Archive for July, 2008

Roganne & Matt’s wedding was in Peoria, IL. If they look familiar to you, it’s probably because I did their engagement session back in April! This was another 4-H House wedding, so of course it was a lot of fun with TONS of people I hadn’t seen in a while… some since college. These are some of my favorites:
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I was SO PSYCHED about the railroad tracks picture!
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Some details:
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I thought their favors were so cute and unique!
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Thanks for looking!

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Ellen Benefield: Hi Holly, I was just browsing your site! So cool. You do such a great job. I was just wondering how you got started? Did you start with your own business? Did you buy all your gear first? Anyway, your pictures are inspirational. -Ellen

Now, contrary to my previous post, you CAN totally ruin your dress if you want! :)

As I said before, Sara was such a sport, and I’m sure that these photos prove that. If you’re browsing the blog, leave a comment and let me know what you think!

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Sara Leary: Holly Rocks! She was so easy to pose for and was up for anything! I felt like I was on my own personal model photo shoot. I had such a blast taking these pics and I promise ladies...you will be so happy with the pictures you won't even worry about the state your dress is in (mine smells like rotten fish! ;) Even though my dress is a little "worse for the wear" I have photos that will forever capture the beauty of it. Which would you rather have, a pretty dress boxed up, taking up space in your attic or GORGEOUS photos hanging on your wall that you can look at anytime and remind you of that special day?

My college friend Sara was married in 2003 and now has two beautiful girls. She saw my post a couple months ago offering a free TTD session to any bride who was willing to get her wedding dress dirty. Sara immediately jumped at the chance. Man, was she a trooper! She told me as we were driving to the location that she was ready and willing to do anything for a great picture. We did lots of “dry” shots first before she waded out into a creek. Here’s the sample shot (again, I will post more once I get through some post-processing):

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This session was the morning after Roganne and Matt’s wedding, so I was a little tired and achy, but it was SO fun and totally worth it. I’m glad it worked out! And I hope more brides (both present and former) will be jealous and want to have a TTD session as well. :)

p.s. ladies… you don’t HAVE to get your dress completely dirty or even wet. As long as you don’t mind a little dirt, we can work something out!

Riverfront Party!

July 28, 2008

This is just a quick post for Roganne & Matt’s fans! I was so excited when Roganne told me we’d be meeting on the Riverfront. We did a majority of the couple and wedding party shots down there and it really got my creative juices flowing. If you like this one, JUST WAIT until I post my absolute favorite shot of the day! I’ll be posting a longer thread later this week after I get their processing done.

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My Internet Presence

July 25, 2008

Today I was thinking about how my internet presence had probably changed drastically over the past year, so I Googled (isn’t it funny how that’s a regular verb now?) my full name in quotation marks. I came up with 5 of the top 10 results! My business came up as the first result both with and without quotation marks.
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So then, I Googled wedding photographers in Urbana in the business listings, and I am the top result!
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There are more wedding photographers in Champaign, so I come up there as the 10th result, but still on the front page. Somehow though, Allyson over at Sweet Pea Photography

beat me and she doesn’t even do weddings! :)

Edit: I just realized that there is a difference between Googling “wedding photography” and “wedding photographers.” Guess I need to update my content and keywords a little bit more!

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Referral Postcards

July 23, 2008

I had these postcards printed from OvernightPrints.com and I love them! I’ve sent a few on to my mom and my grandma (Hi to both… because I know you’re reading this!) to hand out to people at work and church and wherever else they come upon potential brides. If you’d like a couple to pass on, please let me know and I’ll get them to you ASAP! Also, I need to think of cool places to pin them up and leave them, so let me know if you have any ideas!

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Also, as a special extra treat (for you and for ME especially!), here’s a pic of my brand new lens I got yesterday. I CANNOT WAIT try it out on Roganne & Matt this weekend and then on Sara on Sunday (my first Trash-the-dress session!).

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(note: this was taken with my very non-professional point-and-shoot camera)

admin: Haha! I just noticed that you can see the reflection of my ORANGE Fujifilm Finepix Z10 on the lens. :)

Rural route wedding

July 20, 2008

Hi loyal readers! I’ve been busy this month with a lot of things, both personal and business related. I finally was able to post the entire set of Becky & Jon’s photos last night. Here are a few of my favorites:

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Becky did ALL the flowers. Isn’t she amazing?!
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Congrats Becky & Jon!

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This is what I saw on the way to Becky & Jon’s wedding on Saturday:
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I’m working on Becky & Jon’s photos! Stay tuned and I’ll post some here later this week…watch ice harvest the in divx

Beckman E-session

July 15, 2008

Heather found me online & asked if I could shoot her & Scott’s engagement photos here in Champaign even though their wedding is in Iowa. So we met up outside of Beckman Institute on the UI campus for some cool shots and then headed over to West Side Park for a little change of scenery. I wish you two the best of luck in your marriage and have fun planning your June ’09 wedding!

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Follow-up Soy Shoot

July 3, 2008