ashley & nick, louisville wedding photographer

my little cousin, ashley, is married. a couple weekends ago she said i do to a handsome, sweet, sweet man named nick. they were married in louisville, ashley's hometown, even though they now live in chicago :)

they were married in the cathedral of assumption, which is gorgeous! & then everyone had a short skip & hop to the reception at the gillespie. the reception was lovely.

here are a few of my favorites from the day. this was really hard to pick just a few- so many good ones from their special day!!


i showed ashley's mom this picture & she laughed & said "tell them not to stop anytime soon!"


nick had sent a text the night before saying- "see you at the alter!" ashley responded with "yeah, we'll see!" these two are really cute together.


one of ashley's sisters, danielle. i love the way she's looking at her big sis.


family hug!


getting her make up done up real nice. most of ashley's bridesmaids are from the north (or at least more north). i walk in to the house to hear her saying "we put our makeup on real thick & our hair real high" in a nice southern accent. it's safe to say everyone had a fantastic day- the mood was playful the whole way through.


& then the dress was on & it was real. ashley looked exquisite.


while doing a few portraits out front, ashley's dad didn't know how else to help with his nerves- so he went for a short ride around the ladies.


ya'll ready for this one? this is nick. my sweet new cousin, with a huge tear down his check as he sees ashley walk down the aisle.


it was a beauuuuutiful ceremony. father domhoff married them. he also married ashley's parents... so it was pretty special.


so awesome.


two beautiful individuals.


i picked this wedding party photo because it was one of the most fun... but there are many many more!


my favorite!


beautiful.


ashley's dad, johnny, gave an awesome toast. she's a little embarrassed at this moment, but nick is trying to make it not so painful :)


first dance.


nick & his mom, so sweet.


as a young kid, i can remember watching uncle johnny dance with his girls in their basement. i was so in awe- because they were choreographed, awesome dances with twirls & flips & everything. these two did not disappoint :)


the miller cousin dance. we serenaded ashley to bad to the bone, with leather jackets & sunglasses.


the party got a little wild after that ;) i love ashley's terrified face.


what a great wedding! thank you for letting me be such an intimate part of it!

love ya'll.

rosemary & clay's wedding; kentucky wedding photographer

clay, rose & i were all art majors at western together. rosie was my roomie our last semester... they are some of my favorite peops. this day has been in the works for many, many years & i think everyone that knows them believes they're perfect together!

they were married on rose's aunt's property outside of frankfort ky. it was gorgeous! it'd been a rainy week but we got beautiful skies for their big day!

they posted signs so we wouldn't get lost... i still got lost :)~



they chose to have a quaker ceremony & here they're preparing clay's family with the details.


this was the backup location for the wedding in case we didn't get the blue skies... isn't it gorgeous? i threatened to stay forever.


they made all of the beautiful decorations themselves or had close friends help.


her gorgeous dress.


isn't she beautiful?!


the parents walking them to their ceremony...


i love the anticipation on their faces.


rose asked that everyone pick a wildflower & that became her bouquet!


everyone sat around them in a circle. that pile of ruble became the bonfire later that night!


smoochies.


they made their rings out of quarters... crazy huh? very romantic.


a lil footsie!


brad & adrienne made their beautiful marriage certificate. everything was incredibly unique!


friends & family were allowed to speak during the ceremony & say whatever they were moved to say. it was seriously, the most beautiful, heartfelt ceremony i'd ever been to. everyone cried as they told why they loved them, why they're so happy they're together, etc. here is rose's brother sharing his story.


more fabulous art peops.




this is a hickory stick. they're supposed to carve an image onto it for their wedding & then anytime a milestone comes they're supposed to carve another one. how cool is that?


these portraits make me giddy. so, so, sooo beautiful.


lord, do i love these two kids.


maybe my favorite.


so dang cute!


seriously?!


another favorite.




proud mary made some yummy taco's!


buncha cute kids watching a movie.


these pies were delicious & made by pi pies!!!!


some of the art gang!


first dance ;) the lovely band was stirfry musette.


so pretty. some slow dancin.




rose dancin' with her daddy.


at the end of the night we lit some wish lanterns, an awesome gift they received. so cool!


i AM soooo happy for you two. & i can't wait to see where your journey together takes you. love!