Greenville, South Carolina Wedding Photographer

Briana and Ezri’s engagement session was one of my favorite engagement sessions of all time! On of the reasons is because Briana has been one of my best friends ever since we were roommates back in college. I’ve also gotten to photograph multiple of her siblings’ weddings over the years. Briana has modeled for me on several occasions, and she is always so much fun to photograph. She’s so bubbly and energetic, and her personality comes across so well on camera.

Briana and Ezri are such a fun couple with such. a unique dynamic. I love all of the cute candid photos I was able to capture of them. My husband, Mark, who is my new second shooter also came along to take photos at this engagement session. I don’t usually bring a second shooter to engagement sessions, but I absolutely LOVED getting to have a second angle of all of my poses during this session. We can’t wait to photograph Briana and Ezri’s wedding together! These two are getting married at a beautiful inn with a mountain backdrop in Pennsylvania. I always love a stunning destination wedding.

Briana and Ezri, I LOVED getting to photograph you two! You are such a fun couple! And I can’t wait to have you both in front of my camera again at your wedding in June! I’m so glad that you loved all of the photos from your engagement session!

I absolutely LOVE what I do as a photographer, and I love getting to work with all of my amazing clients! Are you looking for a wedding photographer, an engagement session photographer, or any other type of photography? I would absolutely LOVE to work with you! Send me a message over on my contact page to learn more about my availability. I can’t wait to hear from you!

Greenville, SC engagement photographer

I LOVED getting to meet and photograph Hannah and Josh at their engagement session! These two are such a fun couple, and they are so great together! I always love getting to chat with my couples at the engagement session and get to know more about their relationship. It helps me tailor the session and poses to each individual couple. My goal is to truly show off each couple’s relationship the way it is, because each love story is so unique.

Hannah and Josh are getting married this July, and I’m so excited for their industrial, downtown wedding day. It’s been so fun to help them plan out the timeline of the day and find the best photo locations near their venues. I always love getting to help my couples plan a magical and smooth wedding day. I can’t wait to photograph Josh’s reaction when he first sees Hannah in her wedding dress on their wedding day. And getting to see these two with their bridal parties and family will be so much fun. Hannah and Josh’s wedding day will be so amazing, and I cannot wait to photograph all of the special little moments between these two as well as their friends and family.

Hannah and Josh, I LOVED getting to photograph you at your engagement session, and I am so happy that you love your photos! I can’t wait to get you both in front of my camera again on your wedding day!

I absolutely LOVE what I do as a photographer! If you are looking for a wedding photographer, an engagement session photographer, or if you are looking for any other type of photography, I would absolutely LOVE to work with you! Please send me a message over on my contact page to find out more about my availability!

I'm Moving to South Carolina!

After yesterday’s personal blog post, I’m sure this doesn’t come as a surprise to many. In light of my recent engagement, I’m also excited to announce that I will be moving to South Carolina in the spring of 2022! After being long distance during out entire relationship, Mark and I are excited to finally live in the same state. And I am very excited to move my photography business to such a beautiful place!

I will be living in Greenville, South Carolina, which is right on the boarder between North and South Carolina, so I will be taking on weddings and sessions in both states. I’ve already gotten to photograph weddings and couples in Charleston and Greenville as well as in Asheville, North Carolina. I will be taking on weddings as well as all types of sessions from couples, to families, to branding sessions. So please feel free to reach out to me over on my contact page if you are looking for a photographer in the Carolinas.

For all of my Indiana couples, don’t worry! I will be making lots of trips back and forth next year as I work on slowly transitioning my business. I currently have 9 Indiana weddings booked for next year, and I’m taking on two more Indiana weddings for 2022 before I close Indiana bookings in order to take on more bookings in South Carolina. If you are having a wedding in Indiana next year, and haven’t booked with me yet, reach out to me as soon as possible so I can make sure to get you on my calendar!

Lastly, I just want to thank everyone for all of the love and support. I have had SO many amazing clients in Indiana, and while I’m sad to leave, I’m also excited to start a new adventure and meets lots of amazing people in South Carolina.

Here’s a few photos of the work I’ve gotten to do in South Carolina so far. I can’t wait for all of the amazing shoots to come!

Life Update: We're Engaged!

