pure photography by april cochran-smith

the hardebeck family

How cute are these little boys?  The oldest one had quite a few ideas on how he wanted to pose, which was very helpful to me.  It always makes it a lot easier & more enjoyable when they're having fun!  The picture of him lying in the grass was his idea & I must say it was a good one.  The youngest one may not have had any ideas (he's only 9 months), but he was a little trooper & was so well behaved during the shoot.  His legs are so chubby I just want to eat them up!

I LOVE this picture!

abby

Finally, my first senior session!  Abby is my first senior rep of the year & it seriously couldn't have started any better.  She had so many cool ideas for pictures that it made my job really easy.  This is only part one of her portraits.  We're meeting up again to do pictures at her school pool & also on her grandpa's property, which sounds gorgeous.  I think we've already got a lot of great, unique shots, so I can't wait to see what we get at our other two locations.  Stay tuned for the rest....

jeremy & alisha

Wedding ~ Flora United Methodist Church

Reception ~ Tippecanoe Shrine Club

Wedding Dress ~ Andaluzia Couture

Bridesmaid's Dresses ~ Alfred Angelo

Planner ~ Jane Brewington

Flowers ~ The Flower Shoppe

Cake ~ Mamaw's Sweet Shop

A couple of weeks ago I was lucky enough to be able to photograph Jeremy & Alisha's wedding.  It was a gorgeous day, which was amazing, considering the night before was when many tornadoes had touched down.  

Alisha's dress was gorgeous & really unique.  I loved the fact that it had straps!  It was a beautiful wedding & everyone had such a great time.  I love photographing weddings because there's no other event where you'll see a room full of people so happy & in love.  I truly love my job!  

Hope you're ready because there are a LOT of pictures ahead!  

 

 

 

 

These guys were so much fun!  Who doesn't love Abe's laugh?

I love this sweet little moment...

This is when Alisha's dad saw her for the first time...

I LOVE her bouquet

 

Doesn't she look happy?

 

I thought I'd play around with a new desaturated look.  What do you think?

 

New favorite

This cake was DELICIOUS!

 

 

And finally I have to end on this little dancing machine.  Really, could he be any cooler?!

boudoir fyi

I just wanted to put a little note on here to let everyone know that yes, I do boudoir photography, but I haven't blogged any images because I haven't been given permission to do so.  There is information on my sessions within my wedding site.  If you'd like to see a slideshow of some images I've done, please email me & I'll be more than happy to send you the information and password.  Thanks so much!

samara cuties

So, while at the Samara Garden Party last weekend, I couldn't resist getting a few pictures of some very cute kids.  I think you may even recognize one of them from my website!