About a month ago, I got a suspicious looking email.  Turns out, it was from Chad.  He set up a new email account to try and keep a secret from Cassie…sooooo bad ;)  Don’t hate him yet, because the secret has earned him “Best Husband of the Year Award.”  His plan was to surprise Cassie with a photo session for their first anniversary…and could I fit them in quickly????

Well, as luck would have it, I was in Indianapolis two weekends in a row for my daughter’s dance competitions.  We picked the first weekend and the temperatures were a glorious 65 and sunny…complete opposite from their cold wedding day!  I was beyond excited to catch up with them and re-visit some of the places we photographed on their wedding day.

I met them at their house and I was thrilled to see them dressed in their signature color!  Chad even had his wedding socks on.  Cassie mentioned her green wedding shoes were upstairs packed away and at the last minute I said GO GET THEM!  We started our shoot at Monument Circle and there were people EVERYWHERE.  Even a wedding party that had set up camp.  On the one side that the blazing sun actually worked.  And on the ONLY side that the monument wasn’t complete closed off with scaffolding.   Challenging…yes.  Impossible…never!  It was so fun to give them fresh, new images but also give a nod to some of their wedding day favorites.

And THIS is when we all jumped up and down that Cassie had her green shoes with her!!!!!!!!!  My favorite!

We stopped back at The Rathskeller for a little refresher, change of clothing and some more pictures at their reception venue.  Then it was a short walk over to the cobblestone street…

And you may remember a certain shot from their wedding post yesterday….we tried to recreate it.  It took a few times.  One shot even looked like Chad was kicking Cassie in the head!  So, here you go…a little groomsman photo bomb recreation!

Ok, I warned you yesterday I was going to gush about these two.  I can’t tell you how good it feels to know that by being a part of their wedding, I not only gave them a beautiful and tangible reminder from all the festivities, but that in some small way my presence on that day was another great memory in their eyes.  Cass and Chad have been some of my biggest cheerleaders and it has often brought me to tears.  I mean…they SENT ME FLOWERS the Monday after their wedding.  They stay in touch and send me random texts on their nights out that I just adore.  When they learned my new website was launching, Cass sent me a message that said , “Happy website day!”

I tell you all this because I don’t know if I could really put into words how special they are to me.  How they’ve taken me as their wedding photographer and made me feel a part of their family.  I’ve been blessed with many couples who have made me feel that way and I really don’t deserve it.  But I’ll take it and hope that I can make that kind of impact with each and every couple.