I’m so excited to share a personal life update with you all today: Mark and I are engaged! And before I get into all of the juicy details about the proposal, I thought it would be fun to take a step back and share our full love story. It truly feels like a story right out of a fairy tale or romance movie.

Mark and I first met over 8 years ago at a swing dance night that we went to with mutual friends. I’m older than Mark, so at the time, I was in college, and he was in high school. Here’s a photo from that night. We’re on opposite sides of the picture.

He came to that dance with his sister, Hannah, who ended up becoming one of my best friends! Hannah and I became close through swing dancing together, living across the street from each other, and then working together. Hannah is still one of my best friends today! And because of that, Mark and I stayed in each other’s lives as friends over the years as well. Here’s a photo of us a few years later.

I always knew that Mark and I had great conversations whenever we saw each other, but I never thought of him as anything more than a friend. Then, in 2020, we began to become much closer as friends when our friend group formed, and all of us started hanging out a lot more often. Here we all are, celebrating Hannah’s birthday.

At the beginning of this year, Mark started coming to church with me and asking me to hang out one on one, but I was pretty oblivious and didn’t think anything about it at the time. I thought he just wanted to hang out as friends. When Mark first told me that he liked me and wanted to date me earlier this year, I was shocked! I didn’t even know how to respond. I knew that I really liked spending time with him, but I didn’t think I could date my best friend’s brother, and I didn’t want to ruin my friendship with him either. But Mark was so sweet and patient, and never stopped pursuing me. About a month later, we took a trip with our friends to North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. It was on this trip that I realized I had strong feelings for Mark. Here’s a photo of us on a hike in Tennessee!

After a few more weeks of spending time together, I finally told Mark I was ready to date him on the same day that he told me he had accepted a new job offer and was moving to Greenville, South Carolina. I was sad, but I knew that dating Mark long distance was better than not being with him at all. He ended up moving less than two weeks after we started dating.

Our relationship has been filled with lots of driving back and forth between Indiana and South Carolina and lots of FaceTiming when we can’t be together in person. But it has also been filled with so much more fun, love, joy, support, adventures, hugs, and great conversations than I ever could have hoped for. Here’s a small glimpse into our many adventures over the past few months. These were all “selfies” taken with my tripod.

After 7 months of having so much fun together, Mark asked me to marry him last Friday! He asked me if I wanted to go for a sunrise walk in downtown Indy and bring the tripod along to take some photos of us. We set up the tripod on the War Memorial downtown and took a couple rounds of photos with the self timer. On the third round, he got down on one knee and proposed! Afterwards, he had planned a surprise engagement party with all of our friends and family at Hannah’s house! We had a lovely brunch with waffles and mimosas and all of the people we love the most. It was absolutely perfect, and so special. Here are the photos from the proposal!

And now I get to marry the best person I’ve ever met! Mark is so kind, thoughtful, hard-working, loving, caring, and self-less. I’m the luckiest girl in the world to get to spend my life with Mark!

Wedding planning has just begun, and now I’m in the same position as the couples that I get to work with every day, which has been so much fun.

I hope you enjoyed reading a little bit more about our love story! Engagement and wedding photos to come :)

November Engagement Photos at Eagle Creek

I had such a fun time with Aaron and Alicia during their November Engagement Photos at Eagle Creek! We ended up with an absolutely perfect fall day. It was in the sixties and the leaves were still beautiful even in November! Usually peak fall colors happen around mid October in Indiana, but we lucked out with a much later fall this year. I’m so thankful that I was able to squeeze in my last few weddings and engagement sessions of the fall season while we still have such beautiful colors.

I’ve photographed so many sessions at Eagle Creek at this point that I know all of the best spots for photos, how to avoid the crowds, and where to find the best fall colors within the park. I’m so thankful that Aaron and Alicia trusted my location recommendation. We were able to hit about 6 of my favorite spots within the park during the two hour session that we had together. I love that we were able to capture such a huge variety of photos for these two sweet love birds. Their final full engagement session gallery ended up with over 300 photos! My goal is always to capture as much variety as possible for my couples but to do it as efficiently as possible.

