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.

February 21, 2023

FILED IN: Portraits

We wanted to update our family photos recently. Even though we’ve been shooting for quite some time and have a lot of photographer friends, we weren’t certain who we wanted to hire to take our photos. That’s when we realized we were maybe thinking too hard about this. We have an amazing lead photographer who […]

January 24, 2019

FILED IN: Engagements

A few of our favorite photos of 2018 couple sessions are below, but what’s exciting is that you’ll be seeing so many of these wonderful faces on our blog again this year! We had one of the biggest early booking years to date, and have made so many new friends because of it. I enjoyed […]

July 25, 2018

FILED IN: Weddings

Man in tuxedo and woman in white dress stand on the Indiana War Memorial steps holding hands and looking at each other

Accompanied by their friends, Haley and Andrew walked down the steps of the Indiana War Memorial. Half way down the steps they stopped, and still holding hands they looked deep into each other’s eyes. Their friends, the bridal party, continued to walk away, giving them a rare moment alone during their bridal party portraits. Standing […]

March 1, 2018

FILED IN: Engagements

Woman Looking at man as he holds her from behind on top of war memorial in indianapolis

On top of the Indianapolis War Memorial, as the sun was setting behind them, Ashley and Geoff paused for a moment, looking out over downtown Indianapolis. Geoff embraced Ashley from behind, wrapping his arms around her on the cool afternoon. Ashley looked over her shoulder at him and smiled for a second, then she slowly […]

November 8, 2017

FILED IN: Weddings

The last rays of light from the setting sun made their way through the buildings in downtown Indy as Jacqueline and Andrew were getting married on the rooftop terrace of Regions Tower. A strong and steady breeze ruffled Jacqueline’s hair and caused her veil to flutter. Meanwhile the light that was left reflected off the […]