last few weeks of her pregnancy!


You can see more of Jessie's photos here...I wish I would have looked as great as Jessie when I was pregnant!

Senior Portraits | Samantha

Samantha Smith and I got together and took some wonderfully fun Senior Portraits! She was a blast - up for all of my funky ideas....

She is a very natural and geniunely sweet person and I think we really got her personality to shine in the photos that we took!

Instead of posting any preview photos on this blog, I have decided to give everyone a preview of my newest feature - The Roxy Studio Slide Show! I will be offering this as a complimentary feature that I feel will set me apart from the other photographers in this area! Portrait sessions will include all photographs and weddings will include all of the "highlight" moments from their day...Slide Shows will be available online (you can purchase a copy on DVD) and you can direct your friends and family to your special web address so that they can enjoy your photos too!
Take a look and let me know what you think of the new feature!


Click here to view Samantha's session!

Lifestyle | Wernz Family

This Smith Family is actually a small section (or pod...the word we used when setting up for our large group shots!) of the Wernz family. I know various members of these families through my journey as a photographer (Greg -black shirt, far left of the first photo - and I used to work together at Galloway's a local photography store and print lab...I think he could be a double for Harrison Ford~Indiana Jones style~!) and the Smith "pod" frequented the coffee shop I worked for as well! So...I have known different members of the larger group for quite a while! I love getting to see old friends:)

This family had a special request for me to do some shots similar to some on my website with a picture frame. We had tons of fun with these shots...There were a few that I was dying to post, but I had to tell myself that they wouldn't be appropriate to post online for all of the world wide web to view!! Haha...you can only use your imagination with this group ~ crazy crazy!!





Here are a few more shots of the "Smith" pod:)

Lifestyle | Smith Family

Let me just begin by saying...I have been crazy busy taking photos~ And I LOVE it!!

Last weekend I had 4 "Smith" photoshoots...(What's a "Smith" photoshoot you ask?) Well, let me explain:

On Saturday I had booked a family session with Smith family #1



This was a fun set that we shot out at St. Mary of the Woods College in Terre Haute, IN. I'll have to say, St. Mary's has one of the most beautiful campuses I've seen...It's very calm and inviting and absolutely gorgeous this time of year.

We had some fun exploring to find out what we could utilize as a family photo setting...and we came up with some really fun shots!




Maycie was a little shy at first, but big brother Tristan was what she needed to bring her out of her shell... and once she started moving we couldn't keep up!





We just couldn't resist getting these shots of the "cool older brother" & "little sis"!



And a little bit of alone time for mom and dad to end our little adventure!

Engagement | Ashli & Jon

Ashli and Jon are getting married in December! I had such a great time photographing them for their engagement photos...We headed over to Anderson Orchard in Mooresville, IN to have a little adventure a few weeks ago and we had a blast!


The orchard was such a great place to spend the day...there was a very wide assortment of fruits and nuts you can pick year round (depending on the time of year). It was fun to go exploring and find some fun and romantic spots to photograph Jon and Ashli...





Jon and Ashli have a wonderful and playful relationship and I think that it really came out in the photos that we took! You can just see that they are having fun and really enjoy each other...They made it really easy for me to capture their personalities with my camera. When we were finished taking photos, Ashli confessed that she was nervous to have her photo taken before we got started but that it was so fun that she loosened up almost immediately and really enjoyed the time we took out of the weekend to capture these moments. I was happy too!!





I just can't get over how great they look! They are just too adorable...I can't wait for their wedding...I just know that all of their photographs will be stunning!

Engagement | Heather & Barry

I love shooting engagement sessions! They are the perfect opportunity for me to really get to know the couple before their wedding day...and it really sets us up
for a comfortable experience when the day finally arrives!








Heather and Barry are, yet again, friends from High School...well, Heather is...Barry is new the the picture for me! I've known Heather FOREVER!! I have some vague memories of a summer art school that we both were a part of in elementary school...wow! It seems as though 27 years old is the time to get married for everyone I know! Crazy??



They have had quite a time booking all of the events of their wedding so far and they have just recently settled on a venue. Heather and Barry have chosen to be married in The White Chapel at Rose Hulman in Terre Haute. This is one of my favorite places to shoot in town. There is a great wall of glass windows overlooking a lake that the stage of the sanctuary is "floating" over. It is absolutely beautiful, especially in the fall!








I love how playful and fun they are together...it made for some great candid shots of them...I can't wait for the wedding!










We also really wanted to shoot some photos at the 24 hour prayer chapel downtown, but as you can see...it really isn't open 24 hours! We missed out on the art on the inside of the building, but I think we made the outside work just as well!



I love the huge red doors...