Aaron and Alicia, you two are so much fun to photograph, and you are such an amazing couple! I absolutely LOVED getting to photograph your engagement session, and I can’t wait to get you both in front of my camera again on your wedding day in just four months! Until then, happy wedding planning!

Are you looking for a wedding or an engagement session photographer? I would absolutely LOVE to work with you! Send me a message over on my contact page to see if I have your wedding date available! I can’t wait to hear from you!

November Engagement Photos at Newfields

I had so much fun with Jackie and Bryce yesterday during their engagement photos! It was such a beautiful November day for engagement photos at Newfields. We lucked out with a very late fall this year. This beautiful peak fall colors are absolutely perfect right now, even in November. And it was the most beautiful day yesterday for engagement photos. I couldn’t believe it was over 60 degrees. That almost never happens this time of the year in Indiana. I was so thankful though, because I got to squeeze in all of my last few fall weddings and engagement sessions before it gets too cold and while we still have all of the stunning fall colors.

Newfields is always one of my favorite locations in the Indianapolis area for engagement photos. And it’s such a stunning wedding venue as well! The acres and acres of amazing gardens provide so many lovely background options. It’s so nice to be able to achieve such a huge variety of different looks all within walking distance of each other.

Jackie and Bryce, you two are such an amazing couple, and I loved getting to have you two in front of my camera! Your love for each other is so evident and makes my job so easy and fun! I absolutely can’t wait to get you in front of my camera again at your fall wedding next year! I’m loving all of your photos, and I can’t wait to send you your full engagement session gallery. Until then, enjoy these sneak peek photos!

Are you looking for a wedding or engagement session photographer? I would absolutely LOVE to work with you! Send me a message over on my contact page to see if I have your wedding date available! I can’t wait to hear from you!

Fall Wedding At Laurel Hall

Yesterday was the most perfect day for a fall wedding at Laurel Hall. Valerie and Caleb's wedding day was so amazing! And it was the second perfect wedding day that I got to photograph for them! Like so many other couples who had wedding plans in 2020, Valerie and Caleb had to move their big wedding day from last year to this year, but they still decided to get married in a small ceremony with just immediate family last year on 10/10/2020. It was the perfect peak fall colors that day. And this year again, even though their wedding was almost a month later, we still ended up with peak fall colors! I love shooting weddings at Laurel Hall so much! It's one of my favorite venues in the Indianapolis area, but I don't know if I've ever seen it look so beautiful. It might be the perfect venue for a fall wedding.

Valerie and Caleb, I LOVED getting to photograph another wedding for you two! It was SUCH an honor to be your wedding photographer two years in a row. You two are such an amazing couple, and I can't wait to send you your full wedding gallery. In the mean time, enjoy these sneak peeks!

A wedding day can only be as perfect as flow as smoothly as Valerie and Caleb’s wedding day did when an amazing vendor team is running the day. I can’t thank these incredible vendors, companies, and people enough! Everyone did a fantastic job and was amazing to work with!

Valerie and Caleb’s Wedding Vendors:

Indianapolis Wedding Photographer: Michelle Poteet Photography

Indianapolis Wedding Ceremony Venue: Laurel Hall

Wedding Reception Venue: Laurel Hall

Cake and Other Desserts: Classic Cakes

Florist: the bride and the mother of the bride

Wedding Ceremony and Reception DJ: DJ Connection

Catering: Mills Catering

Bridal Gown: Blush Bridal in Fort Wayne

Bridesmaid Dresses: Azazie and David's Bridal

Bridal Shoes: BHLDN

Men’s Attire: The Black Tux

Indiana State Museum Wedding

Wow, wow, wow! Julia and Joe’s Indiana State Museum wedding last night was so incredible! It was a day that these two love birds have been dreaming about for so long, and they were finally able to celebrate with all of their family and friends. Unfortunately Julia and Joe had to push their wedding back from last October to this October, but this day was well worth the wait! Everything about this day was so amazing!

Indiana State Museum weddings are some of the best and most beautiful in Indianapolis. The ceremony site has a stunning view of the Indianapolis skyline and the downtown canal. And the Receptions are held in the giant lobby with the landmark giant Indiana sign. It was the perfect space for this stunning day!

