2011 April | Champaign and Urbana wedding photographer

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Hey! Thanks for coming to my blog! If you're here as a bride or groom, I hope you like what you see. I'd love to meet with you in person to talk about your wedding day and how I can help you. I love photographing weddings and hope that shows in my work!

Things I love: the Illini, the color orange, lobsters, my husband, my son, weddings, my Nikon D700, socks, my dogs, Johnny Cash, American Idol, my iMac, The Sound of Music, Hereford cattle, a pair of good-fitting jeans, the Food Network, & macaroni and cheese (and my Grandma Hazel wants me to add her in here too).

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Monthly Archives: April 2011

April 27, 2011

Q96′s Happily Ever After Wedding Contest | Champaign-Urbana

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There are still a few days left to enter in the Happily Ever After contest hosted by Q96! Saturday, April 30 is the last day to enter. As of this writing, there are only 15 couples entered so your chances are really good!

You can win a $15,000 prize package including:
* An engagement ring and two wedding bands from Christopher’s Fine Jewelry Design.
* A Reception for up to 220 people from Events at Refinery. Some Restrictions apply.
* A two entree buffet dinner for 150 guests from Chef Benjamin.
* A lighting package from Elite Entertainment.
* Tuxedos for the Groom & Groomsmen from Seno Formal Wear.
* A certificate towards your Wedding Dress from Lindsey Lane.
* A Gift Certificate for Limo Service from Starr Limo.
* A 6-hour wedding photography package from Holly Birch Photography.
* The bride’s bouquet and grooms boutonniere from a House of Flowers.

You may enter online at www.happilyeveraftercontest.com and then pick up your “Passport” at Christopher’s Fine Jewelry. Voting and points earning begins on May 2nd! Good luck!!

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April 22, 2011

Business Headshots | Champaign-Urbana headshot photographer

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April 18, 2011

Jewellie + John | Urbana-Champaign engagement photography session

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Jewellie + John are planning (well, I should say are nearly finished planning!) their June 4 wedding in Champaign. I met Jewellie at her initial wedding consultation with me, but hadn’t met John yet, so I was excited to get the chance to see them together in action before the wedding. I learned that they both have cute dimples, that they both occasionally have a tendency to blink, and that they are going to be easy to photograph on their wedding day! Thanks for a great e-session, you two! Also, thanks to my new friend Mark for helping me out with my lighting on this shoot.

I’ve been eying (eyeing?) this new spot for a few weeks, and finally got the chance to use it! I love the colors of the rocks, and the waterfalls. I’m not particularly fond of the geese, but you know, they come with the territory.

A repeat of a classic.