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.

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 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 […]