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lauren & brandon.

...lauren & brandon (who you may remember from their purdue e-session) are married!!  they picked an absolutely BEAUTIFUL late fall day to be "their" day.  lauren has a pretty keen eye for all things wedding and detail and along with her maid of honor they did an AMAZING job creating such fun little special touches.  we also got to work along our great friends darcie & jen of circle city planners who did an amazing job (as usual!) we also found a GEM of a background for some fun, impromptu group shots and a few fun images of just lauren & brandon.  a giant thank you to all the awesome friends and both families, you guys made the day even more special! and a BIG hug to both lauren & brandon, we're SO glad that we were able to be a part of your day!!

: )

l. & r.

starting things off with a little ice cream shop love.

their invites were AMAZING.  seriously.

 

and the bride wore some lovely shoes...that's right, she had some custom *lovelies* made for her big day!!!

 

and...she loves her some wedding chicks, really, what bride doesn't?!?!  : )

her sweet little flower girl...

 

...love this moment with her grandma.

lauren's dad, and her brother, getting all "tied" up.

 

i could be wrong, but i don't think there are "those" types of ties that go over your head.

 

they opted for a first glance, which are quickly becoming some of our most favorite times to shoot...the leaves were awesome.

 

 

 

 

the lovely lauren.

 

 

 

 

and her lovely ladies...

 

and all of brandon's "guys".

 

 

oh, mrs. curl, we love you.

 

 

 

 

love this one.

 

 

 

this is brandon's grandpa...it was his birthday.  they surprised him with a giant cupcake.  he's cute.  i told him he didn't look a day over 35...he laughed at me.  : ) 

 

again, a BIG congrats to lauren & brandon...we wish you lots of love and smiles. : )

   

 

  
   

jenny & brant.

these two crazy kids are getting married this saturday...we can't WAIT, it's going to be a blast!!

happy thanksgivng to everyone too : )

l. & r.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

a recent addition to our family.

in a simple twist of fate, lauren, myself, and mark (lauren's brother) made an unplanned stop to say hello to some puppies about 8 weeks ago....and simply fell in love. we've always talked about having a dog (many, many imaginary dogs) but it has only always been a dream, until now. we'd like to introduce our white haired, freckle bellied, floppy eared, bundle of sweet puppiness, homer chappelle chapman-gantt. homer, or "skillet" as lauren prefers, is full a blooded boxer AND full time cuddle companion for lauren. if you've followed us on twitter or facebook, you've probably had a sneak preview of our boy, but here he is in all his puppyhood glory. at such an early age, he already has a tremendous personality and fits right into our slightly hectic, constantly traveling lifestyle. he's truly the sweetest thing to happen to us, and we're so happy to share him with you. enjoy! - r.

**robbie wrote the above text, and i wrote all of the text for the images below, both of us are proud puppy parents, we had to share the writing duty this time!!**

meeting my BOY for the first time!!  so tiny and wonderfully cute and fun...needless to say, pretty much love at first sight with this guy : )

with uncle mark.  i have to say that my brother has been a HUGE help in raising homer...even though he lives nearly 4 hours away, he comes to visit whenever he can and has been our "go to" dog sitter.  he's bonded pretty quickly with him and it makes me so happy that homer has made my relationship with my brother even more special than it is. we have also given mark all the credit in teaching homer to "fetch".  he even went to bring him home with us, you can see just how tiny he was.

 

our first night with him...robbie and i were a little freaked out...i think homer was too.

robbie calls this his richard avedon portrait.

 

oh, my boys.

my most favorite image of him as a bitty puppy.

hello, could this be any more wonderful?

where there is sunshine, there is homer.

 

 

homer and grandpa tyson (robbie's parents have a boxer, he's awesome, so full of personality and a wonderful friend to robbie...about a month ago, robbie took the skillet to socialize with tyson, from what robbie said, it was pretty perfect in every way) this image makes me smile.  : )

lilly the labradoodle and homer at puppy party...cute.

p.s.- in case you're wondering, homer chappelle chapmen-gantt does have his own facebook page and loves to social network ( in between napping and eating peanut butter, of course).

tamra & ben (pete too.)

oh, where to begin?!  tamra & ben hold a special place in our hearts because they, like us, have a love for boxer doggies (see below!)  we met up with these two right in the middle of all that nasty weather we'd been having, but strangely enough it stopped raining for their session, and when i say "stopped" i mean the weather cleared for about an hour and a half and then it started raining again!!  the colors were awesome with the leaves and we found some pretty cool spots just for these two.  we had a great time walking around the city, learning about this great couple, and hanging out with their great dog pete (who is about as well behaved as they come, and oh so cute)  tamra and ben are getting married next spring, and we can't wait, it's going to be a blast!!

: )

l. & r.

so romantic : )

LOVE this one too.

TOP favorite from their day...just something about it, i love it, love it.

PETE!!!  : )

this is the building where they met, and how great is this...they're getting MARRIED on 4.10.10!!  there's some fun little trivia for you all. : )

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

candice & brian.

oh, how we LOVE our couples!!  when i first talked to candice, she called me from italy!  yes, italy!  you see, both candice & brian are in the military and were stationed over there together (how romantic).  i always love talking to brides-to-be for the first time because they are SO EXCITED, candice being no exception : )  fast forward a few weeks, they're both safe and sound back in the states, but living in different parts of the country planning.  at first, i wasn't sure we'd be able to get a lifestyle session scheduled, but when candice emailed and said they'd be back in the area for a few days with some planning stuff, AND she said it'd be october (because, really, there is no better place to be than the mid-west in the fall, the colors are gorgeous) we were thrilled that we'd be able to get some fun images for them!  we met up in our favorite small town in ohio to spend some time getting to know them, laughing, and capturing who they are (the best part of our job).  candice and brian, you guys are GREAT, and we can't wait to spend your day with you guys! : )

oh, a little fun fact about candice...she's planning on wearing blue manolo blahnik's for the wedding.  i already told her i was going to steal them : )

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l. & r.

this is very them, brian making her laugh and her looking all cute and fun : )

i *LOVE* everything about this image...a favorite for sure.

oh...i love this one too...score 1 point for oFp. for finding this rad yellow car : )