Julia and Joe, congratulations again! I’m so happy for you both as you start the rest of your lives together. It was SUCH an honor to get to celebrate with you and photograph your dream wedding! These are just a few sneak peeks of my favorite photos from your beautiful wedding day. I can’t wait to send you the rest of your wedding gallery! In the mean time, enjoy these sneak peeks!

Julia and Joe truly selected the dream team of wedding vendors. Their wedding day ran so smoothly and was everything they had dreamed of. And from a vendor perspective, it was quite the team as well thanks to so many amazing team mates that I had the privilege of collaborating with. I want to give a HUGE shoutout to such an amazing vendor team. All of Julia and Joe’s incredible vendors are listed below:

Downtown Indianapolis Wedding Photographer: Michelle Poteet Photography

Indianapolis Wedding Florist: Graceful Hands Floral Design

Reception Catering: Kahn's Catering

Cake and other desserts: Kahn's Catering

Live Wedding Ceremony and Reception Band: Bluewater Kings Band

Bridal Gown: Lux Redux Bridal

Bridesmaid DresseS: Azazie

Bridal Shoes: Amazon

Jewelry and Rings: Jewel Box Jewelers

Men’s Attire: Men's Warehouse

Invitations, Menus, and Stationary: Minted

Wedding Videographer: Erin Law

Wedding Ceremony Officiant: Frank Mansell

October Wedding at BASH

Lauren and Tim threw such a fun last minute wedding reception at BASH last weekend. These two have actually already been married for over a year and a half and they have two beautiful and sweet little girls together. They didn’t know when they would be able to have a reception to celebrate their vows to each other because of Covid, but they really wanted to opportunity to celebrate their love with all of their family and friends. They were so excited to finally have a wedding reception this fall where they could celebrate with everyone close to them!

We still took all of their wedding day portraits like their bride and groom photos, wedding party photos, and of course, photos with their two adorable daughters. It was such a blast to work with such a fun group! After group photos, I got to photograph all of the formalities of the reception for these two as well, like the speeches, the first dance, and the cake cutting. I was so happy for these two getting to finally have the wedding reception of their dreams.

Lauren and Tim, congratulations again! You two are such an awesome couple and wonderful parents to your two sweet girls. Your wedding day was so much fun to photograph. It was SUCH an honor to be your wedding photographer!

A huge thank you to Lauren and Tim’s wedding day vendor team:

Carmel, Indiana Wedding Photographers: Michelle Poteet Photography

Wedding Reception Venue: BASH, 828 Venues

Cake and Other Desserts: Sweet Escape Baking Company

Wedding Reception DJ: DJ CONNECTIONS

Wedding Reception Catering: Old Spaghetti Factory

Are you looking for a wedding or elopement photographer? I would absolutely LOVE to work with you! Send me a message over on my contact page to see if I have your wedding date available. I can’t wait to hear from you!

Holcomb Gardens Maternity Photos

It’s so so sweet to get to celebrate all the different life stages with my couples. I love when I get to photograph my couples many different times for all types of special occasions or even for some “just because” couples photos. I got to photograph Hailey and Nathan’s engagement photos two years ago, then I photographed their wedding last year, and this year I was blessed enough to get to photograph their maternity session. I love getting to photograph these two love birds over and over again!

We photographed this sweet maternity session at Holcomb Gardens in Broad Ripple on Butler’s campus. I love the beautiful view of the White River from this park. It’s one of my favorite places in the Indianapolis area to take photos, and it’s also one of my favorite places to go for walks.

Hailey started out the session with a beautiful dress, and Nathan’s outfit matched her so well. Then for her second outfit, she wore an adorable pair of overalls. And again, Nathan did such a great job with matching her. I also love that she brought a really cute vintage rug with her. It’s actually her grandmother’s rug and it worked out so well as a prop for our photo session. Nathan also got to pick out a cute prop for this fun session. Scroll through the photos to see what I mean!

Hailey and Nathan, congrats again! I am so so happy for you both! You are both going to be such wonderful parents!

Here are some of my favorite photos from Hailey and Nathan’s maternity session this past weekend!

Are you looking for a maternity photographer? I would absolutely LOVE to work with you! Send me a message over on my contact page. I can’t wait to hear from you!

