Kiarra and Zach's Dog Lover Wedding at Bridgeton Barn

Catlin Humes January 29, 2019

“She knew she loved him when ‘home’ went from being a place to being a person.” — E Leventhal

A flower girl reaches for her dress while its hanging in a window

A set of wedding rings sits in a sunbeam on a box that says Mr and Mrs

A bride reads a letter from her groom before getting ready for her wedding ceremony

A little girl reaches out to a bride to encourage her to get ready faster

A bridesmaid and bride laugh together while putting on bridal makeup before the ceremony begins

A flower girl watches a bride closely as she gets ready for her wedding day

A bride puts on her wedding dress in her parents bedroom before heading to the ceremony

A bride checks the mirror before heading out to her wedding ceremony

A bride and her dogs leave her parents home to go to the wedding venue

A view out the window of the limo has a sticker on the window that says “just married”

A dad cries during a father’s first look with his daughter before the wedding ceremony

The bridesmaids pose for a photo outside of brighton barn

Groomsmen pose for a wedding photo outside of Bridgeton 1878 House

A bride and groom share a prayer before their wedding ceremony at Bridgeton Barn

Guests mingle before the wedding ceremony at Bridgeton Barn

The bridal party celebrates outside of 1878 Barn in Bridgeton, Indiana

The bride and groom pose for a photo in front of a wood pile at Bridgeton Barn

A bride and groom pose for a photo with their dogs at Bridgeton Barn

A bride and groom dance at their reception at Bridgeton Barn

When Kiara first contacted me and said that shew as looking for someone to document her wedding day I was so excited to get to be a part of it! I photograph thirty five weddings a year and every single one makes me so happy to be a part of. I don’t see weddings as just pretty pictures to put on my Instagram, chasing the latest “trends” and whatever wedding magazines are saying are the “Dos and Don’ts”. I photograph people.

And its awesome.

Every single time!

I think she may have mentioned, in an email, about including her dogs in the day but a lot of couples decide that it will just be too stressful (either for them or the dogs) so I never get my hopes up too high…but in this case, whooooWeee was I wrong. Kiara’s dogs were with her ALL day.

And it was the. best. thing. ever!

Can you imagine being at work, at a job you love anyway, but then having the added bonus of being able to reach down and pet a dog at any moment? I was so happy! haha

Laid back Candid Wedding at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater in Bloomington, Indiana

Catlin Humes January 28, 2019

“Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.” —Emily Bronte

A bride leans on her friends as she puts on her wedding dress

A bride raises her hands above her head as she celebrates putting on her wedding dress

Wedding attendants put on a bride’s wedding veil

A bride puts her hands to her face after seeing herself in the mirror

A bride blows kisses with her hands to a phone when a well wisher offers excitement over the wedding

A bride puts on her earnings in a theater mirror before her wedding ceremony

A bridesmaid dances in a mirror to make the bride laugh so that she doesn’t cry and ruin her makup

It was a hot, summer day when I drove down to Bloomington to photograph Brittany and Matt’s wedding at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater. Totally opposite from the cool Fall breeze when I first met Brittany and the snow we had during their engagement session but nonetheless, perfect.

Brittany totally embraced my candid style and I was so happy to see her surrounded by friends and family that didn’t hold back their love for them. Contrary to popular belief, that is actually hard to find sometimes but I seem to have gotten extremely lucky in my career to have had so many awesome clients.

The world can be a scary place, but when you have support like these two, you don’t have to worry about leaping into the future and falling in love. You know, that no matter what happens, there will always be hands to catch you.

Engagement Photographer in Dayton, Ohio

Catlin Humes January 27, 2019

My clients take me to the best places! These two got engaged in Dayton, Ohio and emailed me for some photos. I had a blast hanging out with them and capturing these engagement photos for them! I was even more excited with I found out that I was available to photograph their wedding!

What Ifs... and other Scary Questions you should ask while Planning your Wedding: A lesson from Brooklyn 99

Catlin Humes January 26, 2019

I am a worrier.

Most of my life, you can find me organizing my life so that things run smoothly and the people around me do not have to stress. It might just be one of the reasons I fell so easily into wedding photography. There is a whole lot of things going on during a wedding and I’ve always found it really full fulling to be able to juggle it all and make sure things get done that need doing.

Anyone planning a wedding, inherently, is a worriers too.

How can you not? There are a dozen vendors to book, a hundred payments to keep track of and a million little details that just keep popping up like the worst game of wack-a-mole you can imagine. Seating charts, Guests lists, invitations, showers, and on and on and on and on.

I get asked “What happens if you can’t photograph our wedding?” by a lot of couples during the planning process and the general answer is that I work with a group of photographers that work together to help out and fill in if one of us (my analogy) “gets hit by a bus.” It’s funny because the chances of getting hit by a bus are WAY slim. (2 in a million; I just looked it up)

Asking that question to your wedding photographer makes sense. Most of your other vendors are big company while, more than likely, your photographer is an idivdual. But its not just the individuals you need to worry about. All the best laid plans cannot always prevent Final Destination levels of fate. What if your wedding photographer gets into a car accident on the way to the wedding ceremony? What if a tree falls on your DJ’s car? What if your catering company burns down or your wedding venue goes out of business?

There is a lot of trust when it comes to choosing your wedding vendors. You trust that they will do what ever they can to get to your wedding and help you pull off your dream, but what if they can’t? Most wedding contracts have a clause stating that they can’t be held liable for acts of god and/or situations that are outside of their control. Makes sense…but where does that leave you?

Wedding Insurance.

Wedding Insurance pays you back if your best man drops your wedding ring through the slats of a dock into a river. It pays you back if your wedding gets rescheduled because a tornado hits your venue.

I’ve been talking to my clients about wedding insurance for a while now, but it took watching the new season of Brooklyn 99 (nine-nine!) to decide to write a blog about it. I figure a lot of people are going to go…wait…what is wedding insurance?

Just like homeowners, renters or travelers insurance, Wedding insurance pays you back if something goes wrong at your wedding. Sometimes, depending on what kind of coverage you choose, they can even pay you back all the money you’ve spent so you can have a do-over (or you can do what Jake and Amy did and just go on a blow out honeymoon because you’re going to need to relax if your wedding venue gets ran over by a tornado).

There are lots of different companies out there, so I recommend asking your own insurance agent who they recommend or doing some google sleuthing for the perfect amount of coverage you need.

Ashley and Colin get Married at the Ritz Charles in Carmel, Indiana

Catlin Humes January 24, 2019

Picking the photos for this blog was next to impossible! The Alexander wedding won the record for most photos delivered this year and I just wanted to put them all in this post, haha. Keep an eye out later because I will probably be posting some more from this wedding at the Ritz Charles.