where, oh, where do i begin?

Matt and Tara are truly fantastic, dear, genuine people.  their honest love for God and people is what others need, like me, in their/my lives.  i am rather grateful for their friendship.  Matt has the house right next to Tara's sister's house.  when Tara moved to Indianapolis, she lived with her sister's family next door.  when they (M&T) married Tara didn't move very far.

so there was a point in my life (rather recent) where i frequented a particular starbucks in downtown indianapolis everyday, not some days, everyday. 

i became very familiar with the staff and they quickly embraced me, my bow ties, quirks, good looks, etc.  [for other wedding photographers who are reading this, i'm not sure if you're like me, but each instance i hear someone mentioning the word 'wedding', my ears perk up.  the instance before us is no different.]

lovely Tara, who works there, was talking about her wedding and how she was still looking for a wedding dress.  "well,"  i interjected, "my sister just so happens to have a wedding studio that sells dresses and i just so happen to do photography."  well, Tara didn't get a dress from my sister but, you guessed it, she booked me.

soon after our consultation, i was in the process of finding a solid church.  i had attended a number of them in the city and decided to try redeemer presbyterian.  how i even found out about redeemer was because Matt and Tara were having their wedding there and attended regularly as well. i didn't know what to expect.  the preaching was indeed solid: the loveliness of Christ clearly presented.  and who did i see there? Matt and Tara.

i soon connected with the pastors and found myself in a small group - a smaller community of people from the church that meet weekly - down in fountain square.  guess who's there?  Tara.  by now, i'm pretty certain M&T think i'm stalking them a bit too much.

weekly, individuals in the small group were sharing their stories/testimonies/how the Lord saved them.

well, this post begins with Tara sharing hers.

what begins after it, their wedding.  redeemer is a huge encouragement to the arts with the harrison center for the arts.  actually redeemer houses the harrison center for the arts, which has four art galleries and twenty-eight artist studios.  thus, art galore.  art on the walls, art in the halls, art for all.

right, so Matt is a graphic artist.  he designed their insignia/logo/initial thing. he's got talent.

i'm a film photographer and my sister owns a bridal boutique.  i make fotos; she sells dresses.  recently - a couple days ago - we put two and two together.  i made fotos of her dresses.  we call ourselves siblings. i can't speak for my sis, but i will anyway.  she thinks they turned pretty decent.  me too, me too. 

Cassandra Stevning sells dresses from the Birnbaum and Bullock bridal collections.  her studio is located in the midwest, indianapolis to be exact.  the hair pieces featured in the pictures are handmade by the extraordinarily talented E.MILLINER

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talk soon,
j.frey

J&J are just down right spectac.  we talked about shooting this wedding the week before it took place.  this is the result.  it snowed quite a bit that day.  they married in NY.  they recepted in IN.  at the skyline club. Megan Wynn was a huge help to me!

happy new years - well from this wedding that is.  more like happy ground hogs day now...

this was the last wedding of 2010 on new years eve!  we made fotos at the indianapolis motor speedway.  we also made fotos while the ball dropped.  okay, i made the fotos, Gabe and Ashly were the recipients of the pictures.  fun wedding.  thank you Gabe and Ashly.  and CONGRATULATIONS!