Holcomb Gardens Elopement

Christopher and Genesis were married on Friday in a sweet civil ceremony with just the two of them and their officiant. They contacted me, because they wanted to do a photoshoot the same day as their little elopement. They wanted some special and meaningful photos taken on the day that they committed their lives to each other, and I loved that idea. We decided on Holcomb Gardens for their session. It is so beautiful there this time of year. The forecast called for rain but luckily it was only barely misting during our morning session. It was perfect.

These two were so cute and sweet with each other throughout our session together. Whenever I would put them in a pose, Chris couldn’t stop kissing Gen. And the two of them couldn’t stop telling each other how much they loved each other. Couples like that are my absolute favorite. I love love love photographing madly in love couples, couples who are so excited to be getting married to each other. And that’s exactly how Chris and Gen were. They’ll be having their large ceremony and reception to celebrate with all of their friends and family in 2023, and I’m sure that day will be such as sweet, meaningful, and special as the day they were legally married. I’m so excited for these two!

Chris and Gen. congratulations again on your marriage! You two were such a dream to get to photograph! It was SUCH an honor to be your wedding photographer!

Here’s a few of my favorite photos from Chris and Gen’s session.

Are you looking for a wedding or elopement photographer? I would absolutely LOVE to work with you! Send me a message over on my contact page to see if I have your wedding date available. I can’t wait to hear from you!

Benton House Wedding in Irvington Indiana

I loved Josh and Veronica’s Benton House Wedding in Irvington, Indiana so much that I just had to get this sweet couple’s blog post up the same day as their wedding! The Benton House is such a cool little wedding venue. It’s a historic home in a historic district within Indianapolis, Indiana. The home itself is very unique on the inside. And the outside of the home is the perfect spot for an intimate ceremony.

It was a rainy day for a wedding, but I loved that Josh and Veronica made the best of the weather, and were so joyful just to be marrying each other. During their personalized vows during the ceremony, they each shared how much they loved and admired each other. And my favorite thing about their relationship is that their main goal is to make the world a better place together as husband and wife. These two are the perfect match for each other!

Josh and Veronica, you two are such an amazing couple! You were certainly make the world a better place together as husband and wife. I’m so excited for your future together! It was SUCH an honor to be your wedding photographer! I can’t wait to send you your full wedding gallery so soon, but in the meantime, please enjoy these first few sneak peek photos from your beautiful wedding day!

A Huge thank you to Josh and Veronica’s amazing vendor team! Even for small elopements like the sweet, intimate wedding that Josh and Veronica had, an incredible vendor team is so important. These amazing companies and individuals all helped to make Josh and Veronica’s wedding day so perfect.

Indianapolis Wedding Photographer: Michelle Poteet Photography

Hair and Makeup Artist: Laura Snyder

Bridal Gown: Something New, Borrowed, and Blue

Bridesmaid Dresses: David's Bridal

Bridal Shoes: JCPenney

Jewelry: Etsy

Men’s Attire: Indochino

Officiant: Veronica Maximo

Ariel International Center Wedding

On Friday, I had the privilege of photographing a wedding in Cleveland, Ohio for a sweet friend that I met at SpringHill Camp back in high school. I never would have dreamed back then that I would get to photograph McKenna’s wedding some day! McKenna and Clay got married at the beautiful Ariel International Center, a stunning industrial venue with views of the Cleveland skyline on one side and Lake Eerie on the other side!

I loved getting to watch these two interact with each other all day. This sweet couple was made for each other and their love for each other was so evident throughout the day!

McKenna and Clay, it was SUCH an honor to be your wedding photographer! You two are such an amazing couple, and I loved getting to photograph your beautiful wedding day! I can’t wait to send you your full wedding gallery! I’m loving every minute of editing your wedding photos. In the mean time, enjoy these first few sneak peeks from your incredible wedding day!

