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.

December 12, 2017

FILED IN: Engagements

framed by trees and flowers a beautiful young couple hugs while bathed by golden sunlight at the Indianapolis Museum of Art

The rays of sunlight filled the the garden with with a golden glow. In the middle of the garden, framed by trees and flowers John and Angela hugged each other. As they hugged at the IMA, smiles lit up their faces. The two of them couldn’t look at each other without breaking out into huge […]

November 14, 2017

FILED IN: Engagements

The leaves of the trees rocked gently to and fro in a soft breeze, as the sun began its descent. The light in the woods was transitioning from silver to gold, as Jenny and Dylan stood on a path surrounded by the green leaves. Dylan hugged Jenny from behind, holding her close in the romantic […]

September 14, 2017

FILED IN: Engagements

As the sun was setting, one ray of sunlight made it’s way through the branches of the trees. Hana and Daniel stood under those trees in the incandescence, holding hands. As they looked deep into one another’s eyes, their shadows intermingling in the grass at their feet, it was clear that they were deeply in […]

September 15, 2016

FILED IN: Engagements

The summer was not quite over, but some of the trees in the Virginia B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park: 100 Acres had already started shedding some leaves. The fallen leaves littered the pathways of the woodland park. With the sun at their backs, Kim and Alex took a walk down one of the paths with […]

May 19, 2016

FILED IN: Weddings

The light of the setting sun flooded through an archway in the loggia to frame Jessica and Ashish as they took a moment to relax at Oldfields. They had done a lot of walking during their photoshoot, and took a small break to sit in the warm sunlight. Ashish held Jessica close to him as […]

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, […]

September 27, 2015

FILED IN: Engagements

Every year we try to give away a few engagement sessions. This year Traci and Dan were our winners of an engagement session! We chose to do the engagement session at the Virginia B. Fairbanks Art and Nature Park: 100 Acres, part of the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Every time I write about doing a […]

September 23, 2015

FILED IN: Engagements

As the sun was setting over The Virginia B. Fairbanks Art and Nature Park: 100 Acres, Bill and Megan left the 100 Acres Park and headed across the canal on their way back to their car for a quick clothing change during their engagement shoot. As they walked hand-in-hand up a service road and under […]

May 28, 2015

FILED IN: Engagements

It was the end of the day, and the sun was setting. The setting of the sun could have been a beautiful site to behold, but it was stuck behind a thick layer of clouds. This provided beautiful, soft light on Jackie and George, but it wasn’t the look or feel I had in mind […]

May 12, 2015

FILED IN: Engagements

Arturo is from Peru. Abby is from Indiana. The two had a very long distance relationship, but the distance didn’t keep this couple from thriving. During the shoot, their alarms went off on their phones, at the same time. “It’s our hour,” Abby said. Since they lived so far away from each other and finding time to communicate was […]