Bridal Portraits: Downtown Indianapolis

When I realized a wedding was a real possibility, I started seriously thinking about themes and colors that I wanted. I'd been planning my wedding for a long time, of course, like any other girl, and knew I wanted black and white to be the basic colors. My aunt Crystal made my dress so I was able to make it just what I wanted - simple, classic, fitted. As these details came together a general theme emerged - Art Deco/Old Hollywood. It was really important to me that I didn't look back at my wedding photos in twenty years and cringe because they were so dated and trendy. Obviously, they'll be dated and there may be details I don't love in the future, but I wanted to keep things as classic and simple as possible. Once we'd decided on a theme, I got this idea in my head that I really wanted photos downtown at night with streetlights and city lights. It was tough to find a photographer on such short-notice anyway, especially one who was reasonably priced, but it proved even more difficult to find one who I felt comfortable could capture the images I had in mind.

After a few promising leads, I found Brittany Erwin - a local photographer whose work I really liked and who was incredibly flexible with our wants and our budget. She was able to give me everything I wanted for the price we could afford and she was really great to work with. Since we wouldn't have time to do night-time photos the day of the wedding, we did a first look downtown the night before and took some bridal portraits there. It was a chore getting ourselves there - Brandon was at his training all day so he got back into town and had to shower and get ready right away. A couple of hours before that, I accidentally flooded our laundry room area (which happens to be in the bedroom...right where Micah was helping me get ready). Then after all that, I managed to forget my bouquet. It was pretty chaotic, but we made it and the photos turned out beautifully and all was well. :)

But first, some post-photo shoot selfies.