Wow! All of McKenna and Clay’s wedding vendors were so amazing to work with! I am so thankful for each and every one of these individuals and companies. This vendor team helped McKenna and Clay’s wedding day go so smoothly. They all helped to make this a truly magical day for this incredible, fun, and sweet couple. A huge thank you and shout out to this entire vendor team:

Wedding Photographer: Michelle Poteet Photography

Ceremony Venue: Ariel International Center

Reception Venue: Ariel International Center

Wedding Florist: Joy Walko with Garden by the Gate

Cake and Other Desserts: Kelsey Elizabeth Cakes

Ceremony and Reception DJ: Rock the House

Hair: Nina Ashbacher

Makeup Artist: Taran with American Beauty Artistry LLC

Catering: Sausalito's

Bridal Gown: Twirl Bridal Lexington

Bridesmaid Dresses: Christina Wu

Bridal Shoes: Badgley Mischka

Jewelry: Olive + Piper

Men’s Attire: Men's Warehouse

Save the Date’s, Invitations, and Programs: Magnet Street

Videography: TOAST wedding videography

Wedding Planner: Meg Murphy with Pearl and Co Events

Officiant: Aunt of the bride

Outdoor Fall Wedding at Balmoral House

Lindsey and Brendan’s outdoor fall wedding at Balmoral House on Saturday was an absolute dream! This couple is the sweetest, and I love their love for each other! I have so been looking forward to their wedding day since I met them and got to see their love up close at their engagement session.

They ended up with the PERFECT fall day for their wedding! And I was so obsessed with all of the details they picked out, from the beautiful purple color pallet, to the stunning florals, to the amazing decor.

Lindsey and Brendan, it was SUCH an honor to get to be your wedding photographer! I’m loving editing your wedding gallery, and I can’t wait to send you all of your wedding photos! In the meantime, enjoy these sneak peeks from your amazing wedding day!

I have to give a huge thank you to Lindsey and Brendan’s entire wedding vendor team! This perfect day and these beautiful wedding photos wouldn’t have been possible without these companies and people! Thank you to everyone who made this day a dream for Lindsey and Brendan!

Indianapolis Wedding Photographers: Michelle Poteet Photography

Wedding Ceremony Venue: The Balmoral House in Fishers, Indiana

Wedding Cocktail Hour and Reception Venue: The Balmoral House

Wedding Florist: Michelle from One of a Kind Events

Wedding Cake: Megan from Carmel Classic Cakes

Wedding Reception DJ: Complete Weddings and Events

Hair and Makeup: Stephanie with Blush and Bobby Pins

Reception Catering: A Cut Above Catering

Bridal Gown: Miss Stella York

Bridesmaid Dresses: Revelry

Men’s Attire: Generation Tux,

Guest Transportation: Mike from Indy Trolley

Save the Dates, Invitations, Programs, and other Stationary: Minted

Wedding Officiant: Heston Hybarger (friend of the bride and groom)

Wedding Favors: Pine Hill Candle Co.

Live Ceremony Music: Deoc Ensemble

Are you looking for a wedding or couples session photographer? I would absolutely LOVE to take beautiful portraits of you and your love! Send me a message over on my contact page! I can’t wait to hear from you and work with you soon!

Cozy In Home Couples Session in Broad Ripple, Indiana

Cristina and Spencer’s cozy in home couples session in Broad Ripple, Indiana was so sweet and fun! I absolutely LOVE this couple and their families, and I loved getting to work with them again! I has the privilege of getting to photograph this adorable couple’s engagement photos a couple years ago, then I got to photograph their wedding in July. Right after Cristina and Spencer received their wedding photos, while they were still on their honeymoon, they reached out to me about shooting this in home session for them as well. Of course, I was SO happy to get these two love birds in front of my camera again!

Shortly after their wedding day, Cristina and Spencer moved to New York, so Cristina could start her PhD program. That meant having to sell their beloved first home together. So before they left, they wanted a photography session to document their time in their beautiful home with each other and with their dogs.

I usually use the blog as a way to deliver sneak peek photos to my couples, however I ended up finishing and sending all of Cristina and Spencer’s photos to them the next day, so blogging completely fell off of my to do list for this session. However, I just has to show you all how adorable these two and their dogs are. I hope you love these photos as much as I loved taking them! Here are a few of my favorites from this session.

Are you looking for a wedding or couples session photographer? Want to do a cozy in home couples session like Cristina and Spencer did? I would absolutely LOVE to take beautiful portraits of you and your love! Send me a message over on my contact page! I can’t wait to hear from you and work with you soon!

