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Sometimes, the weather gods will gift you a perfect day at Indiana Dunes National Park. With temperatures in the 70s and clear skies for a perfect sunset, Matt and Katie’s engagement session was poised to be epic.
We met at Portage Lakefront and River Walk and started taking pictures just before the start of golden hour. The idea was to shoot some beach scenes and end with sunset photos.
Read moreA couple shows off Purdue pride in their engagement photo at the Indiana Dunes.
Along with romantic strolls along the beach, Erica and Alex showed off Purdue pride during their recent engagement session at Marquette Park Beach. I met them early in the morning on the mostly deserted shores of Lake Michigan near the Aquatorium.
The skyline of Chicago can be seen in the background of this engagement photo along Lake Michigan.
There was a faint haze in the sky, but we could still see the skyline of Chicago as we took images all along the sandy shores. The temperatures were cool, but invigorating and aside from the occasional jogger or dog walker we were all alone to take natural and romantic images.
Being so close to Marquette Park Pavilion, we made sure to visit the lagoon and it's wonderful bridge. The morning sun gave a burnt orange look to the brush and I loved capturing the rays as they shined upon the couple through the trees in the nearby park.
Sun streams through the trees as a couple kisses in this romantic engagement photo.
A young couple looks out over the lagoon bridge at Marquette Park.
This Fall has turned out to be one of the busiest seasons ever for engagement photos. I've also found this time of year to be the busy for weddings as well, almost surpassing June. Many more Fall engagement sessions to appear here along with weddings. If you enjoyed this sneak peek look at Erica and Alex's romantic engagement photos at the beach, please subscribe below and visit the Region Weddings Facebook page for more updates.
If you are looking at booking your own engagement session or want to inquire about a wedding, please fill out the Contact Form to see if I have your date available.
The groom carries his bride across the bridge at Portage River Walk.
As I write this, the "polar vortex" is about to revisit Northwest Indiana with more bitterly cold air along with some snow. What a perfect time to talk about beach weddings at the Indiana Dunes Lakeshore!!
Sarcasm aside, you actually may be thinking about this as you do wedding planning for 2014 and 2015. I think most people have beach weddings or at least go there for their wedding photos because they love the calming atmosphere it provides along with the beautiful blue skies, water and fresh air. I also think beach weddings appeal to couples who want to keep it simple and natural.
Bride and groom walk toward the beach after their wedding at the Indiana Dunes Lakeshore.
Today I found out, that as a professional photographer, I will need to purchase permits for photographing at the Indiana Dunes Lakeshore. I shoot many sessions out there so I will be doing this in the next few weeks. If you are planning to have your ceremony at one of the lakeshore locations such as West Beach, Portage River Walk, Chellberg Farm and others, here are some guidelines you will need to know.
Here is a link to download the Frequently Asked Questions about Beach Weddings at the Indiana Dunes.
I hope this is helpful to you if you are considering a wedding on the beach at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. You can contact me here if you have any other questions about the photography.
A group hug as the best man and matron of honor sandwich the bride and groom for a casual, fun wedding photo.
Michele and I had discussed a Trash the Dress photo session when we first met to discuss her wedding photography. She was very excited about the idea and we pretty much had it in mind that after her engagement photos in downtown Crown Point and her pretty wedding photos at Centennial Park, our next photo opportunity was going to be a bit more funky.
We started out very subtle with a "bride in distress" image with her husband rescueing her from the railrod tracks. These days, train track images are a little cliche', but we needed to start Michele out slowly I thought. After all, wedding dresses are a thing of beauty, cost a pretty penny and are difficult from a psychological standpoint to actually trash.
After some nervous trial runs down some sand dunes at Washington Park beach in Michigan City, our bride was finally ready to actually trash her dress by entering Lake Michigan and walking back towards the camera. I very much like the tentative look on her face. At this point we had already done a sunset dip on the shore, pourded dry sand on the dress and the pretty sunset dip on the shore pictured above. It was now time to enter the water!! :)
I hope you have enjoyed this sneak peek at aMichele and Nick's Trash the Dress photo session. To keep updated and to see more images, subscribe here to the Journal and give us a "like" on the SBV Photography Facebook page. More to come!!
In the meantime, click below to see a larger version of one of my favorites so far. I love the seaweed on the rocks and the grunginess of the foreground against the beauty of the bride. So glad we climbed down off the pier to take these images. Great job Michele and Nick!!
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