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.

August 1, 2019

FILED IN: Portraits

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Jonathan is a friend from college. We love capturing photos for all of our clients, but it really touches our hearts when old friends reach out to us. There are a lot of photographers he could have worked with in Indianapolis. We are very happy Jonathan chose us. There are a lot of photographers he […]

August 1, 2019

FILED IN: Portraits

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I met Katherine about a year ago while shooting her daughter’s wedding. It was one of the most fun weddings I shot that year! I loved working with her and her whole family! So I was delighted when they asked me to shoot family photos for them, on the same lake front property where her […]

October 30, 2017

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Steve and I have been thinking a lot recently about our business. We have been spending a lot of time talking with other wedding photographers about their businesses too. One thing we have discovered that seems to be a pretty consistent pain point with most photographers is editing. To help ease that pain, we are […]

December 8, 2011

I’ve realized that I haven’t written a personal post in a while.  Well, I had a rude awaking about mid June that being a full time mom and full time photographer is absolutely exhausting. Don’t get me wrong, I love both of my full time jobs (one more than the other but who could blame […]