David and Shannon are the masterminds behind Locke Innovations. We met them about 4 years ago during a consultation for our own wedding. They photographed our wedding back in 2006, and we’ve managed to keep in touch since then. They were an integral part of helping us form our business early last year, and they’ve continued to be a great support for us.

So needless to say, it was pretty cool when they asked us to take some portraits of them for their new website. We spent an evening in Yellow Springs talking, posing, experimenting, and just hanging out.

This first shot is pretty unique for us. It’s the first real successful attempt at “free lensing,” which creates the unique effect you see. I’m pretty excited to try this more often in the future!

Okay… maybe Chicago is a bit of a stretch. We had the privilage of photographing Julie and Haddon’s wedding at the County Line Orchard in Valparaiso, Indiana. It’s about an hour outside of the city. Close enough for me

Julie is a friend of ours from Cedarville, Haddon went there too, but we’d actually not met him while we were there. Knowing Julie, we had some pretty high expectations. When Julie got to college, she predicted, “I’m not going to find a husband while I’m here.” Apparently Haddon had other plans. And I can say with certainty, Haddon exceeded our expectations.

They’re one of the couples that people just gravitate to. Mindy and I were driving back to our hotel room and both realized that we were sad the wedding was over, just because we didn’t feel like we were finished hanging out. The bridal party was excellent, the family was easy going. Overall, just one of the best weddings we’ve been a part of.

In his toast, Matt (the best man) described the couple best, “You can tell a lot about the character of a person by the company they keep.” Truer words were never spoken.