Wedding Advice & Photography

Two things we are confident in: Wedding Planning & photography. Van Elk & Co is made up of a team of photographers who love to create portraits of love & happiness and share advice for wedding couples.

This isn't your typical photography blog. We share useful info for couples who are getting married and those who are heading that direction. Let us show you pretty things while you fill your head with all things wedding planning.

November 9, 2015

FILED IN: Weddings

Trisha and Karna stood on the faded lawn outside the Minnetrista, drinking in the last rays of sunlight on a cool October day. The bridal party had receded back to the limo, so Trisha and Karna had a few moments alone between their ceremony and their reception. With the sun at his back, Karna pulled […]

November 5, 2015

FILED IN: Engagements

Standing hand-in-hand at the crosswalk, Brittany and Chuck gazed into each other’s eyes while waiting for the light to change. They were across the street from the old Fountain Square Theater Building, heading toward Lady Spray. As they looked into each other’s eyes, Brittany lifted her chin, and with that motion her whole semblance seemed […]

November 4, 2015

FILED IN: Weddings

As the sun began to set in Columbus, Indiana, the Inn at Irwin Gardens’s shadow began to stretch like a cat waking up from a nap. Moments later, before the wedding was set to start, that shadow would stretch out over the sunken garden and start climbing its way up the steps toward the tea […]

November 3, 2015

FILED IN: Engagements

The weeping leaves of a willow tree hung low over a steel stringer bridge spanning an abandoned railbed. As Leah and Jay crossed over the Indianapolis Museum of Art East Bridge, hand in hand, Jay stopped and looked down at the wooden planks making up the deck of the bridge and Leah shot him a look, […]

November 2, 2015

On a brisk autumn day in October, golden rays of sunlight fell down to the earth, embracing the rows of apple trees at Tuttle Orchards. The supple branches of the trees bent under the weight of the ripe apples. Andrea and Scott, stood in between two rows of these apple trees, shielded from the biting wind. Oblivious […]