Last weekend I lead a wedding to help out a wonderful photographer and friend Autumn of DPI Photography. I knew when I walked in and all the bridesmaids had gorgeous lime tea length dresses this wedding was going to have oodles of photo opportunities. In addition to the colorful dresses and vibrant bouquets, there was lots of sentimental emotions in this Northern Indiana Wedding. I don’t think there was a dry eye in the house during the ceremony or first dance! After the I do’s, the bride and groom let me pose them with panache and sprinkle in some Stacy creative flair.
Archive: May, 2009
Columbus Wedding Photography::: Zook Wedding
Sunday, May 31st, 2009
Columbus Indiana Maternity Photography::: Elizabeth
Thursday, May 28th, 2009This past week has been a flurry of photo activity as I had a maternity session in Indy on friday a wedding in Northern Indiana on saturday and a 3-day stock shoot with a friend in Illinois… so there were around 2000 photos taken.
I had worked with the lovely Elizabeth prior doing a portrait session last summer. She is extremely sweet, smart, and a breeze to take photos of. Awhile after our shoot, I found out she was pregnant and jumped at the chance to shoot this lovely girl with a baby bump. We met up last Friday in Indianapolis and went through some concepts centering around her baby belly. She is having a little girl so I wanted to focus on floral and feminine themes.
Columbus Indiana Child Photography::: Eowyn
Sunday, May 24th, 2009Last weekend I caught up with a friend and her adorable little girl Eowyn. She feel in love with Lola my chihuahua who was unsure about the friendship. Eowyn is a delightful girl with maturity beyond her years. We spent some time outside taking photos and she has the most intense and beautiful eyes of any child I’ve ever known. After some fun photos we watched Happy Feet which I still have stuck in my head a week later.
Indiana Family Photographer::: Ashly & Aiden
Monday, May 18th, 2009I met with the vivacious Mr. Aiden and his beautiful Mommy, Ashly to be their child/lifestyle photographer in Madison, Indiana last week. We did a fun mom and son shoot centered around Aiden’s interests so I followed him around to his activity of choice and snapped away in the process. Thank you Aiden and Ashly for letting me capture you on that sunny afternoon!
Columbus Indiana Trash the Dress
Friday, May 15th, 2009What is Trash the Dress? I get several inquiries as to what is trash the dress and I’ll attempt to explain.
Trash the dress is about showcasing the bride and her gown outside the norm and to have loads of fun. After the wedding day, the bride adorns her gown once more for a final farewell photo session to the gown she spent a fortune to wear for only one day. Only instead of posing in some traditional setting, the picture is shot in a back alley, on a skateboard, riding a horse (or tractor!), or even in a water fountain/lake/beach. Not all sessions end up with ruined wedding gowns. Depending on what the bride has in mind, there may only be a tiny bit of dirt (similar to after the reception) on the hem which a dry cleaner can get out. Whatever the setting or idea is, the trash the dress session is guaranteed to be fun, creative, and the results will be some amazing photos.
These Trash the Dress session have become the hot thing in wedding photography for brides who want to add something creative and unconventional to their wedding albums. If a bride is sentimental about archiving the gown, steps can be taken and creative possibilities discussed prior to minimize wear/dirt on the gown. One example, a bride can get a used gown for the the trash the dress session.
For my brides, if you are interested please let me know as Trash the Dress is my creative project this summer and I’d be thrilled to work on a trash the dress project with you!
Yesterday, I shot with the lovely Brittany and Barret at a creative spot in Indy. You can see her dress didn’t get dirty but we had loads of fun and took have some gorgeous photos. To add some flair I made an impromptu bouquet.. I’m proud of my last minute flower skills.
trash the dress | Stacy Able Photography
Equine Photography | Bloomington Indiana
Monday, May 4th, 2009A couple weeks ago I did a horse photography session out in Bloomington/Ellettsville. The horse cantered beautifully and his coat gleamed in the warm spring sunshine. If you are in need of a gorgeous horse, he is for sale, so feel free to contact me and I’ll get you connected with his owner.