Kitten Photos

I recently decided to start blogging some of the other types of photography content that I’ve been working on besides just weddings and couples. Of course, I love to show you all the beautiful weddings and fun couples that I get ti photograph all the time, especially right now in the middle of wedding season and the current wedding boom! But I also just HAD to show you guys these adorable kitten photos that I took a few months ago! Adorable tiny kittens on a beautiful property with a beautiful sunset behind them… what could be more cute and perfect?!

My friend Hannah, who often second shoots for me on wedding days, has such a beautiful farm with the most perfect sunrises and sunsets, as you saw in my last blog post. Hers and Jack’s farm is home to lots of animals, and they recently even had this litter of kittens. Hannah asked me to photograph the kittens in order to help find them good homes. All of the kittens ended up with loving families, but I’m so glad I got to take these adorable photos of them before they did! You’ll also see both Hannah and I featured in some of these photos as well! I couldn’t resist getting a sunset kitten photo for myself.

I hope you love these sunset kitten photos as much as I loved taking them! I’m sure you’ll understand why I was so excited to share these photos here on the blog. I promise I’ll get back to our regular wedding and couples photos soon!

Are you looking for a wedding photographer, couples photographer, portrait photographer, or any other type of photography session? I would absolutely LOVE to work with you! Head over to my contact page, and fill out the form! I can’t wait to hear from you and work with you!

Equestrian and Farm Photos

Normally I’m a wedding photographer, but sometimes I’m an equestrian photographer. I’ve been taking photos of Hannah and her horses ever since way back when I first started doing photography. For some reason, I don’t usually share these types of sessions on my business social media accounts or here on my blog, but these photos were just too good not to share. I absolutely loved this session with Hannah, Finn, and Walter. Hannah Jack’s property in Pendleton, Indiana has the most beautiful sunrises and sunsets. We got such a stunning golden hour and blue hour for this session last week. I’ve really been lucking out with the weather for all of my sessions, weddings, and even personal projects lately.

During this fun sunset farm session, we took some headshots of Hannah with her piano since she teaches piano lessons. We took some equestrian headshots with her new horse, Walter since she teaches horseback riding lessons and is also the coach of the Ball State equestrian team. We took some photos of her with her other horse, Finn. AND we took some photos of Hannah in her beautiful garden! We got so much accomplished in this session, and I absolutely love how all of the photos turned out.

Check out some of my favorite photos of Hannah, her farm, and her horses below. Maybe I’ll start sharing more of these types of non wedding or couples related sessions in the future, because I love these types of photos so much! I’ll also be sharing some fun photos from some fun personal photography projects in the near future!

Are you looking for a photographer for your wedding engagement session, or any other type of session? I would absolutely LOVE to work with you! Send me a message over on my contact page, and give me all the details! I can’t wait to hear from you!

Fall Wedding at Black Iris Estate Carmel, Indiana

Anna and Lucas’s fall wedding at Black Iris Estate in Carmel, Indiana was absolutely perfect! Everything about their day was amazing. It was one of the smoothest and most joyful wedding days I’ve ever had the pleasure of being a part of. Everyone was so relaxed, happy, and joyful, and the sweet couple got to spend the entire day just soaking up time with each other and with their friends and family.

I absolutely love when my couples give me tons of time for bride and groom portraits on their wedding day. It gives us a chance to get creative beyond all of the standard photos. And when we have a venue as huge and gorgeous as Black Iris Estate with SO many beautiful spot for portraits, it gives us time to explore the entire building and grounds and get lots of different portrait backgrounds. I love how many bride and groom portraits we were able to capture for Anna and Lucas. They’ll have so many photos to choose from to hang in their home and pass down for generations to come.

Anna and Lucas, it was SUCH an honor to be your wedding photographer! You two are such an amazing couple, and I’m so happy for you both! I loved your wedding day so much, and I can’t wait to finish editing your full wedding gallery! In the mean time, enjoy these sneak peeks from your amazing wedding day!

Anna and Lucas’s vendor team was absolutely incredible! Each one of these amazing people and companies helped this wedding day run so smoothly, be so beautiful, and be exactly what this sweet couple envisioned for the best day of their lives.

Vendor Team:

Carmel Indiana Wedding Photographer: Michelle Poteet Photography

Venue: Black Iris Estate in Carmel, Indiana

Catering: Thomas Caterers of Distinction

Wedding Florist: Oberer’s Flowers Carmel

Live Band: My Yellow Rickshaw

Hair: Ashley Brummet Reed- owner of Halo Salon in Carmel

Makeup Artist: Erika Barnet

Bridal Gown: Marie Gabriel

Invitations, Programs, Save the Dates, and other Stationary: Shutterfly and Vistaprint

Officiant: James Vigil (godfather of the bride)

Photo Booth: The Foto Stand

Summer Vineyard Wedding in Zionsville, Indiana at Finley Creek Vineyards

Annah and Troy were married in the most beautiful Summer Vineyard Wedding in Zionsville, Indiana at Finley Creek Vineyards. I knew these two love birds were such a special couple when I fist met them at their engagement session. I could tell right away how in love they are and that they have such a special bond with each other. Like so many of my other couples, their wedding had to be pushed back from last year to this year, but that didn’t stop them from having so much JOY about marrying each other!

Annah and Troy, it was SUCH an honor to get to be your wedding photographer! You two are such an amazing couple, and I loved every minute of your wedding day! I can’t wait to finish editing your full wedding gallery! In the mean time, enjoy these first few sneak peeks from your incredible wedding day!

I have to give a huge shout out to some of the most amazing wedding vendors in the Indianapolis area. It is always such a treat to get to work with these amazing vendors, because I know the entire wedding day is going to be sos tree-free, smooth, and beautiful, and that our couple is going to be so happy. Having an amazing vendor team truly makes all the difference in the world.

Vendors:

Zionsville, Indiana wedding photographer: Michelle Poteet Photography

Wedding Planners: Amanda and Lora from Magical Moments Event Planning

Wedding Florist: Special Occasion Designs by Chrissy

Cake and Other Desserts: Nothing Bundt the Cake

DJ: Jason with DJ Sound Solution

Hair and Makeup Artist: Salon One - Tara Dumser

Catering: Nameless Catering

Bridal Gown: Brides By Young

Bridal Shoes: Nordstrom

Bride and Groom’s Rings: Shane Co.

Men’s Attire: Louies Tux Shop

Transportation and Limo: Avant Limo/Advanced Limo

Save the Date’s, Invitations, and Programs: Truly Engaging and Zola

Officiant: Matt Johnson

Photo Booth: Complete Events

Deer Path Inn Wedding

Tara and Johannes were married on Saturday, and their wedding day was PERFECT! Being at their venue, Deer Path Inn in Lake Forest, IL, makes you feel like you’re in another country, and all of the vendors were so incredible to work with and made this wedding day flow so smoothly. I loved getting to document Tara and Johannes’s love for each other. As mentioned in all of the speeches that night, these were were made for each other!

Tara and Johannes, it was SUCH an honor to be your wedding photographer! You two are such an amazing couple, and are so great together! I absolutely cannot wait to finish editing your full wedding gallery! In the meantime, enjoy these sneak peeks from your stunning wedding day!

I want to give a huge shout out to all of Tara and Johannes’s amazing vendors. This incredible team of people helped to make this wedding day so smooth, perfect, and everything that Tara and Johannes had dreamed of. Everything was executed beautifully, and I could have asked for better vendors to work alongside on this stunning wedding day:

Illinois Wedding Photographer: Michelle Poteet Photography

Ceremony and Reception Venue: Deer Path Inn in Lake Forest, Illinois

Wedding Planner: Gina Mozzaferri with the Simply Elegant Group

Hair and Makeup: Kayla Console with Deco Adamo

Desserts: Jeanie with Central Continental Bakery

Entertainment and Music: Rachel Karlic with Toast and Jam DJ’s

Decor: Lanie Hartman and Mike Jones with BBJ Linnens

Florist: Eileen Weber with Lake Forest Flowers

Transportation: M&M Limousine Services

Videography: Ivana and Steven

Bridal Gown: Mira Couture

Bridesmaid Dresses: Jenny Yoo

Shoes: Bella Belle

Rings: Rolland's Jewelers (bands) and Joy Everley (engagement ring)

Men’s Attire: The Suit Shop

Save the Date’s, Invitations, and Programs: Minted

Officiant: Dennis Gonka

Favors: cookies from Central Continental Bakery